German Fighter Aircraft of WW2 3942

The German Luftwaffe entered World War II in September 1939 employing as its main day fighter the Messerschmitt Bf109 one of the classic fighter aircraft designs of all time When war broke out it was already riding high on a reputation derived from its successful blooding in the Spanish Civil War 1941 saw the introduction of the Focke Wolf Fw190 over the English Channel Its superiority over the Spitfire Mk V saw it rapidly become the Luftwaffe fighter arms second iron and was to play a major role in the widening conflict from 1941 onwards