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Messerschmitt BF 110

Specifications - Bf 110C-4

Messerschmitt BF 110C

Type: Day Fighter
Crew: Two
Origin: Bayerische Flegzeugwerke

Powerplant:
  • Model: Daimler-Benz DB 601N
  • Type: Liquid-cooled, inverted V12
  • Number: Two
  • Horsepower: 1,200 hp

Fluids:
  • Fuel Capacity: 279 Imperial Gallons in wing cells
  • Oil Capacity: 7.7 Imperial Gallons per engine

Dimensions:
  • Wing span: 53 ft. 4¾ in. (16.25m)
  • Length: 39 ft. 8½ in. (12.1m)
  • Height: 11 ft. 6 in. (3.5m)
  • Wing Surface Area: 413 Sq. ft.

Weights:
  • Empty: 4,500kg (9,920 lbs.)
  • Loaded: 7,000kg (15,430 lbs.)

Maximum Speed: 349 mph (562 kph) at 22,965 ft (7,000m)
Range: 528 mls (850 km) at 304 mph (490kph) at 16,400 ft. (5,000m)
Initial climb: to 5,500m (18,045 ft.) in 8 minutes
Service Ceiling: 32,800 ft. (10,000m)

Armament:
  • Nose mounted Fixed firing forward
    • Four 7.9mm MG 17 Machine Guns with 1,000 rounds per gun
    • Two 20mm MG FF Cannon with 180 rounds per gun

    Rear Gun in flexible mounting in rear cockpit
    • One 7.9mm MG 15 Machine Gun with 750 rounds.

Bomb Load:
Racks for two 250kg bombs.
Sources:
Gunston, Bill - The Encyclodepia of the Worlds Combat aircraft, 1976, Chartwell Books, Inc., New York
Brown, Eric, Captain - Wings of the Luftwaffe, 1979, Airlife Publishing Ltd., Shrewsbury
Gunston, Bill & Wood, Tony - Hitler's Luftwaffe, 1977, Salamander Books Ltd., London
Donald, David - The Complete Encyclopedia Of World Aircraft, 1997, Brown Packaging Books Ltd., London
Wikipedia - BF 110

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