Messerschmitt Bf 108B-1 Lebed 
Four Bf 108B-1 delivered from manufacturer in June 1940. Used by 6th Fighter Polk for Bf 109E pilot conversion. Total of six aircraft eventually obtained. Later used in the liaison and VIP transport role. One aircraft with 14th Air Transport Polk in 1949. Withdrawn from service in 194?. Lebed = Swan. Military type number 7050.

Serial	c/no.	Prev. Identity	Delivered	Fate/Notes
1			June 1940
2			June 1940
3			June 1940
4			June 1940
5			194?
6			194?

References:

• German Aircraft Industry and Production 1933-1945 (Airlife) pp260
• Air Power of the Kingdom of Bulgaria Part IV
• Wings of Fame Vol.13

Messerschmitt Bf 109E-4 Strela 
Ten Bf 109E-4 Strela (= Arrow) delivered from manufacturer in June 1940. Used by 3/6 Orliak for the fighter role. Withdrawn from service in 1943+. Military type number 7047.

Serial	c/no.	Prev. Identity	Delivered	Fate/Notes
1 white			June 1940	survived to late 1944+
2 white			June 1940
4 white			June 1940	Bulg AF serial 4/7047
5 white			June 1940
6 white			June 1940	Bulg AF serial 6/7047
7 white			June 1940
8 white			June 1940
9 white			June 1940
10 white			June 1940
11 red			June 1940
12 white			June 1940	"Bf 109E-3", Bulg AF serial 12/7047. Old-style canopy framing.

References:

• German Aircraft Industry and Production 1933-1945 (Airlife) pp260
• Air Power of the Kingdom of Bulgaria Part IV
• Bulgarian Fighters Part I
• Wings of Fame Vol.13

Messerschmitt Bf 109E-7 Strela 
Nine Bf 109E-7 Strela (= Arrow) delivered from manufacturer in 1941. Provision for centreline drop tank + no engine mounted cannon - propellor spinner hole often deleted. Total of 19 Bf 109E obtained. Used by 3/6 Orliak for the fighter role. Withdrawn from service in 1944. Military type number 7047.

Serial	c/no.	Prev. Identity	Delivered	Fate/Notes
7 white			1941	Bulg AF serial 7/7047
9 white			1941	Bulg AF serial 9/7047
13 white			1941
16 white			1941
17 white			1941
18 white			1941
19 white			1941
			1941
			1941
			1941

References:

• German Aircraft Industry and Production 1933-1945 (Airlife) pp259
• Air Power of the Kingdom of Bulgaria Part IV
• Bulgarian Fighters Part I
• Wings of Fame Vol.13

Messerschmitt Bf 109G-2 Strela 
Twenty-three Bf 109G-2 Strela (= Arrow) obtained from the manufacturer in two stages from early March 1943 (16+7?). 23 more Bf 109G-2/G-4 delivered around September 1943, followed by 38 Bf-109G-2/G-4 in early 1944 (25 G-2 + 13 G-4?). Total of 84 Bf 109G-2/G-4 obtained. Used by 2/6 and 3/6 Orliak for the fighter interceptor role. Withdrawn from service in 1947. Military type number 7097.

Serial	c/no.	Prev. Identity	Delivered	Fate/Notes
1 black			1943
1 red			1943
5 white			1943
6 red			1943
7 white			1943
8 white			1943
12 white			1943
26			1943
34			1943
-			1943	Bulg AF serial "86/7057"
			1943
			1943
			1943
			1943
			1943
			1943

References:

• German Aircraft Industry and Production 1933-1945 (Airlife) pp261
• Air Power of the Kingdom of Bulgaria Part IV
• Bulgarian Fighters Part I
• Wings of Fame Vol.13

Messerschmitt Bf 109G-4 Strela 
Some Bf 109G-4 delivered around September 1943 plus possibly 13 more in early 1944. A few camera-equipped Bf 109G-4 Strela (= Arrow) were delivered in exchange for Bf 109G-2 and G-6 aircraft sent for overhaul to Romanian factories during 1944. Total of 84 Bf 109G-2/G-4 obtained. Total Bf 109G-4 circa 20. Used by 3/6 Orliak for the fighter-recce role. Withdrawn from service in 1947. Military type number 7097.

Serial	c/no.	Prev. Identity	Delivered	Fate/Notes
			1944
			1944
			1944

References:

• Wings of Fame Vol.13

Messerschmitt Bf 109G-6 Strela 
Twenty-eight Bf 109G-6 Strela (= Arrow) donated by Germany on 2 January 1944. Thirty more obtained later in 1944. Total of sixty aircraft ordered, but only 58 delivered. Total for Bf 109G-2/G-4/G-6 was 142 (145 or 149 in some sources). Used by 2/6 and 3/6 Orliak for the interceptor fighter role. Withdrawn from service in 1947. Military type number 7097.

Serial	c/no.	Prev. Identity	Delivered	Fate/Notes
1 red			?	Bulg AF serial 20/7057?
4 red			1944
7 red			1944	Bulg AF serial 127/7057?
8 black			1944
8 red			1944
			1944

References:

• Air Power of the Kingdom of Bulgaria Part IV
• Bulgarian Fighters Part I
• Wings of Fame Vol.13

Messerschmitt Bf 109G-10/12/14 Strela 
At the end of World War 2, during June-July 1945, some 100 Bf 109G-10/G-12/G-14 airframes were taken as war prizes from Pech in Hungary and a Messerchmitt factory in Austria and ferried back to Bulgaria. The Bf 109G-12 was a two-seater conversion trainer. These aircraft served with 6 Fighter Polk until late 1946. In 1947 59 aircraft were supplied to the Yugoslav Air Force as war reparations. Several others served with the Fighter School at Telish until the late 1940s. They were finally scrapped in 1950. Military type number ?

Serial	c/no.	Prev. Identity	Delivered	Fate/Notes
?	610937		Oct 1944	Bf 109G-10/U4, to Yugo AF 1948, now preserved USA
			1944
			1944

References:

• Wings of Fame Vol.13