List of Wehrmacht aircraft
The Air Force of the Armed Forces set up a variety of types of aircraft during its existence from 1935 to 1945. Most of them are listed below.
Aircraft types which, in addition to their original purpose, were also used in large numbers for other tasks, may be mentioned several times, mostly with details of the respective variant.
Fighter planes
Single-engine fighters
- Arado Ar 64
- Arado Ar 65
- Arado Ar 68
- Focke-Wulf Fw 190 "Würger"
- Focke-Wulf Ta 152
- Heinkel He 51
- Messerschmitt Bf 109
Multi-engine fighters
- Focke-Wulf Ta 154 "Mosquito"
- Heinkel He 219 "Uhu" (night hunter)
- Messerschmitt Bf 110
- Messerschmitt Me 210
- Messerschmitt Me 410 "Hornet"
- Dornier Do 217 Y / N (night fighter)
- Dornier Do 335 "Arrow" ("Anteater")
- Junkers Ju 88 C
Jet and rocket propelled fighters
- Heinkel He 162 "Volksjäger", "Salamander"
- Messerschmitt Me 163 "Comet"
- Messerschmitt Me 262 "Schwalbe", "Sturmvogel"
Bomb planes
Dive bombers and attack aircraft
- Focke-Wulf Fw 190 F / G "Würger"
- Heinkel He 50
- Henschel Hs 123 ("Einszweidrei", "Obergefreiter")
- Henschel Hs 129 ("Flying Can Opener")
- Junkers Ju 87 ("Stuka")
Medium bomber
- Dornier Thursday 11
- Dornier Do 17 ("Flying Pencil")
- Dornier Thursday 23
- Dornier Do 215
- Dornier Do 217
- Heinkel He 111
- Junkers Ju 86
- Junkers Ju 88
- Junkers Ju 188 A / E
Heavy bombers
- Heinkel He 177 "Greif" ("Reichsfeuerzeug")
Jet-propelled bombers
- Arado Ar 234 "Blitz"
Reconnaissance aircraft
Observation aircraft
- Fieseler Fi 156 "Storch"
Close-up scouts
Remote reconnaissance
As long-range reconnaissance aircraft, aircraft derived from medium-sized bombers or commercial aircraft were used almost exclusively.
- Dornier Do 17 F / P
- Dornier Do 215
- Focke-Wulf Fw 200 "Condor"
- Heinkel He 70 F "Blitz"
- Heinkel He 116 (taken over by Lufthansa)
- Junkers Ju 86 P / R
- Junkers Ju 88 D
- Junkers Ju 188 D / F
- Junkers Ju 290
- Junkers Ju 388 L
Jet-propelled scouts
- Arado Ar 234 "Blitz"
Transport planes and gliders
Transport aircraft
- Arado Ar 232 ("millipede", "tatzelworm")
- Focke-Wulf Fw 200 "Condor"
- Gotha Go 244
- Junkers Ju 52 / 3m ("Aunt Ju")
- Junkers Ju 90 "The great Dessauer" (taken over by Lufthansa)
- Junkers Ju 252
- Junkers Ju 290
- Junkers Ju 352 "Hercules"
- Messerschmitt Me 323 "Gigant"
- Siebel Si 204 A
Glider
- DFS 230
- Gotha Go 242
- Messerschmitt Me 321 "Gigant"
Training and liaison aircraft
Beginner trainer aircraft
- Albatros Al 101
- Bücker Bü 131 "Jungmann"
- Bücker Bü 181 "Bestmann"
- Focke-Wulf Fw 44 "Stieglitz"
- Heinkel He 72 "Cadet"
- Terminal Kl 25
- Clamp Kl 35
Advanced trainer aircraft
- Albatros L 75 "Ass"
- Albatros Al 102
- Arado Ar 66
- Arado Ar 76
- Arado Ar 96
- Focke-Wulf Fw 56 "Stößer"
- Focke-Wulf Fw 58 "Consecration"
- Gotha Go 145
- Junkers W 33
- Junkers W 34
- Siebel Si 204 D
Liaison aircraft
- Fieseler Fi 156 "Storch"
- Heinkel He 70 F "Blitz"
- Messerschmitt Bf 108 "Taifun"
- Siebel Fh 104 "Hallore"
Sea and carrier aircraft
Float planes
- Arado Ar 196
- Blohm & Voss Ha 139 (taken over by Lufthansa)
- Heinkel He 38
- Heinkel He 42 (training aircraft)
- Heinkel He 51
- Heinkel He 59
- Heinkel He 60
- Heinkel He 114
- Heinkel He 115
Flying boats
- Blohm & Voss BV 138 ("Flying Wooden Shoe")
- Blohm & Voss BV 222 "Wiking"
- Dornier Do 16 ("military whale")
- Dornier Thu 18
- Dornier Thursday 24
- Dornier Do 26 (taken over by Lufthansa)
Carrier aircraft
- Arado Ar 96 T (trainer aircraft)
- Arado Ar 197 (hunter)
- Fieseler Fi 167 (multipurpose aircraft)
- Henschel Hs 123 (trainer aircraft)
- Junkers Ju 87 C (dive bomber)
- Messerschmitt Bf 109 T (hunter)
Helicopter and gyrocopter
- Flettner Fl 282 "Kolibri"
- Focke-Achgelis Fa 223 "Dragons"
- Focke-Achgelis Fa 330 "White Wagtail"
- Focke-Wulf C.30 "Grasshopper"
Gliders and gliders in basic training and retraining
- DC 38
- Grunau baby
- DFS crane
- DFS Habicht or "Stummelhabicht"
- Me 163a
- He 162 p
Trial samples and prototypes
Fighter planes
Single-engine fighters
- Arado Ar 80
- Blohm & Voss BV 155
- Focke-Wulf Fw 159
- Heinkel He 100 (alternatively also Heinkel He 113 )
- Heinkel He 112
- Messerschmitt Me 209
- Messerschmitt Me 309
- Messerschmitt Me 328
Multi-engine fighters
Jet and rocket propelled fighters
- Bachem Ba 349 "Snake"
- Heinkel He 280
- Horten Ho 229 (alternatively also Gotha Go 229 and Ho IX)
Non-powered hunting gliders
Bomb planes
Dive bombers and attack aircraft
Medium bomber
Heavy bombers
- Dornier Thursday 19
- Heinkel He 274
- Heinkel He 277
- Junkers Ju 89
- Junkers Ju 390
- Junkers Ju 488
- Messerschmitt Me 264
Jet-propelled bombers
Reconnaissance aircraft
Transport planes and gliders
- Junkers Ju 322 "Mammoth"
Helicopter and gyrocopter
See also
- German double decker in World War II
- The RLM type list is a systematic list of all German aircraft officially approved by the Reich Ministry of Aviation (RLM)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Karsten Palt: Fieseler Fi 156 Storch - Technical data / description. In: www.flugzeuginfo.net. Retrieved May 8, 2016 .