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Germany's Messerschmitt Bf 110A, Bf 110C fighter, Zerstörer (destroyer)

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Messerschmitt Bf 110C fighter that crashed in France:
Germany's Messerschmitt Bf 110C fighter that crashed in France
Messerschmitt Bf 110C fighter:
Germany's Messerschmitt Bf 110C fighter
Messerschmitt Bf 110C-4 fighter:
Germany's Messerschmitt Bf 110C-4 fighter

Messerschmitt Bf 110C-4 fighter captured by the RAF, June 15, 1943:
Germany's Messerschmitt Bf 110C-4 fighter captured by the RAF, June 15, 1943

Variants

  • Messerschmitt Bf 110A-0: Pre production.2 Had Junkers Jumo 210B (210Da3) engines.2,5
  • Messerschmitt Bf 110B-0: Pre production.3 Had Junkers Jumo 210G engines (710 HP).3 Nose contours modified.3
  • Messerschmitt Bf 110B: First production version.2,5 Had Jumo 210G engines.2,5 Two 20 mm, and four 7.92 mm machine guns in the nose and one 7.92 mm machine gun in the rear of the cockpit.5
  • Messerschmitt Bf 110C-0: Pre production.3 First appeared in January 1939.3
  • Messerschmitt Bf 110C: Had Daimler-Benz DB 601A engine.2,3,5 Delivered in 1939.2,5 First used operationally in Poland.2
  • Messerschmitt Bf 110C-1: First flew in January 1939.3
  • Messerschmitt Bf 110C-2: Different radio equipment.3
  • Messerschmitt Bf 110C-3: Improved cannon.3
  • Messerschmitt Bf 110C-4: Additional crew armor.3
  • Messerschmitt Bf 110C-4/B: Fighter bomber.3 Used Daimler-Benz DB 601N engines.3
  • Messerschmitt Bf 110C-5: Reconnaissance variant.2,3,5
  • Messerschmitt Bf 110C-5/N: Used Daimler-Benz DB 601N engines.3
  • Messerschmitt Bf 110C-6: Heavy fighter with two 20 mm and one 30 mm cannons.3
  • Messerschmitt Bf 110C-7: Fighter bomber.3 Used Daimler-Benz DB 601N engines.3 Bomb load was increased.3

Specifications

  Messerschmitt Bf 110C-1
Type Fighter4, Fighter bomber3
Crew 23, 2 - 34
Engine (Type) 2: Daimler-Benz DB 601A-13,4
Cylinders Inverted V 123, V 124
Cooling Liquid4
HP 1,050 each4, 1,100 each3
Propeller blades 3 each3,4
Dimensions  
Span 53' 4"4
Length 39' 7"4
Height 13' 6"4
Wing area  
Weight  
Empty  
Loaded 13,289 lb4
Performance  
Speed  
Speed @ 19,685' 336 mph4
Cruising speed  
Climb  
Service ceiling 33,000'4
Range 700 miles4
Armament 5: MG4
2: 20 mm4
Nose 2: 20 mm3
4: 7.9 mm MG3
Rear cockpit 1: 7.9 mm MG3
  Messerschmitt Bf 110C-2
Type Fighter bomber3
Crew 23
Engine (Type) 2: Daimler-Benz DB 601A-13
Cylinders Inverted V 123
Cooling  
HP 1,100 each3
Propeller blades 3 each3
Dimensions  
Span  
Length  
Height  
Wing area  
Weight  
Empty  
Loaded  
Performance  
Speed  
Cruising speed  
Climb  
Service ceiling  
Range  
Armament  
Nose 2: 20 mm3
4: 7.9 mm MG3
Rear cockpit 1: 7.9 mm MG3
  Messerschmitt Bf 110C-33
Type Fighter bomber3
Crew 23
Engine (Type) 2: Daimler-Benz DB 601A-13
Cylinders Inverted V 123
Cooling  
HP 1,100 each3
Propeller blades 3 each3
Dimensions  
Span  
Length  
Height  
Wing area  
Weight  
Empty  
Loaded  
Performance  
Speed  
Cruising speed  
Climb  
Service ceiling  
Range  
Armament  
Nose 2: 20 mm3
4: 7.9 mm MG3
Rear cockpit 1: 7.9 mm MG3
  Messerschmitt Bf 110C-4/B1,3
Type Fighter bomber1,3, Reconnaissance fighter1
Crew 21,3
Engine (Type) 2: Daimler-Benz DB 601N piston1,3
Cylinders Inverted V-121
Cooling  
HP 1,200 each1,3
Propeller blades 3 each1,3
Dimensions  
Span 53'1
16.25 m1
Length 40'1
12.1 m1
Height 11'1
3.5 m1
Wing area 424 ft2 1
39.4 m2 1
Weight  
Empty 9,900 lb1
4,500 kg1
Loaded 15,400 lb1
7,000 kg1
Performance  
Speed at sea level  
Speed @ 22,960' /
7,000 m 		348 mph1
562 kph1
Cruising speed  
Climb  
Service ceiling 33,000'1
10,000 m1
Range 527 miles1
850 km1
Armament  
Belly 2: 20 mm Oerlikon MG FF1
Nose 4: 7.62 mm MG 171
Rear cockpit 1: 7.92 mm MG 151
Bombs - under center section 4: 550 lb1
1,102 lb3
4: 250 kg1
500 kg3
  Messerschmitt Bf 110C-4/B1,3
Type Fighter bomber1,3, Reconnaissance fighter1
Crew 21,3
Engine (Type) 2: Daimler-Benz DB 601N piston1,3
Cylinders Inverted V-121
Cooling  
HP 1,200 each1,3
Propeller blades 3 each1,3
Dimensions  
Span 53'1
16.25 m1
Length 40'1
12.1 m1
Height 11'1
3.5 m1
Wing area 424 ft2 1
39.4 m2 1
Weight  
Empty 9,900 lb1
4,500 kg1
Loaded 15,400 lb1
7,000 kg1
Performance  
Speed at sea level  
Speed @ 22,960' /
7,000 m 		348 mph1
562 kph1
Cruising speed  
Climb  
Service ceiling 33,000'1
10,000 m1
Range 527 miles1
850 km1
Armament  
Belly 2: 20 mm Oerlikon MG FF1
Nose 4: 7.62 mm MG 171
Rear cockpit 1: 7.92 mm MG 151
Bombs - under center section 4: 550 lb1
1,102 lb3
4: 250 kg1
500 kg3
  Messerschmitt Bf 110C-5N3
Type Fighter bomber3
Crew 23
Engine (Type) 2: Daimler-Benz DB 601N3
Cylinders  
Cooling  
HP 1,200 each3
Propeller blades 3 each3
Dimensions  
Span  
Length  
Height  
Wing area  
Weight  
Empty  
Loaded  
Performance  
Speed  
Cruising speed  
Climb  
Service ceiling  
Range  
Armament  
  Messerschmitt Bf 110C-73
Type Fighter bomber3
Crew 23
Engine (Type) 2: Daimler-Benz DB 601N3
Cylinders  
Cooling  
HP 1,200 each3
Propeller blades 3 each3
Dimensions  
Span  
Length  
Height  
Wing area  
Weight  
Empty  
Loaded  
Performance  
Speed  
Cruising speed  
Climb  
Service ceiling  
Range  
Armament  
Bombs - under center section 2,205 lb3
1,000 kg3

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
  4. World War II Airplanes Volume 1, Enzo Angelucci, Paolo Matricardi, 1976
  5. The Encyclopedia of Weapons of World War II, Chris Bishop, 1998
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