The first Messerschmitt Me 209 was a single-engine racing aircraft which was designed for and succeeded at breaking speed records. This Me 209 was a completely...
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II. The Me 209, despite its designation, bore no relationship to the earlier Me 209. The RLM's 8-209 airframe number assigned to Messerschmitt, for its...
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Messerschmitt Me 209 may refer to several different German aircraft: Messerschmitt Me 209, high-speed experimental prototype single-seater from 1938;...
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Il-2. Another Messerschmitt aircraft, first called "Bf 109R", purpose-built for record setting, but later redesignated Messerschmitt Me 209, broke the absolute...
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309 was one of two failed Messerschmitt projects intended to replace the Bf 109, the other being the 1943 Me 209 project. The Me 309 project began in mid-1940...
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Elbe Related development Messerschmitt Bf 108 Messerschmitt Me 209-II Hispano Aviacion HA-1109 Avia S-99/S-199 Messerschmitt Me 309 Aircraft of comparable...
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The Messerschmitt Me 262, nicknamed Schwalbe (German: "Swallow") in fighter versions, or Sturmvogel (German: "Storm Bird") in fighter-bomber versions,...
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designer Willy Messerschmitt from mid-July 1938 onwards, and known primarily for its World War II fighter aircraft, in particular the Bf 109 and Me 262. The...
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The Messerschmitt Me 264 was a long-range strategic bomber developed during World War II for the German Luftwaffe as its main strategic bomber. The design...
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The Messerschmitt Me 609 (alternatively Me 309 Zwilling) was a World War II German project which joined two fuselages of the Me 309 fighter prototype...
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