ME 109  GBP £94.95 inc VAT

The Bf109 was produced in vast numbers .Over 30,000 in fact saw front line service from 1937 to the late 1960`s,it was surely one of the greatest fighters of all time. When it was introduced it was so advanced that it provoked a technical revolution in fighter design around the world.
First blooded in the Spanish Civil War, it and it`s experienced pilots went on to earn greater fame and respect from their adversaries in the Battle of Britain, where it reigned supreme over the early Spitfires and Hurricanes, courtesy of it`s direct fuel injection and constant speed propeller. Only to be thwarted by the tactics of the Luftwaffe High Command.
The 109 eventually evolved into it`s most sinister form the " Gustav ". By then, overweight and with a multitude of add on packs, it was an ideal mount for the experts who evolved with it. But as other pilots discovered it could be as dangerous to it`s pilot, as the enemy, if you did`nt know it`s quirks