Labels:text | aircraft | screenshot | vehicle | airplane OCR: MESSERSCHMITT BF 109E-3 BF 109E-3, II/JAGDGESCHWADER 77, LUFTWAFFE, AALBORG, NORWAY, JULY 1940 One of the greatest fighter aircraft of WWII. The BF 109 was a mainstay of the Lufwaffe from the Spanish Civil War right up until the defeat of the Third Reich. Nearly thirty-five thousand BF 109s were produced, more than any other fighter of that era. BF 109s saw service in nearly every German offensive of WWII, and were the only German single-seat fighters used in the Battle of Britain. There the BF 109s, with their small British fighters. stubby wings, were an even match for the Spitfire, and swifter and more maneuverable than any of the other The BF 109E-3 was developed in 1939 as a faster, more heavily-armed improvement over the earlier models, the BF 109B and C, which had been deadly in the ...
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