Download or read book Messerschmitt Bf 109 at War written by Armand van Ishoven and published by Ian Allan Publishing. This book was released on 1977 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Matched in the early stages of World War II only by the spitfire, the Messerschmitt Bf109 was undoubtedly one of the greatest combat aircraft of all time. It first flew in 1935 then followed the familiar pattern of civil war prototype, record breaker, Spanish civil war combat train of development common to so many other German aircraft of the period. It was the dominant fighter in the Luftewaffe until 1941 and served on all fronts, and with the air forces of Bulgaria, Hungary and Rumania among others.