Click to open image viewer. Willy Messerschmitt's famous Bf 109 series of single-seat fighter airplanes was produced in larger quantities than any other combat airplane in history except the Soviet ...

Even to this day, three quarters of a century after the end of the Second World War, the name Messerschmitt sends shivers down the spines of many. Aircraft wearing this name flew across the world’s ...

How did the two iconic fighters of the Second World War—the British Supermarine Spitfire and the German Messerschmitt Bf 109—compare? Was either plane demonstrably better? We examine the two based on ...

It’s not always the best aircraft that wins in an air-to-air engagement. Most of the times it is the training the pilot has received and his/her skills, experience to make the difference: that’s why a ...

When you think of the Luftwaffe during World War II, you think of the Messerschmitt Bf-109 and not much else. Sure, the Fw-190 is a wonderful second fiddle, but the 109 drove fear into the hearts of ...

It was a bright summer afternoon, as we made our way home from the Knoll school. As our small group noisily crossed the Old Shoreham Road, heading for Olive Road, which is a fairly steep hill leading ...