Messerschmitt's designation Me 209 was actually used for two separate projects during the late 1930s and early 1940s. The first Me 209 was a record-setting single-engine race plane for which little or no consideration was given to adaptation for combat. The second, was the Me 209-II, a proposal for an enhanced version of the highly successful Bf 109 which served as the Luftwaffe's primary fighter throughout World War II.[1] The Me 209-II, despite its designation, bore no relationship to the earlier Me 209.[2] #airplane #avion #lu #me #me209 #messerchmitt #plane #ww2 #wwii
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