Wolfgang Liebe, who is generally credited with inventing wing fences, filed a patent[2] for it in 1938 while working on the Messerschmitt Bf 109B. After World War II, Soviet military aircraft designers became known for their habit of using wing fences, using them on aircraft as varied as Mikoyan MiG-15, Mikoyan MiG-17, Mikoyan MiG-19, Mikoyan MiG-21, Mikoyan MiG-25, Mikoyan MiG-31, Tupolev Tu-128, Tupolev Tu-95, Tupolev Tu-160 in swept-wing mode, and Tupolev Tu-22Ms.