Messerschmitt Bf 109 11 July 1938 when Erhard Milch finally allowed Willy Messerschmitt to acquire the company. All Messerschmitt aircraft that originated after that date, such as the Me 210, were to carry the "Me" designation. Despite regulations by the RLM, wartime documents from Messerschmitt AG, RLM and "Luftwaffe" loss and strength reports continued to use both designations, sometimes even on the same page. All extant airframes bear the official "Bf 109" designation on their identification plates, including the final K-4 models. The aircraft was often referred to by the folk-designation, 'Me 109', particularly by the Allies. The aircraft was often nicknamed "Messer"
Messerschmitt Bf 109 operational history "Maresciallo" (Warrant Officer) Mario Veronesi and "Maresciallo" Dino Forlani, intercepted P-47s from 57° "Fighter Squadron" over Milan and Como. Forlani claimed a P-47 damaged, but the other two Italian fighters were hit and lightly damaged. On 19 April, 1° "Gruppo" "Asso di bastoni" had its last combat, last claim and its last loss. In October 1942, the "Luftwaffe" agreed to partially re-arm Royal Hungarian Air Force fighter units with the Bf 109. Subordinated to the German "Jagdgeschwader" 52 on the Eastern Front, the first Hungarian fighter unit to convert to the Bf 109 F-4 was the RHAF's 1./1. "vadászszázad" (fighter