In Service: 18 July 1942 to 1945
First Flight: 18 July 1942
Manufacturer: Messerschmitt
Number built: 4
Type: Prototype fighter
Crew: 1 man
Length: 9.46 m
Wingspan: 11.04 m
Wing area: 16.55 m²
Height:
Empty: 3,530 kg
Loaded: 4,250 kg
Engine: 1 ×
Daimler-Benz
DB 603G 12 cylinder liquid cooled supercharged inverted
Vee piston engine producing up to1,900 hp
Maximum speed: 733 km/h
Range: 1,400 km
Service ceiling: 12,000 m
Armament:
2 ×
15 mm
MG 151/15 machine guns
3 ×
13 mm MG
131 machine guns
Bomb load up to 2 × 250 kg
Electronics:
Operators: Luftwaffe
Variants:
Me 309 V-1
Me 309 V-2
Me 309 V-3
Me 309 V-4
Other: Prototypes
Articles:
The Messerschmitt Me 309 was a single seat low wing monoplane
all metal fighter prototype
The Warplanes of the Third Reich.
ISBN-10: 0385057822
German Aircraft of the Second World War.
ISBN-10: 0370000242
Hitler's Luftwaffe.
ISBN-10: 051718771X
For a complete list of
sources