List of World War II military aircraft of Germany

This list covers German aircraft of the Second World War that served in the Luftwaffe during World War II as defined by the years 1939 to 1945. Number designations are largely by the RLM designation system, although in this list they are partially organized by manufacturer and role.

The Luftwaffe of the Third Reich officially existed from 1933–1945; training for a German air force had been going on as early as the 1920s, before the Nazis came to power. The first list attempts to focus on the more significant aircraft that participated in the main part of the war. The second is a more all-encompassing list to include the time before, although projects are not covered. Captured aircraft also have a list. Internal projects of manufacturers are not listed, nor are many prototypes. A list of aircraft of the period from 1933–1945 can be found at list of RLM aircraft designations in the form of the Reich Aviation Ministry's list of aircraft. Planes from all branches are currently listed.

Introduction to listings

A plane's number was usually related to its RLM designation and sometimes to its manufacturer (foreign ones with captured aircraft). The RLM-GL/C designations are not all correct and sometimes are used twice. The RLM would sometimes reassign numbers. Some pre-1933 aircraft just used their company names, etc. The Aircraft names are the most common names. Other key data are sometimes listed afterward. See RLM aircraft designation system for a full explanation of the RLM system.

Primary aircraft

This list does not primarily include projects, prototypes or captured aircraft but consists mostly of the most common aircraft of the German Luftwaffe that participated in the Second World War. A full list of project aircraft and captured aircraft can be found at list of RLM aircraft designations in the form of the Reich Aviation Ministry's list of aircraft.

German military aircraft, 1919-1945

While the Luftwaffe was not public until 1935, it had been in development in secret since the 1920s, and many aircraft made in the inter-war years were used during World War II.

Fighters and interceptors

*Arado Ar 64, fighter (biplane)
*Arado Ar 65, fighter/trainer (biplane - re-engined Ar 64)
*Arado Ar 66, trainer + night fighter
*Arado Ar 67, fighter (biplane) (prototype)
*Arado Ar 68, fighter (biplane)
*Arado Ar 76 fighter (biplane) + trainer
*Arado Ar 80, fighter (prototype)
*Arado Ar 197, naval fighter (biplane - derived from Ar 68)
*Arado Ar 240, heavy fighter + attack (prototypes only)
*Arado Ar 440 heavy fighter + attack (prototypes only, derived from Ar 240)
*Blohm & Voss BV 40, glider interceptor
*Blohm & Voss BV 155, high-altitude interceptor (formerly Me 155)
*Bachem Ba 349, "Natter" (Adder or Viper), interceptor (rocket-engine)
*Dornier Do 10, (Do C1) fighter (prototype), 1931
*Dornier Do 335, "Pfeil" (Arrow), fighter-bomber (push-pull engine configuration)
*Dornier Do 435
*Dornier Do 635
*Fieseler Fi 98, biplane fighter, 1936
*Focke-Wulf Fw 57, heavy fighter + bomber (prototype)
*Focke-Wulf Ta 152, fighter (derived from Fw 190)
*Focke-Wulf Ta 154, "Moskito" (Mosquito), night-fighter
*Focke-Wulf Fw 159 fighter (prototype only)
*Focke-Wulf Ta 183, jet fighter (prototype)
*Focke-Wulf Fw 187, "Falke" (Falcon), heavy fighter
*Focke-Wulf Fw 190, "Wurger" (Shrike)(aka 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, fighter + close-support (biplane)
*Heinkel He 100, fighter
*Heinkel He 112, fighter
*Heinkel He 113, (alternative designation for He 100)
*Heinkel He 162, "Volksjäger" (People's Fighter), fighter (jet-engined)
*Heinkel He 219, "Uhu" (Owl), night-fighter
*Heinkel He 280, jet fighter (prototype)
*Henschel Hs 121 fighter + trainer (prototype)
*Henschel Hs 124, heavy fighter + bomber (prototype)
*Henschel Hs 125 fighter + trainer (prototype)
*Horten Ho 229, jet fighter + bomber (flying-wing)
*Messerschmitt Bf 109, fighter
*Messerschmitt Bf 110, heavy fighter + night-fighter
*Messerschmitt Me 163, "Komet" (Comet), interceptor (rocket-engined)
*Messerschmitt Me 209, speed-record aircraft
*Messerschmitt Me 209-II, fighter (prototype - completely different from Me 209)
*Messerschmitt Me 210, heavy fighter + reconnaissance
*Messerschmitt Me 262, "Schwalbe" (Swallow), fighter + attack (jet-engined)
*Messerschmitt Me 263, interceptor (rocket-engined)
*Messerschmitt Me 309, fighter (prototype)
*Messerschmitt Me 328, pulse jet fighter
*Messerschmitt Me 410, "Hornisse" (Hornet), heavy fighter + reconnaissance
*Messerschmitt Me 609, heavy fighter + bomber (project)
*Messerschmitt Me P.1101, jet fighter (prototype)
*Messerschmitt Me P.1106, jet fighter (abandoned project)

Bombers and ground attack

*Arado Ar 234, "Blitz" ('Lightning'), bomber (jet-engined)
*Blohm & Voss Ha 140 torpedo bomber flying-boat (prototype)
*Dornier Do 11, (Do F) medium bomber, 1931
*Dornier Do 13, medium bomber, 1933
*Dornier Do 17, "Flying Pencil", mail-plane + bomber + reconnaissance + night-fighter
*Dornier Do 18, bomber + reconnaissance flying-boat, 1935
*Dornier Do 19, quad-engined heavy bomber (prototype)
*Dornier Do 22, torpedo bomber + reconnaissance flying-boat
*Dornier Do 23, medium bomber
*Dornier Do 215, bomber + night-fighter
*Dornier Do 217, bomber + night-fighter
*Dornier Do 317, heavy bomber
*Fieseler Fi 167, ship-borne torpedo bomber + reconnaissance (biplane)
*Focke-Wulf Fw 191, heavy bomber
*Heinkel He 45, bomber + trainer
*Heinkel He 50, reconnaissance + dive bomber (biplane)
*Heinkel He 111, bomber
*Heinkel He 177, "Greif" (Griffon), long-range bomber
*Heinkel He 274, high-altitude bomber
*Heinkel He 277, a four-engined He 177
*Heinkel He 343, jet bomber
*Henschel Hs 123, ground-attack (biplane)
*Henschel Hs 127, bomber (prototype)
*Henschel Hs 129, ground-attack
*Henschel Hs 130, high altitude reconnaissance + bomber (jet engined) (prototype)
*Henschel Hs 132, dive bomber (jet-engined) (prototype)
*Junkers Ju 86, bomber + reconnaissance
*Junkers Ju 87, "Stuka", dive-bomber
*Junkers Ju 88, bomber + reconnaissance + night-fighter
*Junkers Ju 89, heavy bomber (prototype)
*Junkers Ju 90, bomber (prototype)
*Junkers Ju 187, dive bomber (prototype)
*Junkers Ju 188, "Rächer" (Reacher), bomber
*Junkers Ju 287, heavy bomber (jet-engined) (prototype)
*Junkers Ju 288, bomber (prototype)
*Junkers Ju 290, long-range bomber (prototype)
*Junkers Ju 390, long-range bomber
*Junkers Ju 488, heavy bomber
*Junkers EF 132, heavy bomber
*Messerschmitt Bf 162, bomber (prototype)
*Messerschmitt Me 264, "Amerika" (America), long-range bomber (prototype)

Patrol and reconnaissance

*Arado Ar 95, coastal patrol + attack (biplane seaplane)
*Arado Ar 196, ship-borne reconnaissance + coastal patrol (seaplane)
*Arado Ar 198 reconnaissance
*Arado Ar 231, fold-wing U-boat reconnaissance aircraft (prototype)
*Blohm & Voss BV 138, flying-boat (early versions designated as Ha 138)
*Blohm & Voss BV 141, reconnaissance (asymmetric)
*Blohm & Voss BV 142, reconnaissance + transport
*Blohm & Voss BV 238, flying-boat (prototype)
*DFS 228, rocket-powered reconnaissance aircraft (prototype)
*DFS 346, rocket-powered reconnaissance aircraft
*Dornier Do 15, "Wal" (Whale), reconnaissance flying-boat
*Fieseler Fi 156, "Storch" (Stork), STOL reconnaissance aircraft
*Focke-Wulf Fw 62 ship-borne reconnaissance (biplane seaplane)
*Focke-Wulf Fw 189, "Uhu" (Owl), tactical recon
*Focke-Wulf Fw 200, "Kondor" (Condor), transport + maritime patrol-bomber
*Focke-Wulf Fw 300, proposed long-range version of Fw 200
*Focke-Wulf Fw 400
*Gotha Go 147 STOL reconnaissance (prototype)
*Heinkel He 46, reconnaissance
*Heinkel He 59, reconnaissance (biplane seaplane)
*Heinkel He 60, ship-borne reconnaissance (biplane seaplane)
*Heinkel He 114, reconnaissance seaplane
*Heinkel He 116, transport + reconnaissance
*Heinkel He 119, bomber + reconnaissance
*Henschel Hs 126, reconnaissance
*Junkers Ju 388, "Störtebeker", reconnaissance + night-fighter
*Messerschmitt Bf 163, STOL reconnaissance aircraft (prototype)
*Messerschmitt Me 261, long-range reconnaissance
*Messerschmitt Me 290 maritime patrol + bomber + reconnaissance
*Siebel Si 201 STOL reconnaissance aircraft (prototype)

Transports and utility

*Arado Ar 232, transport
*Blohm und Voss Ha 139, long-range seaplane
*Blohm und Voss Bv 144, transport
*Blohm und Voss Bv 222 "Wiking" (Viking), transport flying-boat
*DFS 230, transport glider
*DFS 331, transport glider (prototype)
*Dornier Do 12, "Libelle" seaplane
*Dornier Do 14, seaplane (prototype)
*Dornier Do 26, long-range seaplane
*Dornier Do 214, transport flying-boat (prototype)
*Gotha Go 146, small transport (twin-engine) , 1935
*Gotha Go 242, transport glider
*Gotha Go 244, transport
*Gotha Go 345, assault glider
*Gotha Ka 430, transport glider
*Heinkel He 70, "Blitz" (Lightning), single-engine transport + mailplane, 1932
*Heinkel He 115, general-purpose seaplane
*Junkers Ju 52 "Tante Ju" (Auntie Ju), transport + bomber
*Junkers Ju 252, transport
*Junkers Ju 322 "Mammut" (Mammoth), transport glider
*Junkers Ju 352 "Herkules" (Hercules), transport
*Junkers W34, transport
*Klemm Kl 31, single-engine transport, 1931
*Klemm Kl 32, single-engine transport, 1931
*Klemm Kl 36, single-engine transport, 1934
*Messerschmitt Me 321 "Gigant" (Giant), transport glider
*Messerschmitt Me 323 "Gigant" (Giant), transport
*Siebel Fh 104 "Hallore", medium transport
*Siebel Si 204, transport + aircrew trainer

Trainers

*Albatros Al 101
*Albatros Al 102
*Albatros Al 103
*Arado Ar 69, trainer (biplane) (prototypes), 1933
*Arado Ar 96, 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 (prototypes)
*Fieseler Fi 5 (F-5) acrobatic sportsplane + trainer, 1933
*Focke-Wulf Fw 44 "Stieglitz" (Goldfinch), trainer (biplane)
*Focke-Wulf Fw 56 "Stösser" (Falcon Hawk), trainer (parasol monoplane)
*Focke-Wulf Fw 58 "Weihe" (Kite), transport + trainer
*Gotha Go 145, 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 "Taifun" (Typhoon), trainer + transport
*Siebel Si 202 "Hummel" sportplane + trainer, 1938

Helicopters

*Flettner Fl 184 prototype reconnaissance helicopter
*Flettner Fl 282 "Kolibri" (Hummingbird), reconnaissance helicopter
*Focke Achgelis Fa 223 "Drache" (Dragon), transport helicopter
*Focke Achgelis Fa 266 "Hornisse" (Hornet), helicopter (prototype)
*Focke Achgelis Fa 330, helicopter (prototype)
*Focke Achgelis Fa 336 scout helicopter (prototype), 1944
*Focke-Wulf Fw 61, helicopter (prototype)
*Focke-Wulf Fw 186, autogyro reconnaissance aircraft (prototype)

Captured aircraft

"(in descending order of primary number)"
*Avia B-534 biplane fighter captured in Czechoslovakia
*Dewoitine D.520 fighter captured in France
*Caudron C.445 transport captured in France
*Caproni Ca.313 Italian bomber
*Morane-Saulnier MS-230 trainer captured in France
*Zlin 212 trainer captured in Czechoslovakia
*B-17 Flying Fortress captured US bomber
*Bloch M.B.175 bomber captured in France
*Avia B.71 bomber captured in Czechoslovakia
*BT-9 Captured US trainer
*Zlin XII captured Czechoslovakian trainer

Related content

*List of weapons of military aircraft of Germany during World War II
*List of aircraft engines of Germany during World War II
*German aircraft production during World War II
*List of RLM aircraft designations
*List of Luftwaffe aircraft prototype projects during World War II
*List of Luftwaffe aircraft by manufacturer, World War II
*List of aircraft of the Akademische Fliegergruppe "Akademische Fliegergruppe" (University Flying Group)
*List of military aircraft of Germany
*List of military aircraft of Germany by manufacturer
*List of World War II firearms of Germany

ee also

*List of World War II military equipment
*List of aircraft of World War II
*List of gliders

External links

* [http://www.luftfahrtmuseum.com/htmi/general/i.htm Virtual Aviation Museum]
* [http://www.designation-systems.net/non-us/germany.html German Military Aircraft Designations (1933-1945)]
* [http://www.studenten.net/customasp/axl/planes.asp?cat_id=10 Pictures of most World War II airplanes]
* [http://www.ww2guide.com/jetrock.shtml Jet and rocket aircraft of World War II]

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