Messerschmitt Bf.109E-3s of Swiss Air Force. The first type of Messerschmitt fighter purchased by Switzerland was the Bf.109D, ten ordered in 1938. At the beginning of 1939 the Swiss Air Force purchased 80 Bf.109E-3a ("a" for Ausland, Export). Other eight E-3 were built in Switzerland from spare parts. The Swiss Air Force employed also Bf.109s of versions F and S partly purchased, partly confiscated after non authorized lands in Switzerland. In total the Bf.109 Swiss was 114. Victor Sierra

Swiss Messerschmitt

Messerschmitt Bf.109E-3s of Swiss Air Force in flight over the Alps. The first order from Switzerland for the Messerschmitt fighter, ten Bf.109D, date back to 1938. At beginning of 1939 the Swizterland ordered 80 Bf.109E-3a (&quot;a&quot; for Ausland, Export) with two 20mm cannons Swiss-made Oerlikon in the wings and two 7,45 mm machine-guns, also Swiss-made, over the engine cowling syncronized with the propeller. Other eight Bf.109Es were built, from spare parts, in Switzerland at Altenrhein. The Swiss also placed in service other Bf.109s of versions F and G, partly ordered, partly confiscated after non authorized landings in Switzerland. The total of Bf.109s employed by Swiss Air Force is 114. Victor Sierra

Swiss Messeraschmitt

Spitfire V of Yugoslav Air Force, in Italy, perhaps at Canne. The former RAF Yugoslav Spitfires were assigned at two specific RAF Squadrons, No 351 (Y) and No 352 (Y), with Yugoslav pilots and personnel, embedded in Balkan Air Force and operational from 17 August 1944. At the end of the war in Europe, Yugoslav aircraft undertook 3,500 combat sorties and accumulated 5,500 hours operational flying. The red star in a white and blue roundel prefigure the future Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Yugoslav Air Force (in serbo-croatian Jugoslovensko Ratno Vazduhoplovstvo or JRV) born on 5 January 1945. The JRV was the air force of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFR Yugoslavia) disbanded after the war in Balkans of 1991-1995. Victor Sierra