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Filmed on the Manching Airshow 2006 in Germany:
A Me109 G10 and a Me 262 taxiing by and short flight demonstration.

Me 109 Airshow Hahnweide 2005
geflogen von Walter Eichhorn

Images of the Luftwaffe Me-109 gun camera

Günther Rall, a third ranked Luftwaffe ace with 275 victories, a NATO military attache later on and 27 victories claimed ace, Arthur Gärtner speak about FW-190. Must see for any LW fan! High quality!
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Eine Zusammenfassung von Überflügen mehrerer Flugzeugtypen auf deutschen Airshows.
Messerschmitt 109 Rote 7 / P 51 Mustang Old Crow / Spitfire MK 19 / Corsair F4U alle im Video zu sehen .

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Die Deutsche Wochenschau - PAK in action and Oberstleutnant Adolf Galland battling RAF Supermarine Spitfire.

The Messerschmitt Bf 109 was a World War II fighter aircraft designed by Willy Messerschmitt in the early 1930s. It was one of the first true modern fighters of the era, including such features as an all-metal monocoque construction, a closed canopy, and retractable landing gear.

The Bf 109 was the standard fighter of the Luftwaffe for the duration of WWII, although it began to be partially replaced by the Focke-Wulf Fw 190 from 1942. The Bf 109 scored more aircraft kills in World War Two than any other aircraft. At various times it served as an air superiority fighter, an escort fighter, an interceptor, a ground-attack aircraft and a reconnaissance aircraft. The Bf 109 was produced in greater quantities than any other fighter aircraft in history, with over 31,000 units built. Although the Bf 109 had weaknesses, including a short range of early variants around 400 miles (640 km) on internal fuel as drop tanks were not standardized until the E-7 model appearing in mid-1940, and a sometimes difficult to handle narrow, outward-retracting undercarriage, it stayed competitive with Allied fighter aircraft until the end of the war.

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Some Bf 109 E’s of the Battle of Britain Era.

During the early war years the Bf109 was one of the world’s finest single seat fighters. Its basic design provided the potential for it to take new engines and armament so that it remained the backbone of the Luftwaffe fighter forces throughout the Second World War.

The Bf109E was an improved version of an aircraft designed by Willi Messerschmitt in 1935. It had proved to be a superb fighter during early combat trials in the Spanish Civil War. Only when German fighter pilots met the Spitfire in combat did they find an aircraft in some ways equal to their own. The Bf109E was as fast as the Spitfire, faster than the Hurricane but could out-climb both.

Although a superb fighter it, like most of its contemporaries, was under-gunned (a deficiency which was not remedied until the introduction of the Bf109G) and had poor ground handling characteristics. Perhaps its worst handicap, during the Battle of Britain, was its limited fuel capacity. This meant limited range and endurance so, they could only remain over the United Kingdom for a few minutes of combat before having to break off the engagement and return to base.

With mounting medium bomber losses the Luftwaffe introduced a fighter-bomber version in October 1940.