The Messerschmitt Bf 109 is the most famous German fighter of WWII, but its origin story is full of bizarre twists. We ...

The BF-109 is famous for its brutal handling, and today an RAF pilot found out exactly why. A rough approach turned into a sudden loss of control, resulting in a crash landing that looked far worse ...

Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Willy Messerschmitt's famous Bf 109 series of single-seat fighter airplanes was produced in larger quantities than any ...

The German Luftwaffe was one of the most dreaded organizations of the Second World War. Its machines dominated the skies over Europe for years before the Allied forces were able to put up a notable ...

In the three years preceding the start of the Second World War, another major conflict was raging in Spain. Taking advantage of the fighting between the country's Republicans and Nationalists, Nazi ...

While serving in Germany’s Luftwaffe in World War II, Erich Hartmann flew more than 1,400 missions in the Messerschmitt Bf 109, enabling him to score an astonishing 352 kills. How did Hartmann get so ...

Andrea Lusini, a non-commissioned officer belonging to the 37° Stormo, sent me the following interesting pictures of the remains of a Messerschmitt Bf 109 (a chunk of fuselage, from the seat to the ...

A Messerschmitt Bf 109. This is a Spanish-built version of the plane, licensed from Messerschmitt AG. Ronnie Macdonald/Wikimedia Commons Daniel Rom Kristiansen’s great-grandfather long maintained that ...