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3 unusual facts about Messerschmitt Me 209


Messerschmitt 209

Messerschmitt Me 209, high-speed experimental prototype single-seater from 1938;

Messerschmitt Me 209

Nevertheless, the Messerschmitt team made several attempts to improve the aircraft's performance by giving it longer wings, a taller vertical stabilizer, and installing two 7.92 mm (.312 in) MG 17 machine guns in the engine cowling.

The fuselage of the Me 209 V1 is currently on display, at the Polish Aviation Museum in Kraków, Poland and was once a part of Hermann Göring's personal collection.



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