Messerschmitt M20

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type=Passenger transport
manufacturer=Bayerische Flugzeugwerke
designer=Willy Messerschmitt
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Messerschmitt M20 was a German single-engined, high-wing monoplane passenger transport aircraft, developed in the late 1920s and early 1930s.

The M20 was designed by Willy Messerschmitt at Bayerische Flugzeugwerke, and was intended for use with Lufthansa and other airliners. The aircraft made its maiden flight on 26 February 1928. It was equipped with a single BMW-V1 engine, developing 500 horsepowers.

The M20 prototypes suffered several crashes, one of them killing Hans Hackman, a close friend of Erhard Milch, the head of Lufthansa and the German civil aviation authorities. Milch was upset by the lack of respone from Messerschmitt and this led to a lifelong hatred towards him. Milch eventually cancelled all contracts with Messerschmitt and forced BFW into bankruptcy in 1931. However, the German re-armament programs and Messerschmitt's friendship with Hugo Junkers prevented a stagnation of the careers of him and BFW, which was started again in 1933. Milch still prevented Messerschmitts takeover of the BFW until 1938, hence the designation "Bf" of early Messerschmitt designs.

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