BF 109s

Illustration features a cutaway of a German Messerschmitt Bf 109f (or Me 109f) fighter in flight, circa 1942. (Photo by PhotoQuest/Getty Images) 

Two Royal Air Force sergeant aircrew inspect the fuselage of Messerschmitt Bf 109E-4 (W.Nr 1480), piloted by Oberleutnant Franz von Werra, the adjutant of II/JG3 'Udet', which crash-landed on 5 September 1940 at Winchet Hill, near Marden in Kent, at a Ministry of Aircraft Production centre in Kent, 2nd October 1940. Oberleutnant Franz von Werra was the only member of the Axis forces who managed to escape captivity during World War 2. (Photo by Fox Photos/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) 

Messerschmitt Bf 109, Workers on the assembly line of Meserschmitt in Augsburg. 1943. They produce the Bf 109 fighter for the German Luftwaffe. Germany. (Photo by Galerie Bilderwelt/Getty Images) 

GERMANY - AUGUST 02: Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighter aircraft, 1937, Germany, drawing. (Photo by DeAgostini/Getty Images) 

Assembly line of the German Messerschmitt BF-109 fighter planes in the Messerschmitt factories in Regensburg. 1940. (Photo by: Photo12/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) 

Restoration engineer at the Imperial War Museum Colin Swann, examines the wing of a Messerschmitt Bf109E at Duxford today (Tuesday). The German fighter plane which crash-landed on September 30, 1940 following a Battle of Britain dogfight is to be restored and is expected to be put on display at the IWM's aviation museum in two years time. Photo by Findlay Kember/PA. See PA story AIR Messerschmitt (Photo by Findlay Kember - PA Images/PA Images via Getty Images) 

(Eingeschr?nkte Rechte f?r bestimmte redaktionelle Kunden in Deutschland. Limited rights for specific editorial clients in Germany.) Flugzeuge Deutschland, Messerschmitt Bf 109 (einsitziges Jagdflugzeug):- Me 109- 1937 (Photo by ullstein bild/ullstein bild via Getty Images)