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The Me 209 of 1943 was a proposal for an enhanced version of the highly successful Bf 109 which served as the Luftwaffe’s primary fighter aircraft throughout World War II. The Me 209 despite its designation bore no relationship to the earlier Me 209.Messerschmitt’s designation Me 209 was used for two projects during the late 1930s and early 1940s. The first Me 209 was a record-setting single-engine race plane for which little consideration was given to adaptation for combat.