词汇 | messerschmitt |
词源 | Messerschmitt. This was the most famous German fighter of World War II and the main support of the Luftwaffe. The air- craft, technically the ME-109 and ME-110 pursuit planes, were designed by German aircraft engineer and manufacturer Wil- helm or Willy Messerschmitt (b. 1898). Messerschmitt built his first plane when he was 18 and owned his own factory by 1923, his early experience in gliding leading to his interest in power- driven aircraft. Besides the renowned fighter he built a remark- able twin jet, the ME-262. The inventor had been awarded the Lilienthal prize for aviation research in 1937, but was declared a minor offender in the postwar trials of Nazis. |
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