Messerschmitt Bf109E-3 Starter Set (1/72 Scale) Aircraft Model KitDetails: First flying in May 1935, The Messerschmitt BF 109 was a German fighter aircraft developed by the Messerschmitt AG Company between 1936 1945. The BF 109 is considered to be one of the most successful fighter designs in the world when it was introduced in February 1937 , Initially seeing operational service in the Spanish Civil War & was still in service at the dawn of the jet age at the end of World War II in 1945.