What is Messerschmitt Bf 109?
{|{{Infobox aircraft begin |name = Bf 109 |image = File:Me109 G-6 D-FMBB 1.jpg |long caption = A [[Hispano Aviación HA-1112]], a license-built Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-2, rebuilt by the EADS/Messerschmitt Foundation, Germany with a [[Daimler-Benz DB 605]] engine as a G-6. The paint scheme is missing the [[Swastika]], due to German law. }}{{Infobox aircraft type |type = [[Fighter aircraft|Fighter]] |manufacturer = [[Messerschmitt|Bayerische Flugzeugwerke (BFW)]]<br />[[Messerschmitt AG]] |designer = [[Willy Messerschmitt]], [[Robert Lusser]] |first flight = 29 May 1935<ref>{{cite book |last=Forsgren |first=Jan |year=2017 |title=Messerschmitt Bf 109: The Design and Operational History |publisher=Fonthill Media |page=41 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KzMqDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT41}}</ref> |introduced = February 1937 |retired = 9 May 1945, [[Luftwaffe]]<br />27 December 1965, [[Spanish Air Force]] |primary user =''[[Luftwaffe]]'' |more users = [[Hungarian Air Force]]<br />''[[Aeronautica Nazionale Repubblicana]]''<br />[[Royal Romanian Air Force]]<!-- please limit more user to three --> |number built = 33,984 <br />+239 [[Hispano Aviacion Ha 1112|HA-1112]]<br />+603 [[Avia S-199]] |status = |unit cost = |variants with their own articles =[[Avia S-199|Avia S-99/S-199]]<br />[[Hispano Aviacion Ha 1112]] }} |} The '''Messerschmitt Bf 109''' was a [[fighter aircraft]] usually called the '''Me 109'''. It was a [[Nazi Germany|German]] [[World War II]] aircraft. Made by [[Messerschmitt]], it first flew in 1935, and was used by the [[Luftwaffe]] during the [[Spanish Civil War]] and throughout [[World War II]]. It was one of the first modern fighters of the time. It had an all-metal construction, a closed [[cockpit]], and retractable [[landing gear]]. It was powered by a liquid-cooled, inverted-[[V12 engine|V12 aero engine]].<ref>Green, William. 1980. ''Messerschmitt Bf 109: the Augsburg eagle: a documentary history''. London: Macdonald and Jane's Publishing Group. {{ISBN|0-7106-0005-4}}</ref> The