This list of military aircraft of

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includes prototype, pre-production, and operational types. No distinction is drawn here between different services until 1991. In 1990, the various air arms of the former

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were absorbed by their counterparts in the Federal Republic of Germany. Some types that had been operated by the GDR were no longer in service by then, and these are so noted.

Before 1919

* Albatros D.II *

Albatros D.III The Albatros D.III was a biplane fighter aircraft used by the Imperial German Army Air Service ('' Luftstreitkräfte'') during World War I. A modified licence model was built by Oeffag for the Austro-Hungarian Air Service ( ''Luftfahrtruppen''). ...

* Albatros D.V * Albatros D.Va * Daimler L.6 * Fokker D.I *

Fokker D.II __NOTOC__ The Fokker D.II was a German fighter biplane of World War I. It was a single-seat fighter aircraft developed before the Fokker D.I. It was based on the M.17 prototype, with single-bay unstaggered wings and a larger fuselage and short ...

* Fokker D.III * Fokker D.IV * Fokker D.V * Fokker D.VI * Fokker D.VII * Fokker D.VIIF * Fokker D.VIII * Fokker Dr.I * Fokker E.I *

Fokker E.III The Fokker E.III was the main variant of the ''Eindecker'' (literally meaning "one deck") fighter aircraft of World War I. It entered service on the Western Front in December 1915 and was also supplied to Austria-Hungary and Turkey. Design and ...

* Fokker E.IV *

Fokker E.V The Fokker E.V was a German parasol wing, parasol-monoplane fighter aircraft designed by Reinhold Platz and built by Fokker, Fokker-Flugzeugwerke. The E.V was the last Fokker design to become operational with the ''Luftstreitkräfte,'' entering se ...

* Halberstadt D.I * Halberstadt D.II * Halberstadt D.III * Halberstadt D.V * Junkers D.I * Kondor D.VI * Kondor E.III * Naglo D.II * Pfalz D.III * Pfalz D.IIIa * Pfalz D.VIII * Pfalz D.XII * Pfalz D.XV * Pfalz Dr.I * Pfalz E.I * Pfalz E.II * Roland D.I *

Roland D.II The LFG Roland D.II was a German single-seat fighter of World War I. The type was manufactured by Luftfahrzeug Gesellschaft, and also by Pfalz Flugzeugwerke under license. Design and development The D.II used a plywood monocoque fuselage. Tw ...

* Roland D.III * Roland D.VI * Siemens-Schuckert D.I * Siemens-Schuckert D.II * Siemens-Schuckert D.III * Siemens-Schuckert D.IV * Zeppelin-Lindau D.I

Bombers and ground-attack aircraft

* AEG DJ.I * AEG G.I * AEG G.II * AEG G.III * AEG G.IV *

Gotha G.V The Gotha G.V was a heavy bomber used by the ''Luftstreitkräfte'' (Imperial German Air Service) during World War I. Designed for long-range service and built by Gothaer Waggonfabrik AG, the Gotha G.V was used principally as a night bomber. ...

* Junkers CL.I * Zeppelin-Staaken R.VI

Patrol and reconnaissance

* AEG C.II *

AGO C.I The AGO C.I was a First World War German pusher configuration, pusher reconnaissance biplane that used a pod-and-boom configuration. Development The crew and pusher configuration, pusher engine shared a central nacelle, and the twin booms carrie ...

* AGO C.II *

AGO C.IV The AGO C.IV was a First World War German biplane reconnaissance aircraft. Development A departure from the manufacturer's pod-and-boom designs, it featured a more conventional biplane layout whose only unusual feature was the tapered wings. L ...

* Albatros B.I *

Albatros B.II The Albatros B.II, (post-war company designation L.2) was an unarmed German two-seat reconnaissance biplane of the First World War. Design and development Designed by Robert Thelen based on his 1913 Albatros B.I, the B.II was the aircraft that ...

Albatros C.I The Albatros C.I, (post-war company designations L.6 & L.7), was the first of the successful C-series of two-seat general-purpose biplanes built by Albatros Flugzeugwerke during World War I. Based on the unarmed Albatros B.II, the C.I reversed ...

Albatros C.III The Albatros C.III was a German two-seat general-purpose biplane of World War I, built by Albatros Flugzeugwerke. The C.III was a refined version of the successful Albatros C.I and was eventually produced in greater numbers than any other C-typ ...

* Albatros C.V * Albatros C.VII * Albatros C.IX * Albatros C.X * Albatros C.XII * Aviatik B.I *

Aviatik C.I The Aviatik C.I was an observation aircraft which came into service during World War I in April 1915. It was a development of the Aviatik B.I and B.II models, being one of first aircraft of the new German C class of armed biplanes. In the C.I t ...

* Aviatik C.VI * DFW B.I * DFW C.V *

Etrich Taube The Etrich ''Taube'', also known by the names of the various later manufacturers who built versions of the type, such as the Rumpler ''Taube'', was a pre-World War I monoplane aircraft. It was the first military aeroplane to be mass-produced in ...

Halberstadt CL.II The Halberstadt CL.II was a German two-seat escort fighter/ground attack aircraft of World War I. It served in large numbers with the German ''Luftstreitkräfte'' (Imperial German Army Air Service) in 1917-18. Development and design Early in ...

* Halberstadt CL.IV ( Hannover C.IV ?!) *

Hannover CL.II The Hannover CL.II was an escort fighter, produced in Germany during World War I, designed in response to a 1917 requirement by the '' Idflieg'' for such a machine to protect reconnaissance aircraft over enemy territory. It was a compact biplane o ...

* Hannover CL.III * Hannover CL.IV * Hannover C.V * Hansa-Brandenburg W.12 * Hansa-Brandenburg W.19 *

Hansa-Brandenburg W.29 The Hansa-Brandenburg W.29 was a German two-seat fighter aircraft, fighter floatplane which served in the closing months of World War I with the Imperial German Navy's () Naval Air Service () from bases on the North Sea coast. Background and d ...

* Hansa-Brandenburg W.33 * Junkers J.I *

LVG B.I The LVG B.I was a 1910s German two-seat reconnaissance biplane designed by Luft-Verkehrs-Gesellschaft for the ''Luftstreitkräfte''. Development LVG had been involved in the operation of dirigibles before it started design, in 1912, of the comp ...

* LVG C.II * Rumpler C.I * Rumpler C.IV *

Rumpler Taube The Etrich ''Taube'', also known by the names of the various later manufacturers who built versions of the type, such as the Rumpler ''Taube'', was a pre-World War I monoplane aircraft. It was the first military aeroplane to be mass-produced in ...

Trainers

* Euler D.I

Experimental and research

* Fokker V 1 * Fokker V 2 * Fokker V 3 (reference has seven photographs) * Fokker V 4 * Fokker V 5 * Fokker V 6 * Fokker V 7 and V 7/I, and V 7/II, and V 7/III, and V 7/IV * Fokker V 9 and V 12, and V 14, and V 16, and V 33 * Fokker V 17 and V 20, and V 21, and V 23, and V 25 * Fokker V 27 and V 37 *

Junkers J 1 The Junkers J 1, nicknamed the ''Blechesel'' ("Tin Donkey" or "Sheet Metal Donkey"), was an experimental monoplane aircraft developed by Junkers & Co. It was the world's first all-metal aircraft. Manufactured early on in the First World War, ...

(pioneering all-metal aircraft) * Junkers J 7 (single-seat all-metal fighter demonstration prototype)

1919–1945

Fighters and interceptors

* Arado Ar 64, fighter (biplane) * Arado Ar 65, fighter/trainer (biplane – re-engined Ar 64) * 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 76, fighter (biplane) + trainer * Arado Ar 80, fighter (prototype) *

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 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, Zerstörer (Destroyer) *

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, Zerstörer (Destroyer) *

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 ...

, Fighter glider, interceptor *

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 ...

, Day fighter, high-altitude interceptor (formerly Me 155) * Bachem Ba 349 Natter (Adder or Viper), interceptor (rocket-engine) * Dornier Do 10, (Do C1) fighter (prototype), 1931 * Dornier Do 29, prototype heavy fighter, Zerstörer * Dornier Do 335 ''Pfeil'' (Arrow), fighter-bomber + night fighter (push-pull engine configuration) * Dornier Do 435, fighter-bomber *

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 ...

, Long-range reconnaissance * Fieseler Fi 98, biplane dive bomber, 1936 *

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 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 ...

, interceptor (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, jet-engined fighter (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 190 ''Würger'' (butcher-bird), fighter * Heinkel He 37, fighter (biplane) * Heinkel He 38, fighter (biplane) * Heinkel He 43, fighter (biplane) * Heinkel He 49, fighter (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 100, fighter * Heinkel He 112, 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 ...

, fighter (alternative propaganda designation for He 100) *

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 ...

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

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 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) * Henschel Hs 121, fighter + trainer (prototype) * Henschel Hs 124, heavy fighter + bomber (prototype) * Henschel Hs 125, fighter + trainer (prototype) * Horten Ho 229, fighter-bomber (jet-powered flying-wing) *

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 * Messerschmitt Bf 109, fighter + night-fighter (often mis-designated as the "Me 109") *

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 + fighter-bomber + ground-attack *

Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet 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 ...

(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 – completely different from 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 ...

, heavy fighter + reconnaissance + ground-attack + fighter-bomber + dive bomber *

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 265, heavy fighter 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 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 ...

, pulsejet fighter/attack aircraft (prototype) *

Messerschmitt Me 329 The Messerschmitt Me 329 was a design project for a heavy fighter and ground-attack aircraft, developed towards the end of World War II. It was a competitor and possible successor to the Me 410. Like the Me 265, the Me 329 used an advanced flyin ...

, heavy fighter prototype * Messerschmitt Me 410 ''Hornisse'' (Hornet), heavy fighter + reconnaissance + fighter-bomber + night-fighter * Messerschmitt Me 609 heavy fighter + bomber (project)

Bombers and ground-attack aircraft

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 ground attack *

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 + night-fighter (jet-engined) *

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 floatplane (prototype) *

Blohm & Voss BV 237 The Blohm & Voss BV 237 was a German proposed dive bomber with an unusual asymmetric design based on the Blohm & Voss BV 141. Design and development In 1942, the ''Luftwaffe'' was interested in replacing the venerable but ageing Junkers Ju 87, a ...

, dive bomber, ground attack (project) * Dornier Do 11, (Do F) medium bomber, 1931 * Dornier Do 13, medium bomber, 1933 *

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 ...

''Fliegender Bleistift'' (Flying Pencil), bomber + recon + 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 ...

, quad-engined heavy bomber (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 seaplane *

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 ...

, bomber * Dornier Do 215, 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 * Fieseler Fi 167, ship-borne torpedo bomber + reconnaissance (biplane) * Focke-Wulf Fw 42, prototype bomber *

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), reconnaissance * Focke-Wulf Fw 191, heavy bomber prototype * Focke-Wulf Fw 200 Condor, heavy bomber * Focke-Wulf Ta 400, long-range bomber * Heinkel He 45, bomber + trainer *

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 111, bomber *

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 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, two prototypes completed post-war in France *

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 ...

, never-built trans-oceanic range bomber, evolved into ''

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 ...

'' competitor * Heinkel He 343, jet bomber/reconnaissance, design only *

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 127, 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, high altitude reconnaissance + bomber (prototype) * Henschel Hs 132, dive bomber (jet-engined) (prototype) * Hütter Hü 136, dive-bomber (prototype) * Junkers Ju 86, bomber + extreme high-altitude reconnaissance * Junkers Ju 87 ''Stuka'', dive-bomber + ground-attack *

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, 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 187, dive 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 + recon *

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 ...

, 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 + recon *

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 ...

, bomber (prototype) *

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 (prototype), ''

'' competitor * Junkers Ju 488, heavy bomber project * Junkers EF 132, heavy bomber project * Messerschmitt Bf 162, bomber (prototype) *

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 (prototype), first-built and flown ''

'' competitor

Patrol and reconnaissance

* Arado Ar 95, coastal patrol + attack (biplane seaplane) *

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 198, reconnaissance * Arado Ar 231, fold-wing U-boat reconnaissance aircraft (prototype) * Blohm & Voss BV 138 ''Fliegende Holzschuh'', flying-boat (early versions designated as Ha 138) * Blohm & Voss BV 141, reconnaissance (asymmetric) *

Blohm & Voss BV 142 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 222 long-range 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 * DFS 228, rocket-powered reconnaissance aircraft (prototype only) * Dornier Do 16, previously Do J, better known as ''Wal'' (Whale), reconnaissance flying-boat *

reconnaissance flying-boat *

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 * Focke-Wulf Fw 62, ship-borne reconnaissance (biplane seaplane) * Focke-Wulf Fw 200 Condor, transport + maritime patrol-bomber *

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 * Gotha Go 147, STOL reconnaissance (prototype) *

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 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 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 116, transport + reconnaissance *

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 * Hütter Hü 211, reconnaissance and night fighter *

''Störtebeker'', reconnaissance + night-fighter * Messerschmitt Bf 163 STOL reconnaissance aircraft (prototypes only) * Messerschmitt Me 261, long-range reconnaissance *

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'', heavy 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'', powered version of Me 321 *

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)

Transport and utility

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 ...

''Tausendfüssler'', transport *

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 BV 144, transport * Blohm & Voss BV 222 ''Wiking'' (Viking), transport flying-boat *

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, transport glider (prototype) * Dornier Do 12, ''Libelle'' seaplane * Dornier Do 14, seaplane (prototype) *

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 ...

, transport flying-boat * Dornier Do 214, transport flying-boat (prototype) *

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 242, transport glider * Gotha Go 244, 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 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 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 * Junkers Ju 52 ''Tante Ju'' (Auntie Ju), transport + bomber *

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 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 ...

, transport glider *

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), transport *

Junkers W34 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 ...

, transport * Klemm Kl 31, single-engine transport, 1931 * Klemm Kl 32, single-engine transport, 1931 *

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 *

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

, transport. Motorised version of Me 321 *

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 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

Trainers

* Albatros Al 101 * Albatros Al 102 * Albatros Al 103 * Arado Ar 69, trainer (biplane) (prototypes), 1933 *

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 199, seaplane trainer * Arado Ar 396, trainer * 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 * Fieseler Fi 5 (F-5) acrobatic sportsplane + trainer, 1933 * Focke-Wulf Fw 44 ''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 58 ''Weihe'' (Kite), transport + trainer *

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 * Heinkel He 72 ''Kadett'' (Cadet), trainer * Heinkel He 74, fighter + advanced trainer (prototype) * Heinkel He 172, trainer (prototype) * Klemm Kl 35, sportplane + trainer, 1935 *

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 *

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

Helicopters

* Flettner Fl 184 prototype reconnaissance helicopter *

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 ...

prototype reconnaissance helicopter *

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 ...

prototype reconnaissance helicopter *

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 prototype reconnaissance helicopter * Focke Achgelis Fa 223 ''Drache'' (Dragon), transport helicopter (prototype * Focke Achgelis Fa 266 ''Hornisse'' (Hornet), helicopter (prototype) * Focke Achgelis Fa 330, unpowered "gyrokite" (prototype) * Focke Achgelis Fa 336 scout helicopter (prototype), 1944 *

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 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)

Experimental and research

* 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, rocket-powered high altitude long range reconnaissance prototype * DFS 332 *

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) * Göppingen Gö 9 development aircraft for Do 335 ''Pfeil'' * Heinkel He 176, pioneering liquid-fueled rocket-engined experimental aircraft (prototype) *

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 Lerche The Heinkel Lerche ( en, Lark) was the name of a set of project studies made by German aircraft designer Heinkel in 1944 and 1945 for a revolutionary VTOL fighter and ground-attack aircraft. The ''Lerche'' was an early coleopter design. It would ...

VTOL A vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft is one that can take off and land vertically without relying on a runway. This classification can include a variety of types of aircraft including helicopters as well as thrust-vectoring fixed-wi ...

experiment * Lippisch P.13a, delta-winged ramjet powered fighter. * Messerschmitt Me P.1101, variable-geometry jet fighter.

1946–1991

Fighters and interceptors

West Germany

Hawker Sea Hawk The Hawker Sea Hawk is a British single-seat jet day fighter formerly of the Fleet Air Arm (FAA), the air branch of the Royal Navy (RN), built by Hawker Aircraft and its sister company, Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft. Although its design origina ...

* Lockheed F-104F, G, TF-104G Starfighter * McDonnell-Douglas F-4F, F, RF-4E Phantom II * North American/Canadair

CL-13 Sabre The Canadair Sabre is a Jet aircraft, jet fighter aircraft built by Canadair under licence from North American Aviation. A variant of the North American F-86 Sabre, it was produced until 1958 and used primarily by the Royal Canadian Air Force ( ...

5, 6, F-86K * Republic

F-84 Thunderstreak The Republic F-84F Thunderstreak was an American swept-wing turbojet fighter-bomber. While an evolutionary development of the straight-wing F-84 Thunderjet, the F-84F was a new design. The RF-84F Thunderflash was a photo reconnaissance version. ...

, RF-84F Thunderflash

East Germany

* Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15bis, UTI ( DDR only) *

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17 The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17 (russian: Микоян и Гуревич МиГ-17; NATO reporting name: Fresco) is a high-subsonic fighter aircraft produced in the Soviet Union from 1952 and was operated by air forces internationally. The MiG-17 ...

F, PF ( DDR only) *

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19 The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19 (russian: Микоян и Гуревич МиГ-19; NATO reporting name: Farmer) is a Soviet second generation, single-seat, twinjet fighter aircraft, the world's first mass-produced supersonic aircraft. It was the ...

PF, PFM, PM, S, SF ( DDR only) * Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21F, F-13, FL, M, MF, PF, PFM, PFS, RF, SPS, SPSK, ''bis'', UM, US, USM, UTI *

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23 The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23 (russian: Микоян и Гуревич МиГ-23; NATO reporting name: Flogger) is a variable-geometry fighter aircraft, designed by the Mikoyan-Gurevich design bureau in the Soviet Union. It is a third-generati ...

BN, MF, ML, PFM, S, UB *

Mikoyan MiG-29 The Mikoyan MiG-29 (russian: Микоян МиГ-29; NATO reporting name: Fulcrum) is a twin-engine fighter aircraft designed in the Soviet Union. Developed by the Mikoyan design bureau as an air superiority fighter during the 1970s, the MiG ...

, −29UBC * Sukhoi Su-20 *

Sukhoi Su-22 The Sukhoi Su-17 (''izdeliye'' S-32) is a variable-sweep wing fighter-bomber developed for the Soviet military. Its NATO reporting name is "Fitter". Developed from the Sukhoi Su-7, the Su-17 was the first variable-sweep wing aircraft to enter ...

, −22UM

Bombers and ground-attack aircraft

West Germany

* Panavia

Tornado IDS The Panavia Tornado is a family of twin-engine, variable-sweep wing multirole combat aircraft, jointly developed and manufactured by Italy, the United Kingdom and West Germany. There are three primary Tornado variants: the Tornado IDS (interd ...

* Dornier Alpha Jet A * Fiat G-91

East Germany

* Ilyushin Il-28, −28U ( DDR only)

Patrol and reconnaissance

West Germany

* Breguet Atlantic I *

English Electric Canberra The English Electric Canberra is a British first-generation, jet-powered medium bomber. It was developed by English Electric during the mid- to late 1940s in response to a 1944 Air Ministry requirement for a successor to the wartime de Havil ...

B.2 Used in ground mapping and Recon role *

Fairey Gannet The Fairey Gannet is a carrier-borne aircraft that was designed and produced by the British aircraft manufacturer the Fairey Aviation Company. It was developed for the Royal Navy, being the first fixed-wing aircraft to combine both the search an ...

A.S.4, T.5 * Grob Egrett II * Grumman OV-1 Mohawk Evaluated only * Lockheed RF-104G Starfighter

Transport and utility

West Germany

Airbus A310 The Airbus A310 is a wide-body aircraft, designed and manufactured by Airbus Industrie, then a consortium of European aerospace manufacturers. Airbus had identified a demand for an aircraft smaller than the A300, the first twin-jet wide-bod ...

* Boeing 707 * Canadair Challenger *

Convair C-131 Samaritan The Convair C-131 Samaritan is an American twin-engined military transport produced from 1954 to 1956 by Convair. It is the military version of the Convair CV-240 family of airliners.Gradidge 1997, p. 20–21. Design and development The design ...

de Havilland Heron The de Havilland DH.114 Heron is a small propeller-driven British airliner that first flew on 10 May 1950. It was a development of the twin-engine de Havilland Dove, with a stretched fuselage and two more engines. It was designed as a rugged ...

2D * Dornier Do DS-10 * Dornier Do 27A, B * Dornier Do 28A-1, D "Skyservant" * Dornier 228-201 * Dornier Do 29 *

Dornier Do 32 The Dornier Do 32E was a simple, collapsible one-man helicopter, designed for military use in Germany in the 1960s. Despite initial hopes of large orders and some proposed civilian roles, only three flew. Development In the early 1960s, the Ger ...

E * Dornier Do 34 *Douglas A-26 Invader only used for target towing *Douglas

C-47 Skytrain The Douglas C-47 Skytrain or Dakota (RAF, RAAF, RCAF, RNZAF, and SAAF designation) is a military transport aircraft developed from the civilian Douglas DC-3 airliner. It was used extensively by the Allies during World War II and remained in f ...

Douglas DC-6 The Douglas DC-6 is a piston-powered airliner and cargo aircraft built by the Douglas Aircraft Company from 1946 to 1958. Originally intended as a military transport near the end of World War II, it was reworked after the war to compete with t ...

B *Grumman

HU-16 Albatross The Grumman HU-16 Albatross is a large, twin–radial engined amphibious seaplane that was used by the United States Air Force (USAF), the U.S. Navy (USN), and the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), primarily as a search and rescue (SAR) aircraft. Origin ...

HFB 320 Hansa Jet The HFB 320 Hansa Jet is a twin-engine, ten-seat business jet that was designed and produced by German aircraft manufacturer Hamburger Flugzeugbau between 1964 and 1973. The most recognisable and unconventional feature of the aircraft is its for ...

* Learjet 35A, 36A *

LET L-410 The Let L-410 Turbolet is a twin-engine short-range transport aircraft, manufactured by the Czech aircraft manufacturer Let Kunovice (named Aircraft Industries since 2005), often used as an airliner. The aircraft is capable of landing on short a ...

*Lockheed

C-140 Jetstar The Lockheed JetStar (company designations L-329 and L-1329; designated C-140 in US military service) is a business jet produced from the early 1960s to the 1970s. The JetStar was the first dedicated business jet to enter service, as well as t ...

Nord Noratlas The Nord Noratlas was a dedicated military transport aircraft, developed and manufactured by French aircraft manufacturer Nord Aviation. Development commenced during the late 1940s with the aim of producing a suitable aircraft to replace the n ...

* North American OV-10B * Percival Pembroke C54 * Pützer Elster B *

Transall C-160 The Transall C-160 is a military transport aircraft, produced as a joint venture between France and Germany. "Transall" is an abbreviation of the manufacturing consortium Transporter Allianz, comprising the companies of MBB, Aerospatiale, and ...

D * VFW 614

East Germany

* Antonov An-2, −2S, −2T, −2TD ( DDR only) * Antonov An-12 *

Antonov An-14 The Antonov An-14 Pchelka or Pchyolka, Bdzhilka ( ua, «Бджілка», "Little Bee", NATO reporting name: Clod)Taylor 1976, pp. 404–405. is a Soviet utility aircraft which was first flown on 15 March 1958.Stroud 1968, p. 65. It was a twi ...

( DDR only) *

Antonov An-26 The Antonov An-26 ( NATO reporting name: Curl) is a twin-engined turboprop civilian and military transport aircraft, designed and produced in the Soviet Union from 1969 to 1986.Gordon, Yefim. Komissarov, Dmitry & Sergey. "Antonov's Turboprop Tw ...

Ilyushin Il-14 The Ilyushin Il-14 (NATO reporting name: Crate) was a Soviet twin-engine commercial and military personnel and cargo transport aircraft that first flew in 1950 in aviation, 1950, and entered service in 1954. The Il-14 was also manufactured in Eas ...

( DDR only) * Ilyushin Il-18 ( DDR only) * Ilyushin Il-62 * LET Brigadyr ( DDR only) *

Polikarpov Po-2 The Polikarpov Po-2 (also U-2, for its initial ''uchebnyy'', 'training', role as a flight instruction aircraft) served as an all-weather multirole Soviet biplane, nicknamed ''Kukuruznik'' (russian: Кукурузник,Gunston 1995, p. 292. NA ...

( DDR only) * Tupolev Tu-124 ( DDR only) *

Tupolev Tu-134 The Tupolev Tu-134 (NATO reporting name: Crusty) is a twin-engined, narrow-body jet airliner built in the Soviet Union for short and medium-haul routes from 1966 to 1989. The original version featured a glazed-nose design and, like certain ot ...

Tupolev Tu-154 The Tupolev Tu-154 (russian: Tyполев Ту-154; NATO reporting name: "Careless") is a three-engined, medium-range, narrow-body airliner designed in the mid-1960s and manufactured by Tupolev. A workhorse of Soviet and (subsequently) Russian ...

M *

Yakovlev Yak-40 The Yakovlev Yak-40 (russian: Яковлев Як-40; NATO reporting name: Codling) is a regional jet designed by Yakovlev. The trijet's maiden flight was in 1966, and it was in production from 1967 to 1981. Introduced in September 1968, the ...

( DDR only)

Trainers

West Germany

* Cessna T-37B * Dassault Breguet Dornier Alpha Jet 1A * Fiat G.91 R-3, R-4, T-1 * Fouga CM.170 Magister, Potez-Heinkel CM-191 * Lockheed T-33A * MBB Fan Ranger 2000 * North American

T-6 Texan The North American Aviation T-6 Texan is an American single-engined advanced trainer aircraft used to train pilots of the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF), United States Navy, Royal Air Force, Royal Canadian Air Force and other air force ...

* Northrop T-38A Talon * Piaggio P.149D *

Pilatus PC-9 The Pilatus PC-9 is a single-engine, low-wing tandem-seat turboprop training aircraft manufactured by Pilatus Aircraft of Switzerland. Designed as a more powerful evolution of the Pilatus PC-7, the PC-9's first flight was made in May 1984 after ...

Piper Super Cub The Piper PA-18 Super Cub is a two-seat, single-engine monoplane. Introduced in 1949 by Piper Aircraft, it was developed from the PA-11 Cub Special, and traces its lineage back through the J-3 Cub to the Taylor E-2 Cub of the 1930s. In close ...

h * RFB Fantrainer *

Siat Flamingo The MBB 223 Flamingo was a light aircraft developed in West Germany in the 1960s in response to a competition for a standard trainer for the country's aeroclubs. Designed by SIAT, it was a conventional low-wing monoplane with fixed tricycle unde ...

East Germany

* Aero Albatros *

Aero L-29 Delfín The Aero L-29 Delfín ( en, Dolphin, NATO reporting name: Maya) is a military jet trainer developed and manufactured by Czechoslovakian aviation manufacturer Aero Vodochody. It is the country's first locally designed and constructed jet airc ...

( DDR only) * Aero Super Aero 45S ( DDR only) * Yakovlev Yak-11 ( DDR only) *

Yakovlev Yak-18 The Yakovlev Yak-18 (russian: Яковлев Як-18; NATO reporting name Max) is a tandem two-seat military primary trainer aircraft manufactured in the Soviet Union. Originally powered by one 119 kW (160 hp) Shvetsov M-11FR-1 radial p ...

( DDR only) * Zlin Z43 ( DDR only)

Helicopters

West Germany

Aérospatiale Alouette II The Aérospatiale Alouette II (, " lark"; company designations SE 313 and SA 318) is a French light helicopter originally manufactured by Sud Aviation and later Aérospatiale. It was the first production helicopter powered by a gas turbine ...

* Aérospatiale Dauphin N4 * Aérospatiale Djinn *

Aérospatiale SA 330 Puma The Aérospatiale SA 330 Puma is a four-bladed, twin-engined medium transport/utility helicopter that was designed and originally produced by the French aerospace manufacturer Sud Aviation. It is capable of carrying up to 20 passengers as well as ...

* Aérospatiale Super Puma * Aérospatiale Cougar * Bell 47G-2 * UH-1D Iroquois/Bell 205/212 * Bölkow Bö 46 *

Bristol Sycamore The Bristol Type 171 Sycamore was an early helicopter developed and built by the helicopter division of the Bristol Aeroplane Company. The name refers to the seeds of the sycamore tree, ''Acer pseudoplatanus'', which fall with a rotating motio ...

Hiller UH-12 The Hiller OH-23 Raven is a three-place, military light observation helicopter based on the Hiller Model 360. The Model 360 was designated by the company as the UH-12 ("UH" for United Helicopters),Donald, David. ''The Complete Encyclopedia of ...

C * MBB Bo 102 * MBB Bo 103 * MBB Bo 105A, BSH-1, C, M, VBH, P, PAH-1 * MBB Bo 106 * MBB Bo 115 * MBB/Kawasaki BK 117A-3M *

Merckle SM 67 The Merckle SM 67 was an experimental helicopter built in West Germany in the late 1950s. Design The SM 67 was the first turbine-powered helicopter in Germany. The German Federal Ministry of Defense commissioned the development in 1957. The desi ...

Saro Skeeter The Saunders-Roe Skeeter was a two-seat training and scout helicopter that was developed and produced by British manufacturer Saunders-Roe ("Saro") of Cowes and Southampton, in the United Kingdom. Work on what would become the Skeeter had bee ...

s Mk. 50, Mk.51 *Sikorsky CH-34A, C, G *

Westland Sea King The Westland WS-61 Sea King is a British licence-built version of the American Sikorsky S-61 helicopter of the same name, built by Westland Helicopters. The aircraft differs considerably from the American version, with Rolls-Royce Gnome engin ...

HAS.41 * Sikorsky Skycrane *Sikorsky

CH-53 Sea Stallion The CH-53 Sea Stallion (Sikorsky S-65) is an American family of heavy-lift transport helicopters designed and built by the American manufacturer Sikorsky Aircraft. It was originally developed in response to a request from the United States N ...

*Vertol H-21 Shawnee *

Wallis Venom The Wallis WA-116 Agile is a British autogyro developed in the early 1960s by former Royal Air Force Wing Commander Ken Wallis. The aircraft was produced in a number of variants, one of which, nicknamed ''Little Nellie'', was flown in the 1967 Ja ...

Westland Lynx The Westland Lynx is a British multi-purpose twin-engined military helicopter designed and built by Westland Helicopters at its factory in Yeovil. Originally intended as a utility craft for both civil and naval usage, military interest led t ...

HAS 88

East Germany

Kamov Ka-29 The Kamov Ka-27 ( NATO reporting name 'Helix') is a military helicopter developed for the Soviet Navy, and currently in service in various countries including Russia, Ukraine, Vietnam, China, South Korea, and India. Variants include the K ...

Mil Mi-1 The Mil Mi-1 (USAF/DoD reporting name "Type 32", NATO reporting name "Hare") was a Soviet three- or four-seat light utility helicopter. It was the first Soviet helicopter to enter serial production. It is powered by one Ivchenko AI-26V radial ...

( DDR only) *

Mil Mi-2 The Mil Mi-2 (NATO reporting name Hoplite) is a small, three rotor blade Soviet-designed multi-purpose helicopter developed by the Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant designed in the early 1960s, and produced exclusively by WSK "PZL-Świdnik" in Polan ...

Mil Mi-4 The Mil Mi-4 (USAF/DoD reporting name "Type 36", NATO reporting name "Hound") is a Soviet transport helicopter that served in both military and civilian roles. Design and development The Mi-4 was designed in response to the American H-19 Chick ...

( DDR only) * Mil Mi-8, TB, S, Mi-9, Mi-17 *

Mil Mi-14 The Mil Mi-14 (russian: Миль Ми-14, NATO reporting name: Haze) is a Soviet shore-based nuclear-capable amphibious anti-submarine helicopter derived from the earlier Mi-8. Design and development Formal development of an anti-submarine warf ...

BT, PL *

Mil Mi-24 The Mil Mi-24 (russian: Миль Ми-24; NATO reporting name: Hind) is a large helicopter gunship, attack helicopter and low-capacity troop transport with room for eight passengers. It is produced by Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant and has been ...

Experimental and research

* Dornier Do 31 * EWR VJ 101C * VFW VAK 191B * Hawker Kestrel F.(GA)1 *

RFB X-114 The RFB X-114 was a Ground effect (aerodynamics), ground-effect craft, designed chiefly to operate over water but capable of flight at higher altitudes where required, carrying five or six passengers or freight along coasts and capable of surveil ...

* MBB Lampyridae

Other aircraft

Gloster Meteor The Gloster Meteor was the first British jet fighter and the Allies of World War II, Allies' only jet aircraft to engage in combat operations during the Second World War. The Meteor's development was heavily reliant on its ground-breaking turb ...

TT.20 *

Hawker Sea Fury The Hawker Sea Fury is a British fighter aircraft designed and manufactured by Hawker Aircraft. It was the last propeller-driven fighter to serve with the Royal Navy, and one of the fastest production single reciprocating engine aircraft ...

TT.20 * Panavia Tornado ECR

1991 onwards

The reunified Germany's military aircraft consisted of a mix of East and West German Aircraft that were in service along with new aircraft acquired after combining. In 2004 the last remnants of the communist East German armed forces "NVA" have been given to neighbour countries of Germany, such as Poland.

Fighters and interceptors

Eurofighter Typhoon The Eurofighter Typhoon is a European multinational twin-engine, canard delta wing, multirole fighter. The Typhoon was designed originally as an air-superiority fighter and is manufactured by a consortium of Airbus, BAE Systems and Leonardo ...

* McDonnell-Douglas F-4F Phantom II * MiG-29G (sold to Poland in 2004)

Fighter bombers

Air Force

Panavia Tornado IDS The Panavia Tornado is a family of twin-engine, variable-sweep wing multirole combat aircraft, jointly developed and manufactured by Italy, the United Kingdom and West Germany. There are three primary Tornado variants: the Tornado IDS (interd ...

* Panavia Tornado ECR

Navy

(transferred to air force in 2005)

Patrol and reconnaissance

Luftwaffe

Panavia Tornado The Panavia Tornado is a family of twin-engine, variable-sweep wing multirole combat aircraft, jointly developed and manufactured by Italy, the United Kingdom and West Germany. There are three primary Tornado variants: the Tornado IDS ( in ...

RECCE version with reconnaissance pod

Navy

* Breguet Atlantic, out of service * P-3C Orion (with the most modern upgrades worldwide)

UAVs

Air Force

* EuroHawk (on order) * IAI Heron (on order) * MQ-9 Reaper (on order)

Army

* Bombardier/Dornier CL 289 * EMT Aladin * EMT Luna * EMT Mikado * Rheinmetall KZO

Transport and utility

Air Force

MRTT + VIP, out of service *

Airbus A319 The Airbus A319 is a member of the Airbus A320 family of short- to medium-range, narrow-body, commercial passenger twin-engine jet airliners manufactured by Airbus. The A319 carries 124 to 156 passengers and has a maximum range of . Final assem ...

* Airbus A321 *

Airbus A340-300 The Airbus A340 is a long-range, wide-body passenger airliner that was developed and produced by Airbus. In the mid-1970s, Airbus conceived several derivatives of the A300, its first airliner, and developed the A340 quadjet in parallel wit ...

Two former Lufthansa, service entry 2009. * Airbus ACJ350 XWB, service entry 1 x 2020, 2 x 2022 * Airbus Military A400M *

Bombardier Global Express The Bombardier Global Express is a large cabin, 6,000 nmi / 11,100 km range business jet designed and manufactured by Bombardier Aviation (formerly Bombardier Aerospace). Announced in October 1991, it first flew on 13 October 1996, receiv ...

Ordered, replaced Challengers. *

D, out of service * Ilyushin Il-62 Former Interflug, out of service. *

Former Interflug, out of service. * Tupolev Tu-154M Former NVA, out of service. One out of two modified for

Open Skies The freedoms of the air are a set of commercial aviation rights granting a country's airlines the privilege to enter and land in another country's airspace. They were formulated as a result of disagreements over the extent of aviation liberali ...

. *

Let L-410 Turbolet The Let L-410 Turbolet is a twin-engine short-range transport aircraft, manufactured by the Czech aircraft manufacturer Let Kunovice (named Aircraft Industries since 2005), often used as an airliner. The aircraft is capable of landing on short a ...

Former NVA, out of service.

Navy

* Dornier 228-201

Trainers

* Cessna T-37B Tweet * Northrop T-38A Talon *

Grob G 120 The Grob G 120 is a two-seat training and aerobatic low-wing aircraft with a carbon composite airframe, built by Grob Aircraft. It is based on the Grob G 115TA training aircraft and is specially designed for military and civil pilots training ...

Grob G 120TP The Grob G 120TP is a two-seat turboprop training and aerobatic low-wing aircraft with a composite airframe, built by Grob Aircraft. It is based on the Grob G 120A training aircraft and has been developed for military and civil pilots training ...

Helicopters

Army

NHIndustries NHIndustries (NHI) is a helicopter manufacturing company specifically established to be NATO Helicopter Management Agency's prime contractor for the design and development, industrialisation, production and logistic support of the NHIndustries NH ...

NH90 The NHIndustries NH90 is a medium-sized, twin-engine, multi-role military helicopter. It was developed in response to NATO requirements for a battlefield helicopter which would also be capable of being operated in naval environments. The NH90 ...

* Eurocopter Tiger * Eurocopter EC-135 (Trainer) * Bell UH-1D, out of service * Eurocopter (MBB) BO-105P/M, out of service

Navy

Airforce

* Bell UH-1D, out of service * Eurocopter Cougar AS532 *

NH90 Sea Lion * Sikorsky CH-53G/GS (extensive upgrades planned)

Experimental and research

* EADS Barracuda

References

Bibliography

* Silvester, John. "Call to Arms: The Percival Sea Prince and Pembroke". ''Air Enthusiast'', No. 55, Autumn 1994, pp. 56–61.

External links

The archive about the assignment of persons and material of the German Air Force in the Second World War
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Germany Military Aircraft

Before 1919

Bombers and ground-attack aircraft

Patrol and reconnaissance

Trainers

Experimental and research

1919–1945

Fighters and interceptors

Bombers and ground-attack aircraft

Patrol and reconnaissance

Transport and utility

Trainers

Helicopters

Experimental and research

1946–1991

Fighters and interceptors

West Germany

East Germany

Bombers and ground-attack aircraft

West Germany

East Germany

Patrol and reconnaissance

West Germany

Transport and utility

West Germany

East Germany

Trainers

West Germany

East Germany

Helicopters

West Germany

East Germany

Experimental and research

Other aircraft

1991 onwards

Fighters and interceptors

Fighter bombers

Air Force

Navy

Patrol and reconnaissance

Luftwaffe

Navy

UAVs

Air Force

Army

Transport and utility

Air Force

Navy

Trainers

Helicopters

Army

Navy

Airforce

Experimental and research

See also

References

Bibliography

External links