German
Luftwaffe WW II
Messerschmitt Bf Me 109
Bf 109E-3 "Emil"
Powerplant: Daimler
Benz DB 601A 12 cylinder inverted-vee
liquid cooled engine rated at 1700hp for
take-off , 1000hp at 12,140ft.
Maximum
Speed: 348mph
Maximum
Range: 410 miles
Service
Ceiling: 34,450ft
Weight
Empty: 4,189lbs
Maximum
Loaded Weight: 5875lbs
Wing Span:
32'
4 1/2"
Length:
28' 4 1/2"
Height:
8" 2 1/2"
Wing Area:
174sq
ft
Armament:
Two
20mm
MG FF cannon with 60 rpg each in the
wings and two 7.92mm Rheinmetall Borsig
MG 17 machine guns with 1000 rpg each in
the fuselage. One engine-mounted MG FF/M
cannon with 200 rpg.
Bf 109F-2
Powerplant:
Daimler
Benz DB 601E 12 cylinder inverted vee
liquid cooled engine. Rated at 1,350hp
for take-off.
Maximum
Speed: 388mph
Maximum
Range: 528 miles
Weight:
6,396 lbs Normal Load
Wing
Span: 32' 6 1/2"
Length:
29' 7 1/8"
Height:
8' 6 1/2"
Armament:
One 20mm MG 151/20 engine mounted
cannon. Two 7,9mm MG 17 cowl mounted
machine guns.
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Messerschmitt
Bf
109E-3 "Emil" - National Museum of
Military History - Johannesburg South
Africa
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Messerschmitt Bf
109E-3 Werk Nommer 1289, "Red 2" of Jagdeschwader
26, has for many years displayed in
a dramatic crash pose at the South African
National Museum of Military History in
Johannesburg, South Africa. This particular
aircraft took its final flight on the
afternoon of, 28th November, 1940. Its
pilot, Unteroffizier Heinz Wolf of Jagdeschwader
26 ran out of fuel, and with a dead
engine, made a wheels-up safe landing in a
field just outside the village of Udimore.
Wolf's Messerschmitt, with many other pieces
of German equipment was packed and crated
for shipment to South Africa where it went
on display at various venues around the
country. In 1944, when the South African
authorities had no further use for the
Messerschmitt, it was handed over to the
embryo War Museum in Johannesburg. This
particular aircraft was manufacted in 1939,
by the Erla Maschinenwerk GmbH, in Leipzig.
It was accepted by the BAL 23 (Besichtigung
Abteilung Luftwaffe - Inspection Department
of the Luftwaffe) on 3rd July, 1939.
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Messerschmitt
Bf
109E-3 "Emil" View showing, 7.9mm
Ammunition magazine bays
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Messerschmitt
Bf
109E-3 "Emil" View showing, 7.9mm MG
Cowling ports
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Messerschmitt
Bf
109E-3 "Emil" View showing, Left wing
20mm cannon port.
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Messerschmitt
Bf
109E-3 "Emil" View showing,
underneath of right wing
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Messerschmitt
Bf
109E-3 "Emil" View showing, Nose cone
and engine mounted 20mm cannon
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Messerschmitt
Bf
109E-3 "Emil" View showing, Cockpit and
rear fuselage.
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Messerschmitt
Bf
109E-3 "Emil" View showing, Nose.
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Messerschmitt
Bf
109E-3 "Emil" Photograph of
Daimler Benz DB 601 A Powerplant
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Messerschmitt
Bf
109E-3 "Emil" Photograph of
Daimler Benz DB 601 A Powerplant rear.
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Messerschmitt
Bf
109E-3 "Emil" View showing, front of the
fuselage.
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| Messerschmitt
Bf
109F-2 - National Museum of Military
History - Johannesburg, South Africa. |
On display in
flying mode, Bf 109F-2 Werk Nommer 31010 in
the South African Museum of Military History
in Johannesburg, South Africa, is one of the
only four complete "F" models known to still
exist. "White 2", of 1/JG 27, was
captured on a North African airfield in 1942,
by the South African Air Force.
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Messerschmitt
Bf
109F-2 Front view, note the opening in
the nose cone for the 20mm engine
mounted cannon.
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Messerschmitt
Bf
109F-2 View showing, rear fuselage and
tailplane.
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Messerschmitt
Bf
109F-2 View of the LH air brake.
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Messerschmitt
Bf
109F-2 View of, Air filter, the
left exhaust. Also note the emblem of
JG27 on the nose of the aircraft.
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Messerschmitt
Bf
109F-2 View of LH Under- carriage
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