About 2900 of this remarkable German STOL aircraft was built, serving well in many unique situation, as in the case of Skorzeny's  rescue mission  of Mussolini in 1943. The RHAF purchased about 36 of these units, employed in liaison roles and for taxiing top brass around the front, as in case of General Jany, the commander of the Hungarian Second Army. It also served well during the siege of the encircled  Budapest. Here it is shown on a snow-covered field, probably at the Eastern front.

 Storch Liaison Plane in the Field, Hungary

Conceptually, the Bf-109 was essentially the smallest airframe that Willy Messerschmitt could devise attached to the most powerful engine, the Daimler-Benz DB 600 series -- a liquid cooled, inverted V-12 engine. Originally conceived as a fighter, later models were developed to fulfill multiple tasks, like fighter-bomber and bomber escort. A key aircraft of the Luftwaffe, the Hungarian air force acquired roughly 200 highly prized Me-109's during 1941-1944, many of them manufactured domestically, as the unit shown above in an original color photo.

Messerschmitt Me-109 Fighter Plane in Hungary

The Junker 87 Stuka dive-bomber of Germany later served as a canon-equipped tank buster as well. A total of about 5700 Stuka planes were produced for the Reich, and Hungary received forty-two of these units, first deploying them against the Red Army during August, 1943. The above is a photo of a Stuka with a damaged tail section at a Hungarian air base. A TOTALLY ORIGINAL PHOTO. 