Messerschmitt Me 209A

Prototype

Service Data

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Production Data

First Flight: 3 November 1943
Manufacturer: Messerschmitt
Number built: 4

Technical Data

Type: Prototype Fighter completely different to Me 209

Crew: 1 man
Length: 9.62 m
Wingspan: 10.95 m
Wing area: 17.15 m²
Height: 4 m
Empty: 3,475 kg
Loaded: 4,200 kg
Engine: 1 × Junkers Jumo 213E 12 cylinder supercharged liquid cooled inverted Vee piston engine producing up to 1,750 hp
Maximum speed: 660 km/h
Range:
Service ceiling: 13,000 m
Armament:
1 × 30 mm MK 108 cannon
2 × 13 mm MG 131 machine guns
Electronics:
Operators: Luftwaffe
Variants:
Me 209 V-5
Me 209 V-6
Me 209 A-1
Me 209 A-2

Other: Prototypes
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History

The Messerschmitt Me 209A was a single seat single engine low wing monoplane wide track inwards retracting undercarriage and a pressurised cockpit, fighter completely different to Me 209

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Sources

The Warplanes of the Third Reich.
ISBN-10: 0385057822

German Aircraft of the Second World War.
ISBN-10: 0370000242

Hitler's Luftwaffe.
ISBN-10: 051718771X

For a complete list of sources