Messerschmitt Bf 109E-4
Maj Adolf Galland, III/JG 26 'Schlageter'
Audembert, France, 1940
(Corgi US321110)
- Engine: One 1,150 h.p. Daimler-Benz DB 601Aa inverted-Vee type
- Span: 32 ft 4 in
- Length: 28 ft 4 in
- Height: 11 ft 2 in
- Weight: 5,523 lb loaded
- Crew: One
- Max Speed: 357 mph at 12,300 ft
- Service Ceiling: 36,000 ft
- Normal Range: 413 miles
- Armament: Two 7.9 mm MG in upper fuselage, one 20 mm canon in each wing
- Notes: One of the best known Bf 109Es, Galland's famous E-4/N was marked with Kommodore markings, 57 victory bars on the rudder and the familiar black and white mouse personal emblem. But the writing was on the wall for this aircraft by December 1940. Having scored an additional three kills with it, Galland then received a new Bf 109F-0, and proceeded to fly both types from Brest in early 1941.
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