The Messerschmitt Bf 109, the most important Luftwaffe fighter of World War II, was produced in larger numbers than any other fighter aircraft ever built, some 33,000 odd being completed.

The Messerschmitt Bf-108 Taifun (Typhoon) was designed by Professor Willi Messerschmitt and built by the Bayerische Flugzeugwerke in Regensburg in 1934 for the Challenge de Tourism Internationale Race to be held in Warsaw in Poland.