messerschmitt

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A German surname
Any of several particular types of airplane used by the German air force in the Second World War
a type of military aircraft used by Germany in World War II and designed by Willy Messerschmitt (1898-1978), a German engineer

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Messerschmitt 109
Fighter aircraft of Nazi Germany. Originally designed in 1934 by Willy Messerschmitt at the Bavarian Airplane Co. (BFW), it was also known as the Bf 109. Modified after seeing action in the Spanish Civil War, it became Germany's premier fighter for much of World War II. The model used in the Battle of Britain was a single-seat, single-engine monoplane with a top speed of 350 mph (570 kph) and a ceiling of 35,000 ft (10,500 m). It was faster in a dive than the British Spitfire but was limited in range by a small fuel capacity. By 1944 improved Allied fighters such as the P-51 had outstripped it
Messerschmitt 109 Me 109
Fighter aircraft of Nazi Germany. Originally designed in 1934 by Willy Messerschmitt at the Bavarian Airplane Co. (BFW), it was also known as the Bf 109. Modified after seeing action in the Spanish Civil War, it became Germany's premier fighter for much of World War II. The model used in the Battle of Britain was a single-seat, single-engine monoplane with a top speed of 350 mph (570 kph) and a ceiling of 35,000 ft (10,500 m). It was faster in a dive than the British Spitfire but was limited in range by a small fuel capacity. By 1944 improved Allied fighters such as the P-51 had outstripped it
Willy Messerschmitt
born June 26, 1898, Frankfurt am Main, German Empire died Sept. 17, 1978, Munich, W.Ger. German aircraft designer. From 1926 he was chief designer and engineer at the Bayerische Flugzeugwerke in Augsburg, Ger., which in 1938 became Messerschmitt AG. In 1939 his first military aircraft, the Messerschmitt 109 (Me 109), set a speed record of 481 mph (775 km/hr). In World War II his factory produced 35,000 Me 109's for the German air force, as well as the Me 110 bomber, the Me 163 rocket-propelled plane, and the Me 262, the first combat jet. Under a postwar ban on aircraft production, his firm made prefab housing and sewing machines until 1958
messerschmitt

    Hyphenation

    Mes·ser·schmitt

    Turkish pronunciation

    mesırşmît

    Pronunciation

    /ˈmesərsʜˌmət/ /ˈmɛsɜrʃˌmɪt/

    Etymology

    () After aircraft designer and manufacturer (1898–1978).
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