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Messerschmitt|ˈmɛsəʃmɪt|
Also (erron.) Messerschmidt.
[f. the name of Willy Messerschmitt (b. 1898), German aircraft designer.]
Any of several types (esp. fighters) of German military aircraft used in the 1939–45 war. Also as adj.
1940I. Halstead Wings of Victory i. ii. 52 The Messerschmitts attacked us from the rear. 1948A. M. Taylor Lang. World War II (rev. ed.) 130 Messerschmitt, twin-engined German fighter monoplane, especially adapted to bomber escort work. 1955E. M. Hull in G. Conklin Sci.-Fiction Adventures in Dimension 12 If a flight of Messerschmitts attack us in the next forty minutes, our machine-guns won't be much good. 1957L. G. S. Payne Air Dates 276 Munich, where Messerschmitt 262 jet fighters were being built. 1969Listener 1 May 595/3 A wartime Spitfire chasing about after Messerschmidts over Kent. 1971L. Deighton Declarations of War 155 Above them the Messerschmitts and Spitfires were now only a mile apart. |