Messerschmitt Bf 109E

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Messerschmitt Bf 109E (Walk Around 5534)

By Hans-Heiri Stapfer

Publisher: Squadron/Signal Publications 2004 82 Pages

ISBN: 0897474740

PDF 76 MB

The Messerschmitt Bf 109E was the backbone of the Luftwaffe fighter force during the Blitzkrieg (Lightning War) campaigns between 1939 and 1941. This type saw combat in Spain with the Legion Condor during the Spanish Civil War, participated in the invasion of Poland in the Fall of 1939, and was successful over the French skies in the 1940 Western Europe cam­paign. During the Battle of Britain in the summer of 1940, the Emil (E in the German phonet­ic alphabet) clashed with the Supermarine Spitfire - the first enemy opponent that was equal or superior in performance. The Bf 109E also saw service in North Africa and the Balkans and participated in Operation BARBAROSSA, the German attack against the Soviet Union in June of 1941. Bf 109Es served in the fighter-bomber role on the Eastern Front until early 1944. The few surviving Emils assigned to training units served well into late 1944.

The Emil was the first Bf 109 variant powered by the DB 601A powerplant developed by Daimler-Benz AG at Stuttgart-Untertiirkheim in Southern Germany. The DB 601A inverted 12-cylinder, liquid-cooled, inline engine had a take off rating of 1175 hp.

The first ten pre-series Bf 109E-0 aircraft were manufactured at the Messerschmitt plant at Augsburg in Bavaria. These aircraft made their initial flights during the second half of 1938. The first two production Bf 109E-ls (Werk Nummern/Factovy Numbers 1791 and 1792) were manufactured at Augsburg, while the other 12 Emils of the initial production batch were man­ufactured at other sub contractors.