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The Messerschmitt Bf 109, also known as the Me 109, was Germany's most important single-seater fighter plane throughout the Second World War (1939-45). Produced in greater numbers than any other German plane, the fighter was a match for the...

A 1944 photograph of Albert Speer (1905-81), German Minister of Armaments, Erhard Milch (1892-72), responsible for German aircraft production, and Willy Messerschmitt (1898-78), the aircraft designer. (German Federal Archives).

A 1943 photograph of a Messerschmitt Bf 109 (ME-109) factory. It was the principal German fighter plane of the Second World War (1939-45). (German Federal Archives)

The Battle of Britain, dated 10 July to 31 October by the UK Air Ministry, was an air battle between the German Luftwaffe and British Royal Air Force and allies during the Second World War (1939-45). The Luftwaffe failed to achieve air superiority...

A Messerschmitt Bf 109 (ME-109), the principal German fighter plane of the Second World War (1939-45). Shown with desert camouflage. Taken at the Flying Legends airshow in 2015.

A Messerschmitt Bf 109 (ME-109), the principal German fighter plane of the Second World War (1939-45). Taken at Thunder Over Michigan airshow in 2006.

The cockpit of a Messerschmitt Bf 109 (Me 109), the principal German fighter plane of the Second World War (1939-45). (National Museum of the United States Air Force)

A 1940 photograph of a Messerschmitt Bf 109 (Me 109), the principal German fighter plane of the Second World War (1939-45). (Imperial War Museums Collection)

An Me 109 Buchon, aka Messerschmitt Bf 109, the principal German fighter plane of the Second World War (1939-45). Taken at the Flying Legends airshow in 2017.

The Schweinfurt-Regensburg raids in Germany were a series of attacks by B-17 Flying Fortress and B-24 Liberator bombers of the United States Air Force in August and October 1943 during the Second World War (1939-45). Schweinfurt had several...