Which is better Spitfire or Me 109?

Similar to the case of the Hurricane the Spitfire was superior to the Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighter in a dogfight, since it had considerably better turning ability than its German arch rival. Example: The Spitfire turns as tightly to the left as possible which is more tightly, than the German Me 109 is able to do.

How many bf109s are left?

As of December 2016 there are 67 known existing Bf 109 airframes. About twenty of the surviving Bf 109s existent in the 21st century served at one time with the Luftwaffe fighter wing Jagdgeschwader 5, more than with any other Axis military aviation unit of World War II.

How many kills does the Bf 109 have?

7,355 kills
Luftwaffe records show that during Operation Barbarossa, German pilots claimed 7,355 kills on the Bf 109, between the seven Jagdgeschwader (JG 3, JG 27, JG 51, JG 53, JG 54, JG 77, and LG 2) for exactly 350 losses in aerial combat, a ratio of just over 21:1, and the highest achieved by the Germans on the Eastern Front.

What kind of guns did the Me 109 have?

Armament 1x 30mm MK 108 or 20mm MG 151, 2x 13mm MG 131 machine guns in wing or pods. The Me-109 was a light air superiority fighter that served as the foundation of the German Luftwaffe from 1936 until the end of World War II in 1945 and served in other European air forces until the mid 1950s.

When did the Messerschmitt Me 109 come out?

The Me-109 was a light air superiority fighter that served as the foundation of the German Luftwaffe from 1936 until the end of World War II in 1945 and served in other European air forces until the mid 1950s. The Me / Bf 109 was the second most produced fighter just under the Russian Ilyushin Il-2 Shturmovik.

What kind of fighter was the Messerschmitt Bf 109?

The Messerschmitt Bf 109 is one of the few fighters ever to be developed from a light-plane design. Willy Messerschmitt’s angular little fighter was built in greater numbers than any other fighter plane, the total reaching 33,000.

Why was the Me-109 called the F type?

The “F” type was the natural progression in what was to be a continual attempt of the Luftwaffe to upgrade the Me-109 to stay ahead of newer Allied types. The Me-109F was never the most numerous version of this aircraft nor was it the most heavily armed.