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AIRCRAFTMODEL
EXTRA
No.2BUILDING THEMesserschmitt Bf 109
Compiled by Andy EvansMA PUBLICATIONS LTD
Model Aircraft Extra #2
Building the Messerschmitt Bf 109
T
he iconic Messerschmitt Bf 109 was the backbone
of the Luftwaffe’s ighter force during World War
II. The aircraft irst saw operational service in 1937
during the Spanish Civil War and was still in service
at the dawn of the jet age at the end of the War in- The Bf 109 is the most produced ighter aircraft
in history, with a total of 33,984 airframes produced
from 1936 up to April 1945. It was also one of the most
advanced ighters of the era, including such features
as all-metal monocoque construction, a closed canopy,
and retractable landing gear, and was powered by
a liquid-cooled, inverted-V12 engine. It was conceived
as an interceptor, and later models were developed to
fulil multiple tasks, serving as bomber escort, ighter-
bomber, day-night all-weather ighter, ground-attack
aircraft, and as reconnaissance aircraft. It was supplied
to and operated by several countries during World
War II and served with a number of air arms for many
years after the war. The Bf 109 was lown by the three
top-scoring German ighter aces of World War II,
who claimed 928 victories among them. The highest
scoring ighter ace of all time, Erich Hartmann, lew
the Bf 109 and was credited with 352 aerial victories.
The aircraft was also lown by Hans-Joachim Marseille,
the highest-scoring German ace in the North African
Campaign, who achieved 158 aerial victories. It was
also lown by several other aces from Germany’s allies,
notably the Finn Ilmari Juutilainen, the highest scoring
non-German ace on the type. This second book in the
MA Publications ‘Model Aircraft Extra’ series brings you
a guide to building some of the variants of the Bf 109.
In all some 14 build projects are included in a ‘how-to’
format using kits in popular scales from some of the
best model makers around.
BUILDING THE
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