[2] The wing featured a patented single-spar design and was equipped with both trailing edge flaps and leading-edge slots, the latter of which deployed automatically when the aircraft neared stall conditions.

[2] The aircraft was initially powered by a 250 PS (247 hp, 184 kW) Hirth HM 8U 8.0 litre displacement, air-cooled inverted-V8 engine, which drove a three-blade propeller.

[6] Various other design changes on this model include a revised fin shape, elimination of the upper bracings of the tailplane, the adoption of a tailwheel in place of a skid, and the dynamic balancing of both the elevator and rudder.

[7][6] During 1941, the Bf 108C was proposed as a specialised aircraft, to be equipped with the powerful Hirth HM 512 inverted-V supercharged air-cooled engine, that was intended to achieve record-breaking performance.

[6] While the majority of aircraft produced went into German ownership, in excess of 50 Bf 108Bs were exported to countries such as Bulgaria, Hungary, Japan, Romania, Switzerland, Yugoslavia, and the Soviet Union.

After the conflict's end, these assembly lines remained in the possession of the French aircraft manufacturer SNCAN; the newly-liberated country promptly opted to continue production of the type as the Nord 1000 Pingouin.

[10] Many of the postwar movie portrayals of the Bf 108 have been performed by the French-built derivatives of the type, which include not only the Pingouin but also the further-improved Nord Noralpha.

[11] Data from Jane's all the World's Aircraft 1938,[13] Die Deutsche Luftrüstung 1933–1945 Vol.3 – Flugzeugtypen Henschel-Messerschmitt[14]General characteristics Performance