(Henning Bagger/AFP/Scanpix Denmark/Getty Images)In November 1944, or maybe it was December, a German fighter plane crashed down on the Kristiansen family farm in Denmark. A schoolteacher had assigned the teen a project involving World War II. (Joe Giddens/Press Association)“He was telling a lot of stories, my grandfather,” the elder Kristiansen told the BBC. The Messerschmitt Bf 109 was one of the first true fighter planes of World War II. Some historians believe the Me-109’s cannons probably killed more enemy pilots than any other fighter plane guns in World War II.

Source: Washington Post March 09, 2017 08:58 UTC