This should be easy at this point!
1. Operated by the originating country and three others.
2. Crew of 2.
3. Although obsolete, there was one claimed kill of a Bf 109.
4. When it went into service, it was as fast as contemporary fighters.
5. It was a light bomber originally, but there were reconnaissance and fighter versions produced. Even a floatplane!
6. The aircraft in question was resisted by the government body tasked with governing the service branch that would use the aircraft as it had several features that were not desired, including a foreign engine.
7. Nevertheless, the military and professional head of the branch of the service which would use the aircraft overruled the government body and told the designer that he had decided to order a squadron of these aircraft.
8. Once in service with the originating country, the foreign engine was replaced with a domestically-produced engine of similar configuration.
9. The aircraft in question was only flown in service by a single squadron of the air force of the originating country.
10. Two of these aircraft took part in a race in 1934 but did not do well at all.
11. ...cross the Mersey