WWII / Fighter aircraftMesserschmitt Bf 109.(Commonly called the Me 109 ; german World War II fighter aircraft designed by Willy Messerschmitt and Robert Lusser during the early to mid-1930s. The Bf 109 first saw operational service during the Spanish Civil War and was still in service at the dawn of the jet age at the end of World War II; during which time it was the backbone of the Luftwaffe's fighter force).3D Reconstruction (2016).