This annotated cutaway drawing, published in a French-language edition of the Luftwaffe magazine Der Adler, presents the Messerschmitt Bf 109 — Nazi Germany's principal single-seat fighter throughout WWII — with its internal structure and 24 key components labeled for a general readership. Designed by Willy Messerschmitt and famous for its 1937 Zurich competition victory and record-breaking speed trials, the Bf 109 (popularly called the Me 109) remained in continuous production and frontline service from 1937 through the war's end, becoming one of the most produced fighter aircraft in history. Project: 218709