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No other aircraft of the German Luftwaffe is so intimately connected with its rise and fall in the course of the Second World War than the Messerschmitt Bf 109.
This type, by whose evolution outlived the era in which it was conceptualized, bore the brunt of Luftwaffe duties from the opening battles of Nazi Germany
through to her final downfall. The history of the aircraft begins during 1934-35, when the Reich Ministry of Aviation formulated a requirement for the development
of a single-engined monoplane fighter. Proposals were submitted by Arado, Heinkel, Focke-Wulf and Bayerische Flugzeugwerke. The last mentioned firm
featured a technical director named Professor Willy Messerschmitt, who was riding a wave of popularity based on the success of his recent liason aircraft, the
Bf 108. His goal was to conceive of an aircraft with the best possible performance for the specified weight, size, and aerodynamic qualities. Over the subsequent
months, several prototypes were built that served first and foremost in development flights and further modifications. The aircraft was relatively small, and
compared to the prevailing trends of the time, docile with revolutionary features such as low wing design, the use of a retractable landing gear, a wing with a very
narrow profile, wing slats, landing flaps, weapons firing through the prop hub, and so on. Even the enclosed cockpit and the method of construction were not
very common just four years prior to the beginning of the Second World War. At its conception, the Bf 109 was a very promising asset despite some powerplant
troubles. These were solved by the introduction of the DB601. This engine, together with its extrapolated development DB 605, is umbilically connected to the
types success. These two-row, twelve cylinder inverted V engines powered several tens of thousands of '109s in over 25 versions and variants.
The first combat use was by three developmental Bf 109s in the Spanish Civil War, where they were delivered in December, 1936. The pre-series airframes
were to, first of all, validate the aircraft's abilities in modern aerial combat. Shortly thereafter, production machines in the form of the Bf 109B-1 began to reach
2./J.88, the Legion Condor. The desire of Germany to demonstrate her aerial prowess to potential foes was advanced further in international sport meets. The
triumphs attained in Zurich in the summer of 1937 were complemented several months later by grabbing the speed record of 610.95 kph. In very short order, the
progressive developments represented by the C, D and E versions appeared. Despite this, the delivery of the types to combat units did not sustain a rate that
was desired by military brass. Even by August, 1938, the Bf 109 accounted for less than half of the 643 front line fighters in service. The later months saw
an increase in these rates. By the time of the invasion of Poland (which saw the participation of only a little more than 200 aircraft) the Luftwaffe possessed the
best fighter produced in continental Europe. With both a qualitative and quantitative advantage, the fighter wing of the Luftwaffe entered the Polish campaign,
the first defenses of the Fatherland, Blitzkrieg against the West, and the Battle for France. With one foot in the door that was the English Channel, the Luftwaffe
embarked on the attacks on Britain in the summer months of 1940. Here, the first weakness of the Bf 109 was revealed: the inability to carry drop tanks that
would have enabled the type to effectively escort bombers to England. This was one of the factors that made the defeat of the Luftwaffe in the Battle of Britain
possible. Experiences gained in 1940 led to the development of the 'F' version prior to the spring of 1941. The elegance of the Bf 109 crested with the 'Friedrich'.
Following a largely defensive stance over the Channel and northern France, the Bf 109F took on a more offensive role in Operation Barbarosa in the east, and
in northern Africa. In later duties with the 'Jagdwaffe' during the second phase of the war in the east, and in the 'Defense of the Reich' from 1943 to 1945, the
Bf 109 served in the form of the 'G' version, followed by the 'K'. Even if by the end of the war it was clear that the development of the Bf 109 was exhausted, during
its combat career, the type was able to keep pace with the foes that it encountered. Besides its primary function as fighter, the Bf 109 also appeared as a fighter-
bomber, reconnaissance platform, night fighter, trainer and rammjäger.
The disappearance of the Bf 109 from the skies over Europe was not spelled out by the end of the war. Several examples were in Swiss service up to 1949,
and many flew in the air force of Czechoslovakia in both original form with a DB 605 powerplant and as aircraft built out of necessity with surplus Jumo 211s. The
latter type also served as the first fighter to fight for the independence of the newly formed state of Israel. Finland retired the type as recently as 1954, and Spain
didn't retire its HA-1109-1112, re-engined Bf 109s, until 1967. The legendary low-wing fighter of Professor Willy Messerschmitt survived the state that developed
it.
úvodem
Žádný jiný stroj nìmecké Luftwaffe není výraznìji spojen s jejím vzestupem a pádem ve 2. svìtové válce, než stíhací Messerschmitt Bf 109. Letoun, který
svou koncepcí výraznì pøedbìhl dobu, ve které vznikal, se stal tahounem stíhacího letectva od prvních váleèných konfliktù nacistického Nìmecka, až do jeho
hoøkého konce. Historie letounu se zaèíná v období let 1934-35, kdy Øíšské ministerstvo letectví formulovalo specifikace zakázky na vývoj jednomotorové
jednoplošné stíhaèky. Projektu se zúèastnily firmy Arado, Heinkel, Focke-Wulf a Bayerische Flugzeugwerke. V poslední jmenované pùsobil na postu
technického øeditele profesor Willy Messerschmitt, jehož popularita se nesla na vlnì úspìchu nedávno dokonèeného kurýrního Bf 108. Jeho cílem bylo vytvoøit
letoun s co nejvìtším pomìrem výkonu k celkové hmotnosti, velikosti a aerodynamickým vlastnostem. V prùbìhu následujících mìsícù vzniklo nìkolik
prototypù, které sloužily zejména ke zkouškám a dalšímu vývoji. Letoun byl pomìrnì malý, oproti stávajícím zvyklostem relativnì jemný, s revoluèními
konstrukèními prvky jako byla dolnokøídlá koncepce, použití zatahovacího podvozku, køídlo s velmi štíhlým profilem, pohyblivé sloty, vztlakové klapky, zbranì
støílející osou vrtule, atd.
Dokonce uzavíratelný pøekryt kabiny nebo skoøepinová konstrukce nebyly ètyøi roky pøed zaèátkem 2. svìtové války tak obvyklým jevem, jak by se z dnešního
pohledu mohlo zdát. Bf 109 byl již z poèátku svého vývoje, i pøes problémy s pohonnou jednotkou, velmi nadìjným projektem. Problémy s pohonem vyøešila
až zástavba motoru DB 601. Ten je spolu s pozdìjším DB 605 neodmyslitelnì spojen s úspìchy Bf 109. Øadový invertní dvanáctiválec do V pohánìl nìkolik
desítek tisíc vyprodukovaných „stodevítek“ ve více než 25 verzích a variantách. K prvnímu bojovému nasazení tøí zkušebních kusù Bf 109 došlo za obèanské
války ve Španìlsku, kam byly odeslány v prosinci 1936. Stroje z pøedsériové výroby mìly pøedevším ukázat schopnosti letounu v moderní letecké válce.
Následnì se do bojového nasazení u 2./J.88 Legion Condor zaèaly dostávat i sériové stroje varianty Bf 109B-1. Snaze Nìmecka ukazovat svou leteckou sílu
potenciálním protivníkùm napomáhala i sportovní klání. Triumf letounù Bf 109 na leteckém mítinku v Curychu v létì 1937 byl doplnìn o nìkolik mìsícù pozdìji
ustanovením rychlostního rekordu 610,95 km/h. Ve velmi krátkých èasových úsecích následovaly verze C, D a E. Pøesto však doplòování nových strojù
k bojovým útvarùm nepokraèovalo tempem, který by si velení mohlo pøát. Ještì v srpnu roku 1938 tvoøila výzbroj letouny Bf 109 ménì než polovinu z 643
stíhaèù první linie. Ovšem bìhem následujících mìsícù roku se tempo dodávek k bojovým útvarùm zrychlilo. V okamžik pøepadení Polska (kterého se však
zúèastnilo jen o málo více než dvì stì Bf 109) tak Luftwaffe disponovala zajisté nejlepší stíhaèkou, jaká byla v kontinentální Evropì vyrobena. S technickou
i množstevní pøevahou tak stíhací èást Luftwaffe absolvovala polskou kampaò, první obranu Vaterlandu, Blitzkrieg proti západu i bitvu o Francii. S jednou nohou
vykroèenou pøes kanál La Manche zahájila Luftwaffe v letních mìsících roku 1940 útoky na Británii. V tu dobu se mj. projevil jeden vážný nedostatek
Bf 109 - nepøipravenost konstrukce stroje na nesení pøídavné nádrže, která by zvýšila dolet letounu pøi doprovodu bombardérù nad Británii. Tato zdánlivá
malièkost byla jedním z faktorù, které zapøíèinily porážku Luftwaffe v Bitvì o Británii. Zkušenosti z bojù v r. 1940 napomohly pøi vývoji verze F, která se zaèala
k bojovým útvarùm dostávat bìhem pøedjaøí 1941. Elegance Bf 109 u „Friedricha“ dosáhla vrcholu. Po bojích nad Kanálem a severní Francií, spíše již
defenzivního charakteru, se Bf 109F zapojily i do útoèných akcí, a to zejména pøi operaci Barbarossa na východì nebo v severní Africe. Do pozdìjších úkolù
Jagdwaffe ve druhé fázi války na východì i do obrany Øíše v letech 1943 - 1945 se zapojovaly pøedevším Bf 109 verze G a v posledních mìsících války pak také
verze K. Aèkoli na konci války bylo jasné, že koncepce letounu Bf 109 se po deseti letech služby dostala na hranici možností, po celou dobu své bojové èinnosti
dokázaly jednotlivé varianty držet krok se svými stíhacími protivníky. Kromì svého prioritního urèení stíhacího letounu se Bf 109 objevily i v rolích stíhací-
bombardovací, prùzkumná, noèní stíhací, palubní stíhací, cvièné nebo jako rammjäger.
Nebe se pro Bf 109 nezavøelo ani po skonèení války. Nìkolik strojù sloužilo až do roku 1949 ve Švýcarsku, mnohé létaly v balkánských zemích,
v osvobozeném Èeskoslovensku, a to jak v pùvodní podobì s motory DB 605, tak v pøestavìné variantì s motory Jumo 211. Zejména tyto stroje pozdìji tvoøily
základ letectva bránícího svobodu novì budovaného státu Izrael. Finsko zrušilo Bf 109 až v roce 1954 a Španìlsko opustilo své HA-1109 a 1112 dokonce
až v roce 1967.
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A W.Nr.160303, flown by Hptm. Friedrich Eberle, the CO of III./JG 1, Volkel, November, 1943
Friedrich Eberle, the commanding officer of III. Gruppe of JG 1, was downed in this Bf 109G-6 on January 30, 1944. The man who recorded the kill was
a P-47D Thunderbolt jockey, Lt. Robert Booth, of the 369th FS / 359th FG, a fighter ace with a total of eight kills to his credit. Booth himself was downed a few
months later, on June 8, 1944 and became a POW. Eberle was injured but survived the encounter with Booth and led III. Gruppe until April 27, 1944. In July
1944, he was appointed the CO of III./JG 4. Eberle led his unit in Operation Bodeplatte, the attack on Allied airfields on January 1, 1945. He was court
martialled for cowardice but finally was acquitted of the charge and survived the war with 33 kills. Eberle´s aircraft had been marked with a double chevron but
in accordance with temporary orders, this marking was painted over and the commander´s aircraft was marked with a number. The JG 1 crest was painted
on the left side of the cowling only. The rear part of the fuselage was partially overpainted with RLM 76 to tone it down.
H11
WHITE 62
H413 H417 H65
RLM 04 RLM 76 117
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C W.Nr. 411960, flown by Hptm. Franz Dörr, the CO of III./JG 5, Gossen, Norway, May, 1945
Franz Dörr downed his first victim, a British Wellington bomber, on September 29, 1941 as a member of 1.(Erg.)/JG 3. This unit was redesignated
7./JG 5 on January 1, 1942. In early May 1944, Dörr took command of III. Gruppe of JG 5 and led this unit till the end of war. Dörr was awarded the Ritterkreuz
on August 19, 1944. He managed to down 122 enemy aircraft – his score is marked on the rudder of his personal Bf 109G-6, W. Nr. 411960. This aircraft was
manufactured at the Erla factory and sports all its typical characteristics such as the small bulge on the right side of the cowling and different gun troughs. The
exact colour of the spinner is inconclusive from photographic evidence but can be black with a white spiral. The small disc on the rear fuselage identified
III. Gruppe aircraft.
H413 H11
RLM 04 113 WHITE 62
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Bf 109G-6 late series STENCILING POSITIONS
S74
?
S58 S8 S73
S59 S57 ?
? S9 S63
S64 S36 S30
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S67 S33 S27 S23 S27
S25 S34 S70
S72
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S71
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S65
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S66
S10 S20
S42
? S72
S33 S39 S34 ?
? ? ? S51
S40 S71
S36 S35
?
S53
?
S54 S12 S12
? ?
S11 S11
S76 ? S77 S76 ? S77 S65
S4 S4 ?
? ? S14 S66
S7
? S3 S3 ? S15
S13 S68 S18 ?
S16
S22 S22
? ?
S21 S21
S71 S73 S31 S32 S73 S71
S5 S5
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
S72 S74 S38 S6 S6 S37 S74 S72
S2 ? S29 S2 ? S29
S72
?
S71
S1 ? S28
?
S55
?
S56
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