Woah, you got to go in the cockpit of one of my favorite aircraft. Amazing engineering - from the 30s to end of war - I think the P40 was the only other one.
Love your content and the museum guys. Been there many times keep up the amazing work the channel will explode in popularity soon enough! I just got recommended it in my feed only 20 minutes after upload.
The "Ammo Counter" is because Germans like over engineering and have a need for control. But because I know "German" is a generalization of a set group of people, I wonder if the person in charge of including a "ammo counter" was of Prussian descent?
Funnily enough Germans are the largest ancestrial group in the US with about 1/4 of the population. A lot of very important people in the past and present US History were from german decend. Trump, Oppenheimer, Eisenhower, Hoover and Einstein are just a few. So the German need for control and over engineering was instrumental in making the US what it is today. A Prussian General named Steuben also reorganized the whole northern army in the war of independence. He had a high position and was instrumental in winning important battles as well as the war itself. His Prussian military doctrine and discipline had an big impact on the American soldiers and way of warfare.
@@chrisfrank1860 Where did you get that 1/4th "ancestral group" from? I am truly curious as I am a mixed race American. My Paternal side is almost a completely a Mix of pre-revolutionary colonists, including "Pennsylvania Dutch" and Virginia folk. Except the Irish-side "Reynolds" who immigrated around the 1830's, my Dad's side is is all Colonials. My Mom is a Mixed Race Mutt from Hawaii! With an Asshole German Grandfather who jumped ship while his Kaiser's Battle Cruiser made a port call in Honolulu. Not sure on the date, but it was just before WW1 , either 1913 or early 1914. Regardless he was an asshole. He blamed my Grandmother for only having Daughters and ended up being a sicko molester! BTW he was Prussian! F-Them!
Bf-109 is the official designation for the 109 as the Bayerische Flugzeugwerke (BFW) manufactured most of them. Me-109 is an unofficial designation used by the allies and some German pilots due to the confusion between Messerschmidt the chief designer in BFW and Messerschmidt the company. Later in the war, after Messerschmidt took over BFW as a whole is when Willy Messerschmidt's plane started using the Me- designation
It was called Me 109 by Allied Aircrew throughout the entirety of WWII. There are records of German Aces calling it Me 109 as well. Which makes sense, despite all aircraft officially carrying the BF 109 designation, the company was taken over, and renamed Messerschmit AG in 1938. The renaming of the company came with the new designation of "Me," for all future aircraft, with the BF 109 continuing to use the "BF" designation. It is perfectly acceptable to call the aircraft Me 109, because there is no confusion in what aircraft you are referring to.
@@deathsheir2035 I can confirm that. Bf 109 and 110 were the last models with the "Bayrische Flugzeugwerke" designation, the later variants of the 110 (210 and 410) or the 163 and 262 had Me only.
For pedantics: It is completely acceptable to call the Bf 109 by its unofficial de jure designation: Me 109 which was what the Allies and some German pilots called it. This divergence came from the confusion between Messerschmitt the chief designer of BFW and Messerschmitt the company after he took over BFW. Hence why Messerschmitt's new planes stopped using the "Bf" designation after 1938
Was a Nightmare of allied forces
I like those late war ME-109
Plane is painted with Eric Hartmans. BLACK TULIP.
Woah, you got to go in the cockpit of one of my favorite aircraft. Amazing engineering - from the 30s to end of war - I think the P40 was the only other one.
Love your content and the museum guys. Been there many times keep up the amazing work the channel will explode in popularity soon enough! I just got recommended it in my feed only 20 minutes after upload.
Grew up in Hudson Massachusetts did not know the museum was there
The "Ammo Counter" is because Germans like over engineering and have a need for control. But because I know "German" is a generalization of a set group of people, I wonder if the person in charge of including a "ammo counter" was of Prussian descent?
Funnily enough Germans are the largest ancestrial group in the US with about 1/4 of the population.
A lot of very important people in the past and present US History were from german decend. Trump, Oppenheimer, Eisenhower, Hoover and Einstein are just a few.
So the German need for control and over engineering was instrumental in making the US what it is today.
A Prussian General named Steuben also reorganized the whole northern army in the war of independence. He had a high position and was instrumental in winning important battles as well as the war itself. His Prussian military doctrine and discipline had an big impact on the American soldiers and way of warfare.
@@chrisfrank1860
Where did you get that 1/4th "ancestral group" from? I am truly curious as I am a mixed race American. My Paternal side is almost a completely a Mix of pre-revolutionary colonists, including "Pennsylvania Dutch" and Virginia folk. Except the Irish-side "Reynolds" who immigrated around the 1830's, my Dad's side is is all Colonials. My Mom is a Mixed Race Mutt from Hawaii! With an Asshole German Grandfather who jumped ship while his Kaiser's Battle Cruiser made a port call in Honolulu. Not sure on the date, but it was just before WW1 , either 1913 or early 1914. Regardless he was an asshole. He blamed my Grandmother for only having Daughters and ended up being a sicko molester! BTW he was Prussian! F-Them!
@@chrisfrank1860 BTW, you missed Nimitz!
What is the glass/plexiglass screen at eye level in front of the pilot?
It's the reflector type gunsight. The sighting reticle is projected onto the lens from below.
You mean BF-109
Messerschmitt and Bayerische Flugzeugwerke were the manufacturers of the aircraft. So ME-109 and BF-109 are both correct.
Bf-109 is the official designation for the 109 as the Bayerische Flugzeugwerke (BFW) manufactured most of them. Me-109 is an unofficial designation used by the allies and some German pilots due to the confusion between Messerschmidt the chief designer in BFW and Messerschmidt the company. Later in the war, after Messerschmidt took over BFW as a whole is when Willy Messerschmidt's plane started using the Me- designation
Isn't me 109 a misnaming of 109? The official German name for it was BF
It was called Me 109 by Allied Aircrew throughout the entirety of WWII. There are records of German Aces calling it Me 109 as well.
Which makes sense, despite all aircraft officially carrying the BF 109 designation, the company was taken over, and renamed Messerschmit AG in 1938. The renaming of the company came with the new designation of "Me," for all future aircraft, with the BF 109 continuing to use the "BF" designation.
It is perfectly acceptable to call the aircraft Me 109, because there is no confusion in what aircraft you are referring to.
@@deathsheir2035 I can confirm that. Bf 109 and 110 were the last models with the "Bayrische Flugzeugwerke" designation, the later variants of the 110 (210 and 410) or the 163 and 262 had Me only.
For pedantics: It is completely acceptable to call the Bf 109 by its unofficial de jure designation: Me 109 which was what the Allies and some German pilots called it.
This divergence came from the confusion between Messerschmitt the chief designer of BFW and Messerschmitt the company after he took over BFW. Hence why Messerschmitt's new planes stopped using the "Bf" designation after 1938