German aircraft production during World War II

The following is a list of aircraft production by Germany during World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

by type and year. Note that some figures may not be accurate, and it is not comprehensive. Aircraft variants of different roles are listed separately. Related types are listed next to each other; see RLM aircraft designation system

RLM aircraft designation system

The German Air Ministry had a system for aircraft designation which was an attempt by the aviation bureaucracy of the Third Reich to standardize and produce an identifier for each aircraft type produced in Germany...

for an explanation.

Bomber Aircraft

Type	1939	1940	1941	1942	1943	1944	1945	Total
Arado Ar 234 Arado Ar 234 The Arado Ar 234 was the world's first operational jet-powered bomber, built by the German Arado company in the closing stages of World War II. Produced in very limited numbers, it was used almost entirely in the reconnaissance role, but in its few uses as a bomber it proved to be nearly impossible...
-	-	-	150	64	-	214
Dornier Do 17 Dornier Do 17 The Dornier Do 17, sometimes referred to as the Fliegender Bleistift , was a World War II German light bomber produced by Claudius Dornier's company, Dornier Flugzeugwerke...	215	260	-	-	-	-	-	475
Dornier Do 217 Dornier Do 217 The Dornier Do 217 was a bomber used by German Luftwaffe during World War II as a more powerful version of the Dornier Do 17, known as the Fliegender Bleistift . Designed in 1937 and 1938 as a heavy bomber, its design was refined during 1939 and production began in late 1940...	1	20	277	564	504	-	-	1,366
Heinkel He 111 Heinkel He 111 The Heinkel He 111 was a German aircraft designed by Siegfried and Walter Günter in the early 1930s in violation of the Treaty of Versailles. Often described as a "Wolf in sheep's clothing", it masqueraded as a transport aircraft, but its purpose was to provide the Luftwaffe with a fast medium...	452	756	950	1337	1405	756	-	5,656
Heinkel He 177 Heinkel He 177 The Heinkel He 177 Greif was the only operational long-range bomber to be operated by the Luftwaffe. Starting its existence as Germany's first purpose-built heavy bomber just before the war, and built in large numbers during World War II, it was also mistakenly tasked, right from its beginnings,...	-	-	-	166	415	565	-	1,146
Junkers Ju 88 Junkers Ju 88 The Junkers Ju 88 was a World War II German Luftwaffe twin-engine, multi-role aircraft. Designed by Hugo Junkers' company through the services of two American aviation engineers in the mid-1930s, it suffered from a number of technical problems during the later stages of its development and early...	69	1816	2146	2270	2160	661	-	9,122
Junkers Ju 188 Junkers Ju 188 The Junkers Ju 188 was a German Luftwaffe high-performance medium bomber built during World War II, the planned follow-on to the famed Ju 88 with better performance and payload...	-	-	-	-	165	301	-	466
Junkers Ju 388 Junkers Ju 388 The Junkers Ju 388 Störtebeker was a World War II German Luftwaffe multi-role aircraft based on the Ju 88 airframe by way of the Ju 188. It differed from its predecessors in being intended for high altitude operation, with design features such as a pressurized cockpit for its crew...	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	4
Total	737	2852	3373	4337	4799	2351	-	18,499

Fighter Aircraft
Type	1939	1940	1941	1942	1943	1944	1945	Total
Dornier Do 17 Dornier Do 17 The Dornier Do 17, sometimes referred to as the Fliegender Bleistift , was a World War II German light bomber produced by Claudius Dornier's company, Dornier Flugzeugwerke...	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	9
Dornier Do 217 Dornier Do 217 The Dornier Do 217 was a bomber used by German Luftwaffe during World War II as a more powerful version of the Dornier Do 17, known as the Fliegender Bleistift . Designed in 1937 and 1938 as a heavy bomber, its design was refined during 1939 and production began in late 1940...
-	-	-	157	207	-	364
Dornier Do 335 Dornier Do 335 The Dornier Do 335 Pfeil was a World War II heavy fighter built by the Dornier company. The two-seater trainer version was also called Ameisenbär . The Pfeils performance was much better than other twin-engine designs due to its unique "push-pull" layout and the much lower drag of the in-line...
-	-	-	-	7	4	11
Focke-Wulf Fw 190 Focke-Wulf Fw 190 The Focke-Wulf Fw 190 Würger was a German Second World War single-seat, single-engine fighter aircraft designed by Kurt Tank in the late 1930s. Powered by a radial engine, the 190 had ample power and was able to lift larger loads than its well-known counterpart, the Messerschmitt Bf 109...
228	1850	2171	7488	1630	13,376
Focke-Wulf Ta 152 Focke-Wulf Ta 152 The Focke-Wulf Ta 152 was a World War II German high-altitude fighter-interceptor designed by Kurt Tank and produced by Focke-Wulf. The Ta 152 was a development of the Focke-Wulf Fw 190 aircraft...	-	-	-	-	-	34	?	~150
Focke-Wulf Ta 154 Focke-Wulf Ta 154 \|-See also:-External links:*...	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	8
Heinkel He 162 Heinkel He 162 The Heinkel He 162 Volksjäger was a German single-engine, jet-powered fighter aircraft fielded by the Luftwaffe in World War II. Designed and built quickly, and made primarily of wood as metals were in very short supply and prioritised for other aircraft, the He 162 was nevertheless the fastest of...
-	-	-	-	-	116	116
Heinkel He 219 Heinkel He 219 The Heinkel He 219 Uhu was a night fighter that served with the German Luftwaffe in the later stages of World War II. A relatively sophisticated design, the He 219 possessed a variety of innovations, including an advanced VHF-band intercept radar...
-	-	-	11	195	62	268
Junkers Ju 88 Junkers Ju 88 The Junkers Ju 88 was a World War II German Luftwaffe twin-engine, multi-role aircraft. Designed by Hugo Junkers' company through the services of two American aviation engineers in the mid-1930s, it suffered from a number of technical problems during the later stages of its development and early...	-	62	66	257	706	2513	355	3,964
Messerschmitt Me 109	449	1667	2764	2657	6013	12807	2798	29,155
Messerschmitt Me 110	156	1006	594	501	641	128	-	3,028
Messerschmitt Me 163 Messerschmitt Me 163 The Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet, designed by Alexander Lippisch, was a German rocket-powered fighter aircraft. It is the only rocket-powered fighter aircraft ever to have been operational. Its design was revolutionary, and the Me 163 was capable of performance unrivaled at the time. Messerschmitt...
-	327	37	364
Messerschmitt Me 210 Messerschmitt Me 210 The Messerschmitt Me 210 was a German heavy fighter and ground-attack aircraft of World War II. The Me 210 was designed to replace the Bf 110 in heavy fighter role; design started before the opening of World War II. The first examples of the Me 210 were ready in 1939, but they proved to have poor...
-	92	93	89	74	-	348
Messerschmitt Me 262 Messerschmitt Me 262 The Messerschmitt Me 262 Schwalbe was the world's first operational jet-powered fighter aircraft. Design work started before World War II began, but engine problems prevented the aircraft from attaining operational status with the Luftwaffe until mid-1944...	-	-	-	-	-	564	730	1,294
Messerschmitt Me 410 Messerschmitt Me 410 The Messerschmitt Me 410 Hornisse was a German heavy fighter and Schnellbomber used by Luftwaffe during World War II. Though essentially a straightforward modification of the Me 210, it was designated the Me 410 to avoid association with its notoriously flawed predecessor.-Design and...	-	-	-	-	271	629	-	910
Total	614	2735	3744	5358	10059	24981	5732	53,215

Ground Attack Aircraft
Type	1939	1940	1941	1942	1943	1944	1945	Total
Focke-Wulf Fw 190 Focke-Wulf Fw 190 The Focke-Wulf Fw 190 Würger was a German Second World War single-seat, single-engine fighter aircraft designed by Kurt Tank in the late 1930s. Powered by a radial engine, the 190 had ample power and was able to lift larger loads than its well-known counterpart, the Messerschmitt Bf 109...	-	-	-	68	1183	4279	1104	6,634
Henschel Hs 129 Henschel Hs 129 The Henschel Hs 129 was a World War II ground-attack aircraft fielded by the German Luftwaffe. Its nickname, the Panzerknacker , is a deliberate pun—in German, it also means "safe cracker"...	-	-	7	221	411	302	-	841
Junkers Ju 87 Junkers Ju 87 The Junkers Ju 87 or Stuka was a two-man German ground-attack aircraft...	134	603	500	960	1672	1012	-	4,881
Junkers Ju 88 Junkers Ju 88 The Junkers Ju 88 was a World War II German Luftwaffe twin-engine, multi-role aircraft. Designed by Hugo Junkers' company through the services of two American aviation engineers in the mid-1930s, it suffered from a number of technical problems during the later stages of its development and early...	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	3

Reconnaissance Aircraft
Type	1939	1940	1941	1942	1943	1944	1945	Total
Dornier Do 17 Dornier Do 17 The Dornier Do 17, sometimes referred to as the Fliegender Bleistift , was a World War II German light bomber produced by Claudius Dornier's company, Dornier Flugzeugwerke...	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	16
Dornier Do 215 Dornier Do 215 \|-See also:-Bibliography:* Dressel, Joachim and Manfred Griehl. Bombers of the Luftwaffe. London: DAG Publications, 1994. ISBN 1-85409-140-9....	3	92	6	-	-	-	-	101
Focke-Wulf Fw 189 Focke-Wulf Fw 189 \|-See also:-References:NotesBibliography* Brown, Capt. Eric . Wings of the Luftwaffe. Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1978. ISBN 0-385-13521-1....	6	38	250	327	208	17	-	846
Focke-Wulf Fw 200 Focke-Wulf Fw 200 The Focke-Wulf Fw 200 Condor, also known as Kurier to the Allies was a German all-metal four-engine monoplane originally developed by Focke-Wulf as a long-range airliner...	1	36	58	84	76	8	-	263
Henschel Hs 126 Henschel Hs 126 \|-See also:-References:NotesBibliography* Green, William. Warplanes of the Third Reich. London: Macdonald and Jane's Publishers Ltd., 1970 . ISBN 0-356-02382-6....	137	368	5	-	-	-	-	510
Junkers Ju 88 Junkers Ju 88 The Junkers Ju 88 was a World War II German Luftwaffe twin-engine, multi-role aircraft. Designed by Hugo Junkers' company through the services of two American aviation engineers in the mid-1930s, it suffered from a number of technical problems during the later stages of its development and early...	-	330	568	567	394	52	-	1,911
Junkers Ju 188 Junkers Ju 188 The Junkers Ju 188 was a German Luftwaffe high-performance medium bomber built during World War II, the planned follow-on to the famed Ju 88 with better performance and payload...	-	-	-
105	432	33	570
Junkers Ju 290 Junkers Ju 290 The Junkers Ju 290 was a long-range transport, maritime patrol aircraft and heavy bomber used by the Luftwaffe late in World War II.-Design and development:...
-	-	-	23	18	-	41
Junkers Ju 388 Junkers Ju 388 The Junkers Ju 388 Störtebeker was a World War II German Luftwaffe multi-role aircraft based on the Ju 88 airframe by way of the Ju 188. It differed from its predecessors in being intended for high altitude operation, with design features such as a pressurized cockpit for its crew...	-	-	-	-	-	87	12	99
Messerschmitt Me 109	-	-	26	8	141	979	171	1,328
Messerschmitt Me 110	-	75	190	79	150
494
Messerschmitt Me 210 Messerschmitt Me 210 The Messerschmitt Me 210 was a German heavy fighter and ground-attack aircraft of World War II. The Me 210 was designed to replace the Bf 110 in heavy fighter role; design started before the opening of World War II. The first examples of the Me 210 were ready in 1939, but they proved to have poor...	-	-	2	2	-	-	-	4
Messerschmitt Me 410 Messerschmitt Me 410 The Messerschmitt Me 410 Hornisse was a German heavy fighter and Schnellbomber used by Luftwaffe during World War II. Though essentially a straightforward modification of the Me 210, it was designated the Me 410 to avoid association with its notoriously flawed predecessor.-Design and...	-	-	-	-	20	93
113

Amphibious Aircraft
Type	1939	1940	1941	1942	1943	1944	1945	Total
Arado Ar 196 Arado Ar 196 -See also:-Bibliography:* Dabrowski, Hans-Peter and Koos, Volker. Arado Ar 196, Germany's Multi-Purpose Seaplane. Atglen, PA: Schiffer Military History, 1993. ISBN 0-88740-481-2....	22	104	94	107	104	-	-	435
Blohm & Voss BV 138	39	82	85	70
-	-	276
Blohm & Voss BV 222
-	-
4	-	-	4
Dornier Do 18 Dornier Do 18 The Dornier Do 18 was a development of the Do 16 flying boat. It was developed for the Luftwaffe, but Lufthansa got 5 aircraft and used these for tests between the Azores and the North American continent in 1936 and on their mail route over the South Atlantic from 1937 to 1939.27–29 March 1938 a...	22	49	-	-	-
71
Dornier Do 24 Dornier Do 24 -See also:-References:* -External links:* * * * * * * * *...	-	1	7	46	81
135
Heinkel He 115 Heinkel He 115 The Heinkel He 115 was a World War II Luftwaffe seaplane with three seats. It was used as a torpedo bomber and performed general seaplane duties, such as reconnaissance and minelaying. The plane was powered by two 720 kW BMW 132K nine-cylinder air-cooled radial engines...	52	76	-	-	141	-	-	269

Transport Aircraft
Type	1939	1940	1941	1942	1943	1944	1945	Total
Gotha Go 244 Gotha Go 244 -See also:-References:NotesBibliography...
-	43	-	-	-	43
Junkers Ju 52 Junkers Ju 52 The Junkers Ju 52 was a German transport aircraft manufactured from 1932 to 1945. It saw both civilian and military service during the 1930s and 1940s. In a civilian role, it flew with over 12 air carriers including Swissair and Deutsche Luft Hansa as an airliner and freight hauler...	145	388	507	503	887	379	-	2,804
Junkers Ju 252 Junkers Ju 252 -References:* Green, William. Warplanes of the Third Reich. New York:Doubleday, 1972. ISBN 0-385-05782-2.-External links:* *...	-	-	-	15	-	-	-	15
Junkers Ju 352 Junkers Ju 352 -References:...	-	-	-	-	1	49	-	50
Messerschmitt Me 323 Messerschmitt Me 323 The Messerschmitt Me 323 Gigant was a German military transport aircraft of World War II. It was a powered variant of the Me 321 military glider and was the largest land-based transport aircraft of the war...
27	140	34	-	201

Total Production
Year	1939	1940	1941	1942	1943	1944	1945	Total
Total	1,928	7,829	9,422	12,822	20,599	35,076	7,052	94,622

See also