List of military aircraft of Germany
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This list of military aircraft of Germany
includes prototype, pre-production, and operational types. No distinction is drawn here between different services until 1991.
In 1990, the various air arms of the former German Democratic Republic
were absorbed by their counterparts in the Federal Republic of Germany. Some types that had been operated by the GDR were, of course, no longer in service at this point, and these are so noted.
West Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
includes prototype, pre-production, and operational types. No distinction is drawn here between different services until 1991.
In 1990, the various air arms of the former German Democratic Republic
German Democratic Republic
The German Democratic Republic , informally called East Germany by West Germany and other countries, was a socialist state established in 1949 in the Soviet zone of occupied Germany, including East Berlin of the Allied-occupied capital city...
were absorbed by their counterparts in the Federal Republic of Germany. Some types that had been operated by the GDR were, of course, no longer in service at this point, and these are so noted.
Fighters and interceptors
- Albatros D.IAlbatros D.I|-See also:...
- Albatros D.IIAlbatros D.II|-See also:...
- Albatros D.IIIAlbatros D.IIIThe 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...
- Albatros D.VAlbatros 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....
- Daimler L.6
- Fokker D.IFokker 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.IIIFokker 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.VFokker 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.VIFokker 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.VIIFokker D.VIIThe 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...
- Fokker D.VIIIFokker D.VIII-See also:-References:* Weyl, A.R. Fokker: The Creative Years. 1988. ISBN 0-851778-17-8....
- Fokker Dr.IFokker Dr.IThe 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...
- Fokker E.IFokker 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....
- Fokker E.IIIFokker E.III|-See also:...
- Fokker E.IVFokker E.IV|-See also:...
- Fokker E.V
- Halberstadt D.IIHalberstadt D.IIThe 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...
- Junkers D.IJunkers D.I-External links:* *...
- Kondor D.VI
- Kondor E.III
- Naglo D.II
- Pfalz D.IIIPfalz 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.VIIIPfalz D.VIII-See also:-Bibliography:* Cowin, H. W. "German and Austrian Aviation of World War I". Osprey Publishing Ltd, 2000. ISBN 1-841-76069-2* Gray, Peter and Thetford, Owen. German Aircraft of the First World War. London:Putnam, 1962....
- Pfalz D.XIIPfalz D.XIIThe 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.IPfalz Dr.IThe 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.IILFG Roland D.II-See also:-Bibliography:* Angelucci, Enzo . World Encyclopedia of Military Aircraft. London:Jane's, 1981. ISBN 0 7106 0148 4.* Donald, David . The Encyclopedia of World Aircraft. London:Blitz, 1997. ISBN 1-85605-375-X....
- Roland D.VIRoland 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.ISiemens-Schuckert D.IThe 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.IIISiemens-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.IVSiemens-Schuckert D.IVThe 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...
- Zeppelin-Lindau D.I
Bomber and ground attack
- AEG DJ.IAEG DJ.IThe 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:...
- AEG G.IAEG 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.IIAEG 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.IIIAEG 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.IVAEG 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....
- Gotha G.V
- Junkers CL.IJunkers CL.I-Bibliography:...
- Zeppelin-Staaken R.VI
Patrol and reconnaissance
- AEG C.IIAEG 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...
- AGO C.IAGO C.I- See also :...
- AGO C.IIAGO C.II-See also:...
- AGO C.IVAGO 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:...
- Albatros B.IAlbatros B.I|-See also:...
- Albatros B.IIAlbatros B.II|-See also:-References:...
- Albatros C.IAlbatros 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...
- Albatros C.IIIAlbatros 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:...
- Albatros C.V
- Albatros C.VIIAlbatros C.VII-References:...
- Albatros C.IXAlbatros 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.IAviatik B.I|-See also:-External links:*...
- Aviatik C.IAviatik 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...
- Aviatik C.VI
- DFW B.I
- DFW C.VDFW C.V-External Links:*...
- Etrich Taube
- Halberstadt CL.IIHalberstadt CL.II|-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....
- Halberstadt CL.IVHalberstadt CL.IV-Bibliography:* Gerdessen, F. "Estonian Air Power 1918 - 1945". Air Enthusiast No 18, April - July 1982. Pages 61–76. ISSN 0143-5450.-External links:**...
- Hannover CL.II
- Hannover CL.IIIHannover CL.III|-See also:-References:...
- Hansa-Brandenburg W.12Hansa-Brandenburg W.12|-See also:-External links:* *...
- Hansa-Brandenburg W.19Hansa-Brandenburg W.19|-See also:-Bibliography:*Gray, Peter and Thetford, Owen. German Aircraft of 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....
- Hansa-Brandenburg W.29Hansa-Brandenburg W.29|-See also:Hansa-Brandenburg W.33-References:*Gray, Peter and Thetford, Owen. German Aircraft of the First World War. London: Putnam, 1962.-External links:* *...
- Hansa-Brandenburg W.33Hansa-Brandenburg W.33-See also:-References:* Keskinen, Kalevi; Niska, Klaus; Stenman, Kari; Geust, Carl-Fredrik: Suomen museolentokoneet, Forssan kirjapaino, 1981, ISBN 951-9035-60-5....
- Junkers J.IJunkers 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.ILVG B.I|-See also:-References:...
- LVG C.IILVG 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...
- Rumpler C.IRumpler 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.IVRumpler 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 TaubeRumpler TaubeThe 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...
Experimental and Research
- Fokker V 1
- Junkers J 1Junkers J 1The 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...
pioneering all-metal aircraft - Junkers J 7 single-seat all-metal fighter demonstrator prototype
Fighters and interceptors
- Arado Ar 64Arado Ar 64|-See also:-References:* Green, William, and Gordon Swanborough, The Complete Book of Fighters ...
, fighter (biplane) - Arado Ar 65Arado Ar 65-See also:-References:* Green, William, and Gordon Swanborough, The Complete Book of Fighters...
, fighter/trainer (biplane – re-engined Ar 64) - Arado Ar 67Arado Ar 67|-See also:-References:* Green, William, and Gordon Swanborough, The Complete Book of Fighters...
, fighter (biplane) (prototype) - Arado Ar 68, fighter (biplane)
- Arado Ar 76Arado Ar 76|-See also:-References:* World Aircraft Information Files. Brightstar Aerospace Publishing, London. File 889 Sheet 69....
, fighter (biplane) + trainer - Arado Ar 80Arado Ar 80The Arado Ar 80 was a pre-World War II fighter aircraft, designed by Arado Flugzeugwerke to compete for the Luftwaffes first major fighter contract. The Ar 80 was uninspiring in terms of performance and also suffered a number of failures...
, fighter (prototype) - Arado Ar 197Arado Ar 197-See also:-References:* Kay, Anthony L. and Smith, J. Richard. German Aircraft of the Second World War. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 2002. ISBN 978-1-55750-010-6....
, naval fighter (biplane – derived from Ar 68) - Arado Ar 240Arado Ar 240The Arado Ar 240 was a German twin-engine multi-role heavy fighter aircraft developed for the Luftwaffe during World War II by Arado Flugzeugwerke. Its first flight was in 1940, but problems with the design hampered development and it remained only marginally stable through the prototype phase...
, heavy fighter + attack - Arado Ar 440, heavy fighter + attack
- Blohm & Voss BV 40, glider interceptor
- Blohm & Voss BV 155, high-altitude interceptor (formerly Me 155)
- Bachem Ba 349 Natter (Adder or Viper), interceptor (rocket-engine)
- Dornier Do 10Dornier Do 10The Dornier Do 10 was the name given by the Reichsluftfahrtministerium of a pre-World War II German aircraft. The aircraft has a complicated history due to renaming and the use of three different engines with correspondingly different specifications....
, (Do C1) fighter (prototype), 1931 - Dornier Do 29, prototype heavy fighter
- Dornier Do 335Dornier Do 335The 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...
Pfeil (Arrow), fighter-bomber (push-pull engine configuration) - Dornier Do 435
- Dornier Do 635Dornier Do 635|-See also:-External links:*...
- Fieseler Fi 98Fieseler Fi 98-See also:-References:* Green, William. Warplanes of the Third Reich. New York: Doubleday, 1972. ISBN 0-385-05782-2.* Herwig, D and H. Rode,Luftwaffe Secret Projects - Ground Attack & Special Purpose Aircraft, ISBN 1-85780-150-4....
, biplane fighter, 1936 - Focke-Wulf Fw 57Focke-Wulf Fw 57-References:* Green, William. Warplanes of the Third Reich. New York:Doubleday, 1972. ISBN 0-385-05782-2.* Green, William and Gordon Swanborough. The Complete Book of Fighters. New York, Smithmark, 1994. ISBN 0-8317-3939-8....
, heavy fighter + bomber (prototype) - Focke-Wulf Ta 152Focke-Wulf Ta 152The 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...
, fighter (derived from Fw 190) - Focke-Wulf Ta 154Focke-Wulf Ta 154|-See also:-External links:*...
Moskito (Mosquito), night-fighter - Focke-Wulf Fw 159Focke-Wulf Fw 159-References:...
, fighter (prototype only) - Focke-Wulf Ta 183Focke-Wulf Ta 183The Focke-Wulf Ta 183 Huckebein was a design for a jet-powered fighter aircraft intended as the successor to the Messerschmitt Me 262 and other day fighters in Luftwaffe service during World War II. It was developed only to the extent of wind tunnel models when the war ended, but the basic design...
, jet-engined fighter (prototype) - Focke-Wulf Fw 187Focke-Wulf Fw 187The Focke-Wulf Fw 187 Falke was a German aircraft developed in the late 1930s. It was created by Kurt Tank as a twin-engine, high-performance fighter, but the Luftwaffe never saw a need for the design, which fitted "between" the Messerschmitt Bf 109 and Bf 110...
Falke (Falcon), heavy fighter - Focke-Wulf Fw 190Focke-Wulf Fw 190The 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...
Würger (butcher-bird), fighter - Heinkel He 37, fighter (biplane)
- Heinkel He 38, fighter (biplane)
- Heinkel He 43, fighter (biplane)
- Heinkel He 49Heinkel He 49- Bibliography :* William Green and Gordon Swanborough. The Complete Book of Fighters. Colour Library Direct, Godalming, UK: 1994. ISBN 1-85833-777-1....
, fighter (biplane) - Heinkel He 51Heinkel He 51-See also:-References:NotesBibliography* Donald, David, ed. Warplanes of the Luftwaffe. London: Aerospace, 1994. ISBN 1-874023-56-5.* Green, William and Gordon Swanborough. "The Cadre Creator...Heinkel's Last Fighting Biplane". Air Enthusiast No. 36, May-August 1988. pp. 11–24. ISSN 0143-5450.*...
, fighter + close-support (biplane) - Heinkel He 100Heinkel He 100The Heinkel He 100 was a German pre-World War II fighter aircraft design from Heinkel. Although it proved to be one of the fastest fighter aircraft in the world at the time of its development, the design was not ordered into series production. Approximately 19 prototypes and pre-production machines...
, fighter - Heinkel He 112Heinkel He 112The Heinkel He 112 was a fighter aircraft designed by Walter and Siegfried Günter. It was one of four aircraft designed to compete for the Luftwaffes 1933 fighter contract, which was eventually won by the Messerschmitt Bf 109...
, fighter - Heinkel He 113Heinkel He 113The Heinkel He 113 was a supposed Luftwaffe fighter aircraft of World War II, but which existed only as a propaganda and/or disinformation strategy....
, (alternative propaganda designation for He 100) - Heinkel He 162Heinkel He 162The 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...
Volksjäger (People's Fighter), fighter (jet-engined) - Heinkel He 219Heinkel He 219The 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...
Uhu (Eagle-Owl), night-fighter - Heinkel He 280Heinkel He 280The Heinkel He 280 was the first turbojet-powered fighter aircraft in the world. It was inspired by Ernst Heinkel's emphasis on research into high-speed flight and built on the company's experience with the He 178 jet prototype. A combination of technical and political factors led to it being...
, fighter (jet-engined) - Henschel Hs 121Henschel Hs 121-Cited sources:...
, fighter + trainer (prototype) - Henschel Hs 124Henschel Hs 124|-See also:-References:* Green, William. Warplanes of the Third Reich. New York:Doubleday, 1972. ISBN 0-385-05782-2.-External links:*...
, heavy fighter + bomber (prototype) - Henschel Hs 125Henschel Hs 125The Henschel Hs 125 was a German advanced training aircraft prototype featuring a single engine and low wings, designed by Henschel & Son and operated by the Luftwaffe during World War II. Only two prototypes were ever built....
, fighter + trainer (prototype) - Horten Ho 229Horten Ho 229The Horten H.IX, RLM designation Ho 229 was a late–World War II prototype fighter/bomber designed by Reimar and Walter Horten and built by Gothaer Waggonfabrik...
, fighter (flying-wing) - Junkers Ju 248, re-designation of Me 263
- Messerschmitt Bf 109Messerschmitt Bf 109The Messerschmitt Bf 109, often called Me 109, was a German World War II fighter aircraft designed by Willy Messerschmitt and Robert Lusser during the early to mid 1930s...
, fighter (often mis-designated as the "Me 109") - Messerschmitt Bf 110Messerschmitt Bf 110The Messerschmitt Bf 110, often called Me 110, was a twin-engine heavy fighter in the service of the Luftwaffe during World War II. Hermann Göring was a proponent of the Bf 110, and nicknamed it his Eisenseiten...
, heavy fighter + night-fighter - Messerschmitt Me 163Messerschmitt Me 163The 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...
Komet (Comet), interceptor (rocket-engined) - Messerschmitt Me 209Messerschmitt Me 209|-See also:-Bibliography:* Feist, Uwe. The Fighting Me 109. London: Arms and Armour Press, 1993. ISBN 1-85409-209-X.* Green, William. War Planes of the Second World War, Fighters, vol. I. London: Hanover House, 1960....
, fighter + speed-record aircraft (prototype) - Messerschmitt Me 209-IIMesserschmitt Me 209-II|-See also:-References:NotesBibliography* Green, William. War Planes of the Second World War, Fighters, vol. I. London: Hanover House, 1960....
, fighter (prototype – completely different from Me 209) - Messerschmitt Me 210Messerschmitt Me 210The 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...
, heavy fighter + reconnaissance - Messerschmitt Me 262Messerschmitt Me 262The 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...
Schwalbe (Swallow), fighter + attack (jet-engined) - Messerschmitt Me 263Messerschmitt Me 263-See also:http://www.aviastar.org/air/germany/me-263.php-References:* David Myhra, "Messerschmitt Me 263", Schiffer Publishing, 1999...
, interceptor (rocket-engined) - Messerschmitt Me 265Messerschmitt Me 265The Messerschmitt Me 265 was a design project for a Zerstorer produced by leading German aircraft manufacturer Messerschmitt in World War II.-Design:The Me 265 was designed in 1942, and intended to replace the failing Me 210...
, heavy fighter prototype - Messerschmitt Me 309Messerschmitt Me 309|-References:*Green, William. War Planes of the Second World War, Fighters, vol. I. London: Hanover House, 1960.*Jackson, Robert. Infamous Aircraft: Dangerous Designs and their Vices. Barnsley, Yorkshire, UK: Pen and Sword Aviation, 2005. ISBN 1-84415-172-7.-External links:*...
, fighter (prototype) - Messerschmitt Me 328Messerschmitt Me 328The Messerschmitt Me 328 was originally designed as a parasite aircraft to protect Luftwaffe bomber formations during World War II. During its protracted development, a wide variety of other roles were suggested for it...
, pulsejet fighter/attack aircraft (prototype) - Messerschmitt Me 329Messerschmitt Me 329|-See also:-References:*Luftwaffe Secret Projects - Ground Attack & Special Purpose Aircraft, D. Herwig & H. Rode, ISBN 1-85780-150-4*...
, heavy fighter prototype - Messerschmitt Me 410Messerschmitt Me 410The 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...
Hornisse (Hornet), heavy fighter + reconnaissance - Messerschmitt Me 609 heavy fighter + bomber (project)
Bomber and ground attack
- Arado Ar 66Arado Ar 66-See also:-References:* Smith, J.R and Kay, Antony L. German Aircraft of the Second World War. London: Putnam, 1972. ISBN 0-85177-836-4.-External links:*...
, trainer + night ground attack - Arado Ar 234Arado Ar 234The 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...
Blitz ('Lightning'), bomber (jet-engined) - Blohm & Voss Ha 140Blohm & Voss Ha 140|-See also:-Bibliography:* Green, William. Warplanes of the Third Reich. London: Macdonald and Jane's Publishers Ltd., 4th impression 1979, p. 70-71. ISBN 0-356-02382-6.* Schneider, H. Flugzeug-Typenbuch. Herm. Beyer Verlag, Leipzig, 1940...
, torpedo bomber floatplane (prototype) - Dornier Do 11, (Do F) medium bomber, 1931
- Dornier Do 13Dornier Do 13The Dornier Do 13 was a short-lived 1930s German bomber design. It was the designation given to the aircraft resulting from attempts to improve on the Do 11. However, only a few were made, because the design changes caused grievous problems with many of the first flights ending in crashes...
, medium bomber, 1933 - Dornier Do 17Dornier Do 17The 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...
Fliegender Bleistift (Flying Pencil), bomber + recon + night-fighter - Dornier Do 18Dornier Do 18The 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...
, bomber + reconnaissance flying-boat, 1935 - Dornier Do 19, quad-engined heavy bomber (prototype)
- Dornier Do 22Dornier Do 22|-See also:-References:*Donald, David The Encyclopedia of World Aircraft. Leicester,UK:Blitz Editions. ISBN 1-85605-375-X.*Green, William. War Planes of the Second World War: Volume Six Floatplanes. London:Macdonald, 1962....
, torpedo bomber + reconnaissance seaplane - Dornier Do 23Dornier Do 23-See also:-References:NotesBibliography*Donald, David . The Encyclopedia of World Aircraft. Aerospace Publishing. 1997. ISBN 1-85605-375-X....
, bomber - Dornier Do 215Dornier Do 215|-See also:-Bibliography:* Dressel, Joachim and Manfred Griehl. Bombers of the Luftwaffe. London: DAG Publications, 1994. ISBN 1-85409-140-9....
, bomber + night-fighter - Dornier Do 217Dornier Do 217The 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...
, bomber + night-fighter - Dornier Do 317Dornier Do 317-Do 317B:-See also:-References:*Griehl, M. Dornier Do 217-317-417: an Operation History. Airlife, 1991.*Green, W. Warplanes of the Third Reich. Galahad Books, 1986....
- Fieseler Fi 167Fieseler Fi 167|-See also:*Air Force of the Independent State of Croatia-References:* Green, William. Warplanes of the Third Reich. New York: Doubleday, 1972. ISBN 0-385-05782-2....
, ship-borne torpedo bomber + reconnaissance (biplane) - Focke-Wulf Fw 42Focke-Wulf Fw 42|-See also:-References:NotesBibliography*Herwig, Dieter and Heinz Rode. Luftwaffe Secret Projects: Strategic Bombers 1935-1945. Midland Publishing, 2000. ISBN 1-85780-092-3....
, prototype bomber - Focke-Wulf Fw 189Focke-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....
Eule (Owl), reconnaissance - Focke-Wulf Fw 191Focke-Wulf Fw 191The Focke-Wulf Fw 191 was a prototype German bomber of World War II. Two versions were intended to be produced, a twin-engine version using the Junkers Jumo 222 engine and a four-engine variant which was to have used the smaller Daimler-Benz DB 605 engine...
, heavy bomber prototype - Focke-Wulf Ta 400Focke-Wulf Ta 400|-See also:-References:NotesBibliography* Griehl, Manfred. Luftwaffe over America. London: Greenhill Books, 2006. ISBN 978-0-7607-8697-0....
, long-range bomber - Heinkel He 45Heinkel He 45|-See also:...
, bomber + trainer - Heinkel He 50Heinkel He 50|-See also:-Bibliography:* Donald, D., ed. Warplanes of the Luftwaffe: Combat Aircraft of Hitler’s Luftwaffe, 1933–1945. London: Aerospace Publishing, 2001. ISBN 1-8805888-10-2....
, reconnaissance + dive bomber (biplane) - Heinkel He 111Heinkel He 111The 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...
, bomber - Heinkel He 177Heinkel He 177The 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,...
Greif (Griffon), long-range bomber - Heinkel He 274Heinkel He 274The Heinkel He 274 was a German Luftwaffe heavy bomber developed during World War II, purpose-designed for high-altitude bombing with pressurized crew accommodation.- He 177 ancestry :...
, high-altitude bomber - Heinkel He 277Heinkel He 277The Heinkel He 277 was a four-engine, long range heavy bomber design, a derivative of the He 177, intended for production and use by the German Luftwaffe during World War II. The main difference was in engine configuration...
, high-altitude bomber - Heinkel He 343Heinkel He 343The Heinkel He 343 was a four-engine jet bomber project.-Design and development:It was designed by the German Ernst Heinkel Flugzeugwerke in the beginning of 1944. 20 of these aircraft were ordered. For shortening the development time and for re-use of existing parts, its general design was...
, jet bomber/reconnaissance, design only - Henschel Hs 123Henschel Hs 123The Henschel Hs 123 was a single-seat biplane dive bomber and close-support attack aircraft flown by the German Luftwaffe during the Spanish Civil War and the early to mid-point of World War II...
, ground-attack (biplane) - Henschel Hs 127Henschel Hs 127-See also:-References:* Green, William. Warplanes of the Third Reich. London: Macdonald and Jane's Publishers Ltd., 1970 . ISBN 0-356-02382-6....
, jet-engined bomber (prototype) - Henschel Hs 129Henschel Hs 129The 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"...
, ground-attack - Henschel Hs 130Henschel Hs 130- See also :- References :NotesBibliography* Donald, David.. Warplanes of the Luftwaffe. London:Aerospace, 1999. ISBN 1 874023 56 5.* Dressel, Joachim and Griel, Manfred. Bombers of the Luftwaffe. London:Arms and Armour Press, 1994. ISBN 1-85409-140-9.* Green, William. War Planes of the Second...
, high altitude reconnaissance + bomber (jet engined) (prototype) - Henschel Hs 132Henschel Hs 132-Note:There is a widely available image that purports to show the completed Hs 132V1 outside the Henschel plant. This is actually an artist's impression by Gert Heumann.-See also:-References:NotesBibliography...
, dive bomber (jet-engined) (prototype) - Hütter Hü 136Hütter Hü 136The Hütter Hü 136 was an experimental dive bomber design produced by German engineers Wolfgang and Ulrich Hütter during World War II.The Hütters, best known as glider designers, responded to Reich Air Ministry calls for high-performance, strongly built dive bombers...
, dive-bomber (prototype) - Junkers Ju 86Junkers Ju 86The Junkers Ju 86 was a German monoplane bomber and civilian airliner designed in the early 1930s, and employed by both sides during World War II. The civilian model Ju 86B could carry 10 passengers. Two were delivered to Swissair and five to Luft Hansa...
, bomber + extreme high-altitude reconnaissance - Junkers Ju 87Junkers Ju 87The Junkers Ju 87 or Stuka was a two-man German ground-attack aircraft...
Stuka, dive-bomber + ground-attack - Junkers Ju 88Junkers Ju 88The 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...
, bomber + reconnaissance + night-fighter - Junkers Ju 89Junkers Ju 89|-See also:-External links:*...
, heavy bomber (prototype) - Junkers Ju 90Junkers Ju 90The Junkers Ju 90 was a 40-seat, four-engine airliner developed for and used by Deutsche Luft Hansa shortly before World War II. It was based on the rejected Ju 89 bomber...
, bomber (prototype) - Junkers Ju 187Junkers Ju 187-References:D. Herwig & H. Rode Luftwaffe Secret Projects - Ground Attack & Special Purpose Aircraft. ISBN 1-85780-150-4-External links:*...
, dive bomber (prototype_ - Junkers Ju 188Junkers Ju 188The 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...
, Rächer (Avenger), bomber + recon - Junkers Ju 287Junkers Ju 287-Bibliography:* Hitchcock, Thomas H. Junkers 287 . Acton, MA: Monogram Aviation Publications, 1974. ISBN 0-914144-01-4.-External links:*...
, heavy bomber (jet-engined) (prototype) - Junkers Ju 288Junkers Ju 288|-See also:-References:NotesBibliography* Hitchcock, Thomas H. Junkers 288 . Acton, MA: Monogram Aviation Publications, 1974. ISBN 0-914144-02-2.-External links:...
, bomber (prototype) - Junkers Ju 290Junkers Ju 290The 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:...
, long-range bomber + recon - Junkers Ju 390Junkers Ju 390The Junkers Ju 390 was a German aircraft intended to be used as a heavy transport, maritime patrol aircraft, and long-range bomber, a long-range derivative of the Ju 290...
, long-range bomber (prototype) - Junkers Ju 488Junkers Ju 488-References:* Filly, Brian. Junkers Ju 88 in Action, part 2. Carrollton, TX: Squadron/Signal Publications, Inc., 1991.* Green, William. War Planes of the Second World War:Volume Ten Bombers and Reconnaissance Aircraft. London:Macdonald, 1968....
, heavy bomber - Junkers EF 132, heavy bomber
- Messerschmitt Bf 162Messerschmitt Bf 162|-See also:-References:* Green, William. Warplanes of the Third Reich. New York:Doubleday, 1972. ISBN 0-385-05782-2....
, bomber (prototype) - Messerschmitt Me 264Messerschmitt Me 264|-See also:-References:NotesBibliography* Duffy, James P. Target: America. Westport, Connecticut: Praeger Publishers, 2004. ISBN 0-275-96684-4....
Amerika-Bomber (America-bomber), long-range bomber (prototype)
Patrol and reconnaissance
- Arado Ar 95Arado Ar 95-See also:...
, coastal patrol + attack (biplane seaplane) - Arado Ar 196Arado 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....
, ship-borne reconnaissance + coastal patrol (seaplane) - Arado Ar 198Arado Ar 198The Arado Ar 198 was a prototype reconnaissance aircraft developed by Arado Flugzeugwerke, with backing from the Luftwaffe, who initially preferred it over the Blohm & Voss BV 141 and the Focke-Wulf Fw 189. However, when flight tests were carried out the aircraft performed poorly, and did not...
, reconnaissance - Arado Ar 231Arado Ar 231The Arado Ar 231 was a light-weight Floatplane, developed during World War II in Germany as a scout plane for submarines. The need to be stored inside the submarine necessitated compromises in design that made this single-seat seaplane of little practical use....
, fold-wing U-boat reconnaissance aircraft (prototype) - Blohm & Voss BV 138 Fliegende Holzschuh, flying-boat (early versions designated as Ha 138)
- Blohm & Voss BV 141, reconnaissance (asymmetric)
- Blohm & Voss BV 142, reconnaissance + transport
- Blohm & Voss BV 222 long-range flying boat
- Blohm & Voss BV 238, flying-boat (prototype
- DFS 228DFS 228-See also:-Bibliography:* Green, William. Warplanes of the Third Reich. London: Macdonald and Jane's Publishers Ltd., 1970 . ISBN 0-356-02382-6.* Myhra, David. DFS 228. Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing, 2000. ISBN 0-76431-203-0....
, rocket-powered reconnaissance aircraft (prototype only) - Dornier Do 16, previously Do J, better known as Wal (Whale), reconnaissance flying-boat
- Dornier Do 18Dornier Do 18The 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...
reconnaissance flying-boat - Fieseler Fi 156Fieseler Fi 156The Fieseler Fi 156 Storch was a small German liaison aircraft built by Fieseler before and during World War II, and production continued in other countries into the 1950s for the private market...
Storch (Stork), STOL reconnaissance aircraft - Focke-Wulf Fw 62Focke-Wulf Fw 62-See also:-External links:* http://www.luftwaffe-reich.co.uk/focke-wulf-fw-62-reconnaissance.htm...
, ship-borne reconnaissance (biplane seaplane) - Focke-Wulf Fw 200Focke-Wulf Fw 200The 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...
Kondor (Condor), transport + maritime patrol-bomber - Focke-Wulf Fw 300Focke-Wulf Fw 300-See also:-References:* Herwig, Dieter and Rode, Heinz. Luftwaffe Secret Projects - Strategic Bombers 1935-45. Midland Publishing Ltd., 2000. ISBN 1-85780-092-3....
proposed long-range version of Fw 200 - Gotha Go 147Gotha Go 147The Gotha Go 147 was a German experimental prototype reconnaissance aircraft designed in 1936. Designed by Gothaer Waggonfabrik and Albert Kalkert, construction of the two-seater aircraft was abandoned before the end of World War II....
, STOL reconnaissance (prototype) - Heinkel He 46Heinkel He 46-See also:-Bibliography:* Kay, A.L. and Smith, J.R. German Aircraft of World War II. Naval Institute Press, 2002....
, reconnaissance - Heinkel He 59Heinkel He 59|-See also:-Bibliography:* Green, William.War Planes of the Second World War: Volume Six: Floatplanes. London: Macdonald, 1962.* Green, William. Warplanes of the Third Reich. New York: Doubleday, 1972. ISBN 0-385-05782-2....
, reconnaissance (biplane seaplane) - Heinkel He 60, ship-borne reconnaissance (biplane seaplane)
- Heinkel He 114Heinkel He 114-See also:-Bibliography:* Donald, David, ed. Warplanes of the Luftwaffe. London: Aerospace, 1994. ISBN 1-874023-56-5.* Smith J. R. and Kay, Anthony. German Aircraft of the Second World War. London: Putnam & Company Ltd., 1972. ISBN 0-370-00024-2....
, reconnaissance seaplane - Heinkel He 116Heinkel He 116-See also:-Bibliography:* Smith J. R. and Kay, Anthony. German Aircraft of the Second World War. London: Putnam & Company Ltd., 1972. ISBN 0-370-00024-2....
, transport + reconnaissance - Henschel Hs 126Henschel 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....
, reconnaissance - Hütter Hü 211Hütter Hü 211|-References:NotesBibliography* Luftwaffe Secret Projects - Ground Attack & Special Purpose Aircraft, D. Herwig & H. Rode, ISBN 1-85780-150-4...
, reconnaissance and night fighter - Junkers Ju 388Junkers Ju 388The 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...
Störtebeker, reconnaissance + night-fighter - Messerschmitt Bf 163Messerschmitt Bf 163|- Sources :* Green, William Warplanes of the Third Reich. Galahad Books, 1986.-See also:...
STOL reconnaissance aircraft (prototypes only) - Messerschmitt Me 261Messerschmitt Me 261-References:NotesBibliography* Donald, David, ed. Warplanes of the Luftwaffe. London: Aerospace Publishing, 1994. ISBN 1-874023-56-5.* Green, William. Warplanes of the Third Reich. New York: Galahad Books, 1986. ISBN 0-88365-666-3...
, long-range reconnaissance - Messerschmitt Me 321Messerschmitt Me 321|-See also:-Bibliography:* Dabrowski, Hans-Peter. Messerschmitt Me 321/323: The Luftwaffe's "Giants" in World War II. Atglen, PA: Schiffer Military History, 2001. ISBN 0-7643-1442-4....
Gigant, heavy transport glider - Messerschmitt Me 323Messerschmitt Me 323The 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...
Gigant, powered version of Me 321 - Siebel Si 201Siebel Si 201|-See also:...
, STOL reconnaissance aircraft (prototype)
Transport and utility
- Arado Ar 232Arado Ar 232The Arado Ar 232 Tausendfüssler was the first truly modern cargo aircraft, designed and built in small numbers by the German firm Arado Flugzeugwerke during World War II...
Tausendfüssler, transport - Blohm & Voss Ha 139, long-range seaplane
- Blohm & Voss BV 144Blohm & Voss BV 144-See also:-External links:*http://www.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/LRG/bv144.html...
, transport - Blohm & Voss BV 222 Wiking (Viking), transport flying-boat
- DFS 230DFS 230|-See also:-External links:* http://www.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/LRG/dfs230.html* http://www.luftarchiv.de/flugzeuge/dfs/dfs230.htm...
, transport glider - DFS 331DFS 331|-See also:...
, transport glider (prototype) - Dornier Do 12Dornier Do 12|-See also:...
, Libelle seaplane - Dornier Do 14Dornier Do 14The Dornier Do 14 was a prototype seaplane developed by Dornier Flugzeugwerke with backing from the Luftwaffe for experimental propulsion studies. The aircraft was similar to the Dornier Do 12....
, seaplane (prototype) - Dornier Do 26Dornier Do 26The Dornier Do 26 was an all-metal gull winged flying boat produced before and during World War II by Dornier Flugzeugwerke of Germany.It was operated by a crew of four and was intended to carry a payload of 500 kg or four passengers on the Lisbon to New York route.-Design and development:The...
, transport flying-boat - Dornier Do 214Dornier Do 214-See also:-References:*D. Herwig & H. Rode Luftwaffe Secret Projects - Strategic Bombers 1935-45. ISBN 1-85780-092-3...
, transport flying-boat (prototype) - Gotha Go 146, small transport (twin-engine), 1935
- Gotha Go 242Gotha Go 242-External Links:* FLIGHT, 12th February 1942, p. 130, early intelligence photo of Go 242, bottom of page....
, transport glider - Gotha Go 244Gotha Go 244-See also:-References:NotesBibliography...
, transport - Gotha Go 345Gotha Go 345The Gotha Go 345 was a prototype German Military glider of the Second World War. A single example was tested in 1944.-References:* Green, William. Warplanes of the Third Reich. New York:Doubleday, 1972. ISBN 0-385-05782-2.-External links:*...
, assault glider - Gotha Ka 430Gotha Ka 430|-References:* *...
, transport glider - Heinkel He 70Heinkel He 70The Heinkel He 70 was a German mail plane and fast passenger aircraft of the 1930s, that also saw use in auxiliary bomber and reconnaissance roles. It had a relatively brief commercial career before it was replaced by types which could carry more passengers...
, "Blitz" (Lightning), single-engine transport + mailplane, 1932 - Heinkel He 115Heinkel He 115The 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...
, general-purpose seaplane - Junkers Ju 52Junkers Ju 52The 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...
Tante Ju (Auntie Ju), transport + bomber - Junkers Ju 252Junkers Ju 252-References:* Green, William. Warplanes of the Third Reich. New York:Doubleday, 1972. ISBN 0-385-05782-2.-External links:* *...
, transport - Junkers Ju 322Junkers Ju 322-See also:-Bibliography:* Green, William. Warplanes of the Third Reich. London: Macdonald and Jane's Ltd., 1970 . ISBN 0-356-02382-6....
, transport glider - Junkers Ju 352Junkers Ju 352-References:...
Herkules (Hercules), transport - Junkers W34, transport
- Klemm Kl 31, single-engine transport, 1931
- Klemm Kl 32, single-engine transport, 1931
- Klemm Kl 36Klemm Kl 36|-See also:-References:* Marian Krzyżan: "Międzynarodowe turnieje lotnicze 1929-1934", WKiŁ, Warsaw 1988, ISBN 83-206-0637-3 *...
, single-engine transport, 1934 - Messerschmitt Me 321Messerschmitt Me 321|-See also:-Bibliography:* Dabrowski, Hans-Peter. Messerschmitt Me 321/323: The Luftwaffe's "Giants" in World War II. Atglen, PA: Schiffer Military History, 2001. ISBN 0-7643-1442-4....
Gigant (Giant), transport glider - Messerschmitt Me 323Messerschmitt Me 323The 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...
, transport. Motorised version of Me 321 - Siebel Fh 104Siebel Fh 104-Bibliography:*Smith, J.R. and Kay, Antony J. German Aircraft of the Second World War. London:Putnam, 1990. ISBN 85177 836 4....
Hallore, medium transport - Siebel Si 204Siebel Si 204The Siebel Si 204 was a small twin-engined transport and trainer aircraft developed during World War II. It was based on the Fh 104. Originally designed in response to a RLM development order for a small civil transport plane in 1938, it was eventually produced for the Luftwaffe.-Development:The Si...
, transport + aircrew trainer
Trainer
- Albatros Al 101Albatros Al 101|-See also:-References:*...
- Albatros Al 102
- Albatros Al 103
- Arado Ar 69Arado Ar 69The Arado Ar 69 was a two-seat German beginners school and sport biplane with an open cockpit, developed in 1933 by Arado Flugzeugwerke. Powered by a Siemens & Halske 14A engine, the aircraft featured swept wings constructed from wood and a steel tube frame hull....
, trainer (biplane) (prototypes), 1933 - Arado Ar 96Arado Ar 96-See also:-Bibliography:* Green, William. Warplanes of the Third Reich. London: Macdonald and Jane's Publishers Ltd., 1970 . ISBN 0-356-02382-6....
, trainer - Arado Ar 199, seaplane trainer
- Arado Ar 396, trainer
- Bücker Bü 131Bücker Bü 131|-See also:-References:NotesBibliography* Bridgeman, Leonard. “The Bücker Bü 131B “Jungmann”.” Jane's Fighting Aircraft of World War II. London: Studio, 1946. ISBN 1-85170-493-0....
Jungmann (Young Man), trainer (biplane) - Bücker Bü 133Bücker Bü 133|-See also:-Bibliography:* König, Erwin. Bücker Bü 133 "Jungmeister" . D-86669 Stengelheim, Germany: Unitec Medienvertrieb e.K.,...
Jungmeister (Young Champion), trainer + aerobatics (biplane) - Bücker Bü 180Bücker Bü 180|-See also:-Bibliography:* Donald, David . The Encyclopedia of World Aircraft. Leicester, UK:Blitz, 1997. ISBN 1-85605-375-X.* König, Erwin. Bücker Bü 180 "Student", Bü 182 "Kornett", Bü 134: Drei geniale Flugzeugtypen, die dem Krieg zum Opfer fielen . D-86669 Stengelheim, Germany: Unitec...
Student (Student), trainer - Bücker Bü 181Bücker Bü 181|-See also:-References:NotesBibliography* Donald, David and Lake, Jon. . Encyclopedia of World Military Aircraft. London: Aerospace Publishing, Single volume edition, 1996. ISBN 1-874023-95-6....
Bestmann (Bestman), trainer + transport - Bücker Bü 182Bücker Bü 182-References:NotesBibliography* König, Erwin. Bücker Bü 180 "Student", Bü 182 "Kornett", Bü 134: Drei geniale Flugzeugtypen, die dem Krieg zum Opfer fielen . D-86669 Stengelheim, Germany: Unitec Medienvertrieb e.K.,...
Kornett (Ensign), trainer - Fieseler Fi 5Fieseler Fi 5-See also:-References:* . Flight, 2 November 1933, p. 1100....
(F-5) acrobatic sportsplane + trainer, 1933 - Focke-Wulf Fw 44Focke-Wulf Fw 44-External links:* * * * * * *...
Stieglitz (Goldfinch), trainer (biplane) - Focke-Wulf Fw 56Focke-Wulf Fw 56-See also:-External links:* http://aviationtrivia.info/Focke-Wulf-FW-56-Stosser.php* http://www.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/LRG/fw56.html* http://www.luftfahrtmuseum.com/htmi/itf/fw56.htm...
Stösser (Falcon Hawk), trainer (parasol monoplane) - Focke-Wulf Fw 58 Weihe (Kite), transport + trainer
- Gotha Go 145Gotha Go 145-See also:-Bibliography:* Bishop, C. Luftwaffe Squadrons, 1939–1945. Amber Books, 2006.* Donald, D. Warplanes of the Luftwaffe: Combat aircraft of Hitler’s Luftwaffe, 1933 -1945. Aerospace Publishing, 2001....
, trainer - Heinkel He 72Heinkel He 72|-See also:-References:* Wood, Tony and Bill Gunston. Hitler's Luftwaffe: A Pictorial History and Technical Encyclopedia of Hitler's Air Power in World War II. London:Salamander books,1977. ISBN 0-86101-005-1....
Kadett (Cadet), trainer - Heinkel He 74Heinkel He 74-External links:***...
, fighter + advanced trainer (prototype) - Heinkel He 172, trainer (prototype)
- Klemm Kl 35Klemm Kl 35|-See also:-Bibliography:* Mondey, David. The Concise Guide to Axis Aircraft of World War II. London: Chancellor, 1996. ISBN 1 85152 966 7.* Translated from de.wikipedia.org...
, sportplane + trainer, 1935 - Messerschmitt Bf 108Messerschmitt Bf 108-Popular culture:Bf 108s and postwar Nord 1000s, played the role of Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighters in war movies, including The Longest Day, 633 Squadron, Von Ryan's Express and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.-See also:-References:Notes...
Taifun (Typhoon), trainer + transport - Siebel Si 202 "Hummel" sportplane + trainer, 1938
Helicopter
- Flettner Fl 184Flettner Fl 184The Flettner 184 was a German night reconnaissance and anti-submarine autogyro developed during the 1930s.- Design :Its designer, Anton Flettner, designed the Fl 184 to have a single, torqueless rotor. This was done with two 30 hp engines that drove small propellers attached to the rotor...
prototype reconnaissance helicopter - Flettner Fl 185Flettner Fl 185The Flettner Fl 185 was an experimental German helicopter developed by Anton Flettner.This helicopter was developed in 1936 with support of the German Navy. It was powered by a BMW-Bramo Sh 14 A radial piston engine with forced-air cooling, mounted at the nose...
prototype reconnaissance helicopter - Flettner Fl 265Flettner Fl 265-References: Nowarra, Heinz J.: Die Deutsche Luftrüstung 1933-1945, Bernard & Graeffe Verlag, Koblenz 1993, ISBN 3-7637-5464-4-External links:*...
prototype reconnaissance helicopter - Flettner Fl 282Flettner Fl 282|- References :NotesBibliography* Coates, Steve and Jean-Christophe Carbonel. Helicopters of the Third Reich. Crowborough, UK: Classic Publications Ltd., 2002. ISBN 1-903223-24-5....
Kolibri (Hummingbird), reconnaissance helicopter - Flettner Fl 339 prototype reconnaissance helicopter
- Focke Achgelis Fa 223 Drache (Kite), transport helicopter (prototype
- Focke Achgelis Fa 266 Hornisse (Hornet), helicopter (prototype)
- Focke Achgelis Fa 330Focke Achgelis Fa 330The Focke-Achgelis FA 330 Bachstelze was a type of rotary-wing kite, known as a gyroglider or rotor kite. They were towed behind German U-boats during World War II to allow a lookout to see farther.- Development :...
, unpowered "gyrokite" (prototype) - Focke Achgelis Fa 336 scout helicopter (prototype), 1944
- Focke-Wulf Fw 61Focke-Wulf Fw 61|-See also:-References:NotesBibliography* Coates, Steve and Jean-Christophe Carbonel. Helicopters of the Third Reich. Crowborough, UK: Classic Publications Ltd., 2002. ISBN 1-903223-24-5....
, helicopter (prototype) - Focke-Wulf Fw 186Focke-Wulf Fw 186The Focke-Wulf Fw 186 was a one-man autogyro built by Focke-Wulf in 1937 with backing from the RLM , for use as a liaison and reconnaissance aircraft, and featured short takeoff and landing characteristics...
, autogiro reconnaissance aircraft (prototype)
Experimental and research
- DFS 39, Lippisch-designed tail-less research aircraft
- DFS 40DFS 40The DFS 40 was a tail-less research aircraft designed by Alexander Lippisch in 1937 as a follow-on to his Delta IV aircraft...
, Lippisch-designed tail-less research aircraft - DFS 194, rocket-powered research aircraft, forerunner of Me 163
- DFS 228DFS 228-See also:-Bibliography:* Green, William. Warplanes of the Third Reich. London: Macdonald and Jane's Publishers Ltd., 1970 . ISBN 0-356-02382-6.* Myhra, David. DFS 228. Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing, 2000. ISBN 0-76431-203-0....
, rocket-powered high altitude long range reconnaissance prototype - DFS 332DFS 332-References:* Vom Höhenaufklärer bis zum Raumgleiter 1935-1945 - Geheimprojekte der DFS, Horst Lommel, Motorbuch Verlag, 2000. ISBN 3-613-02072-6...
- DFS 346DFS 346The DFS 346 was a German rocket-powered swept-wing vehicle subsequently completed and flown in the Soviet Union after the World War II. It was designed by Felix Kracht at the Deutsche Forschungsanstalt für Segelflug , the "German Institute for Sailplane Flight"...
, supersonic research aircraft (incomplete prototype only) - Göppingen Gö 9Göppingen Gö 9The Göppingen Gö 9 was a research aircraft built to investigate the practicalities of powering a plane using a pusher propeller located far from the engine and turned by a long driveshaft....
development aircraft for Do 335 Pfeil - Heinkel He 176, pioneering liquid-fueled rocket-engined experimental aircraft (prototype)
- Heinkel He 178Heinkel He 178|-See also:*List of firsts in aviation-Bibliography:* Warsitz, Lutz: The First Jet Pilot - The Story of German Test Pilot Erich Warsitz, Pen and Sword Books Ltd., England, 2009, ISBN 9781844158188.-External links:...
, pioneering jet-engined experimental aircraft - Heinkel LercheHeinkel Lerche-See also:-Notes & References:* Luftwaffe Secret Projects - Ground Attack & Special Purpose Aircraft, D. Herwig & H. Rode, ISBN 1-85780-150-4*...
, VTOLVTOLA vertical take-off and landing aircraft is one that can hover, take off and land vertically. This classification includes fixed-wing aircraft as well as helicopters and other aircraft with powered rotors, such as cyclogyros/cyclocopters and tiltrotors...
experiment - Lippisch P.13aLippisch P.13aThe Lippisch P.13a was an experimental ramjet-powered delta wing interceptor aircraft designed in late 1944 by Dr. Alexander Lippisch for Nazi Germany...
, delta-winged ramjet powered fighter. - Messerschmitt Me P.1101Messerschmitt Me P.1101|-See also:-References:NotesBibliography* Myrha, David. Messerschmitt P.1101- X Planes of the Third Reich Series. Atglen, PA: Schiffer Military History, 1999. ISBN 0-7643-0908-0....
, variable-geometry jet fighter.
West GermanyWest GermanyWest Germany is the common English, but not official, name for the Federal Republic of Germany or FRG in the period between its creation in May 1949 to German reunification on 3 October 1990....
- Hawker Sea HawkHawker Sea HawkThe Hawker Sea Hawk was a British single-seat jet fighter of the Fleet Air Arm , the air branch of the Royal Navy , built by Hawker Aircraft and its sister company, Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft. Although its origins stemmed from earlier Hawker piston-engined fighters, the Sea Hawk became the...
- Lockheed F-104FF-104 StarfighterThe Lockheed F-104 Starfighter is a single-engine, high-performance, supersonic interceptor aircraft originally developed for the United States Air Force by Lockheed. One of the Century Series of aircraft, it served with the USAF from 1958 until 1969, and continued with Air National Guard units...
, G, TF-104G Starfighter - McDonnell-Douglas F-4FF-4 Phantom IIThe McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II is a tandem two-seat, twin-engined, all-weather, long-range supersonic jet interceptor fighter/fighter-bomber originally developed for the United States Navy by McDonnell Aircraft. It first entered service in 1960 with the U.S. Navy. Proving highly adaptable,...
, F, RF-4E Phantom II - North American/Canadair F-86 SabreF-86 SabreThe North American F-86 Sabre was a transonic jet fighter aircraft. Produced by North American Aviation, the Sabre is best known as America's first swept wing fighter which could counter the similarly-winged Soviet MiG-15 in high speed dogfights over the skies of the Korean War...
5, 6, F-86K - Republic F-84 Thunderstreak, RF-84F Thunderflash
- Mikoyan MiG-29Mikoyan MiG-29The Mikoyan MiG-29 is a fourth-generation jet fighter aircraft designed in the Soviet Union for an air superiority role. Developed in the 1970s by the Mikoyan design bureau, it entered service with the Soviet Air Force in 1983, and remains in use by the Russian Air Force as well as in many other...
, −29UB after reunification. Later sold to Poland.
East Germany
- Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 was a jet fighter developed for the USSR by Artem Mikoyan and Mikhail Gurevich. The MiG-15 was one of the first successful swept-wing jet fighters, and it achieved fame in the skies over Korea, where early in the war, it outclassed all straight-winged enemy fighters in...
bis, UTI (DDR onlyGerman Democratic RepublicThe German Democratic Republic , informally called East Germany by West Germany and other countries, was a socialist state established in 1949 in the Soviet zone of occupied Germany, including East Berlin of the Allied-occupied capital city...
) - Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17FMikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17 is a high-subsonic fighter aircraft produced in the USSR from 1952 and operated by numerous air forces in many variants. Most MiG-17 variants cannot carry air-to-air missiles, but shot down many aircraft with its cannons...
, PF (DDR onlyGerman Democratic RepublicThe German Democratic Republic , informally called East Germany by West Germany and other countries, was a socialist state established in 1949 in the Soviet zone of occupied Germany, including East Berlin of the Allied-occupied capital city...
) - Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19PFMikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19 is a Soviet second-generation, single-seat, twin jet-engined fighter aircraft. It was the first Soviet production aircraft capable of supersonic speeds in level flight. A comparable U.S...
, PFM, PM, S, SF (DDR onlyGerman Democratic RepublicThe German Democratic Republic , informally called East Germany by West Germany and other countries, was a socialist state established in 1949 in the Soviet zone of occupied Germany, including East Berlin of the Allied-occupied capital city...
) - Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 is a supersonic jet fighter aircraft, designed by the Mikoyan-Gurevich Design Bureau in the Soviet Union. It was popularly nicknamed "balalaika", from the aircraft's planform-view resemblance to the Russian stringed musical instrument or ołówek by Polish pilots due to...
, F, F-13, FL, M, MF, PF, PFM, PFS, RF, SMB, SMT, SPS, SPSK, UM, US, USM, UTI - Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23BNMikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23 is a variable-geometry fighter aircraft, designed by the Mikoyan-Gurevich design bureau in the Soviet Union. It is considered to belong to the Soviet third generation jet fighter category, along with similarly aged Soviet fighters such as the MiG-25 "Foxbat"...
, MF, ML, PFM, S, UB - Mikoyan MiG-29Mikoyan MiG-29The Mikoyan MiG-29 is a fourth-generation jet fighter aircraft designed in the Soviet Union for an air superiority role. Developed in the 1970s by the Mikoyan design bureau, it entered service with the Soviet Air Force in 1983, and remains in use by the Russian Air Force as well as in many other...
, −29UB - Sukhoi Su-20
- Sukhoi Su-22, −22UM
West Germany
- Panavia Tornado IDSPanavia TornadoThe Panavia Tornado is a family of twin-engine, variable-sweep wing combat aircraft, which was jointly developed and manufactured by the United Kingdom, West Germany and Italy...
- DornierDornierDornier may refer to:* Claudius Dornier , German aircraft designer and builder** Dornier Flugzeugwerke, German aircraft manufacturer founded in 1914 by Claudius Dornier* Dornier Consulting, international consulting and project management company...
Alpha Jet ADassault-Breguet/Dornier Alpha JetThe Dassault/Dornier Alpha Jet is a light attack jet and advanced trainer aircraft co-manufactured by Dornier of Germany and Dassault-Breguet of France.- Origins :... - FiatFiatFIAT, an acronym for Fabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino , is an Italian automobile manufacturer, engine manufacturer, financial, and industrial group based in Turin in the Italian region of Piedmont. Fiat was founded in 1899 by a group of investors including Giovanni Agnelli...
G-91Aeritalia G.91The Fiat G.91 was an Italian jet fighter aircraft. It was the winner of the NATO competition in 1953 as standard equipment for Allied air forces. It entered in operational service with the Italian Air Force in 1961, with West Germany's Luftwaffe, in 1962, and later with the Portuguese Air Force....
West Germany
- Breguet Atlantic I
- English Electric CanberraEnglish Electric CanberraThe English Electric Canberra is a first-generation jet-powered light bomber manufactured in large numbers through the 1950s. The Canberra could fly at a higher altitude than any other bomber through the 1950s and set a world altitude record of 70,310 ft in 1957...
B.2 Used in ground mapping and Recon role - Fairey GannetFairey GannetThe Fairey Gannet was a British carrier-borne anti-submarine warfare and airborne early warning aircraft of the post-Second World War era developed for the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm by the Fairey Aviation Company...
A.S.4, T.5 - Grob Egrett II
- Grumman OV-1 MohawkOV-1 MohawkThe Grumman OV-1 Mohawk is an armed military observation and attack aircraft, designed for battlefield surveillance and light strike capabilities. It is of twin turboprop configuration, and carried two crewmembers with side by side seating...
Evaluated only - Lockheed RF-104G Starfighter
West Germany
- Airbus A310Airbus A310The Airbus A310 is a medium- to long-range twin-engine widebody jet airliner. Launched in July 1978, it was the second aircraft created by Airbus Industrie,a consortium of European aerospace companies, Airbus is now fully owned by EADS and since 2001 has been known as Airbus SAS. the consortium of...
- BoeingBoeingThe Boeing Company is an American multinational aerospace and defense corporation, founded in 1916 by William E. Boeing in Seattle, Washington. Boeing has expanded over the years, merging with McDonnell Douglas in 1997. Boeing Corporate headquarters has been in Chicago, Illinois since 2001...
707Boeing 707The Boeing 707 is a four-engine narrow-body commercial passenger jet airliner developed by Boeing in the early 1950s. Its name is most commonly pronounced as "Seven Oh Seven". The first airline to operate the 707 was Pan American World Airways, inaugurating the type's first commercial flight on... - Bristol SycamoreBristol Sycamore-See also:-External links:* on the Bristol Sycamore* on the Bristol Sycamore*...
- Canadair Challenger
- Convair Samaritan
- de Havilland HeronDe Havilland HeronThe de Havilland DH.114 Heron was a small, propeller-driven British airliner that first flew on 10 May 1950. It was a development of the twin-engine de Havilland Dove, with a stretched fuselage and two more engines. It was designed as a rugged, conventional low-wing monoplane with tricycle...
2D - Dornier Do DS-10
- Dornier Do 27ADornier Do 27-See also:-Bibliography:*Green, William. Macdonald Aircraft Handbook. London. Macdonald & Co. Ltd., 1964.*Jackson, Paul A. German Military Aviation 1956-1976. Hinckley, Leicestershire, UK: Midland Counties Publications, 1976. ISBN 0-904597-03-2.-External links:**...
, B - Dornier Do 28A-1Dornier Do 28The Dornier Do 28 Skyservant is a twin-engine STOL utility aircraft, manufactured by Dornier Flugzeugbau GmbH. It served with the Luftwaffe and Marineflieger and other air forces around the world in the communications and utility role....
, D "Skyservant" - Dornier Do 228-201Dornier Do 228The Dornier 228 is a twin-turboprop STOL utility aircraft, manufactured by Dornier GmbH from 1981 until 1998. In 1983, Hindustan Aeronautics bought a production licence and manufactures the 228 for the Asian market sphere. Approximately 270 Do 228 were built at Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany and...
- Dornier Do 29
- Dornier Do 31EDornier Do 31-See also:-Bibliography:*Green, William. The Observer's Book of Aircraft. London. Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd., 1968.*Jackson, Paul A. German Military Aviation 1956–1976. Hinckley, Leicestershire, UK: Midland Counties Publications, 1976. ISBN 0-904597-03-2.-External links:**...
- Dornier Do 32EDornier Do 32|-See also:...
- Dornier Do 34
- Douglas A-26 InvaderA-26 InvaderThe Douglas A-26 Invader was a United States twin-engined light attack bomber built by the Douglas Aircraft Co. during World War II that also saw service during several of the Cold War's major conflicts...
only used for target towing - Douglas C-47 Dakota
- Douglas DC-6BDouglas DC-6The Douglas DC-6 is a piston-powered airliner and transport aircraft built by the Douglas Aircraft Company from 1946 to 1958. Originally intended as a military transport near the end of World War II, it was reworked after the war to compete with the Lockheed Constellation in the long-range...
- Grumman HU-16 AlbatrossHU-16 AlbatrossThe Grumman HU-16 Albatross is a large twin-radial engine amphibious flying boat that was utilized by the U.S. Air Force, the U.S. Navy and the U.S. Coast Guard, primarily as a search and rescue and combat search and rescue aircraft...
- HFB-320 Hansa JetHFB-320 Hansa Jet|-See also:-References:*Sloot, Emiel. "Hansa Jet Retirement". Air International, October 1994, Vol 47 No 4. pp. 234–235. ISSN 0306-5634.*Taylor, John W. R.. Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1965–66. London: Sampson Low, Marston & Company, 1965....
- Learjet 35A, 36A
- LET L-410
- Lockheed C-140 Jetstar
- Nord NoratlasNord NoratlasThe Nord Noratlas was a 1950s French military transport aircraft intended to replace the older types in service at the end of World War II. Several hundred were produced in a run lasting over a decade, finding a wide variety of uses.-Development:...
- North American OV-10BOV-10 BroncoThe North American Aviation Rockwell OV-10 Bronco is a turboprop light attack and observation aircraft. It was developed in the 1960s as a special aircraft for counter-insurgency combat, and one of its primary missions was as a forward air control aircraft...
- Percival Pembroke C54Percival Pembroke-See also:-Bibliography:* The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft London: Orbis Publishing, 1985.* Jackson, A.J. British Civil Aircraft since 1919 . London: Putnam, 1974. ISBN 0-370-10014-X....
- Pützer Elster BPützer Elster-See also:-Bibliography:* Green, William. Aircraft Handbook. London. Macdonald & Co. Ltd., 1964.* Jackson, Paul A. German Military Aviation 1956-1976. Hinckley, Leicestershire, UK: Midland Counties Publications, 1976. ISBN 0-904597-03-2....
- Transall C-160DTransall C-160|-See also:-References:* Taylor, John W. R. Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1982-83. London:Jane's Yearbooks, 1982. ISBN 0-7106-0748-2.-External links:*...
East Germany
- Antonov An-2Antonov An-2The Antonov An-2 is a single-engine biplane utility/agricultural aircraft designed in the USSR in 1946...
, −2S, −2T, −2TD (DDR onlyGerman Democratic RepublicThe German Democratic Republic , informally called East Germany by West Germany and other countries, was a socialist state established in 1949 in the Soviet zone of occupied Germany, including East Berlin of the Allied-occupied capital city...
) - Antonov An-12Antonov An-12The Antonov An-12 is a four-engined turboprop transport aircraft designed in the Soviet Union. It is the military version of the Antonov An-10.-Design and development:...
- Antonov An-14Antonov An-14|-See also:- References :* Stroud, John. Soviet Transport Aircraft since 1945. London:Putnam, 1968. ISBN 0-370-00126-5.-External links:* *...
(DDR onlyGerman Democratic RepublicThe German Democratic Republic , informally called East Germany by West Germany and other countries, was a socialist state established in 1949 in the Soviet zone of occupied Germany, including East Berlin of the Allied-occupied capital city...
) - Antonov An-26Antonov An-26The Antonov An-26 is a twin-engined turboprop military transport aircraft, designed and produced in the USSR from 12 March 1968.-Development:...
- Ilyushin Il-14Ilyushin Il-14The Ilyushin Il-14 was a Soviet twin-engine commercial and military personnel and cargo transport aircraft that first flew in 1950, and entered service in 1954. Il-14 was also manufactured in East Germany by VVB Flugzeugbau, in Czechoslovakia as the Avia 14, and in China under the Chinese...
(DDR onlyGerman Democratic RepublicThe German Democratic Republic , informally called East Germany by West Germany and other countries, was a socialist state established in 1949 in the Soviet zone of occupied Germany, including East Berlin of the Allied-occupied capital city...
) - Ilyushin Il-18Ilyushin Il-18The Ilyushin Il-18 is a large turboprop airliner that became one of the best known Soviet aircraft of its era as well as one of the most popular and durable, having first flown in 1957 and still in use over 50 years later. The Il-18 was one of the world's principal airliners for several decades...
(DDR onlyGerman Democratic RepublicThe German Democratic Republic , informally called East Germany by West Germany and other countries, was a socialist state established in 1949 in the Soviet zone of occupied Germany, including East Berlin of the Allied-occupied capital city...
) - Ilyushin Il-62Ilyushin Il-62The Ilyushin Il-62 is a Soviet long-range jet airliner conceived in 1960 by Ilyushin. As successor to the popular turbo-prop Il-18 and with capacity for almost 200 passengers, the Il-62 was the largest jet airliner when it first flew in 1963. It entered Aeroflot service on 15 September 1967 with...
- LET Brigadyr (DDR onlyGerman Democratic RepublicThe German Democratic Republic , informally called East Germany by West Germany and other countries, was a socialist state established in 1949 in the Soviet zone of occupied Germany, including East Berlin of the Allied-occupied capital city...
) - Polikarpov Po-2Polikarpov Po-2The Polikarpov Po-2 served as a general-purpose Soviet biplane, nicknamed Kukuruznik for maize; thus, 'maize duster' or 'crop duster'), NATO reporting name "Mule"...
(DDR onlyGerman Democratic RepublicThe German Democratic Republic , informally called East Germany by West Germany and other countries, was a socialist state established in 1949 in the Soviet zone of occupied Germany, including East Berlin of the Allied-occupied capital city...
) - Tupolev Tu-124Tupolev Tu-124The Tupolev Tu-124 was a 56 passenger short range twinjet airliner built in the Soviet Union. It was the world's first turbofan-powered airliner.- Design and development :...
(DDR onlyGerman Democratic RepublicThe German Democratic Republic , informally called East Germany by West Germany and other countries, was a socialist state established in 1949 in the Soviet zone of occupied Germany, including East Berlin of the Allied-occupied capital city...
) - Tupolev Tu-134Tupolev Tu-134The Tupolev Tu-134 is a twin-engined airliner, similar to the American Douglas DC-9 and the French Sud Aviation Caravelle, and built in the Soviet Union from 1966–1984. The original version featured a glazed-nose design and, like certain other Russian airliners , it can operate from unpaved...
- Tupolev Tu-154MTupolev Tu-154The Tupolev Tu-154 is a three-engine medium-range narrow-body airliner designed in the mid 1960s and manufactured by Tupolev. As the mainstay 'workhorse' of Soviet and Russian airlines for several decades, it serviced over a sixth of the world's landmass and carried half of all passengers flown...
- Yakovlev Yak-40Yakovlev Yak-40The Yakovlev Yak-40 is a small, three-engined airliner that is often called the first regional jet transport aircraft...
(DDR onlyGerman Democratic RepublicThe German Democratic Republic , informally called East Germany by West Germany and other countries, was a socialist state established in 1949 in the Soviet zone of occupied Germany, including East Berlin of the Allied-occupied capital city...
)
West Germany
- Cessna T-37B
- Dassault Breguet Dornier Alpha Jet 1A
- Fiat G.91 R-3, R-4, T-1
- Fouga MagisterFouga MagisterThe Fouga Magister is a 1950s French two-seat jet trainer. The related CM.175 Zéphyr was a carrier-capable version for the French Navy....
, Potez-Heinkel CM-191 - Lockheed T-33AT-33 Shooting StarThe Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star is an American-built jet trainer aircraft. It was produced by Lockheed and made its first flight in 1948, piloted by Tony LeVier. The T-33 was developed from the Lockheed P-80/F-80 starting as TP-80C/TF-80C in development, then designated T-33A. It was used by the...
- MBB Fan Ranger 2000
- North American T-6 TexanT-6 TexanThe North American Aviation T-6 Texan was a single-engine advanced trainer aircraft used to train pilots of the United States Army Air Forces, United States Navy, Royal Air Force and other air forces of the British Commonwealth during World War II and into the 1950s...
- Northrop T-38A TalonT-38 TalonThe Northrop T-38 Talon is a twin-engine supersonic jet trainer. It was the world's first supersonic trainer and is also the most produced. The T-38 remains in service as of 2011 in air forces throughout the world....
- Piaggio P.149D
- Pilatus PC-9Pilatus PC-9The Pilatus PC-9 is a single-engine, low-wing tandem-seat turboprop training aircraft manufactured by Pilatus Aircraft of Switzerland.-Design and development:...
- Piper Super Cub
- RFB FantrainerRFB Fantrainer-See also:-References:*"Concept Aircraft" by Jim Winchester, ISBN 978-84-662-1370-7, MMV International Master Publications BV-External links:***...
- Siat Flamingo
East Germany
- Aero Albatros
- Aero Delfin (DDR onlyGerman Democratic RepublicThe German Democratic Republic , informally called East Germany by West Germany and other countries, was a socialist state established in 1949 in the Soviet zone of occupied Germany, including East Berlin of the Allied-occupied capital city...
) - Aero Super Aero 45S (DDR onlyGerman Democratic RepublicThe German Democratic Republic , informally called East Germany by West Germany and other countries, was a socialist state established in 1949 in the Soviet zone of occupied Germany, including East Berlin of the Allied-occupied capital city...
) - Yakovlev Yak-11Yakovlev Yak-11|-See also:-References:* Gordon, Yefim, Dmitry Komissarov and Sergey Komissarov. OKB Yakovlev: A History of the Design Bureau and its Aircraft. Hinkley, UK: Midland Publishing, 2005. ISBN 1 85780 203 9....
(DDR onlyGerman Democratic RepublicThe German Democratic Republic , informally called East Germany by West Germany and other countries, was a socialist state established in 1949 in the Soviet zone of occupied Germany, including East Berlin of the Allied-occupied capital city...
) - Yakovlev Yak-18Yakovlev Yak-18|-See also:-External links:*...
(DDR onlyGerman Democratic RepublicThe German Democratic Republic , informally called East Germany by West Germany and other countries, was a socialist state established in 1949 in the Soviet zone of occupied Germany, including East Berlin of the Allied-occupied capital city...
) - Zlin Z43Zlín Z 43|-See also:-External links:* *...
(DDR onlyGerman Democratic RepublicThe German Democratic Republic , informally called East Germany by West Germany and other countries, was a socialist state established in 1949 in the Soviet zone of occupied Germany, including East Berlin of the Allied-occupied capital city...
)
West Germany
- Aérospatiale Alouette II
- Aérospatiale DauphinAérospatiale DauphinThe Aérospatiale SA 360 Dauphin was a single-engine French utility helicopter developed as a replacement for Aérospatiale's Alouette III and was to be called the "Business Alouette", in the early 1970s and to fill a gap in the company's product line in the six to ten-seat helicopter category...
N4 - Aérospatiale Djinn
- Aérospatiale PumaAérospatiale PumaThe Aérospatiale SA 330 Puma is a four-bladed, twin-engined medium transport/utility helicopter. The Puma was originally manufactured by Sud Aviation of France.-Development:...
- Aérospatiale Super Puma
- Aérospatiale Cougar
- Bell 47G-2H-13 SiouxThe H-13 Sioux was a two-bladed, single engine, light helicopter built by Bell Helicopter. Westland Aircraft manufactured the Sioux under license for the British military as the Sioux AH.1 and HT.2.-Development:...
- Bell UH-1D IroquoisUH-1 IroquoisThe Bell UH-1 Iroquois is a military helicopter powered by a single, turboshaft engine, with a two-bladed main rotor and tail rotor. The helicopter was developed by Bell Helicopter to meet the United States Army's requirement for a medical evacuation and utility helicopter in 1952, and first flew...
/Bell 205/212 - Bölkow Bö 46Bölkow Bo 46The Bölkow Bo 46 was an experimental helicopter built to test the Derschmidt rotor system that aimed to allow much higher speeds than traditional helicopter designs. Wind tunnel testing showed promise, but the Bo 46 demonstrated a number of problems and added complexity that led to the concept...
- Hiller UH-12C
- MBB Bo 102
- MBB Bo 103
- MBB Bo 105ABölkow Bo 105The MBB Bo 105 is a light, twin-engine, multi-purpose utility helicopter developed by Bölkow of Stuttgart, Germany. Production began under Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm , which became a part of Eurocopter in 1991...
, BSH-1, C, M, VBH, P, PAH-1 - MBB Bo 106
- MBB Bo 115
- MBB/Kawasaki BK 117A-3M
- Merckle SM 67
- Saro SkeeterSaro Skeeter|-See also:-References:* . Flight, 21 October 1948, pp. 477–478.* London, Peter. "Last of the Line: The Saro Skeeter". Air Enthusiast, No. 54, Summer 1994. ISSN 0143-5450. pp. 2–5....
s Mk,50, Mk.51 - Sikorsky CH-34A, C, G
- Westland Sea KingWestland Sea KingThe Westland WS-61 Sea King is a British licence-built version of the American Sikorsky S-61 helicopter of the same name, built by Westland Helicopters. The aircraft differs considerably from the American version, with Rolls-Royce Gnome engines , British made anti-submarine warfare systems and a...
HAS.41 - Sikorsky Skycrane
- Sikorsky CH-53 Sea StallionCH-53 Sea StallionThe CH-53 Sea Stallion is the most common name for the Sikorsky S-65 family of heavy-lift transport helicopters. Originally developed for use by the United States Marine Corps, it is also in service with Germany, Iran, Israel, and Mexico...
- Vertol H-21 Shawnee
- Wallis Venom
- Westland LynxWestland LynxThe Westland Lynx is a British multi-purpose military helicopter designed and built by Westland Helicopters at its factory in Yeovil. Originally intended as a utility craft for both civil and naval usage, military interest led to the development of both battlefield and naval variants...
HAS 88
East Germany
- Kamov Ka-29
- Mil Mi-1Mil Mi-1The Mil Mi-1 The Mil Mi-1 The Mil Mi-1 ( (USAF/DoD reporting name "Type 32", NATO reporting name "Hare") was a Soviet three- or four-seat light utility helicopter. It was the first Soviet helicopter to enter serial production. It is powered by one 575 hp Ivchenko AI-26V radial. It entered...
(DDR onlyGerman Democratic RepublicThe German Democratic Republic , informally called East Germany by West Germany and other countries, was a socialist state established in 1949 in the Soviet zone of occupied Germany, including East Berlin of the Allied-occupied capital city...
) - Mil Mi-2Mil Mi-2The Mil Mi-2 is a small, lightly armored transport helicopter that could also provide close air support when armed with 57 mm rockets and a 23 mm cannon.-Design and development:...
- Mil Mi-4Mil Mi-4The Mil Mi-4 was a Soviet transport helicopter that served in both military and civilian roles.-Design and development:...
(DDR onlyGerman Democratic RepublicThe German Democratic Republic , informally called East Germany by West Germany and other countries, was a socialist state established in 1949 in the Soviet zone of occupied Germany, including East Berlin of the Allied-occupied capital city...
) - Mil Mi-8Mil Mi-8The Mil Mi-8 is a medium twin-turbine transport helicopter that can also act as a gunship. The Mi-8 is the world's most-produced helicopter, and is used by over 50 countries. Russia is the largest operator of the Mi-8/Mi-17 helicopter....
, TB, S, Mi-9, Mi-17 - Mil Mi-14BTMil Mi-14|-See also:-External links:******...
, PL - Mil Mi-24Mil Mi-24The Mil Mi-24 is a large helicopter gunship and attack helicopter and low-capacity troop transport with room for 8 passengers. It is produced by Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant and operated since 1972 by the Soviet Air Force, its successors, and by over thirty other nations.In NATO circles the export...
Experimental and research
- EWR VJ 101EWR VJ 101-See also:-Bibliography:* Rogers, Mike. VTOL: Military Research Aircraft. New York: Orion Books, 1989. ISBN 0-517-57684-8.* Winchester, Jim. "EWR-Sud VJ 101C ". X-Planes and Prototypes. London: Amber Books Ltd., 2005. ISBN 1-904687-40-7....
C - VFW 614
- VFW VAK 191BVFW VAK 191B|-See also:-References:NotesBibliography* Jackson, Paul A. German Military Aviation 1956-1976. Hinckley, Leicestershire, UK: Midland Counties Publications, 1976. ISBN 0-904597-03-2.-External links:* * * *...
- Hawker KestrelHawker P.1127The Hawker P.1127 and the Hawker Siddeley Kestrel FGA.1 were the experimental and development aircraft that led to the Hawker Siddeley Harrier, the first vertical and/or short take-off and landing jet fighter-bomber...
F.(GA)1 - RFB X-114
- MBB LampyridaeMBB LampyridaeThe MBB Lampyridae, or Firefly, was a low-observable medium missile fighter developed in 1980 by the German aerospace company Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm .-Development:...
Other
- Gloster MeteorGloster MeteorThe Gloster Meteor was the first British jet fighter and the Allies' first operational jet. It first flew in 1943 and commenced operations on 27 July 1944 with 616 Squadron of the Royal Air Force...
TT.20 - Hawker Sea FuryHawker Sea FuryThe Hawker Sea Fury was a British fighter aircraft developed for the Royal Navy by Hawker during the Second World War. The last propeller-driven fighter to serve with the Royal Navy, it was also one of the fastest production single piston-engined aircraft ever built.-Origins:The Hawker Fury was an...
TT.20 - Panavia Tornado ECRPanavia TornadoThe Panavia Tornado is a family of twin-engine, variable-sweep wing combat aircraft, which was jointly developed and manufactured by the United Kingdom, West Germany and Italy...
1991 onwards
The reunifed Germany's military aircraft consisted of a mix of East and West German Aircraft that were in service along with new aircraft acquired after combining. In 2004 the very last remainings of the communist East German armed forces "NVA" have been given to neighbour countries of Germany, like Poland.Fighters and Interceptors
- Eurofighter TyphoonEurofighter TyphoonThe Eurofighter Typhoon is a twin-engine, canard-delta wing, multirole combat aircraft, designed and built by a consortium of three companies: EADS, Alenia Aeronautica and BAE Systems; working through a holding company, Eurofighter GmbH, which was formed in 1986...
- McDonnell-Douglas F-4F Phantom IIF-4 Phantom IIThe McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II is a tandem two-seat, twin-engined, all-weather, long-range supersonic jet interceptor fighter/fighter-bomber originally developed for the United States Navy by McDonnell Aircraft. It first entered service in 1960 with the U.S. Navy. Proving highly adaptable,...
- MiG-29G (sold to Poland in 2004)
Air Force
- Panavia Tornado IDS
- Panavia Tornado ECR
Navy
- Panavia Tornado IDS (transferred to air force in 2005)
Air Force
- EuroHawk (on order)
- MQ-9 ReaperMQ-9 ReaperThe General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper is an unmanned aerial vehicle , capable of remote controlled or autonomous flight operations, developed by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems for use by the United States Air Force, the United States Navy, the CIA, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the Royal...
(on order)
Army
- Bombardier/Dornier CL 289Canadair CL-89|- References :* Personal experience in Canadair Design Office 1952-75* Picker & Milberry, Canadair - The First 50 Years, CANAV ISBN 0-921022-07-7...
- EMT Aladin
- EMT LunaLuna X 2000Luna X 2000 is a German unmanned aerial vehicle in service with the Bundeswehr and produced by EMT Penzberg of Germany....
- EMT Mikado
- Rheinmetall KZO
Air Force
- Airbus A310Airbus A310The Airbus A310 is a medium- to long-range twin-engine widebody jet airliner. Launched in July 1978, it was the second aircraft created by Airbus Industrie,a consortium of European aerospace companies, Airbus is now fully owned by EADS and since 2001 has been known as Airbus SAS. the consortium of...
MRTT + VIP - Airbus A319 Two ordered.
- Airbus A340-300 Two former LufthansaLufthansaDeutsche Lufthansa AG is the flag carrier of Germany and the largest airline in Europe in terms of overall passengers carried. The name of the company is derived from Luft , and Hansa .The airline is the world's fourth-largest airline in terms of overall passengers carried, operating...
, service entry 2009. - Airbus Military A400MAirbus A400MThe Airbus A400M, also known as the Atlas, is a multi-national four-engine turboprop military transport aircraft. It was designed by Airbus Military as a tactical airlifter with strategic capabilities. The aircraft's maiden flight, originally planned for 2008, took place on 11 December 2009 in...
(on order) - Bombardier Global 5000 Ordered, replacing Challengers.
- Canadair Challenger
- Transall C-160DTransall C-160|-See also:-References:* Taylor, John W. R. Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1982-83. London:Jane's Yearbooks, 1982. ISBN 0-7106-0748-2.-External links:*...
- Ilyushin Il-62Ilyushin Il-62The Ilyushin Il-62 is a Soviet long-range jet airliner conceived in 1960 by Ilyushin. As successor to the popular turbo-prop Il-18 and with capacity for almost 200 passengers, the Il-62 was the largest jet airliner when it first flew in 1963. It entered Aeroflot service on 15 September 1967 with...
Former InterflugInterflugInterflug was the state airline of East Germany from 1963 to 1991, when it ceased operations following German reunification...
, out of service. - Tupolev Tu-134Tupolev Tu-134The Tupolev Tu-134 is a twin-engined airliner, similar to the American Douglas DC-9 and the French Sud Aviation Caravelle, and built in the Soviet Union from 1966–1984. The original version featured a glazed-nose design and, like certain other Russian airliners , it can operate from unpaved...
Former InterflugInterflugInterflug was the state airline of East Germany from 1963 to 1991, when it ceased operations following German reunification...
, out of service. - Tupolev Tu-154M Former NVANVANVA is a three-letter acronym for:*National People's Army, or Nationale Volksarmee, the army of former German Democratic Republic*Nieuw-Vlaamse Alliantie, a Flemish political party also known as New-Flemish Alliance...
, out of service. One out of two modified for Open SkiesOpen skiesOpen skies is an international policy concept which calls for the liberalization of rules and regulations on international aviation industry most specially commercial aviation - opening a free market for the airline industry...
. - Let L-410 Turbolet Former NVANVANVA is a three-letter acronym for:*National People's Army, or Nationale Volksarmee, the army of former German Democratic Republic*Nieuw-Vlaamse Alliantie, a Flemish political party also known as New-Flemish Alliance...
, out of service.
Army
- NHIndustriesNHIndustriesNHIndustries is a helicopter manufacturing company established in 1992 by Eurocopter of France and Germany, Agusta of Italy and Stork Fokker Aerospace of the Netherlands...
NH90NHI NH90The NHIndustries NH90 is a medium sized, twin-engine, multi-role military helicopter manufactured by NHIndustries. The first prototype had its maiden flight in December 1995... - Eurocopter Tiger
- Eurocopter EC-135 (Trainer)
- Bell UH-1D, being phased out
- Sikorsky CH-53G/GSCH-53 Sea StallionThe CH-53 Sea Stallion is the most common name for the Sikorsky S-65 family of heavy-lift transport helicopters. Originally developed for use by the United States Marine Corps, it is also in service with Germany, Iran, Israel, and Mexico...
(extensive upgrades planned) - Eurocopter (MBB) BO-105P/M
Airforce
- Bell UH-1D
- Eurocopter Cougar AS532Eurocopter Cougar-See also:-External links:* *...
- NHIndustriesNHIndustriesNHIndustries is a helicopter manufacturing company established in 1992 by Eurocopter of France and Germany, Agusta of Italy and Stork Fokker Aerospace of the Netherlands...
NH90NHI NH90The NHIndustries NH90 is a medium sized, twin-engine, multi-role military helicopter manufactured by NHIndustries. The first prototype had its maiden flight in December 1995...
See also
- List of RLM aircraft designations
- List of aircraft of the WW2 Luftwaffe
- List of military aircraft of Japan