For unbuilt projects, see

List of German aircraft projects, 1939–45 A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to: People * List (surname) Organizations * List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America * SC Germania List, German rugby union ...

. For missiles, see

List of German guided weapons of World War II During World War II, Nazi Germany developed many missile and precision-guided munition systems. These included the first cruise missile, the first short-range ballistic missile, the first guided surface-to-air missiles, and the first anti-ship mi ...

Aero

* Aero Ab-101 captured from Czechoslovakia and used as trainer * Aero A.304 captured from Czechoslovakia and used as trainer

Albatros

Albatros Al 101 The Albatros Al 101 was a 1930s German trainer aircraft. It was a parasol-wing monoplane of conventional configuration, and seated the pilot An aircraft pilot or aviator is a person who controls the flight of an aircraft by operating its ...

'L 101', two-seat sportsplane, 1930 *

Albatros Al 102 __NOTOC__ The Albatros L102 (company designation) / Albatros Al 102 (RLM designation), was a German trainer aircraft of the 1930s. It was a parasol-wing landplane, seating the student pilot An aircraft pilot or aviator is a person who c ...

'L 102', two-seat sportsplane, 1931 *

Albatros Al 103 __NOTOC__ The Albatros L 103 (company designation) / Albatros Al 103 (RLM designation) was a German experimental aircraft of the 1930s. It was a parasol-wing landplane of conventional configuration, seating the pilot An aircraft pilot or ...

'L 103', two-seat sportsplane, 1932

Arado

* Arado Ar 64 fighter *

Arado Ar 65 The Arado Ar 65 was the single-seat biplane fighter successor to the Ar 64. Both looked very similar. The only major difference was the use of a 12-cylinder inline engine versus the Ar 64's radial. The wingspan was also increased. The Ar 65 a ...

fighter/trainer *

Arado Ar 66 The Arado Ar 66 was a German single-engined, two-seat training biplane, developed in 1933. It was also used for night ground-attack missions on the Eastern Front. It was engineer Walter Rethel's last design in collaboration with Arado, before ...

trainer/night fighter * Arado Ar 67 fighter (prototype) *

Arado Ar 68 The Arado Ar 68 was a German single-seat biplane fighter developed in the mid-1930s. It was among the first fighters produced when Germany abandoned the restrictions of the Treaty of Versailles and began rearming. Design and development Designe ...

fighter * Arado Ar 69 trainer (prototypes), 1933 * Arado Ar 76 fighter/trainer *

Arado Ar 80 The Arado Ar 80 was a pre-World War II fighter aircraft, designed by Arado Flugzeugwerke to compete for the ''Luftwaffe''s first major fighter contract. The Ar 80 was uninspiring in terms of performance and also suffered a number of failures. Th ...

fighter (prototype) * Arado Ar 81 dive bomber (prototype), 1936 * Arado Ar 95 patrol/reconnaissance floatplane, 1936 *

Arado Ar 96 The Arado Ar 96 was a German single-engine, low-wing monoplane of all-metal construction, produced by Arado Flugzeugwerke. It was the ''Luftwaffe''s standard advanced trainer during World War II. Design and development Designed by Walter Blum ...

trainer *

Arado Ar 196 The Arado Ar 196 was a shipboard reconnaissance low-wing monoplane aircraft built by the German firm of Arado starting in 1936. The next year it was selected as the winner of a design contest and became the standard aircraft of the ''Kriegsmarin ...

ship-borne reconnaissance/patrol floatplane *

Arado Ar 197 The Arado Ar 197 was a German World War II-era biplane, designed for naval operations for the never-completed German aircraft carrier . Only a few prototypes were built; the project was abandoned in favour of the Messerschmitt Bf 109T and Me 15 ...

naval fighter (prototype) *

Arado Ar 198 The 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 carrie ...

reconnaissance (prototype) *

Arado Ar 199 The Arado Ar 199 was a floatplane aircraft, built by Arado Flugzeugwerke. It was a low-wing monoplane, designed in 1938 to be launched from a catapult and operated over water. The enclosed cockpit had two side-by-side seats for instructor and st ...

seaplane trainer (prototypes) *

Arado Ar 231 The Arado Ar 231 was a lightweight floatplane, developed during World War II in Germany as a scout plane for submarines by Arado. The need to be stored inside the submarine necessitated compromises in design that made this single-seat seaplane ...

folding U-boat reconnaissance aircraft (prototype) *

Arado Ar 232 The Arado Ar 232 ''Tausendfüßler'' (German: "Millipede"), sometimes also called '' Tatzelwurm'', was a cargo aircraft, designed and built in small numbers by the German firm Arado Flugzeugwerke during World War II. The design introduced, or bro ...

transport *

Arado Ar 234 The Arado Ar 234 ''Blitz'' (English: lightning) is a jet-powered bomber designed and produced by the German aircraft manufacturer Arado. It was the world's first operational turbojet-powered bomber, seeing service during the latter half of the ...

''Blitz'' ('Lightning'), jet bomber *

Arado Ar 240 The 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 rema ...

heavy fighter *

Arado Ar 396 The Arado Ar 96 was a German single-engine, low-wing monoplane of all-metal construction, produced by Arado Flugzeugwerke. It was the ''Luftwaffe''s standard advanced trainer during World War II. Design and development Designed by Walter Blum ...

trainer *

Arado Ar 440 The 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 rema ...

heavy fighter (prototypes)

Avia

Avia B.71 The Tupolev ANT-40, also known by its service name Tupolev SB (russian: Скоростной бомбардировщик – ''Skorostnoi Bombardirovschik'' – high speed bomber) and development co-name TsAGI-40, was a high speed Piston engine ...

captured from Czechoslovakia and used as trainer * Avia B.534 captured from Czechoslovakia and used as trainer and night fighter

Bachem

Bachem Ba 349 The Bachem Ba 349 Natter ( en, Colubrid, grass-snake) was a World War II German point-defence rocket-powered interceptor, which was to be used in a very similar way to a manned surface-to-air missile. After a vertical take-off, which eliminated ...

''Natter'' ('Snake'), rocket interceptor

Bloch

* Bloch MB.155 captured from France and used as trainer * Bloch MB.175 captured from France and used as trainer * Bloch MB.200 captured from France and used as trainer

Blohm & Voss

Blohm & Voss BV 40 The Blohm & Voss BV 40 was a German glider fighter designed to attack Allied bomber formations during the time of the bombing raids over Nazi Germany. Design The BV 40 was the smallest glider that could accommodate an armoured cockpit and two ...

glider interceptor (prototype) *

Blohm & Voss BV 138 The Blohm & Voss BV 138 ''Seedrache'' (Sea Dragon), but nicknamed ''Der Fliegende Holzschuh'' ("flying clog",Nowarra 1997, original German title of the Schiffer book. from the side-view shape of its fuselage, as well as a play on the title of th ...

flying-boat (formerly Ha 138) *

Blohm & Voss Ha 139 The Blohm & Voss Ha 139 was a German all-metal inverted gull wing floatplane. With its four engines it was at the time one of the largest float-equipped seaplanes that had been built. The inboard engines were mounted at the joint between the in ...

long range cargo/mailplane floatplane *

Blohm & Voss Ha 140 The Blohm & Voss Ha 140 was a German multi-purpose seaplane first flown in 1937. It was intended for use as a torpedo bomber or long-range reconnaissance aircraft but did not enter production. Design and development The Ha 140 was developed to ...

torpedo bomber seaplane (prototype) *

Blohm & Voss BV 141 The Blohm & Voss BV 141 was a World War II German tactical reconnaissance aircraft, notable for its uncommon structural asymmetry. Although the Blohm & Voss BV 141 performed well, it was never ordered into full-scale production, for reasons tha ...

asymmetric reconnaissance (prototype) *

Blohm & Voss BV 142 The Blohm & Voss Ha 142 was a German four-engined long-distance monoplane, developed to meet a ''Luft Hansa'' requirement for its transatlantic airmail service. The first of several prototypes flew on 11 October 1938 and they saw some service in ...

transport/maritime patrol * Blohm & Voss Bv 144 transport *

Blohm & Voss BV 155 The Blohm & Voss BV 155 was a German high-altitude interceptor aircraft intended to be used by the Luftwaffe against raids by USAAF Boeing B-29 Superfortresses. Work started on the design as the Messerschmitt Me 155 in 1942, but the project wen ...

high-altitude interceptor (formerly Me 155) * Blohm & Voss BV 222 ''Wiking'' ('Viking'), transport flying-boat *

Blohm & Voss BV 238 The Blohm & Voss BV 238 was a German flying boat, built during World War II. It was the heaviest aircraft ever built when it first flew in 1944, and was the largest aircraft produced by any of the Axis powers during World War II. History Develop ...

flying-boat (prototype)

Breguet

* Breguet 521 Bizerte captured/bought from France and used for air-sea rescue

Bücker

* Bücker Bü 131 ''Jungmann'' ('Young Man'), biplane trainer * Bücker Bü 133 ''Jungmeister'' ('Young Champion'), aerobatic biplane trainer * Bücker Bü 180 ''Student'' ('Student'), trainer * Bücker Bü 181 ''Bestmann'' ('Bestman'), trainer/utility transport * Bücker Bü 182 ''Kornett'' ('Ensign'), trainer (prototypes)

Cantieri Aeronautici e Navali Triestini (CANT)

* CANT Z.1007 captured from Italy after armistice and used as a bomber

Caudron

Caudron C.440 Goéland The Caudron C.440 ''Goéland'' ("seagull") was a six-seat twin-engine utility aircraft developed in France in the mid-1930s. Design and development It was a conventionally configured low-wing cantilever monoplane with tailwheel Landing gear, und ...

captured from France and used as transport * Caudron C.630 Simoun captured from France and used as transport

Deutsche Forschungsanstalt für Segelflug (DFS)

DFS SG 38 Schulgleiter The Schneider DFS 108-14 SG-38 ''Schulgleiter'' () is a German high-wing, cable-braced, single-seat primary glider that was designed by Schneider, Rehberg and Hofmann at Edmund Schneider's factory at Grunau in 1938, hence the designation. It ...

training glider * DFS 6 may be 'Model 6' or 'DFS B6' * DFS 39 Lippisch tailless research aircraft * DFS 40 Lippisch tailless research aircraft * DFS 194 rocket-powered research aircraft, forerunner of Me 163 *

DFS 228 The DFS 228 was a rocket-powered, high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft designed by the ''Deutsche Forschungsanstalt für Segelflug'' (DFS - "German Research Institute for Sailplane Flight") during World War II. By the end of the war, the aircraf ...

rocket-powered reconnaissance aircraft (prototype) *

DFS 230 The DFS 230 was a German transport glider operated by the Luftwaffe in World War II. It was developed in 1933 by the Deutsche Forschungsanstalt für Segelflug (DFS - "German Research Institute for Sailplane Flight") with Hans Jacobs as the head ...

transport glider *

DFS 331 The DFS 331 was a transport glider prototype developed in a collaboration between DFS and Gotha. It was a twenty-seat troop transport designed by Hans Jacobs, who had previously produced the successful, nine seat DFS 230. The visibility from th ...

transport glider (prototype) *

DFS 332 The DFS 332 was an experimental aircraft, built by the Deutsche Forschungsanstalt für Segelflug (DFS). Development It was designed to evaluate new wing profiles in flight. For this purpose, the DFS 332 was given twin fuselages, of a long and sl ...

wing profile research aircraft *

DFS 346 The DFS 346 (''Samolyot 346'') was a German rocket-powered swept-wing aircraft which began development during World War II in Germany. It was designed by Felix Kracht at the ''Deutsche Forschungsanstalt für Segelflug'' (DFS), the "German Insti ...

supersonic research aircraft (incomplete prototype only)

Dewoitine

Dewoitine D.520 The Dewoitine D.520 was a French fighter aircraft that entered service in early 1940, shortly after the beginning of the Second World War. The D.520 was designed in response to a 1936 requirement from the French Air Force for a fast, modern fi ...

captured from France and used as fighter trainer

Dornier

Dornier Do 10 The Dornier Do 10, originally designated Dornier Do C4, was the name given by the '' Reichsluftfahrtministerium'' (RLM) of a pre-World War II German aircraft. It was a two-seat parasol-wing monoplane A monoplane is a fixed-wing aircraft co ...

(Do C1) fighter (prototype), 1931 *

Dornier Do 11 The Dornier Do 11 was a Nazi Germany, German heavy bomber, developed in secret in the early 1930s. It was originally called the Dornier F before being renamed by the ''Reich Air Ministry, Reichsluftfahrtministerium'' (RLM) in 1933, and was consid ...

(Do F) medium bomber, 1931 *

Dornier Do 12 The Dornier Do 12 ''Libelle'' III ("Dragonfly III") was the third of a line of small German flying boats of the 1930s. It started with the Dornier A Libelle I and the Dornier A Libelle II, though the Do 12 was not a continuation, but an entire ...

seaplane, 1932 * Dornier Do 13 medium bomber (Development of Do 11), 1933 * Dornier Do 14 seaplane (prototype) *

Dornier Do 15 The Dornier Do Y was a German bomber of the 1930s, the second bomber design by Dornier Flugzeugwerke. Development Design on the aircraft began in 1930, to follow up from the other Dornier bomber prototype, the Dornier Do P. The first aircraft f ...

''Wal'' ('Whale') reconnaissance flying-boat *

Dornier Do 17 The Dornier Do 17 is a twin-engined light bomber produced by Dornier Flugzeugwerke for the German Luftwaffe during World War II. Designed in the early 1930s as a ''Schnellbomber'' ("fast bomber") intended to be fast enough to outrun opposing a ...

mail-plane, bomber and night-fighter *

Dornier Do 18 The Dornier Do 18 was a development of the Do 16 flying boat. It was developed for the ''Luftwaffe'', but ''Luft Hansa'' received five aircraft and used these for tests between the Azores and the North American continent in 1936 and on their m ...

reconnaissance bomber flying-boat, 1935 *

Dornier Do 19 The Dornier Do 19 was a German four-engine heavy bomber that first flew on 28 October 1936. Only one prototype flew, and it was converted to a transport in 1938. The other two were scrapped. The ''Luftwaffe'' had a shortcoming in the lack of a ...

prototype four engine heavy bomber *

Dornier Do 22 The Dornier Do 22 was a German seaplane, developed in the 1930s. Despite good performance, it was built only in small numbers and entirely for the export market. The type was operated in the Second World War by Finland, Greece and Yugoslavia. D ...

torpedo bomber/reconnaissance flying-boat *

Dornier Do 23 The Dornier Do 23 was a German medium bomber of the 1930s. Design and development The earlier Do 11 had exhibited several problems, so two initiatives were launched to address those shortcomings. The first resulted in the Do 13. The second effo ...

medium bomber *

Dornier Do 24 The Dornier Do 24 is a 1930s German three-engine flying boat designed by the Dornier Flugzeugwerke for maritime patrol and search and rescue. A total of 279 were built among several factories from 1937 to 1945. Design and development The Dorni ...

flying boat *

Dornier Do 215 The Dornier Do 215 was a light bomber, aerial reconnaissance aircraft and later a night fighter, produced by Dornier originally for export, but in the event most served in the ''Luftwaffe''. Like its predecessor, the Dornier Do 17, it inherited t ...

bomber and night-fighter *

Dornier Do 217 The Dornier Do 217 was a bomber used by the German ''Luftwaffe'' during World War II as a more powerful development of the Dornier Do 17, known as the ''Fliegender Bleistift'' (German: "flying pencil"). Designed in 1937 and 1938 as a heavy bomber ...

bomber and night-fighter *

Dornier Do 335 The Dornier Do 335 ''Pfeil'' ("Arrow") was a heavy fighter built by Dornier for Germany during World War II. The two-seater trainer version was called ''Ameisenbär'' ("anteater"). The ''Pfeil''s performance was predicted to be better than other ...

fighter-bomber (push-pull engine configuration)

Douglas

Douglas DC-2 The Douglas DC-2 is a 14-passenger, twin-engined airliner that was produced by the American company Douglas Aircraft Company starting in 1934. It competed with the Boeing 247. In 1935, Douglas produced a larger version called the DC-3, which b ...

captured from Netherlands, includes ex-KLM aircraft, used as transport

Fieseler

Fieseler Fi 2 The Fieseler F2 Tiger was a German single-seat aerobatic biplane which was flown to victory in the 1934 World Aerobatics Competition (WAC) by its designer/builder Gerhard Fieseler. Design and development Gerhard Fieseler started his own compa ...

(F-2 Tiger), acrobatic sportsplane, 1932 *

Fieseler Fi 5 The Fieseler Fi 5 (previously F5) was a single-engined two-seat sportplane of the 1930s. It was produced by the German aircraft manufacturer Fieseler Flugzeugbau, which was started by the World War I fighter ace and German aerobatic star, Gerh ...

(F-5) acrobatic sportsplane/trainer, 1933 * Fieseler Fi 98 biplane fighter, 1936 *

Fieseler Fi 103 The V-1 flying bomb (german: Vergeltungswaffe 1 "Vengeance Weapon 1") was an early cruise missile. Its official Reich Aviation Ministry () designation was Fi 103. It was also known to the Allies as the buzz bomb or doodlebug and in Germany as ...

(V-1), flying bomb *

Fieseler Fi 156 The Fieseler Fi 156 ''Storch'' (, " stork") was a German liaison aircraft built by Fieseler before and during World War II. Production continued in other countries into the 1950s for the private market. It was notable for its excellent short fi ...

''Storch'' ('Stork'), STOL reconnaissance aircraft *

Fieseler Fi 167 The Fieseler Fi 167 was a 1930s German biplane torpedo and reconnaissance bomber designed for use from the Graf Zeppelin class aircraft carriers under construction from 1936 to 1942. Development In early 1937, the ''Reichsluftfahrtministerium ...

ship-borne biplane reconnaissance/torpedo bomber * Fieseler Fi 103R "Reichenberg", manned suicide V-1

Flettner

* Flettner Fl 184 reconnaissance helicopter, prototype *

Flettner Fl 185 The Flettner Fl 185 was an experimental German gyrodyne developed by Anton Flettner, a machine which could fly both as a helicopter and as a gyroplane. Design and development This aircraft was developed in 1936 with support of the ''Kriegsmarine ...

reconnaissance helicopter, prototype *

Flettner Fl 265 The Flettner Fl 265 was an experimental helicopter designed by Anton Flettner. Design and development This helicopter, developed in 1938 with the support of Nazi Germany's ''Kriegsmarine'', made it possible, for the first time, to transition fro ...

reconnaissance helicopter, prototype *

Flettner Fl 282 The Flettner Fl 282 ''Kolibri'' ("Hummingbird") is a single-seat intermeshing rotor helicopter, or ''synchropter'', produced by Anton Flettner of Germany. According to Yves Le Bec, the Flettner Fl 282 was the world's first series production hel ...

''Kolibri'' ('Hummingbird'), reconnaissance helicopter

Fiat

Fiat CR.42 The Fiat CR.42 ''Falco'' ("Falcon", plural: ''Falchi'') is a single-seat sesquiplane fighter developed and produced by Italian aircraft manufacturer Fiat Aviazione. It served primarily in the Italian in the 1930s and during the Second World ...

''Falco'' ('Hawk'), ground attack/night fighter 1943-1945

Focke Achgelis

Focke Achgelis Fa 223 The Focke-Achgelis Fa 223 ''Drache'' () was a helicopter developed by Germany during World War II. A single Bramo 323 radial engine powered two three-bladed rotors mounted on twin booms on either side of the cylindrical fuselage. Although th ...

''Drache'' ('Kite'), transport helicopter (prototype * Focke Achgelis Fa 266 ''Hornisse'' ('Hornet'), helicopter (prototype) *

Focke Achgelis Fa 330 The Focke-Achgelis Fa 330 ''Bachstelze'' ( en, Wagtail) was a type of rotary-wing kite, known as a rotor kite. They were towed behind German U-boats during World War II to allow a lookout to see further. Development Because of their low pro ...

helicopter (prototype) * Focke Achgelis Fa 336 scout helicopter (prototype), 1944

Focke-Wulf

Focke-Wulf Fw 44 The Focke-Wulf Fw 44 ''Stieglitz'' ("Goldfinch") is a 1930s German two-seat biplane. An early design by Kurt Tank, it was produced by the Focke-Wulf company as a pilot training and sports flying aircraft. It was also eventually built under lice ...

''Stieglitz'' ('Goldfinch'), trainer (biplane) *

Focke-Wulf Fw 56 Focke-Wulf Flugzeugbau AG () was a German manufacturer of civil and military aircraft before and during World War II. Many of the company's successful fighter aircraft designs were slight modifications of the Focke-Wulf Fw 190. It is one of the ...

''Stösser'' ('Falcon Hawk'), trainer (parasol monoplane) *

Focke-Wulf Fw 57 The Focke-Wulf Fw 57 was a prototype German heavy fighter and fighter-bomber. Prototypes were built in 1936 but never entered production. Design and development In 1934, the Reich Air Ministry (RLM) declared a requirement for a ''Kampfzerstörer ...

heavy fighter + bomber (prototype) *

Focke-Wulf Fw 58 The Focke-Wulf Fw 58 ''Weihe'' ( Harrier) was a German aircraft, built to fill a request by the ''Luftwaffe'' for a multi-role aircraft, to be used as an advanced trainer for pilots, gunners and radio operators. Design and development The Fw ...

''Weihe'' ('Kite'), trainer/transport *

Focke-Wulf Fw 61 The Focke-Wulf Fw 61 is often considered the first practical, functional helicopter, first flown in 1936. It was also known as the Fa 61, as Focke began a new company—Focke-Achgelis—in 1937. Design and development Professor Henrich Fock ...

helicopter (prototype) * Focke-Wulf Fw 62 ship-borne reconnaissance (biplane seaplane) *

Focke-Wulf Ta 152 The Focke-Wulf Ta 152 is 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. It was intended to be made in at least three vers ...

fighter * Focke-Wulf Ta 153 Ta 152 with high aspect wings *

Focke-Wulf Ta 154 The Focke-Wulf Ta 154 ''Moskito'' was a fast twin-engined German night fighter aircraft designed by Kurt Tank and produced by Focke-Wulf during late World War II. Only a few were produced, proving to have less impressive performance than the pro ...

''Moskito'' ('Mosquito'), night-fighter *

Focke-Wulf Fw 159 The Focke-Wulf Fw 159 was an experimental German fighter of the 1930s, designed by Kurt Tank which never reached production, as it was considered inferior to the He 112 and Bf 109. It was a heavier variant of the Focke-Wulf Fw 56, with several im ...

fighter (prototype only) *

Focke-Wulf Fw 186 The Focke-Wulf Fw 186 was a one-man autogyro, built by Focke-Wulf in 1937 with backing from the Air Ministry (Germany), RLM (''ReichsLuftfahrtMinisterium'' - Reich Aviation Ministry), for use as a liaison and reconnaissance aircraft. It featured ...

reconnaissance autogyro (prototype) *

Focke-Wulf Fw 187 The Focke-Wulf Fw 187 ''Falke'' ("Falcon") was a German aircraft developed in the late 1930s. It was conceived by Kurt Tank as a twin-engine, high-performance fighter, but the ''Luftwaffe'' saw no role for the design, perceiving it as intermediat ...

''Falke'' ('Falcon'), heavy fighter *

Focke-Wulf Fw 189 The Focke-Wulf Fw 189 ''Uhu'' ("Eagle Owl") is a Nazi Germany, German twin-engine, twin-boom, three-seat tactical Aerial reconnaissance, reconnaissance and Liaison aircraft, army cooperation aircraft. It first flew in 1938 (Fw 189 V1), entered s ...

''Uhu'' ('Owl'), ground-attack *

Focke-Wulf Fw 190 The Focke-Wulf Fw 190, nicknamed ''Würger'' (" Shrike") is a German single-seat, single-engine fighter aircraft designed by Kurt Tank at Focke-Wulf in the late 1930s and widely used during World War II. Along with its well-known counterpart, ...

''Wurger'' ('Shrike'), fighter *

Focke-Wulf Fw 191 The Focke-Wulf Fw 191 was a prototype German bomber of World War II, as the Focke-Wulf firm's entry for the Bomber B advanced medium bomber design competition. Two versions were intended to be produced, a twin-engine version using the Junkers J ...

twin-engined medium bomber *

Focke-Wulf Fw 200 The Focke-Wulf Fw 200 ''Condor'', also known as ''Kurier'' to the Allies (English language, English: Courier), was a Nazi Germany, German all-metal four-engined monoplane originally developed by Focke-Wulf as a long-range airliner. A Japanese req ...

''Condor'' ('Condor'), transport/maritime patrol

Fokker

Fokker C.V The Fokker C.V was a Dutch light reconnaissance and bomber biplane aircraft manufactured by Fokker. It was designed by Anthony Fokker and the series manufacture began in 1924 at Fokker in Amsterdam. Development The C.V was constructed in the earl ...

E captured from various countries and used as a night ground attack aircraft *

Fokker F.IX The Fokker F.IX was an airliner developed in the Netherlands in the late 1920s, intended to provide KLM with an aircraft suitable for regular services to the Dutch East Indies. When the onset of the Great Depression forced the postponement of t ...

captured from Czechoslovakia

Göppingen

* Göppingen Gö 1 ''Wolf I'' sailplane, 1935 * Göppingen Gö 3 '' Minimoa'' sailplane, 1936 *

Göppingen Gö 4 The Göppingen Gö 4 or Goevier is a German sailplane of the late 1930s used for training pilots. Its most notable features include side-by-side seating and dual controls, making the plane ideal for use as a trainer. It boasted average performan ...

sailplane *

Göppingen Gö 5 Göppingen ( Swabian: ''Geppenge'' or ''Gebbenga'') is a town in southern Germany, part of the Stuttgart Region of Baden-Württemberg. It is the capital of the district Göppingen. Göppingen is home to the toy company Märklin, and it is the ...

sailplane, 1937 *

Göppingen Gö 8 The Göppingen Gö 8 was a 1/5 scale model of the Dornier Do 214, a large projected trans-atlantic long-range flying boat, designed by Dornier Werke GmbH in Germany during World War II. The Gö 8 was used primarily to validate the hydro-dynamic ...

1:5 scale development aircraft for Dornier Do 214 project *

Göppingen Gö 9 The Göppingen Gö 9 was a German 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. Design and development In 1937, Claudius Dor ...

development aircraft for Do 335 ''Pfiel'' pusher engine

Gotha

Gotha Go 145 The Gotha Go 145 is a German World War II-era biplane of wood and fabric construction used by ''Luftwaffe'' training units. Although obsolete by the start of World War II, the Go 145 remained in operational service until the end of the War in Eu ...

trainer *

Gotha Go 146 The Gotha Go 146 was a twin-engine utility aircraft developed in Germany in the mid-1930s. It was a conventional low-wing cantilever monoplane with tailwheel undercarriage, the main units of which retracted into the engine nacelles on the wings. ...

transport, 1935 *

Gotha Go 147 The Gotha Go 147 was a German experimental two-seat tailless aircraft designed in 1936 by Gothaer Waggonfabrik and Dr. A. Kupper. Two examples were built and flown. Development was abandoned before the start of World War II. Design and development ...

STOL reconnaissance (prototype) * Gotha Go 229 flying-wing jet fighter-bomber *

Gotha Go 242 The Gotha Go 242 was a transport glider used by the ''Luftwaffe The ''Luftwaffe'' () was the aerial-warfare branch of the German ''Wehrmacht'' before and during World War II. Germany's military air arms during World War I, the ''Luf ...

transport glider *

Gotha Go 244 The Gotha Go 244 was a transport aircraft used by the ''Luftwaffe'' during World War II. Development The Go 244 was the powered version of the Gotha Go 242 military glider transport. Studies for powered versions of the Go 242 began early in the ...

transport *

Gotha Go 345 The Gotha Go 345 was a prototype German Military transport glider of the Second World War. A single example was tested in 1944.

assault glider *

Gotha Ka 430 __NOTOC__ The Gotha Ka 430 was a military transport glider, first built in 1944. The glider was designed by Albert Kalkert. Twelve had been produced by the end of World War II, but none of them was used operationally. The glider could carry t ...

transport glider (prototypes)

Heinkel

* Heinkel He 37 fighter *

Heinkel He 38 The Heinkel HD 38 was a fighter aircraft developed in Germany in the late 1920s. It was a compact, single-bay biplane with staggered wings of unequal span, braced with N-type interplane struts, a refined version of the HD 37 that had been eva ...

fighter *

Heinkel He 43 The Heinkel Doppeldecker 43 was a prototype German fighter aircraft of the 1930s. A single-engined, single-seat biplane, the HD 43 was designed to meet a secret German ''Reichswehr'' requirement for a single-seat fighter. It had two-bay wooden w ...

fighter * Heinkel He 45 bomber/trainer *

Heinkel He 46 The Heinkel He 46 was a German World War II-era monoplane designed in 1931 for the close reconnaissance and army co-operation roles. While it served with the ''Luftwaffe''s front-line units only briefly at the start of World War II, the He 46 serve ...

reconnaissance *

Heinkel He 49 The Heinkel He 49 was a German single-bay, single-seat biplane of mixed construction armed with two machine guns. Four variants were made, the He 49a, He 49b, He 49c and He 49d. Variants ''Data from: ;HD 49: original Heinkel designation for the ...

fighter *

Heinkel He 50 The Heinkel He 50 was a German World War II-era dive bomber, originally designed for the Imperial Japanese Navy. Serving in ''Luftwaffe'' prewar dive-bombing units, the He 50 served until almost the end of World War II as a night harassment bomb ...

reconnaissance/dive bomber *

Heinkel He 51 The Heinkel He 51 was a Nazi Germany, German single-seat biplane which was produced in a number of different versions. It was initially developed as a Fighter aircraft, fighter; a seaplane variant and a Ground-attack aircraft, ground-attack ...

fighter/close-support *

Heinkel He 59 The Heinkel He 59 was a twin-engined German biplane designed in 1930, resulting from a requirement for a torpedo bomber and reconnaissance aircraft able to operate on wheeled landing gear or twin-floats. Development In 1930, Ernst Heinkel bega ...

reconnaissance/air-sea rescue floatplane *

Heinkel He 60 The Heinkel He 60 was a German single-engined biplane reconnaissance seaplane designed to be catapulted from ''Kriegsmarine'' (German navy) warships of the 1930s. Development and design The Heinkel He 60 was designed by Heinkel engineer Reinh ...

ship-borne reconnaissance floatplane *

Heinkel He 70 The Heinkel He 70 ''Blitz'' ("lightning") was a German mail plane and fast passenger monoplane aircraft of the 1930s designed by Heinkel Flugzeugwerke, which was later used as a bomber and for aerial reconnaissance. It had a brief commercial ca ...

''Blitz'' ('Lightning'), transport/bomber, 1932 *

Heinkel He 72 The Heinkel He 72 ''Kadett'' ("Cadet") was a German single-engine biplane trainer of the 1930s. Development The ''Kadett'' was designed in 1933 to meet an official requirement for a basic trainer. It was a single-bay biplane of fabric-covered ...

''Kadett'' ('Cadet'), trainer * Heinkel He 74 fighter/advanced trainer (prototype) *

Heinkel He 100 The 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. ...

fighter *

Heinkel He 111 The Heinkel He 111 is a German airliner and bomber designed by Siegfried and Walter Günter at Heinkel Flugzeugwerke in 1934. Through development, it was described as a "wolf in sheep's clothing". Due to restrictions placed on Germany after th ...

bomber *

Heinkel He 112 The Heinkel He 112 is a German fighter aircraft designed by Walter and Siegfried Günter. It was one of four aircraft designed to compete for the 1933 fighter contract of the ''Luftwaffe'', in which it came second behind the Messerschmitt Bf 10 ...

fighter *

Heinkel He 113 The Heinkel He 113 was a fictitious German fighter aircraft of World War II, invented as a propaganda and possibly disinformation exercise. Development In 1940, Nazi Minister of Propaganda Joseph Goebbels publicised the fact that a new fighter ...

(propaganda designation for He 100) *

Heinkel He 114 The Heinkel He 114 was a sesquiwing reconnaissance seaplane produced for the ''Kriegsmarine'' in the 1930s for use from warships. It replaced the company's He 60, but did not remain in service long before being replaced in turn by the Arado Ar ...

reconnaissance seaplane *

Heinkel He 115 The Heinkel He 115 was a three-seat World War II ''Luftwaffe'' seaplane. It was used as a torpedo bomber and performed general seaplane duties, such as reconnaissance and minelaying. The aircraft was powered by two 960 PS (947 hp, 720&n ...

general-purpose seaplane *

Heinkel He 116 The Heinkel He 116 was an extremely long-range mail plane designed to deliver airmail between Germany and Japan. Several examples were built for this role, as well as a small batch to be used in the long-range reconnaissance role. Development an ...

transport + reconnaissance *

Heinkel He 118 The Heinkel He 118 was a prototype German monoplane dive bomber design that lost out to the Junkers Ju 87 ''Stuka'' in the 1930s, and was never ordered by the ''Luftwaffe''. Design Designed by the Günter brothers, the He 118 followed many of ...

dive bomber *

Heinkel He 119 The Heinkel He 119 was an experimental single-propeller monoplane with two coupled engines, developed in Germany. A private venture by Heinkel to test radical ideas by the Günter brothers, the He 119 was originally intended to act as an unarmed ...

high-speed reconnaissance/bomber (prototypes), 1937 *

Heinkel He 162 The Heinkel He 162 ''Volksjäger'' (German, "People's Fighter") was a German single-engine, jet-powered fighter aircraft fielded by the Luftwaffe in World War II. Developed under the Emergency Fighter Program, it was designed and built quickly ...

''Volksjäger'' ('People's Fighter'), jet fighter *

Heinkel He 172 The Heinkel He 72 ''Kadett'' ("Cadet") was a German single-engine biplane Trainer (aircraft), trainer of the 1930s. Development The ''Kadett'' was designed in 1933 to meet an official requirement for a basic trainer. It was a single-bay biplane ...

trainer (prototype) *

Heinkel He 176 The Heinkel He 176 was a German rocket-powered aircraft. It was the world's first aircraft to be propelled solely by a liquid-fueled rocket, making its first powered flight on 20 June 1939 with Erich Warsitz at the controls. It was a private ...

experimental rocket aircraft *

Heinkel He 177 The Heinkel He 177 ''Greif'' (Griffin) was a long-range heavy bomber flown by the ''Luftwaffe'' during World War II. The introduction of the He 177 to combat operations was significantly delayed, by both problems with the development of its ...

''Greif'' ('Griffon'), heavy bomber *

Heinkel He 178 The Heinkel He 178 was an experimental aircraft designed and produced by the German aircraft manufacturer Heinkel. It was the world's first aircraft to fly using the thrust from a turbojet engine. The He 178 was developed to test the jet propul ...

experimental jet aircraft *

Heinkel He 219 The Heinkel He 219 ''Uhu'' (" Eagle-Owl") is 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 Lichtenstein S ...

''Uhu'' ('Owl'), night fighter *

Heinkel He 274 The Heinkel He 274 was a German heavy bomber design developed during World War II, purpose-designed for high-altitude bombing with pressurized crew accommodation. Due to the Allied advance through Northwest Europe, the prototypes were abando ...

high-altitude bomber *

Heinkel He 277 The Heinkel He 277 was a four-engine, long-range heavy bomber design, originating as a derivative of the Heinkel He 177, He 177, intended for production and use by the Nazi Germany, German Luftwaffe during World War II. The main difference was in ...

four-engine He 177 *

Heinkel He 280 The 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 ...

jet fighter

Henschel

Henschel Hs 121 The Henschel Hs 121 was the first aircraft built by the German Henschel company. It was a high-wing monoplane with an inline engine, fixed undercarriage and single, open cockpit, designed as an advanced trainer. Only one aircraft was produced, i ...

fighter/trainer (prototype) *

Henschel Hs 123 The 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 midpoint of World War II. It proved to be robust, durable and effective e ...

ground-attack (biplane) *

Henschel Hs 124 Henschel & Son (german: Henschel und Sohn) was a German company, located in Kassel, best known during the 20th century as a maker of transportation equipment, including locomotives, trucks, buses and trolleybuses, and armoured fighting vehicle ...

heavy fighter/bomber (prototype) *

Henschel Hs 125 The Henschel Hs 125 was a German advanced training aircraft prototype featuring a single engine and low wing, designed by Henschel & Son and tested by the Luftwaffe The ''Luftwaffe'' () was the aerial-warfare branch of the German ''Wehr ...

fighter/trainer (prototype) *

Henschel Hs 126 The Henschel Hs 126 was a German two-seat reconnaissance and observation aircraft of World War II that was derived from the Henschel Hs 122. The pilot was seated in a protected cockpit under the parasol wing and the gunner in an open rear cockp ...

reconnaissance *

Henschel Hs 127 The Henschel Hs 127 was a German bomber that was built as two prototypes, but cancelled without entering mass production. In 1935, the RLM (''Reichsluftfahrtministerium'' - German Ministry of Aviation) published requests for a fast tactical bom ...

jet bomber (prototype) *

Henschel Hs 129 The Henschel Hs 129 was a World War II ground-attack aircraft fielded by the German ''Luftwaffe''. The aircraft saw combat in Tunisia and on the Eastern Front. A key requirement of the original specification was that the aircraft be powered by ...

ground-attack *

Henschel Hs 130 The Henschel Hs 130 was a German high-altitude reconnaissance and bomber aircraft developed in World War II. It suffered from various mechanical faults and was never used operationally, only existing as prototype airframes. Development Develop ...

high altitude reconnaissance/bomber (prototype) *

Henschel Hs 132 Henschel's Hs 132 was a World War II dive bomber and interceptor aircraft of the German ''Luftwaffe'' that never saw service. The unorthodox design featured a top-mounted BMW 003 jet engine (identical in terms of make and position to the powerpla ...

jet dive bomber (prototype)

Junkers

Junkers W 33 The Junkers W 33 was a German 1920s single-engine low-wing monoplane transport aircraft that followed Junkers standard practice making extensive use of corrugated aluminium alloy over an aluminium alloy tube frame, that was developed from the s ...

utility transport, 1926 *

Junkers W 34 The Junkers W 34 was a German-built, single-engine, passenger and transport aircraft. Developed in the 1920s, it was taken into service in 1926. The passenger version could take a pilot and five passengers. The aircraft was developed from the J ...

utility transport/trainer, 1933 *

Junkers Ju 52 The Junkers Ju 52/3m (nicknamed ''Tante Ju'' ("Aunt Ju") and ''Iron Annie'') is a transport aircraft that was designed and manufactured by German aviation company Junkers. Development of the Ju 52 commenced during 1930, headed by German Aeros ...

''Tante Ju'' ('Auntie Ju'), transport/bomber *

Junkers Ju 86 The Junkers Ju 86 was a German monoplane bomber and civilian airliner designed in the early 1930s, and employed by various air forces on both sides during World War II. The civilian model Ju 86B could carry ten passengers. Two were delivered to S ...

bomber/reconnaissance/transport *

Junkers Ju 87 The Junkers Ju 87 or Stuka (from ''Sturzkampfflugzeug'', "dive bomber") was a German dive bomber and ground-attack aircraft. Designed by Hermann Pohlmann, it first flew in 1935. The Ju 87 made its combat debut in 1937 with the Luftwaffe's Con ...

'' Stuka'', dive-bomber *

Junkers Ju 88 The Junkers Ju 88 is a German World War II ''Luftwaffe'' twin-engined multirole combat aircraft. Junkers Aircraft and Motor Works (JFM) designed the plane in the mid-1930s as a so-called ''Schnellbomber'' ("fast bomber") that would be too fast ...

reconnaissance/bomber/night-fighter *

Junkers Ju 89 The Junkers Ju 89 was a heavy bomber designed for the ''Luftwaffe'' prior to World War II. Two prototypes were constructed, but the project was abandoned without the aircraft entering production. Elements of its design were incorporated into lat ...

heavy bomber (prototype) *

Junkers Ju 90 The 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. During the war, the ''Luftwaffe'' impressed them as military transports ...

bomber (prototype) *

Junkers Ju 188 The Junkers Ju 188 was a German ''Luftwaffe'' high-performance medium bomber built during World War II, the planned follow-up to the Ju 88 with better performance and payload. It was produced only in limited numbers, due both to the presence of i ...

''Rächer'' ('Avenger'), bomber *

Junkers Ju 248 The Messerschmitt Me 263 ''Scholle'' (plaice)Christopher 2013, p. 142. was a rocket-powered fighter aircraft developed from the Me 163 ''Komet'' towards the end of World War II. Three prototypes were built but never flown under their own power ...

Junkers version of Me 263 *

Junkers Ju 252 The Junkers Ju 252 was a German cargo aircraft that made its first flight in late October 1941. The aircraft was planned as a replacement for the Junkers Ju 52/3m in commercial airline service, but only a small number were built as cargo aircraf ...

transport *

Junkers Ju 287 The Junkers Ju 287 was an aerodynamic testbed built in Nazi Germany to develop the technology required for a multi-engine jet bomber. It was powered by four Junkers Jumo 004 engines, featured a novel forward-swept wing, and apart from the wing ...

heavy jet bomber (prototype) *

Junkers Ju 288 The Junkers Ju 288, originally known within the Junkers firm as the EF 074, was a Nazi Germany, German bomber project designed during World War II, which only ever flew in prototype form. The first aircraft flew on 29 November 1940; 22 develo ...

bomber (prototype) *

Junkers Ju 290 The Junkers Ju 290 was a large German, four-engine long-range transport, heavy bomber and maritime patrol aircraft used by the Luftwaffe late in World War II that had been developed from an earlier airliner. Design and development The Junkers ...

long-range bomber (prototype) *

Junkers Ju 322 The Junkers Ju 322 ''Mammut'' (German for mammoth) was a heavy transport military glider, resembling a giant flying wing, proposed for use by the ''Luftwaffe'' in World War II; only two prototypes were completed, a further 98 were scrapped before ...

''Mammut'' (Mammoth), transport glider (prototype), 1941) *

Junkers Ju 352 The Junkers Ju 352 ''Herkules'' ("Hercules" in German) was a German World War II transport aircraft that was developed from the Junkers Ju 252. Design and development During the late spring of 1942, the Junkers-Dessau project office was instructe ...

''Herkules'' ('Hercules'), transport *

Junkers Ju 388 The Junkers Ju 388 '' Störtebeker'' is 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 feature ...

'' Störtebeker'', reconnaissance/night-fighter *

Junkers Ju 390 The Junkers Ju 390 was a German long-range derivative of the Junkers Ju 290 aircraft, intended to be used as a heavy transport aircraft, maritime patrol aircraft and long-range bomber. It was one of the aircraft designs submitted for the abortive ...

long-range bomber *

Junkers Ju 488 The Junkers Ju 488 was a proposed four-engined German heavy strategic bomber under development in World War II. It was based on the twin-engined Ju 188 series but with additional engines mounted on a new wing inner section. One prototype was begu ...

heavy bomber *

Junkers EF 61 The Junkers EF 61 was a German prototype twin-engined high-altitude bomber aircraft of the 1930s. Only two examples were built, but it provided valuable information on pressure cabins which aided the design of later pressurised aircraft. Design ...

high-altitude bomber (prototype) *

Junkers EF 131 The OKB-1/Junkers EF 131 was a jet bomber produced in Germany and the USSR from 1944. Development The EF-131 was developed based on fragments of project documentation for the Ju 287 after the Red Army captured the Junkers factory in Dessau. ...

jet bomber (prototype) * Junkers EF 132 heavy bomber (prototype)

Klemm

Klemm Kl 31 __NOTOC__ The Klemm Kl 31 was a touring aircraft, developed in Germany in the early 1930s. It was a conventional, low-wing cantilever monoplane with four seats in an enclosed cabin. The fixed, tailskid undercarriage had divided mainwheel units. T ...

single-engine transport, 1931 *

Klemm Kl 32 The Klemm Kl 32 was a touring aircraft, developed in Germany in 1932, based on the Klemm Kl 31 as a competitor in the Challenge 1932 touring aircraft competition. Design and development Like its predecessor, the KI 32 was a conventional, low-wi ...

single-engine transport, 1931 *

Klemm Kl 33 The Klemm Leichtflugzeugbau GmbH ("Klemm Light Aircraft Company") was a German aircraft manufacturer noteworthy for sports and touring planes of the 1930s. The company was founded in Böblingen in 1926 by Dr. Hanns Klemm, who had previously work ...

(Klemm L33), single-seat ultra-light sportplane (prototype), 1933 *

Klemm Kl 35 The Klemm Kl 35 is a German sporting and training aeroplane developed as a successor to the Kl 25. A product of Klemm Leichtflugzeugbau Gmbh it shared the same single-engine, cantilever low-wing configuration as the earlier machine, the major ...

sportplane/trainer, 1935 *

Klemm Kl 36 The Klemm Kl 36 is a 1930s German four-seat cabin touring and competition monoplane. It was designed by Klemm and Friedrich Fechner and built by Klemm. History Development Following the success of the 3-seat touring plane Klemm Kl 32 in the E ...

single-engine transport, 1934

Latécoère

* Latécoère 298 captured from France

Lioré et Olivier (LeO)

* Lioré et Olivier LeO H-246 captured from France and used as transports

Macchi

* Macchi C.202 captured from Italy after armistice and used as trainers *

Macchi C.205 The Macchi C.205 ''Veltro'' ( it, Greyhound) (also known as MC.205, "MC" standing for "Macchi Castoldi") was an Italian World War II fighter aircraft built by the Aeronautica Macchi. Along with the Reggiane Re.2005 and Fiat G.55, the Macchi C.205 ...

captured from Italy after armistice and used as fighters

Marinens Flyvebaatfabrikk

* Høver/Marinens Flyvebaatfabrikk M.F.11 captured from Finland and used as transport

Messerschmitt

Messerschmitt Bf 108 The Messerschmitt Bf 108 ''Taifun'' (English: "Typhoon") was a German single-engine sport and touring aircraft, developed by Bayerische Flugzeugwerke in the 1930s. The Bf 108 was of all-metal construction. Design and development Originally desi ...

''Taifun'' ('Typhoon'), utility transport/trainer *

Messerschmitt Bf 109 The Messerschmitt Bf 109 is a German World War II fighter aircraft that was, along with the Focke-Wulf Fw 190, the backbone of the Luftwaffe's fighter force. The Bf 109 first saw operational service in 1937 during the Spanish Civil War an ...

fighter *

Messerschmitt Bf 110 The Messerschmitt Bf 110, often known unofficially as the Me 110,Because it was built before ''Bayerische Flugzeugwerke'' became Messerschmitt AG in July 1938, the Bf 110 was never officially given the designation Me 110. is a twin-engine (Des ...

heavy fighter/night-fighter *

Messerschmitt Bf 162 The Messerschmitt Bf 162 was a light bomber aircraft designed in Germany prior to World War II, which flew only in prototype form. Design and development The Bf 162 was designed in response to a 1935 RLM (''Reichsluftfahrtministerium'', Reic ...

bomber (prototype) *

Messerschmitt Bf 163 The Messerschmitt Bf 163 was an STOL aircraft designed by BFW and built by Weserflug before World War II. Design and development During the autumn of 1935, the considerable potential of the Fieseler Fi 156 project for the tasks of short-ra ...

STOL reconnaissance aircraft (prototypes only) *

Messerschmitt Me 163 The Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet is a rocket-powered interceptor aircraft primarily designed and produced by the German aircraft manufacturer Messerschmitt. It is the only operational rocket-powered fighter aircraft in history as well as th ...

''Komet'' ('Comet'), rocket interceptor *

Messerschmitt Me 209 The first Messerschmitt Me 209 was a single-engine racing aircraft which was designed for and succeeded at breaking speed records. This Me 209 was a completely new aircraft whose designation was used by Messerschmitt as a propaganda tool. Al ...

speed-record aircraft (prototype) * Messerschmitt Me 209-II fighter (prototype – unrelated to Me 209) *

Messerschmitt Me 210 The Messerschmitt Me 210 was a German heavy fighter and ground-attack aircraft of World War II. Design started before the war, as a replacement for the Bf 110. The first examples were ready in 1939, but they proved to have unacceptably poor fl ...

heavy fighter/reconnaissance *

Messerschmitt Me 261 The Messerschmitt Me 261 ''Adolfine'' was a long- range reconnaissance aircraft designed in the late 1930s. It looked like an enlarged version of the Messerschmitt Bf 110. It was not put into production; just three Me 261s were built and used pri ...

long-range reconnaissance *

Messerschmitt Me 262 The Messerschmitt Me 262, nicknamed ''Schwalbe'' (German: "Swallow") in fighter versions, or ''Sturmvogel'' (German: "Storm Bird") in fighter-bomber versions, is a fighter aircraft and fighter-bomber that was designed and produced by the Germa ...

''Schwalbe'' ('Swallow'), jet fighter-bomber * Messerschmitt Me 263 rocket interceptor *

Messerschmitt Me 264 The Messerschmitt Me 264 was a long-range strategic bomber developed during World War II for the German ''Luftwaffe'' as its main strategic bomber. The design was later selected as Messerschmitt's competitor in the ''Reichsluftfahrtministerium' ...

Amerika Bomber The ''Amerikabomber'' () project was an initiative of the German Ministry of Aviation (''Reichsluftfahrtministerium'') to obtain a long-range strategic bomber for the '' Luftwaffe'' that would be capable of striking the United States (specifica ...

'' long-range bomber (prototype) *

Messerschmitt Me 309 The Messerschmitt Me 309 was a prototype German fighter, designed in the early years of World War II to replace the Bf 109. Although it had many advanced features, the Me 309's performance left much to be desired and it had so many problems tha ...

fighter (prototype) *

Messerschmitt Me 321 The Messerschmitt Me 321 ''Gigant'' was a large German cargo glider developed and used during World War II. Intended to support large scale invasions, the Me 321 saw very limited use due to the low availability of suitable tug aircraft, high v ...

''Gigant'' ('Giant'), transport glider *

Messerschmitt Me 323 The Messerschmitt Me 323 ''Gigant'' ("Giant") 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 to fly during the war. A total of 21 ...

''Gigant'' ('Giant'), transport aircraft *

Messerschmitt Me 328 The 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. Late in the war, th ...

parasite fighter *

Messerschmitt Me 410 The Messerschmitt Me 410 ''Hornisse'' (Hornet) is a German heavy fighter and ''Schnellbomber'' used by the ''Luftwaffe'' during World War II. Though an incremental improvement of the Me 210, it had a new wing plan, longer fuselage and engine ...

''Hornisse'' ('Hornet'), heavy fighter + reconnaissance *

Messerschmitt P.1101 The Messerschmitt P.1101 was a single-seat, single- jet fighter project of World War II, developed as part of the 15 July 1944 Emergency Fighter Program which sought a second generation of jet fighters for the Third Reich. A prominent feature ...

jet fighter (prototype)

Morane-Saulnier

* Morane-Saulnier M.S.230 captured from France and used as trainer *

Morane-Saulnier M.S.406 Aéroplanes Morane-Saulnier was a French aircraft manufacturing company formed in October 1911 by Raymond Saulnier (1881–1964) and the Morane brothers, Léon (1885–1918) and Robert (1886–1968). The company was taken over and diversified ...

captured from France and used as fighter trainer

North American Aviation

North American NA-57 The North American Aviation NA-16 was the first trainer aircraft built by North American Aviation, and was the beginning of a line of closely related North American trainer aircraft that would eventually number more than 17,000 examples, notabl ...

captured from France and used as trainer *

North American NA-64 The North American NA-64 (NA-64 P-2 or NAA-64 P-2 in French service, Yale in Canadian service) is a low-wing single piston engine monoplane advanced trainer aircraft that was built for the French Air Force and French Navy, served with the Royal C ...

captured from France and used as trainer *

North American P-51 The North American Aviation P-51 Mustang is an American long-range, single-seat fighter and fighter-bomber used during World War II and the Korean War, among other conflicts. The Mustang was designed in April 1940 by a team headed by James ...

captured

Podlaska Wytwórnia Samolotów (PWS)

PWS-26 The PWS-26 was a Polish advanced training aircraft, used from 1937 to 1939 by the Polish Air Force, constructed in the PWS (''Podlaska Wytwórnia Samolotów'' - Podlasie Aircraft Factory). It was the second most numerous Polish pre-war aircraft ...

captured from Czechoslovakia and use as trainer

Savoia-Marchetti

* Savoia-Marchetti SM.79 captured from Italy after armistice * Savoia-Marchetti SM.82 captured from Italy after armistice and used as transports

Siebel

Siebel Fh 104 The Siebel Fh 104 Hallore was a small German twin-engined transport, communications and liaison aircraft built by Siebel. Design and development In 1934, the Klemm Leichtflugzeugbau set up a new factory at Halle, for production of all-metal ai ...

'' Hallore'', medium transport *

Siebel Si 201 The Siebel Si 201 was a German air observation post and army cooperation aircraft, designed and built by Siebel. Evaluated against other types, the Si 201 did not enter production and only two prototypes were built. Design and development Designe ...

STOL reconnaissance aircraft (prototype) *

Siebel Si 202 The Siebel Si 202 ''Hummel'' ("Bumble-bee") was a German light sportsplane of the late 1930s. It was an angular low-wing monoplane, which could be powered by a variety of small engines. Design and development In January 1937 Major Werner Junck, ...

''Hummel'' ('bumblebee') sportplane/trainer, 1938 *

Siebel Si 204 The Siebel Si 204 was a small twin-engined transport and trainer aircraft developed in World War II. It was based on the Siebel Fh 104, Fh 104 Hallore. Originally designed in response to an Ministry of Aviation (Germany), Ministry of Aviation de ...

transport/crew trainer

Zlín

* Zlín Z-XII captured from Czechoslovakia and used as a trainer * Zlín Z-212 captured from Czechoslovakia and used as a trainer

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:List Of Luftwaffe Aircraft By Manufacturer, World War Ii German Luftwaffe aircraft by manufacturer, World War II

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Albatros

Arado

Avia

Bachem

Bloch

Blohm & Voss

Breguet

Bücker

Cantieri Aeronautici e Navali Triestini (CANT)

Caudron

Deutsche Forschungsanstalt für Segelflug (DFS)

Dewoitine

Dornier

Douglas

Fieseler

Flettner

Fiat

Focke Achgelis

Focke-Wulf

Fokker

Göppingen

Gotha

Heinkel

Henschel

Junkers

Klemm

Latécoère

Lioré et Olivier (LeO)

Macchi

Marinens Flyvebaatfabrikk

Messerschmitt

Morane-Saulnier

North American Aviation

Podlaska Wytwórnia Samolotów (PWS)

Savoia-Marchetti

Siebel

Zlín

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