looking for another aircraft to serve alongside the Messerschmitt Bf 109, in autumn 1937 the Reichsluftfahrtministerium issued a specification for a new fighter. Kurt Tank, chief designer at Focke-Wulf,

Hermann Wurster reached a speed of 379.63 mph in a Messerschmitt Bf 109 V13. Although not a new record, around 60 mph slower than the speed set by Francesco Agello in 1934, it was a record for a landplane

However after being bounced by Messerschmitt Bf 109s they lost six of the nine aircraft, with the loss of ten aircrew killed, this would be the only Defiant day fighter sortie performed by the squadron.

September 1939 the first MS.406 was lost in action when a Messerschmitt Bf 109 of I./JG 53 shot down a 1/3 Groupe de Chasse aircraft. Over the next few months further combats took place between the Luftwaffe

when four Messerschmitt Bf 109s were shot down. By the time production had ended over 7,500 Wildcats had been built. General Motors would build a number of these designated as FM-1 Wildcat and FM-2

including the Messerschmitt Bf 109, when the Axis forces invaded the country on the 6th April 1941. In total 317 were built and the Fury would also provide the basis for the Hawker Hurricane. Technical

Mainly comprising Messerschmitt Bf 109 and Bf 110 fighters, Heinkel He 111, Dornier Do 17 and Junkers Ju 88 twin-engined bombers and Junkers Ju 87 dive bombers. Squadron Structure, Vic and Finger-Four

1945) when it shot down a Messerschmitt Bf 109 on the 20th September 1939, followed on the 27th September 1939 when a Battle from No. 103 Squadron claimed another Bf 109. Three days later, on the 30th

Germany where a propeller and carburettor scoop from a Messerschmitt Bf 109G was fitted. The Bf 109G was powered by the same Daimler-Benz engine so comparison tests were done between the two aircraft.

these would primarily be used to tow the Messerschmitt Me 321 glider. In total, ten were produced. The He 111 would be the Luftwaffe's main bomber at the beginning of the Second World War (1939 –