Messerschmitt Bf 109 E-3. This particular aircraft at the Museum of Flight is made up of the cowling of a Swiss-made aircraft, a Spanish HA-1112 airframe, and a Daimler-Benz DB-601 engine. Markings of ...

Few aircraft trigger arguments like Germany’s most famous fighter. This episode digs into the origins of the BF 109 designation tracing Messerschmitt’s rise the politics of German aviation industry ...