The Messerschmitt Bf 110, often known unofficially as the Me 110, [Note 1] is a twin-engined Zerstörer (destroyer, heavy fighter), fighter-bomber (Jagdbomber or Jabo), and night fighter (Nachtjäger) designed by the German aircraft company Bayerische Flugzeugwerke (BFW) and produced by successor company Messerschmitt.

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Apr 21, 2022 · The Messerschmitt Bf 110 F-2 Long Range Zerstörer – Jagdbomber or Jabo was a dual engine long range heavy fighter. It was a destroyer / night fighter – reconnaissance airplane with a crew of two. One pilot and one radio controller / navigator / rear gunner.

Fighter-bomber based on C-4/B, two ETC 500 centreline bomb racks capable of carrying two 250, 500, or 1,000 kg (2,204 lb) bombs, uprated DB 601P engines. Heavy fighter/fighter-bomber, extreme range versions based on C-series, prepared to operate with external fuel tanks. Often stationed in Norway.

Mar 26, 2013 · The Bf 110 was the second production warplane designed by Prof Willy Messerschmitt after joining the Bayerische Flugzeugwerke AG, and was evolved in response to an Reichsluftfahrtministerium (RLM) specification of early 1934 for a long-range escort fighter and Zerstörer (destroyer) aircraft. It was an advanced, all-metal design with twin ...

Constructed as a Bf-110F-2. Taken on Strength/Charge with the Luftwaffe with s/n LN+NR. Transferred to 13 (Z) JG5. Crashed. Forced landing on the frozen Lake Pyavozero in Russia. Sank when the lake thawed. To Jim Pearce/Sussex Spraying Service, Shoreham UK. Was one of two recovered from lakes near Murmansk, Russia. Transported by air.

On 23 November 1939, the Bf 110 claimed its first Allied victim when LG 1 Bf 110s engaged and shot down a Morane-Saulnier M.S.406 of the Armée de l'Air over Verdun. Just three weeks later, on 18 December 1939, the Bf 110 participated in the …

Mar 1, 2016 · On January 11, it was damaged by train-mounted flak while flying a four plane mission against railway lines between Murmansk and Leningrad. Pilot Helmut Ziegenhagen …

Messerschmitt Bf 110 F-2 Pinsavaara, Finland Zerstörerstaffel 13.(Z)/JG 5 WNr.5052 LN+NR 12.01 1943 Hit by flak during an attack on the Murmansk-Leningrad railway line.

Bf 110 F-2, WNr 4547 (probably), LN + MR. flown by Oberfeldwebel Theodor Weissenberger, 10.(Z)/JG 5 (later 13./JG 5), from Kirkenes/Norway, when he attained his 21st victory on 1 June 1942.