Messerschmitt Bf 109

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World War II aircraft fighter aircraft military aircraft single-seat fighter

The Messerschmitt Bf 109 was a German World War II single-seat fighter aircraft that became one of the most produced and iconic fighters in aviation history.

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Observed surface forms (11)

Surface form	Occurrences
Messerschmitt Bf 109E	2
Messerschmitt Bf 109G	2
Messerschmitt Bf 109K	2
Bf 109 series	1
Bf 109E	1
Bf 109F	1
Bf 109G	1
Bf 109K	1
Messerschmitt Bf 109 aircraft	1
Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighters	1
Messerschmitt Bf 109F	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World War II aircraft ⓘ fighter aircraft ⓘ military aircraft ⓘ single-seat fighter ⓘ
airForceDesignation	Jagdflugzeug ⓘ
armament	bombs ⓘ cannon ⓘ machine guns ⓘ
contemporary	Supermarine Spitfire ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Germany ⓘ
crew	1 ⓘ
designer	Robert Lusser ⓘ Willy Messerschmitt ⓘ
engineType	liquid-cooled inverted V-12 piston engine ⓘ
firstFlight	1935-05-29 ⓘ
introduced	1937 ⓘ
landingGear	retractable tailwheel landing gear ⓘ
manufacturer	Bayerische Flugzeugwerke ⓘ Bayerische Flugzeugwerke ⓘ surface form: Messerschmitt AG
notableFor	being one of the most produced fighter aircraft in history ⓘ
notableVariant	Messerschmitt Bf 109 self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Bf 109E Messerschmitt Bf 109 self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Bf 109F Messerschmitt Bf 109 self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Bf 109G Messerschmitt Bf 109 self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Bf 109K
primaryUser	Finnish Air Force ⓘ Regia Aeronautica ⓘ surface form: Italian Regia Aeronautica Luftwaffe ⓘ Royal Hungarian Air Force ⓘ Royal Romanian Air Force ⓘ Spanish Air Force ⓘ Swiss Air Force ⓘ
producedByLicensee	Erla Maschinenwerk ⓘ Fábrica de Aviones Hispano Aviación ⓘ IAR (Romania) ⓘ WNF (Austria) ⓘ
productionPeriodEnd	1945 ⓘ
productionPeriodStart	1936 ⓘ
retired	1965 ⓘ
role	fighter ⓘ fighter-bomber ⓘ interceptor ⓘ reconnaissance aircraft ⓘ
successor	Messerschmitt Me 209 (projected) ⓘ
typicalEngine	Daimler-Benz DB 601 ⓘ Daimler-Benz DB 601 ⓘ surface form: Daimler-Benz DB 605
usedByAce	Erich Hartmann ⓘ Gerhard Barkhorn ⓘ Günther Rall ⓘ
usedInConflict	Spanish Civil War ⓘ World War II ⓘ
wingConfiguration	low-wing monoplane ⓘ

Referenced by (47)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

WNF (Austria) → aircraftFamilyProduced → Messerschmitt Bf 109 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bf 109 series

Adolf Galland → aircraftFlown → Messerschmitt Bf 109 ⓘ

Dietrich Hrabak → aircraftFlown → Messerschmitt Bf 109 ⓘ

Erich Hartmann → aircraftFlown → Messerschmitt Bf 109 ⓘ

Gerhard Schöpfel → aircraftFlown → Messerschmitt Bf 109 ⓘ

Gordon Gollob → aircraftFlown → Messerschmitt Bf 109 ⓘ

Günther Rall → aircraftFlown → Messerschmitt Bf 109 ⓘ

Johannes Steinhoff → aircraftFlown → Messerschmitt Bf 109 ⓘ

Josef Priller → aircraftFlown → Messerschmitt Bf 109 ⓘ

Werner Mölders → aircraftFlown → Messerschmitt Bf 109 ⓘ

Erla Maschinenwerk → aircraftModelProduced → Messerschmitt Bf 109 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Messerschmitt Bf 109G

Erla Maschinenwerk → aircraftModelProduced → Messerschmitt Bf 109 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Messerschmitt Bf 109K

JG 52 → aircraftOperated → Messerschmitt Bf 109 ⓘ

WNF (Austria) → aircraftProducedUnderLicense → Messerschmitt Bf 109 ⓘ

Jagdgeschwader 52 → aircraftUsed → Messerschmitt Bf 109 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Messerschmitt Bf 109E

Jagdgeschwader 52 → aircraftUsed → Messerschmitt Bf 109 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Messerschmitt Bf 109F

Jagdgeschwader 52 → aircraftUsed → Messerschmitt Bf 109 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Messerschmitt Bf 109G

Jagdgeschwader 52 → aircraftUsed → Messerschmitt Bf 109 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Messerschmitt Bf 109K

Bombing of Guernica → aircraftUsedByCondorLegion → Messerschmitt Bf 109 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighters

Focke-Wulf Fw 190 → contemporaryOf → Messerschmitt Bf 109 ⓘ

Willy Messerschmitt → designed → Messerschmitt Bf 109 ⓘ

Wehrmacht → equipment → Messerschmitt Bf 109 ⓘ

Bayerische Flugzeugwerke → notableAircraft → Messerschmitt Bf 109 ⓘ

Messerschmitt Bf 109 → notableVariant → Messerschmitt Bf 109 self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bf 109E

Messerschmitt Bf 109 → notableVariant → Messerschmitt Bf 109 self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bf 109F

Messerschmitt Bf 109 → notableVariant → Messerschmitt Bf 109 self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bf 109G

Messerschmitt Bf 109 → notableVariant → Messerschmitt Bf 109 self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bf 109K

Willy Messerschmitt → notableWork → Messerschmitt Bf 109 ⓘ

Daimler-Benz DB 605 → primaryApplication → Messerschmitt Bf 109 ⓘ

Battle of Britain → primaryGermanFighterAircraft → Messerschmitt Bf 109 ⓘ

Messerschmitt Me 209 (projected) → relatedAircraft → Messerschmitt Bf 109 ⓘ

Defense against the Combined Bomber Offensive → usedAircraft → Messerschmitt Bf 109 ⓘ

Fighter Wing 52 → usedAircraft → Messerschmitt Bf 109 ⓘ

Jagdgeschwader 26 → usedAircraft → Messerschmitt Bf 109 ⓘ

Luftflotte 4 → usedAircraft → Messerschmitt Bf 109 ⓘ

Luftwaffe → usedAircraft → Messerschmitt Bf 109 ⓘ

National Republican Air Force → usedAircraft → Messerschmitt Bf 109 ⓘ

Royal Romanian Air Force → usedAircraft → Messerschmitt Bf 109 ⓘ

Slovak Air Force (WWII) → usedAircraft → Messerschmitt Bf 109 ⓘ

Yugoslav Royal Air Force → usedAircraft → Messerschmitt Bf 109 ⓘ

Royal Hungarian Air Force → usedAircraftModel → Messerschmitt Bf 109 ⓘ

Daimler-Benz DB 601 → usedInAircraft → Messerschmitt Bf 109 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Messerschmitt Bf 109E

MG 131 machine gun → usedOnAircraft → Messerschmitt Bf 109 ⓘ

Defense of the Reich → usedWeapon → Messerschmitt Bf 109 ⓘ

Condor Legion → uses → Messerschmitt Bf 109 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Messerschmitt Bf 109 aircraft