Dimensions  Span                        9.92 metres  Length                     8.85 metres  Height                     2.59 metres  Wing Area            16.05 m  squared

Technical Details:                 The Messerscmitt 109   The Me 109 was a typical single seat fighter of World War 2. It had a water cooled 970-kw Daimler Benz DB 601E inverted V 12 piston engine. It’s small size and relatively powerful engine gave it a sprightly performance. Its maximum speed was 628km/h at 7600 metres. The initial climb rate was 1000m per minute and it had a combat radius of 700km on internal fuel, without drop tanks. Its maximum altitude was 10668 metres.  Empty, it weighs 1964 kg fully laden, it weighs 2750 kg. The 109 really outclassed the opposition when it came to armaments. Although its 20-mm cannon fired relatively slowly, its explosive rounds were 10 times more effective than the machine gun bullets of the allied fighters. It’s armament consisted of two 7.92mm Machine Guns or 15mm Machine Guns mounted above the engine, one 20 mm MG FF Cannon firing through the propeller hub. Later models had additional 20 mm Cannons mounted under the wings. Cramming more powerful weapons and engines into such a small frame created unsightly  and unaerodynamic protrusions. Indeed later models of the 109 were called ‘Die Buhle’ meaning the Bulge