:see

List of RLM aircraft This is a list of aircraft type numbers allocated by an institution under the direction of ''Heereswaffenamt'' (before May 1933) and the Reich Air Ministry (RLM) between 1933 and 1945 for German German(s) may refer to: * Germany (of or related t ...

for a numerical listing :or

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 explanation of naming system.

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 + trainer, 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 + trainer, 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 + trainer, 1932

Arado

* Arado Ar 64, fighter (biplane) *

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 ...

, fighter/trainer (biplane - re-engined Ar 64) *

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 (biplane) (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 (biplane) * Arado Ar 69, trainer (biplane) (prototypes), 1933 * Arado Ar 76, fighter (biplane) + 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. T ...

, fighter (prototype) * Arado Ar 81, two-seat biplane (prototype)(1936) * Arado Ar 95, coastal patrol + attack (biplane seaplane) *

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 B ...

, 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 + coastal patrol (seaplane) *

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 (biplane - derived from Ar 68) *

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 carr ...

, reconnaissance * Arado Ar 199, seaplane trainer *

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 ...

, fold-wing 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 br ...

, transport * Arado Ar 233, seaplane (concept), 1940 *

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'), bomber (jet-engined) *

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 r ...

, heavy fighter + attack * Arado Ar 396, 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 r ...

, heavy fighter + attack * Arado Ar 532, cancelled transport

Bachem Bachem Holding AG is a Swiss technology company active in the fields of chemistry, biochemistry and pharmaceuticals. It develops products and services for the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry and research. Bachem is specialized in the comme ...

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 eliminate ...

''Natter'' (Adder or Viper), interceptor (rocket-engine)

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 *

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 t ...

, flying-boat (early versions designated as 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 seaplane *

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 flying-boat (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 t ...

, reconnaissance (asymmetric) *

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 ...

, reconnaissance + transport *

Blohm & Voss BV 143 The Blohm & Voss BV 143 was an early prototype rocket-assisted glide bomb developed by the German Luftwaffe during World War II. Design Blohm & Voss designers began to consider airborne missiles late in 1938, even before the outbreak of war. F ...

, glide bomb (prototype) * 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), largest

Axis An axis (plural ''axes'') is an imaginary line around which an object rotates or is symmetrical. Axis may also refer to: Mathematics * Axis of rotation: see rotation around a fixed axis * Axis (mathematics), a designator for a Cartesian-coordinat ...

military aircraft design to fly * Blohm & Voss BV 246 ''Hagelkorn'' (Hailstone), long-range radar-homing glide bomb

Bücker

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

Deutsche Forschungsanstalt für Segelflug The ''Deutsche Forschungsanstalt für Segelflug'' (), or DFS , was formed in 1933 to centralise all gliding activity in Germany, under the directorship of Professor Walter Georgii. It was formed by the nationalisation of the Rhön-Rossitten G ...
(DFS)

* DFS 6, may be 'Model 6' or 'DFS B6' * DFS 39, Lippisch-designed tail-less research aircraft * DFS 40, Lippisch-designed tail-less 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 only) *

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 he ...

, 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 ...

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 Ins ...

, supersonic research aircraft (incomplete prototype only)

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 entir ...

, ''Libelle III'' (Dragonfly III), 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 ...

, prototype for a passenger plane and bomber (Do Y) * Dornier Do 16, ''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 ...

, ''Flying Pencil''; mail-plane, bomber, reconnaissance, 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 ma ...

, bomber + reconnaissance 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 ...

, four-engined

Ural bomber The Ural bomber was the initial aircraft design program/competition to develop a long-range bomber for the Luftwaffe, created and led by General Walther Wever in the early 1930s. Wever died in an air crash on June 3, 1936, and his successor Alber ...

heavy bomber contender (prototype) *

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, (development of (Do 13/11) *

Dornier Do 26 The 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 (1,100 lb) o ...

, long-range seaplane *

Dornier Do 214 The Dornier Do 214 was a proposed large long-range flying boat, developed by Dornier in World War II. Development Originally designed as the Do P.93 for passenger transatlantic service from Lisbon to New York, the Do 214 was redesigned as t ...

, transport flying-boat (prototype) *

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, 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 bombe ...

, bomber, night-fighter * Dornier Do 317,

Bomber B Bomber B was a German military aircraft design competition organised just before the start of World War II to develop a second-generation high-speed bomber for the ''Luftwaffe''. The new designs would be a direct successor to the ''Schnellbombe ...

design competitor *

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 ...

''Pfeil'' (Arrow), fighter-bomber (push-pull engine configuration) * Dornier Do 435 *

Dornier Do 635 The Dornier Do 335 ''Pfeil'' ("Arrow") was a heavy fighter built by Dornier Flugzeugwerke, Dornier for Germany during World War II. The two-seater trainer version was called ''Ameisenbär'' ("anteater"). The ''Pfeil''s performance was predicted t ...

Fieseler The Gerhard Fieseler Werke (GFW) in Kassel was a German aircraft manufacturer of the 1930s and 1940s. The company is remembered mostly for its military aircraft built for the Luftwaffe during the Second World War. History The firm was founded o ...
''Fieseler Flugzeugbau''

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 ...

(F2 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 97 The Fieseler Fi 97 was a 1930s German four-seat cabin touring and competition monoplane aircraft designed and built by the German manufacturer Fieseler. Design and development Following the success of their two-seat tourer/trainer the Fiesele ...

, four-seat cabin touring monoplane * 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 ...

(Vergeltungswaffe 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 fie ...

''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 torpedo bomber + reconnaissance (biplane) * Fieseler Fi 333 transport (concept)

Flettner Anton Flettner, Flugzeugbau GmbH was a German helicopter and autogyro manufacturer during World War II, founded by Anton Flettner. Flettner aircraft included: * Flettner Fl 184 - Reconnaissance autogyro, prototype *Flettner Fl 185 - Reconnaissanc ...

* 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 *

Flettner Fl 339 Anton Flettner, Flugzeugbau GmbH was a German helicopter and autogyro manufacturer during World War II, founded by Anton Flettner. Flettner aircraft included: * Flettner Fl 184 - Reconnaissance autogyro, prototype *Flettner Fl 185 - Reconnaissanc ...

reconnaissance helicopter, project

Focke-Achgelis Focke-Achgelis & Co. G.m.b.H. was a German helicopter company founded in 1937 by Henrich Focke and Gerd Achgelis. History Henrich Focke was ousted in 1936 from the Focke-Wulf company, which he had cofounded in 1924, due to shareholder pressure ...

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 the ...

''Drache'' (Kite), transport helicopter (prototype *

Focke-Achgelis Fa 266 Focke-Achgelis & Co. G.m.b.H. was a German helicopter company founded in 1937 by Henrich Focke and Gerd Achgelis. History Henrich Focke was ousted in 1936 from the Focke-Wulf company, which he had cofounded in 1924, due to shareholder pressure. ...

''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 prof ...

, helicopter (prototype) *

Focke-Achgelis Fa 336 Focke-Achgelis & Co. G.m.b.H. was a German helicopter company founded in 1937 by Henrich Focke and Gerd Achgelis. History Henrich Focke was ousted in 1936 from the Focke-Wulf company, which he had cofounded in 1924, due to shareholder pressure. ...

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 l ...

''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 p ...

''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), transport + trainer *

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 Foc ...

, 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 ver ...

, fighter (derived from Fw 190) *

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, fighter (prototype only) *

Focke-Wulf Ta 183 The 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 had been developed only to the extent ...

''Hückebein'', jet-engined fighter (prototype) *

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 ...

, autogiro reconnaissance aircraft (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 German twin-engine, twin-boom, three-seat tactical reconnaissance and army cooperation aircraft. It first flew in 1938 (Fw 189 V1), entered service in 1940 and was produced until mid-1944. In ad ...

''Uhu'' (Eagle-owl), tactical reconnaissance * Focke-Wulf Fw 190 ''Würger'' (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 ...

competitor *

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

''Condor'', transport + maritime patrol-bomber *

Focke-Wulf Fw 259 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 ...

''Frontjäger'' (concept) *

Focke-Wulf Fw 300 The Focke-Wulf Fw 300 was a proposed very-long-range civil airliner, transport, reconnaissance aircraft and anti-ship aircraft, designed by Focke-Wulf in 1941 and 1942. The design was intended to replace the Focke-Wulf Fw 200 ''Condor''. Design ...

proposed long-range version of Fw 200 *

Focke-Wulf Ta 400 The Focke-Wulf Ta 400 was a large six-engined heavy bomber design developed in Nazi Germany in 1943 by Focke-Wulf as a serious contender for the Amerikabomber project. One of the first aircraft to be developed from components from multiple coun ...

proposed long-range ''

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 ...

'' * Focke-Wulf Fw 491, (Fw 391 development) (project)

Sportsflugzeuge Göppingen, "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 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 pusher-prop aircraft for Do 335 ''Pfeil''

Gothaer Waggonfabrik ''Gothaer Waggonfabrik'' (''Gotha'', GWF) was a German manufacturer of rolling stock established in the late nineteenth century at Gotha. During the two world wars, the company expanded into aircraft building. World War I In World War I, Got ...
, "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. ...

, small transport (twin-engine), 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, fighter (flying-wing), alternative designation for the Horten Ho 229/Ho IX *

Gotha Go 242 The Gotha Go 242 was a transport glider used by the ''Luftwaffe'' during World War II. It was an upgrade over the DFS 230 in both cargo/troop capacity and flight characteristics. It saw limited combat action. There were multiple variants. Deve ...

, 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

Heinkel

* Heinkel He 37, fighter (biplane) *

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 (biplane) *

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 (biplane) * 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 serv ...

, reconnaissance * Heinkel He 49, fighter (biplane) *

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 (biplane) *

Heinkel He 51 The Heinkel He 51 was a German single-seat biplane which was produced in a number of different versions. It was initially developed as a fighter; a seaplane variant and a ground-attack version were also developed. It was a development of th ...

, fighter + close-support (biplane) *

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 (biplane seaplane) *

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 (biplane seaplane) *

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 car ...

, "Blitz" (Lightning), single-engine transport + mailplane, 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, 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 1 ...

, 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 ...

, (alternative 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 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 unarme ...

single-engine high-speed bomber (prototypes), reconnaissance aircraft, 1937 *

Heinkel He 120 Heinkel Flugzeugwerke () was a German aircraft manufacturing company founded by and named after Ernst Heinkel. It is noted for producing bomber aircraft for the Luftwaffe in World War II and for important contributions to high-speed flight, with ...

four-engine long-range passenger flying-boat(project), 1938 *

Heinkel He 162 The Heinkel He 162 ''Volksjäger'' (German language, 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 a ...

''Spatz'' (sparrow), winner of Germany's ''Volksjäger'' (People's Fighter) design competition, fighter (jet-engined) *

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 ...

, pioneering liquid-fuelled rocket-engined experimental aircraft (prototype) *

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), long-range 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 propu ...

, pioneering jet-engined experimental 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 SN ...

''Uhu'' (Eagle-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 He 177, intended for production and use by the German Luftwaffe during World War II. The main difference was in its engines. The He 177 used ...

, (from February 1943), never-built long-range bomber design (1943–44), entered in ''

'' competition *

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 ...

, fighter (jet-engined) * Heinkel He 343, four jet engined bomber * Heinkel He 519, high-speed bomber (He 119 derivative) (project only), 1944

Henschel 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 v ...

Henschel Hs 117 The Henschel Hs 117 ''Schmetterling'' (German for ''Butterfly'') was a radio-guided German surface-to-air missile project developed during World War II. There was also an air-to-air version, the Hs 117H. The operators used a telescopic sight and ...

''Schmetterling'' (Butterfly), surface-to-air missile (rocket-engined) *

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, 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-engined 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 b ...

, 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,

late entrant (prototype) * Henschel Hs 132, dive bomber (jet-engined) (prototype) * Henschel Hs 293, glide bomb (rocket-powered) *

Henschel Hs 294 The Henschel Hs 294 was a guided Anti-surface warfare, air-to-sea missile developed by Henschel & Son, Henschel Flugzeug-Werke AG in Nazi Germany, Germany during World War II. Design The Hs 294 was a further development of the Henschel Hs 293, b ...

, anti-shipping glide bomb (rocket-powered) *

Henschel Hs 297 The Henschel Hs 297 Föhn or 7.3 cm Raketen Sprenggranate was a small German surface-to-air rocket of the Second World War. The associated multiple rocket launcher was known as the 7.3 cm Föhn-Gerät. Design The Henschel Hs 297 Föhn (The Fo ...

Henschel Hs 298 __NOTOC__ The Henschel Hs 298 was a 1940s German rocket-powered air-to-air missile designed by Professor Herbert Wagner of Henschel. Design and development The Hs 298 was designed specifically to attack Allied bomber aircraft and was the first ...

, air-to-air missile (rocket-powered)

Junkers

* Junkers Ju 34, single-engine light transport+reconnaissance, 1933 * Junkers Ju 52 ''Tante Ju'' (Auntie Ju), 3-engine 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 * Junkers Ju 87 ''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 ...

, bomber + reconnaissance + 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 ...

design contender for a 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 ...

, re-designation 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 ...

, 3-engine transport, replacement for Ju 52 *

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 bomber (jet-engined) (prototype) *

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

, presumptive

competition winner, prototypes only *

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'', 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 instruc ...

''Herkules'' (Hercules), 3-engine transport, development of Ju 252 *

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 ...

, six-engined ''

'' competitor *

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

Klemm 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 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

Kramer

* Kramer Rk 344, air-to-air missile (rocket-powered)

Messerschmitt

Pre-July 1938 designs (from ''Bayerische Flugzeugwerke'')

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), trainer + transport * Messerschmitt Bf 109, 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 161 The Messerschmitt Bf 161 was a 1930s prototype German reconnaissance aircraft. Development The Bf 161 was a specialised reconnaissance aircraft, based on the Bf 110, and similar to the Bf 162, designed as a light bomber. The prototype ''V1'' ...

, reconnaissance aircraft (prototype) *

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)

Post-July 1938 designs (from ''Messerschmitt
Aktiengesellschaft (; abbreviated AG, ) is a German word for a corporation limited by share ownership (i.e. one which is owned by its shareholders) whose shares may be traded on a stock market. The term is used in Germany, Austria, Switzerland (where it is equi ...
'')

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 ...

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

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. Alth ...

, fighter + speed-record aircraft (prototype) * Messerschmitt Me 209-II, fighter (prototype - Bf 109 derivative) *

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 ...

, 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 Germ ...

''Schwalbe'' (Swallow), fighter + attack (jet-engined) * Messerschmitt Me 263, interceptor (rocket-engined) *

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' ...

, long-range bomber, primary ''

'' competitor (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 ...

, tricycle-geared fighter (prototype - Bf 109 derivative) *

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), 6-engined transport plane based on the 321 glider * Messerschmitt Me 409 heavy fighter, (Me 209 derivative) (project), 1944 *

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 engin ...

''Hornisse'' (Hornet), heavy fighter + reconnaissance * Messerschmitt Me 510 twin-engine fighter-bomber (Me 410 derivative) (project) *

Messerschmitt Me 609 The Messerschmitt Me 609 (alternatively Me 309 Zwilling) was a World War II German project which joined two fuselages of the Me 309 fighter prototype together to form a heavy fighter. Design and development The project was initiated in respo ...

heavy fighter + bomber (project)

Siebel Siebel was a German aircraft manufacturer founded in 1937 in Halle an der Saale.Gunston p.424 History It originated in the Klemm-Flugzeugwerke Halle that had been founded in 1934 as a branch of Leichtflugzeugbau Klemm in Böblingen. Its nam ...

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 Design ...

, 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" 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 Fh 104 Hallore. Originally designed in response to an Ministry of Aviation development order for a small civil transport ai ...

, transport + aircrew trainer Military aircraft designation systems