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Messerschmitt Bf 109D-1 |
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Scale 1:33 |
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Author: Rafal Ciesielski |
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File Size: 12.3Mb |
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Bf 109D-1
2/JGr 176
Gablingen, August 1939
* Pilot figure is not included in the
kit
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Price $10.00 |
Model # 029_2 |
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Bf 109D-1
I./ZG2 Bernberg Jaeger
Poland, September 1939
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Model # 029_3 |
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If ordering a CD, please
add $5.45
for Shipping & Handling. One charge per order. |
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Technical data: |
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Length |
8.55 m |
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Span |
9.87 m |
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Engine |
Jumo 210D, 680hp (B variant). Jumo
210G, 700hp (D variant) |
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Max Speed |
470 km/h |
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Armament |
2 x 7.9mm MG-17 (B variant), 4 x
7.9mm MG-17 (D variant) |
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Crew |
1 |
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In 1933, the newly appointed head
of the RLM, Herman Goering, confidentially issued a requirement for a
"lightning fast courier aircraft". The request was sent to three companies
most experienced in airplane design - Focke-Wulf, Arado, and Heinkel.
Request was also sent later to Bayerische
Flugzeugwerk because of their work on Bf-108 Taifun.
In 1935 the prototypes were ready for
competitive fly-offs and it immediately became apparent that Heinkel's and
BFW's entries outclassed the competition. Further flight testing finally
edged the pilot's preference to the Bf-109.
First
production variant, Bf 109B, rolled off the assembly line in June 1937
and it was shortly followed by 29 more. All 30 planes were
transferred to Spain to equip Condor Legion - German "volunteers"
fighting on the side of General Franco's Nationalist forces.
Engine of
choice and preference for the Bf 109 series was to be the DB-601 but
production difficulties and teething problems led to production of an
interim Bf 109D variant using Jumo 210D and G engines. Bf 109D was
rushed into combat in Spain where it gained fame as planes used by both
Adolf Galland and Werner Molders.
Bf 109D saw very
limited use during World War 2 as it was being quickly replaced by the
superior Bf 109E variant.
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Models built and photographed by Michael Krol and Grzegorz
Nowak. |
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