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Using
operational photos and aircraft handbook drawings, this book sets out
to describe and
portray the differences of all known production variants of the continuously
modified
Messerschmitt Bf 109.
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For
many years aviation historians and modelers have struggled to identify
the exact variant, weapons and equipment utilized by one of the most famous
fighter aircraft of all time -- the Messerschmitt Bf 109.
In all, there were around 32,000 such aircraft produced and
together with the Fw 190, the Bf 109 formed the backbone of the Luftwaffe
fighter force during World War II, fighting on all fronts.
During
the process of continuous improvement to performance and combat requirements,
the aircraft underwent continuous modification to such an extent that
identifying a particular variant or sub-type has often meant hours of
research.
By
using operational photographs and aircraft handbook drawings, this book
sets out to describe and portray the differences of all known production
variants. The Bf 109 A, B, C, D, E, T, F, G and K area ll illustrated
here. The aim of this book is to give an insight into the mass-produced
and ‘little-known’ variants of the Bf 109. The research is based
exclusively on original German Air Ministry and manufacturer’s records
and documentation, contrasted with wartime photographs as well as archaeological
studies of various Bf 109 wrecks dug up and recovered in Europe in recent
years.
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