Messerschmitt Bf 109E-4 "Emil"

Country Germany
Type Single seat fighter
Date of service November 1939
Powerplant Daimler-Benz DB 601Aa 12-cylinder liquid-cooled inverted-vee
Horsepower 1,175 hp.
Max Speed 348 mph @ 14,560 ft.
ClimbRate 3,280 ft/min.
Weight  
empty 4,189 lbs.
loaded 5,875 lbs.
Cieling 34,450 ft.
Range 410 miles normal
Armament 2 - 7.92mm MG17 machine guns (nose) with 1000 rpg
2 - 20mm MG FF cannon (1/wing) with 60 rpg
or
2 - 7.92mm MG17 machine guns (nose) with 500 rpg
1 - 20mm MG FF cannon (engine mounted) with 200 rounds
2 - 20mm MG FF cannon (1/wing) with 60 rpg
NOTE: The engine mounted 20mm cannon never worked properly and was usually removed shortly after leaving the factory. To the pilots, it was just extra weight.