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Messerschmitt Me-109K

Brand BRENGUN

SKU BRL144184

Features

Nation: Germany

Period: WWII

Scale: 1/144

Type: Aircraft

Price 8,40 €

Description

1/144 Messerschmitt Me-109K Wheels Set (2 Sets)

The Messerschmitt Me-109, was a single-engine, low-wing monoplane fighter aircraft designed in the 1930s by Eng. Willy Messerschmitt, on behalf of the German aviation company Bayerische Flugzeugwerke AG and produced not only by itself and its successor Messerschmitt AG, but also under license in some of its variants by the Romanian Industria Aeronautica Româna (IAR) and the Spanish Hispano Aviación, which marketed it as the Hispano Aviación HA-1109.

The model is one of the best-known German fighters of World War II and one of the largest number of combat aircraft built in history (more than 33,000 from 1936 to 1945), serving between 1937 and 1947. Until 1941 it was basically the Luftwaffe's only fighter aircraft, after which it was increasingly joined by the Focke-Wulf Fw 190. Originally conceived as an interceptor, it proved to be adaptable and versatile enough to be used in numerous roles: fighter-bomber, night fighter, reconnaissance, fighter plane, etc. Its structure was designed to adapt easily to continuous upgrades and improvements, and the aircraft was still competitive in 1945, more than 10 years after its design in an era of continuous aeronautical advances.

It was the plane of the world's greatest aviation aces, from Erich Hartmann (the most successful fighter pilot in history, with 352 aircraft shot down) to Hans-Joachim Marseille, credited with the highest number of aerial victories (158) on the Western Front including 151 in Africa. It was also flown by the greatest aces of other air forces, such as the Finnish, Hungarian, Romanian and Croatian air forces. It was also the only type of aircraft employed by the Jagdgeschwader 52 (JG 52), the most victorious airborne unit in aviation history.

In the industry bibliography, the model is also referred to as the Me 109, a prefix later assigned to the Messerschmitt by the Reichsluftfahrtministerium (RLM), especially in its later variants. The Bf abbreviation assigned by the ministry indicated the corporate name of the original company responsible for the design, development and production of the first examples, Bayerische Flugzeugwerke, which in July 1938 was renamed Messerschmitt AG. Models designed from then on assumed the name Me, while those designed earlier (including variants, see also the Messerschmitt Bf 110) continued to officially adopt the prefix Bf. Although the prefix Me was actually used in Luftwaffe documentation to identify the 109, this is to be considered unofficial.