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Messerschmitt Bf 108 | bgcolor="#87CEEB" colspan="3" align="center" style="border-bottom:3px solid"|Messerschmitt Bf 108 | | olspan="3" align="center"|300px | | gcolor="#87CEEB" colspan="3"|Description | | ole | colspan="2"|Communications | | rew | colspan="2"| | | irst Flight | colspan="2"|1936 | | ntered Service | colspan="2"| | | anufacturer | colspan="2"|Messerschmitt | | gcolor="#87CEEB" colspan="3"|Dimensions | | ength | 8.3 m | 27 ft 2 in | | ingspan | 10.5 m | 34 ft 5 in | | eight | 2.3 m | 7 ft 6 in | | ing Area | 16 m² | 172 ft² | | gcolor="#87CEEB" colspan="3"|Weights | | mpty | 860 kg | 1,887 lb | | oaded | 1,400 kg | 3,087 lb | | aximum takeoff | kg | lb | | gcolor="#87CEEB" colspan="3"|Powerplant | | ngine | colspan="2"|Argus As10 | | ower | 200 kW | 270 hp | | gcolor="#87CEEB" colspan="3"|Performance | | aximum speed | 315 km/h @ 300 m | 196 mph @ 1,000 ft | | ombat range | 1,000 km | 620 miles | | erry range | km | miles | | ervice ceiling | 6,200 m | 20,300 ft | | ate of climb | m/min | ft/min | | ing loading | 87.5 kg/m² | 17.9 lb/ft² | | ower/Mass | 0.143 kW/kg | 0.087 hp/lb | The Messerschmitt Bf 108 Taifun was a single-engined sports and touring aircraft developed by Bayerische Flugzeugwerke. The highly produced Messerschmitt Bf 109 was based extensively on this design. It was adopted into Luftwaffe service during World War II, where it was primarily used as a personnel transport and liaison aircraft. The photo shows one of four Bf 108s which were impounded in Britain on the outbreak of World War II and put into RAF service, where they were designated Messerschmitt Aldon. As a light communications aircraft it was the fastest type the RAF had at the time, but they caused some confusion by being mistaken for attacking Bf 109s.
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