Assembly model 1:144 Messerschmitt Bf 109E "Battle of the British Aces" Armory AR14304

Messerschmitt Bf 109 - German Second World War fighter, which together with Focke-Wulf Fw 190 was the backbone of the Luftwaffe's fighter forces. The Bf 109 first entered service in 1937 during the civil war in Spain. He was still in active service at the end of World War II in 1945. It was one of the most sophisticated designs when it was first introduced, with a monocoque chassis, enclosed wing and suspended chassis. It is powered by an inverted V12 engine with single cooling. Allied crews and some German aces called it Me 109, although this was not the official German designation. The aircraft was designed by Willy Messerschmitt and Robert Lusser, who worked at Bayerische Flugzeugwerke from the early to mid-1930s. He was conceived as a transhumanist. The older models were developed to carry out various missions, serving as escort bombers, search and rescue bombers, day, night, all-weather search and rescue aircraft, attack aircraft and reconnaissance aircraft. He was sent to several countries during the Second World War and served in several countries for many years after the war. The Bf 109 is the most produced fighter in history, with 34,248 airframes produced from 1936 to April 1945. Some Bf 109s were produced in Nazi concentration camps through slave labor. The Bf 109 was flown by three of the most successful pilots of all time, who achieved 928 victories between them, flying with Jagdgeschwader 52, mainly on the Eastern Front. The most successful player is Erich Hartmann, who has won 352 victories. The pilot was also led by Hans-Joachim Marseille, the most successful ace of the East African campaign, who shot down 158 enemy aircraft (about a third of the time). It also carried many aces from other countries fighting against Germany, including the Finn Ilmar Juutilainen, the non-German ace with the greatest results. He achieved 58 of 94 confirmed victories on the Bf 109. Pilots from Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Croatia and Italy also flew the aircraft. Due to constant improvements, the Bf 109 remained competitive with the Allied fighters until the end of the war.