Bf 109E began reaching the Jagdgrupen through autuma of 1939 with II/JG 54 getting a few of the very first macnines. On 22 November an E-3 dropped into Allied hands whenever a pilot from II/JG 54 crashlanded near Worth, some twenty kilometers inside France. THis machine will never merely be tested on the French but was in modification provided for England plus in the conclusion on U.S. for assessment. The brand new, faster and harder-punching aircraft had been exceptionally welcome toward young luftwaffe pillots that, occasionally, were literally fighting for their life against Allied pilots.