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Germany's Messerschmitt Bf 110D, Bf 110E, Bf 110F fighter, Zerstörer (destroyer)^1,2,3

Messerschmitt Bf. 110E-1 fighter:

Messerschmitt Bf. 110E-2 fighter:

Variants

• Bf 110D: Long range version.² Subvariants used as night fighters.²
• Bf 110D-1/R1: External ventral fuel tanks.³
• Bf 110D-1/R2: Drop tanks under the wings.³ Ventral fuel tanks eliminated.³
• Bf 110D-1/U1: Night fighter.³ Had nose mounted infrared detector.³
• Bf 110D-2: Fighter bomber.³ Could carry 2,205 lb / 1,000 kg of bombs externally.³
• Bf 110D-3: Long range convoy escort.³ Had drop tanks.³
• Bf 110E: Fighter bomber.² Had Daimler-Benz DB 601N engines.² Appeared in spring 1941.³ Had underwing and underfuselage bomb racks.³
• Bf 110E-1: Fighter bomber.³
• Bf 110E-1/U1: Night fighter.³ Infrared sensor.³
• Bf 110E-1/U2: Formation leader.³ Seats for three.³ Could carry 4,410 lb / 2,000 kg of bombs.³
• Bf 110E-3: Long range reconnaissance.³ Nose cannon and bomb racks removed.³
• Bf 110F: Fighter bomber.² Had Daimler-Benz DB 601E engines.²
• Bf 110F-1: Fighter bomber.³ External bomb racks.³
• Bf 110F-2: Bomb racks removed.³
• Bf 110F-3: Long range reconnaissance.³
• Bf 110F-4: Night fighter.³ Had two 30 mm guns under the fuselage.^2,3 Space for a third crewman was provided.³
• Bf 110F-4/U1: Had a schrage Musik installation that had two upward firing 20 mm (30 mm³) guns.^2,3 Had FuG 202 radar.³

	Messerschmitt Bf 110D3	Messerschmitt Bf 110E3	Messerschmitt Bf 110F3	Messerschmitt Bf 110F-13	Messerschmitt Bf 110F-23	Messerschmitt Bf 110F-43
Type	Day fighter3 Night fighter3 Fighter bomber3	Day fighter3 Night fighter3 Fighter bomber3	Day fighter3 Night fighter3 Fighter bomber3	Day fighter3 Night fighter3 Fighter bomber3	Day fighter3 Night fighter3 Fighter bomber3	Day fighter3 Night fighter3 Fighter bomber3
Crew	2 - 33	2 - 33	2 - 33	2 - 33	2 - 33	2 - 33
Engine (Type)	2: Daimler-Benz DB 601A-13	2: Daimler-Benz DB 601N3	2: Daimler-Benz DB 601F3
OR	2: Daimler-Benz DB 601N3
Cylinders
Cooling
HP	A-1: 1,100 each3 N: 1,200 each3	1,200 each3	1,350 each3
Propeller blades	3 each3	3 each3	3 each3
Dimensions
Span					53' 3.75"3 16.25 m3
Length					39' 7.25"3 12.07 m3
Height					13' 6.5"3 4.13 m3
Wing area
Weight
Empty					12,346 lb3 5,600 kg3
Loaded					15,873 lb3 7,200 kg3
Performance
Speed @ 17,700 ' / 5,395 m					352 mph3 566 kph3
Cruising speed					248 mph3 400 kph3
Climb to 19,685' / 6,000 m					9.2 minutes3
Service ceiling					35,760'3 10,900 m3
Range - internal fuel					745 miles3 1,200 km3
Armament
Nose				2: 20 mm3 4: 7.9 mm MG3		2: 20 mm3 4: 7.9 mm MG3
Rear cockpit				1: 7.9 mm MG3		1: 7.9 mm MG3
Under fuselage tray						2: 30 mm3

Sources:

1. Aircraft of WWII, General Editor: Jim Winchester, 2004
2. Fighting Aircraft of World War II, Editor: Karen Leverington, 1995
3. Aircraft of WWII, Stewart Wilson, 1998

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