Presenting a photo album of the be-all and end-all fighter plane, the Bf109 series Messerschmitt, of which over 30,000 units were manufactured by the German military. Nicknamed "The Lancer of the Skies," the Bf109 Messerschmitt was a high-speed, Dive and Zoom machine that swept over wartime Europe. During the early days of WWII the E-model versions of the plane became the backbone of the German air force. In fact, the famed "White 14" (No. 3579)-a plane used by Captain Hans-Joachim Marseille during the 1940 summer Blitz-was a Bf109E Messerschmitt. Marseille, aka the "Star of Africa," is recognized for shooting down 158 enemy planes during the course of the war.