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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.

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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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