List of military aircraft of Central Powers in WWI
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Fighters and interceptors

  • Albatros D.I
    Albatros D.I
    |-See also:...

     (1916)
  • Albatros D.II
    Albatros D.II
    |-See also:...

     (1916)
  • Albatros D.III
    Albatros D.III
    The Albatros D.III was a biplane fighter aircraft used by the Imperial German Army Air Service and the Austro-Hungarian Air Service during World War I. The D.III was flown by many top German aces, including Manfred von Richthofen, Ernst Udet, Erich Löwenhardt, Kurt Wolff, and Karl Emil Schäfer...

     (1916)
  • Albatros D.V
    Albatros D.V
    |-See also:-Bibliography:*Bennett, Leon. Gunning for the Red Baron. College Station, TX: Texas A&M University Press, 2006. ISBN 1-58544-507-X....

  • Aviatik D.I
    Aviatik D.I
    -References / external links:* Munson, Kenneth - Fighters, Attack and Training Aircraft 1914-19 ISBN 0-7537-0916-3* *-See also:...

  • Aviatik C.VI
  • Daimler L.6
  • Fokker D.I
    Fokker D.I
    |-See also:-Bibliography:*Gray, Peter and Thetford, Owen. German Aircraft since the First World War. London:Putnam, 1962.*Green William and Swanborough, Gordon. The Complete Book of Fighters. New York: Smithmark, 1994. ISBN 0-8317-3939-8....

  • Fokker D.II
  • Fokker D.III
    Fokker D.III
    -Bibliography:* Gray, Peter and Owen Thetford. German Aircraft of the First World War. London: Putnam, 1962. ISBN 0-93385-271-1*Green, William and Gordon Swanborough. The Complete Book of Fighters. New York: Smithmark, 1994. ISBN 0-8317-3939-8....

  • Fokker D.IV
  • Fokker D.V
    Fokker D.V
    -Bibliography:* Gray, Peter and Owen Thetford. German Aircraft of the First World War. London: Putnam, 1962. ISBN 0-93385-271-1* Leaman, Paul. Fokker Dr.I Triplane: A World War One Legend. Hersham, Surrey, UK: Classic Publications, 2003. ISBN 1-90322-328-8....

  • Fokker D.VI
    Fokker D.VI
    -Bibliography:* Gray, Peter and Owen Thetford. German Aircraft of the First World War. London: Putnam, 1962. ISBN 0-93385-271-1* Taylor, Michael J. H. Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Crescent Books, 1993. ISBN 0-51710-316-8....

  • Fokker D.VII
    Fokker D.VII
    The Fokker D.VII was a German World War I fighter aircraft designed by Reinhold Platz of the Fokker-Flugzeugwerke. Germany produced around 3,300 D.VII aircraft in the summer and autumn of 1918. In service, the D.VII quickly proved itself to be a formidable aircraft...

     (1918)
  • Fokker D.VIII
    Fokker D.VIII
    -See also:-References:* Weyl, A.R. Fokker: The Creative Years. 1988. ISBN 0-851778-17-8....

     (also known as monoplane E.V) (1918)
  • Fokker Dr.I
    Fokker Dr.I
    The Fokker Dr.I Dreidecker was a World War I fighter aircraft built by Fokker-Flugzeugwerke. The Dr.I saw widespread service in the spring of 1918...

     (1917)
  • Fokker E.I
    Fokker E.I
    |-See also:-References:NotesBibliography* Boyne, Walter J. The Smithsonian Book of Flight for Young People. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1988. ISBN 0-689-31422-1....

     (1915)
  • Fokker E.II
    Fokker E.II
    |-See also:-References:NotesBibliography* Boyne, Walter J. The Smithsonian Book of Flight for Young People. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1988. ISBN 0-689-31422-1....

     (1915)
  • Fokker E.III
    Fokker E.III
    |-See also:...

     (1916)
  • Fokker E.IV
    Fokker E.IV
    |-See also:...

     (1916)
  • Fokker E.V (also known as monoplane D.VIII
    Fokker D.VIII
    -See also:-References:* Weyl, A.R. Fokker: The Creative Years. 1988. ISBN 0-851778-17-8....

    )
  • Halberstadt D.II
    Halberstadt D.II
    The Halberstadt D.II was a biplane fighter aircraft of the Luftstreitkräfte that served through the period of Allied air superiority in early 1916, but had begun to be superseded in the Jagdstaffeln by the superior Albatros fighters by the autumn of that year.-Design and development:The D.II was...

  • Hannover CL.II
  • Hannover CL.III
    Hannover CL.III
    |-See also:-References:...

  • Hannover CL.IV
    Hannover CL.IV
    The Hannover CL.IV was a prototype escort fighter built in Germany during World War I, which formed the basis for a passenger aircraft following the war...

     (prototype)
  • Hannover CL.V
    Hannover CL.V
    The Hannover CL.V was a ground attack aircraft built in Germany during World War I, which formed the basis for a sport aircraft following the war. Derived from the Hannover CL.II, the CL.V shared the same basic conventional biplane configuration and incorporated the overhanging,...

  • Hansa-Brandenburg D.I
    Hansa-Brandenburg D.I
    |-See also:-Bibliography:*Angelucci, Enzo . World Encyclopedia of Military Aircraft. London: Jane's, 1981. ISBN 0 7106 0148 4.*Gray, Peter and Thetford, Owen. German Aircraft of the First World War. London: Putnam, 1962....

  • Junkers D.I
    Junkers D.I
    -External links:* *...

     (1918)
  • Kondor D.VI
  • Kondor E.III
  • Naglo D.II
  • Pfalz D.III
    Pfalz D.III
    |-See also:-Bibliography:* Gray, Peter and Owen Thetford. German Aircraft of the First World War. London: Putnam, 1962. ISBN 0-93385-271-1.* Grosz, Peter M. Pfalz D.IIIa . Berkhamsted, Herts, UK: Albatros Publications, 1995. ISBN 0-94841-425-1.* Guttman, Jon. Balloon-Busting Aces of World War 1 ...

  • Pfalz D.XII
    Pfalz D.XII
    The Pfalz D.XII was a German fighter aircraft built by Pfalz Flugzeugwerke. Designed by Rudolph Gehringer as a successor to the Pfalz D.III, the D.XII entered service in significant numbers near the end of the First World War. It was the last Pfalz aircraft to see widespread service...

  • Pfalz Dr.I
    Pfalz Dr.I
    The Pfalz Dr.I was a German fighter prototype of World War I. Official interest in the potential of the triplane configuration for single-seat fighters prompted Pfalz to develop the Dr.I...

  • Pfalz E.I
  • Pfalz E.II
  • Roland D.II
  • Roland D.VI
    Roland D.VI
    |-References:NotesBibliography* Gray, Peter and Owen Thetford. German Aircraft of the First World War. London: Putnam, 1962.* Gray, Peter Laurence. German Aircraft of the First World War. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday & Co., 1970....

  • Siemens-Schuckert D.I
    Siemens-Schuckert D.I
    The Siemens-Schuckert D.I was a German single-seat fighter built by Siemens-Schukert Werke.A number of captured Nieuport 17 fighters were given to German aircraft manufacturers to study, the Siemens-Schukert Werke produced the D.I based on the captured fighter. The D.I was a biplane powered by...

  • Siemens-Schuckert D.II
  • Siemens-Schuckert D.III
    Siemens-Schuckert D.III
    -Bibliography:* Gray, Peter and Owen Thetford. German Aircraft of the First World War. London: Putnam, 1962. ISBN 0-93385-271-1.* Green, William and Gordon Swanborough. The Complete Book of Fighters. London: Salamander Books, 1994. ISBN 0-83173-939-8....

  • Siemens-Schuckert D.IV
    Siemens-Schuckert D.IV
    The Siemens-Schuckert D.IV was a late-World War I fighter aircraft from Siemens-Schuckert . Considered by many to be the best fighter to see action during the war, it reached service too late and was produced in too few numbers to have any effect on the war effort.-Earlier designs:Siemens-Schuckert...

  • Siemens-Schuckert L.I (1918?)
  • Zeppelin-Lindau D.I

Bomber and ground attack

  • Gotha G.V (1917)
  • Junkers CL.I
    Junkers CL.I
    -Bibliography:...

     (1918)
  • AEG G.I
    AEG G.I
    -See also:-References:NotesBibliography*Gray, Peter and Thetford, Owen. German Aircraft of the First World War. London:Putnam, 1970 2nd. Ed.....

  • AEG G.II
    AEG G.II
    -See also:-Further reading:* Kroschel, Günter; Stützer, Helmut: Die deutschen Militärflugzeuge 1910-18, Wilhelmshaven 1977* Munson, Kenneth: Bomber 1914–19, Zürich 1968, Nr. 20* Nowarra, Heinz: Die Entwicklung der Flugzeuge 1914-18, München 1959...

  • AEG G.III
    AEG G.III
    -See also:-Further reading:* Kroschel, Günter; Stützer, Helmut: Die deutschen Militärflugzeuge 1910-18, Wilhelmshaven 1977* Munson, Kenneth: Bomber 1914–19, Zürich 1968, Nr. 20* Nowarra, Heinz: Die Entwicklung der Flugzeuge 1914-18, München 1959...

  • AEG G.IV
    AEG G.IV
    -See also:-References:NotesCitationsBibliography* Grey, Peter and Owen Thetford. German Aircraft of the First World War. London: Putnam, 1962. ISBN 0-370-00103-6....

  • AEG G.V
    AEG G.V
    -See also:-Further reading:* Kroschel, Günter; Stützer, Helmut: Die deutschen Militärflugzeuge 1910-18, Wilhelmshaven 1977* Munson, Kenneth: Bomber 1914–19, Zürich 1968, Nr. 20* Nowarra, Heinz: Die Entwicklung der Flugzeuge 1914-18, München 1959...

  • AEG J.I
    AEG J.I
    The AEG J.I was a German biplane ground attack aircraft of 1917, an armored and more powerful version of the AEG C.IV reconnaissance aircraft.-Design and development:...

     (1916)
  • AEG J.II (1918)
  • AEG N.I
    AEG N.I
    The AEG N.I was a German biplane night-bomber which saw limited action during World War I. A total of 37 were built....

  • AEG PE
    AEG PE
    |-See also:...

  • AEG R.I
    AEG R.I
    |-See also:-References:...

  • Zeppelin Staaken R.VI
    Zeppelin Staaken R.VI
    The Zeppelin-Staaken R.VI was a four-engined German biplane strategic bomber of World War I, and the only so-called Riesenflugzeug design built in any quantity....


Patrol and reconnaissance

  • AEG B.I
    AEG B.I
    |-See also:-External links:*...

     (1914)
  • AEG B.II
    AEG B.II
    -External links:*...

     (1914)
  • AEG B.III
    AEG B.III
    -External links:*...

     (1915)
  • AEG C.I
    AEG C.I
    -See also:-Further reading:* Kroschel, Günter; Stützer, Helmut: Die deutschen Militärflugzeuge 1910-18, Wilhelmshaven 1977* Munson, Kenneth: Bomber 1914–19, Zürich 1968, Nr. 20* Nowarra, Heinz: Die Entwicklung der Flugzeuge 1914-18, München 1959...

     (March 1915)
  • AEG C.II
    AEG C.II
    -See also:-Further reading:* Kroschel, Günter; Stützer, Helmut: Die deutschen Militärflugzeuge 1910-18, Wilhelmshaven 1977* Munson, Kenneth: Bomber 1914–19, Zürich 1968, Nr. 20* Nowarra, Heinz: Die Entwicklung der Flugzeuge 1914-18, München 1959...

     (October 1915)
  • AEG C.III
    AEG C.III
    -See also:-Further reading:* Kroschel, Günter; Stützer, Helmut: Die deutschen Militärflugzeuge 1910-18, Wilhelmshaven 1977* Munson, Kenneth: Bomber 1914–19, Zürich 1968, Nr. 20* Nowarra, Heinz: Die Entwicklung der Flugzeuge 1914-18, München 1959...

     (prototype)
  • AEG C.IV
    AEG C.IV
    -See also:-Further reading:* Kroschel, Günter; Stützer, Helmut: Die deutschen Militärflugzeuge 1910-18, Wilhelmshaven 1977* Munson, Kenneth: Bomber 1914–19, Zürich 1968, Nr. 20* Nowarra, Heinz: Die Entwicklung der Flugzeuge 1914-18, München 1959...

  • AEG C.V
    AEG C.V
    The AEG C.V was a prototype two-seat biplane reconnaissance aircraft of World War I. Designed to utilise a more powerful engine than previous AEG C-class reconnaissance aircraft, results were disappointing enough that further development was cancelled....

     (prototype)
  • AEG C.VI
    AEG C.VI
    |-See also:...

     (prototype)
  • AEG C.VII
    AEG C.VII
    -See also:-Further reading:* Kroschel, Günter; Stützer, Helmut: Die deutschen Militärflugzeuge 1910-18, Wilhelmshaven 1977* Munson, Kenneth: Bomber 1914–19, Zürich 1968, Nr. 20* Nowarra, Heinz: Die Entwicklung der Flugzeuge 1914-18, München 1959...

     (prototype)
  • AEG C.VIII
    AEG C.VIII
    |-See also:-References:*Gray, Peter and Thetford, Owen. German Aircraft of the First World War. London:Putnam, 1970 2nd. Ed....

     (prototype)
  • AEG D.I
    AEG D.I
    -See also:-Further reading:* Kroschel, Günter; Stützer, Helmut: Die deutschen Militärflugzeuge 1910-18, Wilhelmshaven 1977* Munson, Kenneth: Bomber 1914–19, Zürich 1968, Nr...

     (prototype)
  • AEG DJ.I
    AEG DJ.I
    The AEG DJ.I was a highly streamlined biplane ground attack aircraft of late World War I that was undergoing evaluation at the time of the Armistice.-Design and development:...

     (prototype)
  • AEG Dr.I
    AEG Dr.I
    -See also:-Further reading:* Kroschel, Günter; Stützer, Helmut: Die deutschen Militärflugzeuge 1910-18, Wilhelmshaven 1977* Munson, Kenneth: Bomber 1914–19, Zürich 1968, Nr...

     (1917 prototype)
  • AGO C.I
    AGO C.I
    - See also :...

  • AGO C.II
    AGO C.II
    -See also:...

  • AGO C.III
    AGO C.III
    -See also:...

     (prototype)
  • AGO C.IV
    AGO C.IV
    |-References:* Gerdessen, F. "Estonian Air Power 1918 - 1945". Air Enthusiast No 18, April - July 1982. Pages 61–76. ISSN 0143-5450.* -See also:...

  • AGO C.VII (prototype)
  • AGO C.VIII
    AGO C.VIII
    -See also:...

     (prototype)
  • Albatros B.I
    Albatros B.I
    |-See also:...

  • Albatros B.II
    Albatros B.II
    |-See also:-References:...

  • Albatros C.I
    Albatros C.I
    |-See also:-Further Reading:*Cowin, H.W. German and Austrian Aviation of World War I. Osprey Publishing Ltd, 2000 ISBN 1-84176-069-2*van Wyngarden, G . Early German Aces of World War I, Osprey Publishing Ltd. ISBN 1-84176-997-5...

     (1915)
  • Albatros C.III
    Albatros C.III
    -See also:-References:[1] Y. MIlanov: The aviation in Bulgaria in the wars from 1912 to 1945, Vol.I. Sveti Gueorgui Pobedonosetz, Sofia, 1995 -External links:...

     (1916)
  • Albatros C.V
  • Albatros C.VII
    Albatros C.VII
    -References:...

  • Albatros C.IX
    Albatros C.IX
    -References:* Kroschel/Stützer. Die deutschen Militärflugzeuge 1910-1918. 1977. ISBN 978-3-8132-0148-2....

  • Albatros C.X
  • Albatros C.XII
  • Aviatik B.I
    Aviatik B.I
    |-See also:-External links:*...

     (1914)
  • Aviatik B.II
    Aviatik B.II
    -References:* * -See also:...

     (1914)
  • Aviatik C.I
    Aviatik C.I
    -References:*van Wyngarden, G. Early German Aces of World War 1. Oxford: Osprey Publishing, 2006. ISBN 1-84176-997-5*Taylor, Michael J H. Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. Portland House, 1989. ISBN 0-517-69186-8...

     (1916)
  • Aviatik C.VI
  • Brandenburg W12
  • DFW C.V
    DFW C.V
    -External Links:*...

  • Etrich Taube
    Rumpler Taube
    The Etrich Taube, also known by the names of the various manufacturers who build versions of the type, such as the Rumpler Taube, was a pre-World War I monoplane aircraft. It was the first mass-produced military plane in Germany...

     (1911) (also known as Rumpler Taube
    Rumpler Taube
    The Etrich Taube, also known by the names of the various manufacturers who build versions of the type, such as the Rumpler Taube, was a pre-World War I monoplane aircraft. It was the first mass-produced military plane in Germany...

    )
  • Hannover C.II
  • Junkers J.I
    Junkers J.I
    -See also:-References:NotesBibliography* Flight 18 March 1920* Grey, C. G. Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1919. London: Putnam, 1919.* Grosz, P.M. Junkers J.I, Windsock Datafile 39. Hertfordshire, UK: Albatros Productions Ltd., 1993. ISBN 0-948414-49-9.* Taylor, Michael J. H. Jane's Encyclopedia...

  • LVG B.I
    LVG B.I
    |-See also:-References:...

  • LVG C.II
    LVG C.II
    |-See also:-References:*Donald, David, The Encyclopedia of World Aircraft . . Prospero Books. ISBN 1-85605-375-X*van Wyngarden, G . Early German Aces of World War I, Osprey Publishing Ltd. ISBN 1-841-76997-5...

     (1916)
  • Rumpler C.I
    Rumpler C.I
    -See also:- References :* Munson, Kenneth - Bombers, Patrol and Reconnaissance Aircraft 1914 - 1919 ISBN 0 7537 0918 X* Munson, Kenneth - Fighters, Attack and Training Aircraft 1914 - 1919 ISBN 0 7537 0916 3...

  • Rumpler C.IV
    Rumpler C.IV
    -See also:-Bibliography:* Gray, Peter and Thetford, Owen. German Aircraft of the First World War. London, Putnam, 1962.* Munson, Kenneth. Aircraft of World War I. London: Ian Allan, 1967. ISBN 07110 0356 4....

  • Rumpler Taube
    Rumpler Taube
    The Etrich Taube, also known by the names of the various manufacturers who build versions of the type, such as the Rumpler Taube, was a pre-World War I monoplane aircraft. It was the first mass-produced military plane in Germany...

     (1911) (also known as Etrich Taube
    Rumpler Taube
    The Etrich Taube, also known by the names of the various manufacturers who build versions of the type, such as the Rumpler Taube, was a pre-World War I monoplane aircraft. It was the first mass-produced military plane in Germany...

    )

Prototype

  • Albatros C.II
    Albatros C.II
    -Bibliography:ISBN 0-370-00103-6*...

     (prototype?)
  • Fokker E.II
    Fokker E.II
    |-See also:-References:NotesBibliography* Boyne, Walter J. The Smithsonian Book of Flight for Young People. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1988. ISBN 0-689-31422-1....

     (1915) (prototype?)
  • Junkers J 1
    Junkers J 1
    The Junkers J 1, nicknamed the Blechesel , was the world's first practical all-metal aircraft. Built early in World War I, when aircraft designers relied largely on fabric-covered wooden structures, the Junkers J 1 was a revolutionary development in aircraft design, being built and flown only 12...

     (1915) (first all-metal aircraft)
  • Junkers J2 (1916)

Aircraft producers

  • AEG
    AEG
    Allgemeine Elektricitäts-Gesellschaft was a German producer of electrical equipment founded in 1883 by Emil Rathenau....

  • Aviatik
    Aviatik
    Automobil und Aviatik AG was a German aircraft manufacturer during World War I. The company was established at Mülhausen in 1910 and soon became one of the country's leading producers of aircraft, relocating to Freiburg in 1914 and establishing a subsidiary in Vienna as Österreichisch-Ungarische...

  • Fokker
    Fokker
    Fokker was a Dutch aircraft manufacturer named after its founder, Anthony Fokker. The company operated under several different names, starting out in 1912 in Schwerin, Germany, moving to the Netherlands in 1919....

  • Gothaer Waggonfabrik
    Gothaer Waggonfabrik
    Gothaer Waggonfabrik was a German manufacturer of rolling stock established in the late nineteenth century at Gotha. During the two world wars, the company expanded into aircraft building.-World War I:...

  • Siemens-Schuckert

Aircraft designation codes

A Artilleriebeobachtungsflugzeug artillery observation aircraft, single seat monoplane
Monoplane
A monoplane is a fixed-wing aircraft with one main set of wing surfaces, in contrast to a biplane or triplane. Since the late 1930s it has been the most common form for a fixed wing aircraft.-Types of monoplane:...

 trainer or reconnaissance aircraft
B Beobachtungsflugzeug reconnaissance aircraft, two-seat, unarmed, after 1915 used as trainers only
C reconnaissance aircraft, two-seat, armed, occasionally used as bomber, usually biplane
Biplane
A biplane is a fixed-wing aircraft with two superimposed main wings. The Wright brothers' Wright Flyer used a biplane design, as did most aircraft in the early years of aviation. While a biplane wing structure has a structural advantage, it produces more drag than a similar monoplane wing...

s
CL light, two-seat biplane, used as fighter, trainer or ground attack aircraft
D Doppeldecker biplane, single engined, single seat fighter (later, for all fighter aircraft)
Dr. Dreidecker triplane
Triplane
A triplane is a fixed-wing aircraft equipped with three vertically-stacked wing planes. Tailplanes and canard foreplanes are not normally included in this count, although they may occasionally be.-Design principles:...

, single engined, single seat fighter
E Eindecker monoplane, single engined, single seat fighter (use abandoned after Fokker E.V)
G Großflugzeug big aircraft, twin engined, multi-seat bomber
R Riesenflugzeug giant aircraft, four engined, multi-seat long range bomber
J (I) Infanterieflugzeug ground attack aircraft
N Nachtflugzeug aircraft for operation at night
W Wasserflugzeug seaplane, single seat fighter
LW leichtes Wasserflugzeug light seaplane, single seat fighter
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