Since it wasn't totally unknown for designers to hitch a ride on test flights (Roy Chadwick was killed when the prototype Avro Tudor crashed on take off) how big would the butterflies from Messerschmitt's early death in his own self designed death trap be?
A few thoughts of my own:
For a start the 109 would be removed from the Luftwaffe's single seat fighter competition, leaving the He 112 as the obvious favourite. Also, the 110 would also not be available for the Zerstörer competition, probably allowing the Focke Wulf Fw57 to win the competition.
How would Nazi Germany have faired without those two warplanes during the first two years of the war?
In addition, the Me210 disaster piece could be waived away and of course, Messerschmitt AG would not have been around to become the largest aircraft manufacturer in Germany.
One death, big consequences?