What is Messerschmitt Bf 110?
{|{{Infobox Aircraft Begin |name = Messerschmitt Bf 110 |image =Bundesarchiv Bild 101I-360-2095-23, Flugzeuge Messerschmitt Me 110.jpg |caption = night fighter squadron in flight, 21 June 1942 }}{{Infobox Aircraft Type |type = [[Fighter aircraft]] |manufacturer = [[Messerschmitt]] |designer = |first flight = 12 May 1936 |introduction = 1937. |retired = 1945 (Luftwaffe) |primary user = [[Luftwaffe]] |number built = Estimated 6,170{{ref label|Note1|a|a}} |variants with their own articles = }}|} The '''Messerschmitt Bf 110''' is a twin-[[engine]] [[fighter aircraft]]. It used two [[Daimler-Benz DB 600]] [[engines]].<ref name=AHOM>{{cite web |url=http://www.aviation-history.com/messerschmitt/bf110.html |title=Messerschmitt Bf 110 |publisher=The Aviation History Online Museum|access-date=27 July 2015}}</ref> It was [[design]]ed as a [[wikt:long-range|long-range]] 3-seat [[escort fighter]] in 1935.<ref name=BoB>{{cite web|url=http://www.battleofbritain1940.net/0014.html|title=The Battle of Britain 1940 - Aircraft of the Luftwaffe|publisher=Battle of Britain Historical Society|access-date=27 July 2015|archive-date=16 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150216044901/http://www.battleofbritain1940.net/0014.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> The first [[prototype]] flew on May 12, 1936.<ref name=AHOM/> The plane was used by the [[Germany|German]] ''[[Luftwaffe]]'' in the [[World War II]]. In Germany it was called ''Zerstörer'' (the destroyer). Early in the war Germany had great success with the plane until they attacked [[Great Britain]]. In the [[Battle of Britain]] the Bf 110C was no match for Britain's [[Supermarine Spitfire]] and [[Hawker Hurricane]] [[Fighter aircraft|fighters]].<ref name=AHOM/> The planes designed as escorts (to [[bomber]]s) had to be escorted themselves.<ref name=BoB/> They were slow in turns which was a major [[wikt:flaw|flaw]] in the design.<ref name=AB>{{cite web |url=http://asisbiz.com/il2/Bf-110/Messerschmitt-Bf-110.html |title=Luftwaffe Fighter-Bombe