Messerschmitt Bf 109 - Origins and Evolution

A comprehensive history tracing the Messerschmitt Bf 109’s development, variants, production, and lasting impact from 1935–1965.

The most produced fighter aircraft in history, and arguably the single most important German aircraft of the Second World War, the Messerschmitt Bf 109 was unquestionably the most advanced fighter in the world when it first flew in May 1935. The scale of the development and production effort by Messerschmitt and its subcontractors over the next ten years to fulfil ...