Bulgarian fighters
Military ceremony on a snow-capped Bulgarian airport, late 1941 or early 1942, with three Bulgarian Air Force’s fighter aircraft: two Messerschmitt Bf 109E, nicknamed Lebed (Swan) by the Bulgarian pilots, and an outdated biplane Czech-made Avia B.534. At this time the Kingdom of Bulgaria’s air force had around 90 fighter aircraft of various sources, but the only modern planes was ten exemplars of the German fighter, the Bf 109’s first batch purchased by the Bulgarians. At the end of 1941 the inventory of Bulgaria’s Air Troops consisted of 609 aircraft of 40 different types. Victor Sierra
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://www.ww2incolor.com/gallery/other-forces/46465/bulgarian-fighters