Me 109
Title
Me 109
Description
An aerial view of a Me 109 and on the reverse details and silhouettes about the aircraft.
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One double sided printed card
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MDarbyCAH927893-180202-010005, MDarbyCAH927893-180202-010006
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[photograph]
VALENTINE’S “AIRCRAFT RECONGNITION” CARDS
VALENTINE & SONS, LTD.,
DUNDEE AND LONDON
Printed in Gt. Britain.
[page break]
“THE PROFICIENCY TEST” SERIES. No. – 53
THE MESSERSCHMITT Me 109E
GERMAN FIGHTER.
One 985 h.p. Mercedes Benz DB601A air-cooled motor.
Armament: two 20 m.m. cannon in the wings and two machine guns on the motor cowling. Can carry one 500lb. or four 110 lb. bombs.
Dimensions. – Span, 32 ft. 3 1/4 in.; length, 26 ft. 8 in.; height, 7 ft. 6 in.; wing area, 174 sq. ft.; aspect ratio, 6.00.
Weights. – Empty, 4,360 lb.; loaded, 5,400 lb.
Performance. – Max. speed, 354 m.p.h. at 14,760 ft.; range, 560 miles at 248 m.p.h.; initial climb 3,100 ft. per min.; service ceiling, 36,000 ft.
[drawing x 3]
THESE DRAWINGS, REPRODUCED FROM “AIRCRAFT INDENTIFICATION.”
ARE THE COPYRIGHT OF “THE AEROPLANE.”
RECOGNITION POINTS. – Low wings, marked dihedral, straight taper, square cut tips, short squat fuselage, single fin and rudder, braced tailplane. Radiators under nose and trailing edges of wing roots. Undercarriage retracts outwards.
VALENTINE’S “AIRCRAFT RECONGNITION” CARDS
VALENTINE & SONS, LTD.,
DUNDEE AND LONDON
Printed in Gt. Britain.
[page break]
“THE PROFICIENCY TEST” SERIES. No. – 53
THE MESSERSCHMITT Me 109E
GERMAN FIGHTER.
One 985 h.p. Mercedes Benz DB601A air-cooled motor.
Armament: two 20 m.m. cannon in the wings and two machine guns on the motor cowling. Can carry one 500lb. or four 110 lb. bombs.
Dimensions. – Span, 32 ft. 3 1/4 in.; length, 26 ft. 8 in.; height, 7 ft. 6 in.; wing area, 174 sq. ft.; aspect ratio, 6.00.
Weights. – Empty, 4,360 lb.; loaded, 5,400 lb.
Performance. – Max. speed, 354 m.p.h. at 14,760 ft.; range, 560 miles at 248 m.p.h.; initial climb 3,100 ft. per min.; service ceiling, 36,000 ft.
[drawing x 3]
THESE DRAWINGS, REPRODUCED FROM “AIRCRAFT INDENTIFICATION.”
ARE THE COPYRIGHT OF “THE AEROPLANE.”
RECOGNITION POINTS. – Low wings, marked dihedral, straight taper, square cut tips, short squat fuselage, single fin and rudder, braced tailplane. Radiators under nose and trailing edges of wing roots. Undercarriage retracts outwards.
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Valentine & Sons, “Me 109,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed July 22, 2024, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/39647.
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