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Originally Posted by Stealhead
Actually Me109 and Bf109 are both correct terms.Bf is a German abbreviation for the name of the company Bayerische Flugzeugwerke(Bavarian Aircraft Works) the company that Mr.Willy Messerschmidt worked for when he designed the 109 and 110 in late summer 1938 he bought Bayerische Flugzeugwerke and it became a part of Messerschmidt after this date RLM used the Me prefix on all aircraft designed from the company so if it was produced many post 1938 109s could be found with factory ID plates that said Bf or Me right up to the end of the war.
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Is there anyone here who can even read that sentence?
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Clearly even the Germans themselves used both names interchangeably therefore either term Me or Bf is correct.
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No. According to
Warplanes of the Third Reich, by William Green (a Brit), any plane designed before the name change to Messerschmitt AG is properly Bf, and any after, starting with the Me-163 Komet, is of course Me. What any Allied pilots called them is irrelevant.