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Why Flying the Bf 109 Was Basically...

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Inside the Cockpit of the Bf 109

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The Messerschmitt Bf 109 was Germany’s most iconic fighter of World War II – sleek, fast and deadly. But behind its fearsome reputation was a horrifying truth: flying it was almost a guaranteed brush with death.

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