This is a list of aircraft type numbers allocated by an institution under the direction of ''
Heereswaffenamt
''Waffenamt'' (WaA) was the German Army Weapons Agency. It was the centre for research and development of the Weimar Republic and later the Third Reich for weapons, ammunition and army equipment to the German Reichswehr and then Wehrmacht
...
'' (before May 1933) and the
Reich Air Ministry
The Ministry of Aviation (german: Reichsluftfahrtministerium, abbreviated RLM) was a government department during the period of Nazi Germany (1933–45). It is also the original name of the Detlev-Rohwedder-Haus building on the Wilhelmstrasse ...
(RLM) between 1933 and 1945 for
German
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military and civilian aircraft and in parallel to the
list of German aircraft engines. See
RLM aircraft designation system
The German Air Ministry (''Reichsluftfahrtministerium''; RLM) had a system for aircraft designation which was an attempt by the aviation authorities of the Third Reich to standardize and produce an identifier for each aircraft design's airframe t ...
for an explanation of how these numbers were used.
There is no single "master list" applicable all the way from 1933 to 1945 - numbers were occasionally duplicated, reallocated, or re-used. Sources differ on the allocations.
Listing
0-100
101-200
201-300
301-400
401-
See also
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RLM numbering system for gliders and sailplanes Contrary to the methods used by the Reich Air Ministry (RLM) for the allocation of List of RLM aircraft designations, aircraft designations, the designers and manufacturers of sailplanes and gliders in Germany enjoyed the freedom of choosing their o ...
*
Japanese military aircraft designation systems
The Japanese military aircraft designation systems for the Imperial period (pre-1945) had multiple designation systems for each armed service. This led to the Allies' use of code names during World War II, and these code names are still better kno ...
Notes
References
*Heinz J. Nowarra's ''Die deutsche Luftrüstung 1933-1945'' ("German Air Armament 1933-1945")
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RLM aircraft designations, List of
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