Messerschmitt

Messerschmitt is a famous German aircraft manufacturer, known primarily for their World War II fighter aircraft, notably the Bf 109 and Me 262. The company survived in the post-war era, undergoing a number of mergers and evolving into Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm before being bought by DASA in 1989.

Messerschmitt aircraft:

• Messerschmitt Bf 108 Taifun (Typhoon), trainer + transport
• Messerschmitt Bf 109, fighter (later versions designated as Me 109)
• Messerschmitt Bf 110, heavy fighter + night-fighter
• Messeschmitt Bf 161, heavy fighter prototype
• Messerschmitt Bf 162, "Jaguar" bomber (prototype)
• Messerschmitt Bf 163 STOL reconnaissance aircraft (prototypes only) Built by Weserflug AG.
• Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet (Comet), interceptor (rocket-engined)
• Messerschmitt Me 209, fighter + speed-record aircraft (prototype)
• Messerschmitt Me 209-II, fighter (prototype - completely different to Me 209)
• Messerschmitt Me 210, heavy fighter + reconnaissance
• Messerschmitt Me 261, "Adolfine" long-range reconnaissance and record-breaker
• Messerschmitt Me 262 Schwalbe (Swallow), fighter + attack (jet-engined)
• Messerschmitt Me 263, interceptor (rocket-engined)
• Messerschmitt Me 264 Amerika (America), long-range bomber (prototype)
• Messerschmitt Me 265 attack aircraft project
• Messerschmitt Me 290, maritime patrol + bomber + reconnaissance
• Messerschmitt Me 309, fighter (prototype)
• Messerschmitt Me 321 Gigant (Giant), transport glider
• Messerschmitt Me 323 Gigant (Giant), transport
• Messerschmitt Me 328 pulsejet parasite fighter
• Messerschmitt Me 329 heavy fighter project, glider prototype said to have test flown at Rechlin in 1945
• Messerschmitt Me 409 heavy fighter, (Me 209 derivative) (project), 1944
• Messerschmitt Me 410 Hornisse (Hornet), heavy fighter + reconnaissance
• Messerschmitt Me 510 twin-engine fighter-bomber (Me 410 derivative) (project)
• Messerschmitt Me 600 "Bussard", rare,provisional designation for project Arthur Sack A.S.7V-1
• Messerschmitt Me 609 heavy fighter + bomber (project)
• Messerschmitt P.1101 prototype jet interceptor with variable-sweep wing, inspiration for Bell X-5
• Messerschmitt-Bolkow-Blohm "Lampyridae" stealth fighter project, 1981