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In issue 18 of the Aviation Classics series we take a leap back to the Second World War and what is arguably the greatest piston engined fighter of all time, the Messerschmitt Bf 109. Often referred to as the Me 109 this aircraft was designed by Willy Messerschmitt and Robert Lusser in response to an official requirement for a new single seat fighter issued in February 1934. 8226 How both the Junkers and Daimler Benz engines were not ready in time, so the first flights were actually powered by a Rolls Royce Kestrel VI 8226 A total of 33,984 Messerschmitt Be 109s were produced, making it the most produced fighter aircraft of all time 8226 Starting in the Spanish Civil War, the Luftwaffe was to use the 109 in every theatre it was deployed to during the Second World War as a fighter, interceptor, fighter bomber and photo reconnaissance aircraft