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(詳細は(erroneously) called Me 110,〔Because it was built before ''Bayerische Flugzeugwerke'' became Messerschmitt AG in July 1938, the Bf 110 was never officially given the designation Me 110.〕 was a twin-engine heavy fighter (''Zerstörer'' – German for "Destroyer") in the service of the ''Luftwaffe'' during World War II. Hermann Göring was a proponent of the Bf 110, and nicknamed it his ''Eisenseiten'' ("Ironsides").〔Bungay 2000, p. 257.〕 Development work on an improved type to replace the Bf 110, the Messerschmitt Me 210 began before the war started, but its teething troubles resulted in the Bf 110 soldiering on until the end of the war in various roles, alongside its replacements, the Me 210 and the Me 410. The Bf 110 served with success in the early campaigns, the Polish, Norwegian and Battle of France. The Bf 110's lack of agility in the air was its primary weakness. This flaw was exposed during the Battle of Britain, when some Bf 110-equipped units were withdrawn from the battle after very heavy losses and redeployed as night fighters, a role to which the aircraft was well suited. The Bf 110 enjoyed a successful period following the Battle of Britain as an air superiority fighter and strike aircraft in other theatres. During the Balkans Campaign, North African Campaign and on the Eastern Front, it rendered valuable ground support to the German Army as a potent fighter-bomber (''Jagdbomber-Jabo''). Later in the war, it was developed into a formidable night fighter, becoming the major night-fighting aircraft of the ''Luftwaffe''. Most of the German night fighter aces flew the Bf 110 at some point during their combat careers, and the top night fighter ace of all time, Major Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer, flew it exclusively and claimed 121 victories in 164 combat missions.〔(Aces of the Luftwaffe - Major Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer )〕 ==Polish Campaign== Hermann Göring reportedly ordered the ''Zerstörerwaffe'' to make all the ''Luftwaffe''s Bf 110s available for operations. Future ace, commander of ''Nachtjagdgeschwader'' 1 and ''Jagdfliegerführer Rumänien'' Wolfgang Falck scored his first kills over Poland, as did future night fighter ace Helmut Lent. Gordon Gollob, future ''General der Jagdflieger''. Falck's unit, I./ZG 76, claimed 31 kills during the campaign, of which 19 were confirmed.〔Weal 1999, p. 13.〕 I(Z)./LG 1 also contributed. Escorting German bomber formations on attacks against Warsaw, the unit claimed 30 kills on the first day. Polish fighter units reported a 17% loss rate on this day. This rose to 72% in five days. JGr 2 also claimed 28 aerial and 50 ground victories.〔Hooton Vol 1 2007, p. 86.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Messerschmitt Bf 110 operational history」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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