page_title: Messerschmitt Me 209
section_title: See also
hierarchical_section_title: Messerschmitt Me 209 / See also
caption_attribution_description: English: Three-view silhouette of the Messerschmitt Me 209 V4.
context_page_description: The first Messerschmitt Me 209 was a single-engine racing aircraft which was designed for and succeeded at breaking speed records. This Me 209 was a completely new aircraft whose designation was used by Messerschmitt as a propaganda tool. Although the aircraft was designed only to break speed records, it was hoped that its name would associate it with the Bf 109 already in combat service.
  The designation Me 209 was given for propaganda purposes to cause confusion with the Messerschmitt Bf 109, the Luftwaffe's primary fighter throughout World War II. It was later reused for the actual proposed successor to the Bf 109.
context_section_description: Related development
  Bf 109
  Me 209-II
  Me 309
  Me 409
  Me 509
  Me 609
  Related lists
  List of military aircraft of Germany
  List of World War II military aircraft of Germany
caption: Three-view of the Me 209 V4
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