Messerschmitt Bf 108
Type	Communications
Manufacturer	Messerschmitt
Designed by	Willy Messerschmitt
Maiden flight	1936
Status	Retired
Primary users	Germany, Luftwaffe Bulgaria, France (Post war), Hungary, Romania, United Kingdom (RAF), Yugoslavia.

The Messerschmitt Bf 108 Taifun was a single-engined sports and touring aircraft developed by Bayerische Flugzeugwerke. The Bf 108 was of modern, all metal construction, and the famous Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighter plane used many of the same design features. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1280x592, 336 KB) Description: Me (Bf) 108 B Taifun der Lufthansa Berlin-Stiftung Source: photo taken by Kogo Date: 3. ... An aerospace manufacturer is a company or individual involved in the various aspects of designing, building, testing, selling, and maintaining aircraft, aircraft parts, missiles, rockets, and/or spacecraft. ... Messerschmitt is a famous German aircraft manufacturer, known primarily for their World War II fighter aircraft, notably the Bf 109 and Me 262. ... Wilhelm Emil Messerschmitt (June 26, 1898 – September 15, 1978) (known as Willi or Willy) was a German aircraft designer and manufacturer. ... The Maiden flight of an aircraft is the first occasion on which an aircraft leaves the ground of its own accord. ... This is a list of aviation-related events from 1936: Events February February 13 - Imperial Airways commences airmail services to West Africa March March 23 - Impreial Airways begins scheduled flights between Hong Kong and Malaysia. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... RAF is an three letter acronym for: Royal Air Force -- the Air Force of the United Kingdom (see also Air Ministry) Red Army Faction (Rote Armee Fraktion) -- a German terror organisation Rigas Autobusu Fabrika -- a factory making buses in Riga, Latvia Rapid Action Force in India Računarski Fakultet RAF... Yugoslavia (Jugoslavija in South Slavic languages, Југославија (Serbian, Macedonian Cyrillic): Land of the South Slavs) describes three separate political entities that existed on the Balkan Peninsula in Europe during most of the 20th century. ... Messerschmitt is a famous German aircraft manufacturer, known primarily for their World War II fighter aircraft, notably the Bf 109 and Me 262. ... The Messerschmitt Bf 109 was a World War II fighter aircraft designed by Willy Messerschmitt in the early 1930s. ...

The two seat A version first flew in 1934, and the four seat B version was flying the following year. The B version used the Argus As 10 inverted Vee, air cooled engine. Argus As 10 C, partially sectioned, showing some inner parts Fieseler Fi 156 Storch and an Argus As 10 C side by side Argus As 10 C The Argus As 10 was a German-designed and built low power aircraft engine, used mainly in training aircraft like Arado Ar 66...

It was adopted into Luftwaffe service during World War II, where it was primarily used as a personnel transport and liaison aircraft. This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Combatants Major Allied powers: United Kingdom Soviet Union United States Republic of China and others Major Axis powers: Nazi Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Harry Truman Chiang Kai-Shek Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tojo Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead...

Production of the Bf 108 was transferred to occupied France during World War II and production continued after the war as the Nord 1000. Combatants Major Allied powers: United Kingdom Soviet Union United States Republic of China and others Major Axis powers: Nazi Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Harry Truman Chiang Kai-Shek Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tojo Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead...

Trivia

• The nickname 'Taifun' or 'Typhoon' was given to the aircraft by German aviatrix Elly Beinhorn, the second woman to fly solo around the world.

• Four Bf 108s were impounded in Britain on the outbreak of World War II and put into RAF service, where they were designated Messerschmitt Aldon. As a light communications aircraft it was the fastest type the RAF had at the time, but they caused some confusion by being mistaken for attacking Bf 109s.

• A single Bf 108B was purchased by the U.S. Military Attaché for Air in the spring of 1939 for $14,378 and designated XC-44. It was 'repossessed' by the Nazi government in December 1941 (after having been condemned in November).

• Bf 108s, or perhaps postwar Nord 100s, played the role of Messerschmitt 109 fighters in some movies, including 633 Squadron and Von Ryan's Express.

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Specifications (Bf 108)

General characteristics

• Crew: One
• Length: 8.3 m (27 ft 2 in)
• Wingspan: 10.5 m (34 ft 5 in)
• Height: 2.3 m (7 ft 6 in)
• Wing area: 16 m² (172 ft²)
• Empty weight: 860 kg (1,887 lb)
• Loaded weight: 1,400 kg (3,087 lb)
• Powerplant: 1× Argus As 10 air-cooled inverted V-8, 177 kW (240 hp)

Performance

• Maximum speed: 315 km/h at 1000 m (196 mph at 1,000 ft)
• Range: 1000 km (620 mi)
• Service ceiling: 6,200 m (20,300 ft)
• Wing loading: 87.5 kg/m² (17.9 lb/ft²)
• Power/mass: 0.143 kW/kg (0.087 hp/lb)

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Comparable aircraft

• Klemm Kl 36
• Fiesler Fi-97

Designation sequence

• German: Kl 105 - Kl 106 - Kl 107 - Bf 108 - Bf 109 - Bf 110 - He 111

• U.S. Military: C-31 - C-32 - C-33 - C-34 - XC-35 - C-36 - C-37 - C-38 - C-39 - C-40 - C-41 (Old) - C41 (New) - C-42 - C-43 - C-44 - C-45 - C-46 - C-47 - C-48

Related lists

• List of military aircraft of Germany -
• List of aircraft of the RAF

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External links

• N.Z. Warbirds Association

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