The Messerschmitt Bf 109, by Rüdiger Jaensch

[Richard T Eger]

Much of the material used on this webpage appears to come from wartime publications. Some is mundane, but there are definitely a few gems in here. Also note the photos from the USAF Museum and the wartime company advertisements. The address for the webpage is:

http://frhewww.physik.uni-freiburg.de/~jaensch/109/index.html

The sections and material of interest are:

The Introduction - brief coverage of the origin of the Bf 109.

The Bf 109 series - hisories of the following variants, with some engine technical info, photos, and drawings:

Bf 109A
Bf 109B
Bf 109C
Bf 109D
Bf 109E
Bf 109F
Bf 109G
Bf 109H
Bf 109K
Bf 109L
Bf 109R
Bf 109S
Bf 109T
Bf 109X
Bf 109Z

Developments and licence-built versions of the Bf 109 - hisories of the following variants, with some engine technical info, photos, and drawings:

Bf 109-Mistel
Bf 109 TL
Me 155 / BV 155
Me 209
Me 309
Me 409
Me 509
Me 609
Me E.1091

Avia S.99 / S.199
Hispano HA-1109 / HA-1112
Valtion Lentokonetehdas Pyörremyrsky
Tassilo Bek's Bf 109 Ultralight

The airplane and engine designation scheme - brief explanation.

Aero - engines - technical info, photos, drawings of the following engines:

BMW 801
DB 600
DB 601
DB 603
DB 605
Junkers Jumo 210
Junkers Jumo 211
Junkers Jumo 213

Pratt & Whitney Twin Wasp
Rolls - Royce Kestrel
Rolls - Royce Merlin

Bf-109 related pictures

<U>Bf 109 Pictures</U>

8 b&w Bf 109 photos, 5 b&w MG 131 photos and 1 operating schematic

In addition, Rüdiger has provided a number of color photos from the USAF Museum. These are preceded by 3 thumbnail photo indexes. Photos of interest are:

Fa 330 rotary wing kite - 1 photo
Fi 156 (5F+YK) - 3 photos
Fw 190D - 2 photos
Ju 88 (105) - 1 photo
Bf 109G-10 (WN 610824, black 4) - 8 photos
Me 163 - 1 photo
Me 262 - 1 photo
MK 108 - 2 photos
8.8 cm Flak gun - 1 photo

<U>Engine Pictures</U>

All photos and drawings are in b&w.

Engine Characteristics - chart comparing Jumo 210, Jumo 211, and DB 600
Comparison between a ship and Aero-Engine - size comparison of 1200 hp engines
Comparison between a WW I Engine and a WW II Engine

BMW 801 - cutaway and operating system schematic dwgs.
DB 600 - 1 photo
DB 601 - 1 photo
Jumo 205 - cutaway and 2-view cross section dwgs.
Jumo 210 - 1 photo
Jumo 211 - 1 photo

Engine tests - 2 photos
Fitting of a crankshaft - 1 photo
Production - 2 photos

<U>Bf 109 related advertisements</U> - B&w advertisements. These are a good way to see what the company logo looked like.

Arado - 1
BMW - 2
Daimler Benz - 2
FAG Kugel Fischer - 1
Frieseke & Höpfner - 1
Fuess - 1
Heinkel - 1
IG Farben - 1
Junkers - 1
Mauser - 1
Messerschmitt - 2
NSU - 1
Nürnberger Aluminiumwerk - 1
Arthur Pfeiffer - 1
Röhm & Haas - 2
Dr. Stamm - 2
Sum - 1
VDM - 3

Sources - 6 books, 4 magazine - some wartime

Links - 7 links

Regards,
Richard

[This message has been edited by Richard T Eger (edited 23 April 2001).]