The disappearance of German fighter ace Hans Bartels left historians puzzled for decades. When his aircraft was eventually ...

A detailed Warbird Profile tracing the complex history of the Museum of Flight's Messerschmitt Bf 109E, from its origins as a Spanish-built Buchón to its transformation into a Battle of Britain-era ...

Introduction: The rise of the Luftwaffe -- Design and Development: The path to the Bf 109: Messerschmitt's early designs ; The Messerschmitt Bf 108: Technical description ; The Bf 109's rival designs ...

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 ...

The German Bf 109 Became Infamous During the Battle of Britain – The Messerschmitt Bf 109 is the most famous German aircraft of the Second World War. In many ways, the aircraft mirrored Nazi Germany’s ...