List of Luftwaffe aircraft prototype projects during World War II
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The aircraft
in this list include prototype
versions of aircraft used by the German
Luftwaffe
during World War II
and unfinished wartime experimental programmes. In the former, development can stretch back to the 1920s and in the latter the project must have started between 1939-1945.
Arado
(Arado Flugzeugwerke GmbH)
Bachem
(Bachem-Werke)
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BMW
(Bayerische Motoren-Werke GmbH)
Dornier
(Dornier Werke GmbH)
DFS
(Deutsche Forschungsanstalt für Segelflug)
Flettner
(Flettner Flugzeugbau GmbH / Anton Flettner G.m.b.H.)
Gotha
( Gothaer Waggonfabrik)
Heinkel
(Ernst Heinkel A.G.)
Henschel
(Henschel Flugzeugwerke A.G.)
Horten
Junkers
(Junkers Flugzeug-Werke A.G.)
Lippisch
Schempp-Hirth
Aircraft
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in this list include prototype
Prototype
A prototype is an early sample or model built to test a concept or process or to act as a thing to be replicated or learned from.The word prototype derives from the Greek πρωτότυπον , "primitive form", neutral of πρωτότυπος , "original, primitive", from πρῶτος , "first" and τύπος ,...
versions of aircraft used by the German
Nazi Germany
Nazi Germany , also known as the Third Reich , but officially called German Reich from 1933 to 1943 and Greater German Reich from 26 June 1943 onward, is the name commonly used to refer to the state of Germany from 1933 to 1945, when it was a totalitarian dictatorship ruled by...
Luftwaffe
Luftwaffe
Luftwaffe is a generic German term for an air force. It is also the official name for two of the four historic German air forces, the Wehrmacht air arm founded in 1935 and disbanded in 1946; and the current Bundeswehr air arm founded in 1956....
during World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
and unfinished wartime experimental programmes. In the former, development can stretch back to the 1920s and in the latter the project must have started between 1939-1945.
AradoArado FlugzeugwerkeArado Flugzeugwerke was a German aircraft manufacturer, originally established as the Warnemünde factory of the Flugzeugbau Friedrichshafen firm, that produced military hydroplanes during the First World War.-History:...
(Arado Flugzeugwerke GmbH)
- Arado E.240
- Arado E.300
- Arado E.310
- Arado E.340 Medium bomberMedium bomberA medium bomber is a bomber aircraft designed to operate with medium bombloads over medium distances; the name serves to distinguish them from the larger heavy bombers and smaller light bombers...
- Arado E.370
- Arado E.371
- Arado E.375
- Arado E.377
- Arado E.377a
- Arado E.380
- Arado E.381 I - Parasite fighter
- Arado E.381 II - Parasite fighter
- Arado E.381 III - Parasite fighter
- Arado E.385
- Arado E.390
- Arado E.395 Swept wing jet bomber (Reference: German Air Projects vol. 3 1935-1945, Marek Rys)
- Arado E.396
- Arado E.401
- Arado E.430
- Arado E.432
- Arado E.433
- Arado E.440
- Arado E.441
- Arado E.470 Giant bomber (Reference: German Air Projects vol. 3 1935-1945, Marek Rys)
- Arado E.480
- Arado E.490
- Arado E.500 - Heavy fighterHeavy fighterA heavy fighter is a fighter aircraft designed to carry heavier weapons or operate at longer ranges. To achieve acceptable performance, most heavy fighters were twin-engined, and many had multi-place crews....
- Arado E.530 - BomberBomberA bomber is a military aircraft designed to attack ground and sea targets, by dropping bombs on them, or – in recent years – by launching cruise missiles at them.-Classifications of bombers:...
- zwilling' design - Arado E.532
- Arado E.555Arado E.555The Arado E.555 was a bomber proposed by the German Arado company in response to the Amerika Bomber project.-Project request:This was an initiative of the Reichsluftfahrtministerium , RLM, to obtain a long-range bomber for the Luftwaffe that would be capable of striking the continental United...
- Flying wingFlying wingA flying wing is a tailless fixed-wing aircraft which has no definite fuselage, with most of the crew, payload and equipment being housed inside the main wing structure....
bomber - Arado E.560 Swept wing jet bomber
- E.560 II, Bomber
- E.560 IV, Bomber
- E.560 II, Bomber
- E.560 VII, Bomber
- E.560 VIII, Bomber
- E.560 XI, Bomber
- Arado E.561 - Heavy fighter
- Arado E.580 - Fighter
- Arado E.581 - Flying wing fighter
- Arado E.581.4
- Arado E.581.5
- Arado E.583
- Arado E.625
- Arado E.632
- Arado E.651
- Arado E.654 - Heavy fighter
- Arado Projekt I - Night fighterNight fighterA night fighter is a fighter aircraft adapted for use at night or in other times of bad visibility...
- Arado Projekt II - Night/All-weather fighter
- Arado PTL-Strahlbomber - Swept wing turboprop bomber (Reference: German Air Projects vol. 3 1935-1945, Marek Rys)
- Arado SO-Gerat "Selbstmord Objekt Gerät"(Suicide Object Device) piloted version of E.377 flying bomb, project
- Arado TEW 16/43-13
- Arado TEW 16/43-15
- Arado TEW 16/43-19
- Arado TEW 16/43-23
BachemBachemBachem was a German company that built the famous Bachem Ba 349 rocket interceptor aircraft at the end of World War II.-See also:*Reich Air Ministry*List of RLM aircraft designations...
(Bachem-Werke)
- Bachem Ba 349 Natter
- Ba BP 20 - (Manned Flak Rocket) First versions of Ba-349, some Non-VTO fitted with fixed landing gear and solid nose for flight testing
Blohm & Voss
(Blohm & Voss also Hamburger FlugzeugbauHamburger Flugzeugbau
Hamburger Flugzeugbau was an aircraft company, located in the Finkenwerder quarter of Hamburg, Germany. Originally established in July 1933 as a subsidiary of the Blohm & Voss shipyards, it has managed to survive under different names as part of different consortia from its German national...
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- Blohm & Voss BV 143Blohm & Voss BV 143The Blohm & Voss BV 143 was an early prototype rocket-assisted glide bomb developed by the German Luftwaffe during World War II.-Design:By 1941, Allied merchant ships were slow and easy targets for German coastal bombers, but were proving increasingly well-equipped with anti-aircraft artillery,...
Glide bomb (prototype) - Blohm & Voss BV 144Blohm & Voss BV 144-See also:-External links:*http://www.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/LRG/bv144.html...
- Blohm & Voss BV 250 Land version of BV 238 (Reference: German Air Projects vol. 3 1935-1945, Marek Rys)
- Blohm & Voss P.1 - Single seat fighter
- Blohm & Voss P.4 - Single seat trainer (Ha 136 development)
- Blohm & Voss P.5 - General purpose
- Blohm & Voss P.6 - Dive bomber (Ha 137 development)
- Blohm & Voss P.7 - Biplane dive bomber
- Blohm & Voss P.8 - Flying boat
- Blohm & Voss P.9 - Flying boat (twin boom)
- Blohm & Voss P.10 - General purpose
- Blohm & Voss P.11 - Carrier based dive bomber (Ha 137 development)
- Blohm & Voss P.12 - Flying boat
- Blohm & Voss P.13 - Flying boat (twin hull)
- Blohm & Voss P.14 - Reconnaissance flying boat
- Blohm & Voss P.15 - Float Plane (Ha 139 development)
- Blohm & Voss P.16 - Float Plane (Ha 139 development)
- Blohm & Voss P.17 - Float Plane (Ha 139 development)
- Blohm & Voss P.18 - Asymmetric fighter
- Blohm & Voss P.19 - Reconnaissance (Ha 139 development)
- Blohm & Voss P.20 - Bomber (Ha 139 development)
- Blohm & Voss P.21 - General purpose
- Blohm & Voss P.22 - Fighter
- Blohm & Voss P.23 - P.22 development w/increased wing span
- Blohm & Voss P.24 - Fighter/trainer for Japan
- Blohm & Voss P.25 - Dive bomber
- Blohm & Voss P.27 - Dive Bomber
- Blohm & Voss P.28 - Rotating wing twin boom aircraft
- Blohm & Voss P.29 - Passenger aircraft
- Blohm & Voss P.33 - Long range bomber
- Blohm & Voss P.37 - Float Plane and torpedo fighter (Ha 139 development)
- Blohm & Voss P.38 - Land version of Ha 139 w/increased wing span
- Blohm & Voss P.39 - Bomber
- Blohm & Voss P.40 - Asymmetric ground attacker aircraft
- Blohm & Voss P.41 - Improved version of Ha 137
- Blohm & Voss P.42 - Flying boat (twin boom)
- Blohm & Voss P.43 - Flying boat
- Blohm & Voss P.44 - Asymmetric reconnaissance aircraft
- Blohm & Voss P.45 - Passenger transport w/rocket-assisted takeoff
- Blohm & Voss P.46 - Ha 142 passenger aircraft development
- Blohm & Voss P.47 - Passenger transport w/rocket-assisted takeoff
- Blohm & Voss P.48 - Bomber version of Ha 142 for Japan
- Blohm & Voss P.49 - Passenger float plane
- Blohm & Voss P.50 - Freight float plane
- Blohm & Voss P.51 - Freight float plane
- Blohm & Voss P.52 - Passenger float plane
- Blohm & Voss P.53 - Passenger float plane
- Blohm & Voss P.54 - Passenger flying boat (BV 222 development)
- Blohm & Voss P.55 - Improved version of Ha 140
- Blohm & Voss P.56 - Seaplane dive bomber
- Blohm & Voss P.57 - Flying boat
- Blohm & Voss P.58 - Naval dive bomber
- Blohm & Voss P.59 - Dive and torpedo bomber
- Blohm & Voss P.60 - Flying boat
- Blohm & Voss P.61 - Improved version of Ha 138
- Blohm & Voss P.62 - Asymmetric dive bomber
- Blohm & Voss P.63 - Fast bomber
- Blohm & Voss P.64 - Long range aircraft
- Blohm & Voss P.65 - Attack version of Ha 141
- Blohm & Voss P.66 - Naval dive bomber
- Blohm & Voss P.67 - Mine laying aircraft
- Blohm & Voss P.68 - Mine layer version of BV 222
- Blohm & Voss P.69 - Target drone
- Blohm & Voss P.70 - Fast bomber
- Blohm & Voss P.71 - Bomber/heavy fighter
- Blohm & Voss P.72 - Attack version of Ha 141
- Blohm & Voss P.73 - Bomber w/pusher propellers
- Blohm & Voss P.74 - Multipurpose version of Ha 141
- Blohm & Voss P.75 - Multipurpose version of Ha 141
- Blohm & Voss P.76 - Long range reconnaissance version of BV 222
- Blohm & Voss P.77 - Long range reconnaissance version of BV 222
- Blohm & Voss P.78 - Long range floatplane
- Blohm & Voss P.79 - Long range floatplane
- Blohm & Voss P.80 - Transoceanic aircraft w/twin floats
- Blohm & Voss P.81 - Long range aircraft
- Blohm & Voss P.83 - Trans-atlantic aircraft
- Blohm & Voss P.84 - Long range aircraft
- Blohm & Voss P.85 - Trans-atlantic aircraft
- Blohm & Voss P.86 - Trans-atlantic aircraft
- Blohm & Voss P.88 - Long range heavy fighter
- Blohm & Voss P.89 - Long range heavy fighter
- Blohm & Voss P.90 - Long range heavy fighter
- Blohm & Voss P.92 - Passenger aircraft
- Blohm & Voss P.94 - Improved BV 138
- Blohm & Voss P.95 - BV 222 development
- Blohm & Voss P.96 - BV 222 development
- Blohm & Voss P.97 - BV 222 development
- Blohm & Voss P.98 - BV 222 development
- Blohm & Voss P.99 - BV 222 development
- Blohm & Voss P.100 - Target drone
- Blohm & Voss P.101 - Target drone
- Blohm & Voss P.103 - Asymmetric airliner
- Blohm & Voss P.104 - Airliner w/tail-mounted propeller
- Blohm & Voss P.105 - BV 222 development
- Blohm & Voss P.106 - BV 222 development
- Blohm & Voss P.107 - BV 222 development
- Blohm & Voss P.108 - BV 138 development
- Blohm & Voss P.109 - BV 138 development
- Blohm & Voss P.110 - BV 138 development
- Blohm & Voss P.111 - Assymetric BV 138 development
- Blohm & Voss P.112 - Assymetric BV 138 development
- Blohm & Voss P.113 - Assymetric seaplane
- Blohm & Voss P.114 - BV 141 heavy fighter version
- Blohm & Voss P.116 - BV 222 development
- Blohm & Voss P.117 - BV 222 development
- Blohm & Voss P.118 - BV 222 development
- Blohm & Voss P.119 - BV 222 development
- Blohm & Voss P.122 - Maritime patrol floatplane
- Blohm & Voss P.123 - Twin hull patrol flying boat
- Blohm & Voss P.124 - Maritime patrol flying boat
- Blohm & Voss P.125 - Maritime patrol floatplane
- Blohm & Voss P.127 - Single seat fighter
- Blohm & Voss P.128 - Asymmetric single seat fighter
- Blohm & Voss P.129 - Fighter
- Blohm & Voss P.131 - Airliner w/tail-mounted propeller
- Blohm & Voss P.134 - Fast bomber w/pusher propeller
- Blohm & Voss P.135 - Asymmetric fast bomber
- Blohm & Voss P.138 - Long range reconnaissance flying boat
- Blohm & Voss P.139 - Flying boat
- Blohm & Voss P.140 - Passenger aircraft
- Blohm & Voss P.141 - Asymmetric passenger aircraft
- Blohm & Voss P.142 - Passenger aircraft w/rotating wing
- Blohm & Voss P.143 - Passenger aircraft w/rotating wing
- Blohm & Voss P.144 - Maritime patrol aircraft
- Blohm & Voss P.145 - Maritime twin float patrol aircraft
- Blohm & Voss P.146 - P.144 development for DLH
- Blohm & Voss P.147 - P.142 development for transport
- Blohm & Voss P.148 - Flying boat
- Blohm & Voss P.149 - Flying boat
- Blohm & Voss P.150 - Trans-atlantic flying boat w/pressurized cabin
- Blohm & Voss P.155 - Asymmetric dive bomber
- Blohm & Voss P.160 - Trans-atlantic flying boat
- Blohm & Voss P.161 - Land version of BV 238
- Blohm & Voss P.162 - Bomber
- Blohm & Voss P.163 - Bomber/heavy fighter
- Blohm & Voss P.164 - Asymmetric fast bomber
- Blohm & Voss P.165 - Asymmetric fast bomber
- Blohm & Voss P.166 - Fast bomber
- Blohm & Voss P.167 - Twin BV 250 land version
- Blohm & Voss P.168 - Asymmetric fighter/bomber
- Blohm & Voss P.170 - Fast bomber
- Blohm & Voss P.171 - Fast bomber
- Blohm & Voss P.172 - Dive bomber
- Blohm & Voss P.173 - Long range bomber
- Blohm & Voss P.174 - Glider bomb
- Blohm & Voss P.175 - Parasite fighter
- Blohm & Voss P.176 - BV 237 armored version
- Blohm & Voss P.177 - Asymmetric jet fighter/bomber
- Blohm & Voss P.178 Blohm & Voss P.178The Blohm & Voss P.178 was an experimental jet-powered dive bomber designed during World War II by Blohm & Voss. The bomber had an unusual, asymmetric configuration.-Overview:...
- Asymmetric jet fighter/bomber - Blohm & Voss P.179 - Asymmetric fighter/bomber
- Blohm & Voss P.180 - Fighter/bomber w/rotating wing
- Blohm & Voss P.181 - Fighter/bomber
- Blohm & Voss P.182 - Fighter/bomber
- Blohm & Voss P.183 - Long range patrol aircraft
- Blohm & Voss P.184 - Long range patrol aircraft
- Blohm & Voss P.185 - Ground attack aircraft
- Blohm & Voss P.186 - Glider fighter
- Blohm & Voss P.187 - Land version of BV 222
- Blohm & Voss P.188.01 - Jet bomber w/compound swept wing
- Blohm & Voss P.188.02 - Jet bomber w/compound swept wing
- Blohm & Voss P.188.03 - Jet bomber w/compound swept wing
- Blohm & Voss P.188.04 - Jet bomber w/compound swept wing
- Blohm & Voss P.190 - Single seat jet fighter
- Blohm & Voss P.191 - Flak suppression aircraft
- Blohm & Voss P.192 - Ground attack aircraft
- Blohm & Voss P.193 - Ground attack aircraft w/pusher propeller
- Blohm & Voss P.194 - Asymmetric mixed propulsion ground attacker aircraft
- Blohm & Voss P.195 - High altitude fighter w/ turbo supercharger
- Blohm & Voss P.196 - Twin boom jet ground attack aircraft
- Blohm & Voss P.197 - Single seat jet fighter
- Blohm & Voss P.198 - High altitude jet fighter
- Blohm & Voss P.199 - High altitude jet fighter
- Blohm & Voss P.200 - Trans-atlantic passenger flying boat
- Blohm & Voss P.201 - High altitude rocket powered interceptor
- Blohm & Voss P.202 - Swing wing jet fighter
- Blohm & Voss P.203 - Night/heavy fighter w/ mixed propulsion
- Blohm & Voss P.204 - Ground attack aircraft w/ mixed propulsion
- Blohm & Voss P.205 - BV 155 development
- Blohm & Voss P.206 - Long range bomber
- Blohm & Voss P.207.02 - Fighter w/ pusher propeller
- Blohm & Voss P.207.03 - Fighter w/ pusher propeller
- Blohm & Voss P.208 - Tailless fighter w/pusher propeller
- Blohm & Voss P.209.01 - Tailless jet fighter
- Blohm & Voss P.209.02 - Single seat forward swept wing jet fighter
- Blohm & Voss P.210 - Tailless jet fighter
- Blohm & Voss P.211.01 - Swept wing jet fighter
- Blohm & Voss P.211.02 - 1944 "Volksjäger" project submission
- Blohm & Voss P.212 - Tailless jet fighter
- Blohm & Voss P.213 - Pulse jet miniature fighter
- Blohm & Voss P.214 - Piloted tailless flying bomb
- Blohm & Voss P.215 - Tailless jet night fighter
- Blohm & Voss P.217 - Unconfirmed project number for the Ae 607
- Blohm & Voss P.237 - Asymmetric dive bomber ( BV 237 )
- Blohm & Voss Ae 607
- Blohm & Voss MGRP
BMWBMWBayerische Motoren Werke AG is a German automobile, motorcycle and engine manufacturing company founded in 1916. It also owns and produces the Mini marque, and is the parent company of Rolls-Royce Motor Cars. BMW produces motorcycles under BMW Motorrad and Husqvarna brands...
(Bayerische Motoren-Werke GmbH)
- BMW STRAHLBOMBER I Swept wing tailless jet bomber (Reference: German Air Projects vol. 3 1935-1945, Marek Rys)
- BMW STRAHLBOMBER II Swept wing tailless jet bomber (Reference: German Air Projects vol. 3 1935-1945, Marek Rys)
- BMW SCHNELLBOMBER I Swept wing turboprop bomber (Reference: German Air Projects vol. 3 1935-1945, Marek Rys)
- BMW SCHNELLBOMBER II forward swept wing turboprop bomber (Reference: German Air Projects vol. 3 1935-1945, Marek Rys)
- BMW STRAHLJÄGER I
- BMW STRAHLJÄGER II
- BMW STRAHLJÄGER III
- BMW STRAHLJÄGER IV
Daimler-Benz
(Daimler-Benz)- Daimler-Benz Projekt A - Giant carrier aircraft with underslung twin-engined jet bomber with V-tail, project
- Daimler-Benz Projekt B - Giant carrier aircraft with underslung single engine jet bomber, project
- Daimler-Benz Projekt C - Giant carrier aircraft designed for launching missiles
- Daimler-Benz Projekt D - Giant carrier aircraft of different configuration with underslung Projekt B bomber
- Daimler-Benz Projekt E - Giant carrier aircraft deisned to carry 6 piloted Projekt F missiles
- Daimler-Benz Projekt F - parasite manned missile carried by Projekt E carrier. Possible suicide craft as escape downwards near target nearly impossible at speed.
- Daimler Benz JÄGER
DornierDornier FlugzeugwerkeDornier Flugzeugwerke was a German aircraft manufacturer founded in Friedrichshafen in 1914 by Claudius Dornier. Over the course of its long lifespan, the company produced many notable designs for both the civil and military markets.-History:...
(Dornier Werke GmbH)
- Dornier Do 10Dornier Do 10The Dornier Do 10 was the name given by the Reichsluftfahrtministerium of a pre-World War II German aircraft. The aircraft has a complicated history due to renaming and the use of three different engines with correspondingly different specifications....
Test-bed fighter - Dornier Do 192/214 TransportMilitary transport aircraftMilitary transport aircraft are typically fixed and rotary wing cargo aircraft which are used to deliver troops, weapons and other military equipment by a variety of methods to any area of military operations around the surface of the planet, usually outside of the commercial flight routes in...
flying boatFlying boatA flying boat is a fixed-winged seaplane with a hull, allowing it to land on water. It differs from a float plane as it uses a purpose-designed fuselage which can float, granting the aircraft buoyancy. Flying boats may be stabilized by under-wing floats or by wing-like projections from the fuselage...
(prototype) - Dornier Do 174/216
- Dornier Do 247/601
- Dornier Do 252
- Dornier Do 256
- Dornier Do 335Z
- Dornier Do 435
- Dornier Do 535
- Dornier Do 635Dornier Do 635|-See also:-External links:*...
(Junkers Ju 635) development of Dornier Do 335Dornier Do 335The Dornier Do 335 Pfeil was a World War II heavy fighter built by the Dornier company. The two-seater trainer version was also called Ameisenbär . The Pfeils performance was much better than other twin-engine designs due to its unique "push-pull" layout and the much lower drag of the in-line...
project - Dornier P.59
- Dornier P.174
- Dornier P.192
- Dornier P.231
- Dornier P.232
- Dornier P.238
- Dornier P.247
- Dornier P.252
- Dornier P.254
- Dornier P.256
- Dornier P.273
- Dornier P.1075
DFSDeutsche Forschungsanstalt für SegelflugThe Deutsche Forschungsanstalt für Segelflug, or DFS was formed in 1933 to centralise all gliding activity in Germany...
(Deutsche Forschungsanstalt für Segelflug)
- DFS 39 Lippisch-designed taillessTailless aircraftA tailless aircraft traditionally has all its horizontal control surfaces on its main wing surface. It has no horizontal stabilizer - either tailplane or canard foreplane . A 'tailless' type usually still has a vertical stabilising fin and control surface...
research aircraft - DFS 40DFS 40The DFS 40 was a tail-less research aircraft designed by Alexander Lippisch in 1937 as a follow-on to his Delta IV aircraft...
Lippisch-designed tail-less research aircraft - DFS 194 Rocket-powered research aircraft, forerunner of Me 163
- DFS 228DFS 228-See also:-Bibliography:* Green, William. Warplanes of the Third Reich. London: Macdonald and Jane's Publishers Ltd., 1970 . ISBN 0-356-02382-6.* Myhra, David. DFS 228. Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing, 2000. ISBN 0-76431-203-0....
Rocket-powered reconnaissanceAerial reconnaissanceAerial reconnaissance is reconnaissance that is conducted using unmanned aerial vehicles or reconnaissance aircraft. Their roles are to collect imagery intelligence, signals intelligence and measurement and signature intelligence...
aircraft (2 prototypes) - DFS 332DFS 332-References:* Vom Höhenaufklärer bis zum Raumgleiter 1935-1945 - Geheimprojekte der DFS, Horst Lommel, Motorbuch Verlag, 2000. ISBN 3-613-02072-6...
- DFS 346DFS 346The DFS 346 was a German rocket-powered swept-wing vehicle subsequently completed and flown in the Soviet Union after the World War II. It was designed by Felix Kracht at the Deutsche Forschungsanstalt für Segelflug , the "German Institute for Sailplane Flight"...
- Supersonic research aircraft (incomplete prototype only)
FlettnerFlettnerAnton 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 Flugzeugbau GmbH / Anton Flettner G.m.b.H.)
- Flettner Fl 184Flettner Fl 184The Flettner 184 was a German night reconnaissance and anti-submarine autogyro developed during the 1930s.- Design :Its designer, Anton Flettner, designed the Fl 184 to have a single, torqueless rotor. This was done with two 30 hp engines that drove small propellers attached to the rotor...
Reconnaissance helicopterHelicopterA helicopter is a type of rotorcraft in which lift and thrust are supplied by one or more engine-driven rotors. This allows the helicopter to take off and land vertically, to hover, and to fly forwards, backwards, and laterally... - Flettner Fl 185Flettner Fl 185The Flettner Fl 185 was an experimental German helicopter developed by Anton Flettner.This helicopter was developed in 1936 with support of the German Navy. It was powered by a BMW-Bramo Sh 14 A radial piston engine with forced-air cooling, mounted at the nose...
Reconnaissance helicopter - Flettner Fl 265Flettner Fl 265-References: Nowarra, Heinz J.: Die Deutsche Luftrüstung 1933-1945, Bernard & Graeffe Verlag, Koblenz 1993, ISBN 3-7637-5464-4-External links:*...
Reconnaissance helicopter - Flettner Fl 282 KolibriFlettner Fl 282|- References :NotesBibliography* Coates, Steve and Jean-Christophe Carbonel. Helicopters of the Third Reich. Crowborough, UK: Classic Publications Ltd., 2002. ISBN 1-903223-24-5....
Reconnaissance helicopter - Flettner Fl 339 Reconnaissance helicopter
Focke-Wulf
(Focke-Wulf Flugzeugbau G.m.b.H.)- Focke-Wulf Ta 183Focke-Wulf Ta 183The 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 was developed only to the extent of wind tunnel models when the war ended, but the basic design...
paper-only "Third-generation" jet fighter - Focke-Wulf Fw 191Focke-Wulf Fw 191The Focke-Wulf Fw 191 was a prototype German bomber of World War II. Two versions were intended to be produced, a twin-engine version using the Junkers Jumo 222 engine and a four-engine variant which was to have used the smaller Daimler-Benz DB 605 engine...
Bomber BBomber BBomber B was a German military aircraft design competition dating to just before the start of World War II to develop a second-generation high-speed bomber that would both be a direct successor to the Schnellbomber design philosophy, and to replace all medium and heavy bombers then in service with...
medium bomber program entry - Focke-Wulf Fw 281
- Focke-Wulf Ta 283Focke-Wulf Ta 283The Focke-Wulf Ta 283 was an unbuilt German jet fighter designed during World War II. Power was to be provided by a Walter HWK rocket engine for take-off and two Pabst ramjets. The ramjets were located on the tips of the sharply swept tailplanes and would be used for cruising. The wings were swept...
Ramjet-powered fighter - Focke-Wulf Fw 300Focke-Wulf Fw 300-See also:-References:* Herwig, Dieter and Rode, Heinz. Luftwaffe Secret Projects - Strategic Bombers 1935-45. Midland Publishing Ltd., 2000. ISBN 1-85780-092-3....
a replacement for the Focke-Wulf Fw 200Focke-Wulf Fw 200The Focke-Wulf Fw 200 Condor, also known as Kurier to the Allies was a German all-metal four-engine monoplane originally developed by Focke-Wulf as a long-range airliner...
Condor airliner, also for maritime patrol duties - Focke-Wulf Ta 400Focke-Wulf Ta 400|-See also:-References:NotesBibliography* Griehl, Manfred. Luftwaffe over America. London: Greenhill Books, 2006. ISBN 978-0-7607-8697-0....
six-engine, trans-Atlantic range Amerika BomberAmerika BomberThe Amerika-Bomber project was an initiative of the Reichsluftfahrtministerium, the Nazi Germany Air Ministry, to obtain a long-range strategic bomber for the Luftwaffe that would be capable of striking the continental United States from Germany, a range of about 5,800 km...
design competitor - Focke-Wulf Fw 491 (Fw 391 development) (project)
- Focke-Wulf Ta VTOL ProjectFocke-Wulf Fw Triebflugel-External links:* * * *...
- Focke-Wulf Jäger-Projekt I
- Focke-Wulf Bomber-Projekt 1000x1000x1000 Delta wing jet bomber
- Focke-Wulf Jäger-Projekt 000-222-018
- Focke-Wulf Jäger-Projekt with BMW 803
- Focke-Wulf Jäger-Projekt with 2 BMW 801F
- Focke-Wulf Jäger-Projekt 603s-001
- Focke-Wulf Jäger-Projekt II
- Focke-Wulf Jäger-Projekt II
- Focke-Wulf Jäger-Projekt IV
- Focke-Wulf Jäger-Projekt VI
- Focke-Wulf Jäger-Projekt VII
- Focke-Wulf Jäger-Projekt VIII (Fw 281)
- Focke-Wulf Nacht-Jäger-Projekt 011-45
- Focke-Wulf Nacht-Jäger-Projekt 011-46
- Focke-Wulf Nacht-Jäger-Projekt 011-47
- Focke-Wulf Nacht-Jäger-Projekt 0310251-13
- Focke-Wulf Projekt 195 (Fw 249)
- Focke-Wulf Projekt 82114
- Focke-Wulf Projekt 0310025-1006
- Focke-Wulf Projekt 031022 (Fw 261)
- Focke-Wulf Projekt 0310224-20/21
- Focke-Wulf Projekt 0310224-30
- Focke-Wulf Projekt 0310226-127
- Focke-Wulf Projekt 0310251-51
- Focke-Wulf Projekt Super-Lorin
- Focke-Wulf Projekt Super-TL
- Focke-Wulf Projekt Triebflügel
GothaGothaer WaggonfabrikGothaer Waggonfabrik 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:...
( Gothaer Waggonfabrik)
- Gotha Projekt P 35
- Gotha Projekt P 39
- Gotha Projekt P 40B
- Gotha Projekt P 45
- Gotha Projekt P 46
- Gotha Projekt P 47
- Gotha Projekt P 50/I
- Gotha Projekt P 50/II
- Gotha Projekt P 52
- Gotha Projekt P 53
- Gotha Projekt P 56
- Gotha Projekt P 58
- Gotha Projekt P 60
- Gotha Projekt P 3001
- Gotha Projekt P 3002
- Gotha Projekt P 8001
- Gotha Projekt P 9001
- Gotha Projekt P 9007
- Gotha Projekt P 10003
- Gotha Projekt P 11001
- Gotha Projekt P 12001
- Gotha Projekt P 14002
- Gotha Projekt P 14012
- Gotha Projekt P 16001
- Gotha Projekt P 17002
- Gotha Projekt P 20001
- Gotha Projekt P 21005
- Gotha Projekt P 35001
HeinkelHeinkelHeinkel 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.-History:...
(Ernst Heinkel A.G.)
- Heinkel He 176 Rocket-powered experimental aircraft (prototype), first manned liquid-fueled rocket aircraft ever to fly
- Heinkel He 177B first proposal for a true four engined version of the operational He 177A, four prototypes built (He 177 V101 to V104) with the first three completed, at least two flown.
- Heinkel He 178Heinkel He 178|-See also:*List of firsts in aviation-Bibliography:* Warsitz, Lutz: The First Jet Pilot - The Story of German Test Pilot Erich Warsitz, Pen and Sword Books Ltd., England, 2009, ISBN 9781844158188.-External links:...
Jet-powered experimental aircraft - Heinkel He 274Heinkel He 274The Heinkel He 274 was a German Luftwaffe heavy bomber developed during World War II, purpose-designed for high-altitude bombing with pressurized crew accommodation.- He 177 ancestry :...
Four-engine high-altitude heavy bomberHeavy bomberA heavy bomber is a bomber aircraft of the largest size and load carrying capacity, and usually the longest range.In New START, the term "heavy bomber" is used for two types of bombers:*one with a range greater than 8,000 kilometers...
development of the He 177Heinkel He 177The Heinkel He 177 Greif was the only operational long-range bomber to be operated by the Luftwaffe. Starting its existence as Germany's first purpose-built heavy bomber just before the war, and built in large numbers during World War II, it was also mistakenly tasked, right from its beginnings,...
two prototypes completed by the French after war's end. - Heinkel He 277Heinkel He 277The Heinkel He 277 was a four-engine, long range heavy bomber design, a derivative of the He 177, intended for production and use by the German Luftwaffe during World War II. The main difference was in engine configuration...
Paper-only four-engine heavy bomber development of the He 177, emerged as Heinkel's Amerika BomberAmerika BomberThe Amerika-Bomber project was an initiative of the Reichsluftfahrtministerium, the Nazi Germany Air Ministry, to obtain a long-range strategic bomber for the Luftwaffe that would be capable of striking the continental United States from Germany, a range of about 5,800 km...
design competitor by late 1943 - Heinkel Projekt P. 1064
- Heinkel Projekt P. 1065
- Heinkel Projekt P. 1066
- Heinkel Projekt P. 1068
- Heinkel Projekt P. 1069
- Heinkel Projekt P. 1070
- Heinkel Projekt P. 1071
- Heinkel Projekt P. 1072
- Heinkel Projekt P. 1073.01
- Heinkel Projekt P. 1073.02
- Heinkel Projekt P. 1073.03
- Heinkel Projekt P. 1073.04
- Heinkel Projekt P. 1074
- Heinkel Projekt P. 1075 (Do 635)
- Heinkel Projekt P. 1076
- Heinkel Projekt P. 1077Heinkel P.1077Heinkel P.1077 was a rocket-powered, single seat interceptor developed for the Luftwaffe by Heinkel aircraft manufacturing company under the Emergency Fighter Program during the last years of the Third Reich...
Julia - Heinkel Projekt P. 1078
- Heinkel Projekt P. 1079
- Heinkel Projekt P. 1080
- Heinkel Projekt Wespe
- Heinkel Projekt Lerche
- Heinkel Projekt Strabo 16
HenschelHenschel & SonHenschel & Son was a German company, situated in Kassel, best known during the 20th century as a maker of transportation equipment, including locomotives, trucks, buses and trolleybuses, and armoured fighting vehicles and weapons....
(Henschel Flugzeugwerke A.G.)
- Henschel Projekt P.54
- Henschel Projekt P.72
- Henschel Projekt P.75
- Henschel Projekt P.76
- Henschel Projekt P.80
- Henschel Projekt P.87
- Henschel Projekt P.122
- Henschel Projekt P.135
- Henschel Projekt P.J. 600/67
- Henschel Projekt P. Transporter
HortenHorten brothersWalter Horten and Reimar Horten , sometimes credited as the Horten Brothers, were German aircraft pilots and enthusiasts, and members of the Hitler Youth and Nazi party...
- Horten Ho 229Horten Ho 229The Horten H.IX, RLM designation Ho 229 was a late–World War II prototype fighter/bomber designed by Reimar and Walter Horten and built by Gothaer Waggonfabrik...
Experimental flying wing fighter-bomberStrike fighterIn a current military parlance, a strike fighter is a multi-role combat aircraft designed to operate primarily in the air-to-surface attack role while also incorporating certain performance characteristics of a fighter aircraft. As a category, it is distinct from fighter-bombers...
prototype - Horten Ho XVIIIHorten Ho XVIIIThe Horten H.XVIII was a proposed German World War II intercontinental bomber that would have been based upon the Horten Ho 229 design. Like the Ho 229, it possibly would have possessed the rudimentary stealthy characteristics of the previous design, as well as a large fuel capacity for...
Flying wing jet bomber (Reference: German Air Projects vol. 3 1935-1945, Marek Rys)
JunkersJunkersJunkers Flugzeug- und Motorenwerke AG , more commonly Junkers, was a major German aircraft manufacturer. It produced some of the world's most innovative and best-known airplanes over the course of its fifty-plus year history in Dessau, Germany. It was founded there in 1895 by Hugo Junkers,...
(Junkers Flugzeug-Werke A.G.)
- Junkers Ju 187Junkers Ju 187-References:D. Herwig & H. Rode Luftwaffe Secret Projects - Ground Attack & Special Purpose Aircraft. ISBN 1-85780-150-4-External links:*...
Dive bomber - Junkers Ju 322Junkers Ju 322-See also:-Bibliography:* Green, William. Warplanes of the Third Reich. London: Macdonald and Jane's Ltd., 1970 . ISBN 0-356-02382-6....
Mammut transport gliderMilitary gliderMilitary gliders have been used by the military of various countries for carrying troops and heavy equipment to a combat zone, mainly during the Second World War. These engineless aircraft were towed into the air and most of the way to their target by military transport planes, e.g...
(prototype), 1941 - Junkers Ju 290Junkers Ju 290The Junkers Ju 290 was a long-range transport, maritime patrol aircraft and heavy bomber used by the Luftwaffe late in World War II.-Design and development:...
Long-range bomber (prototype) - Junkers Ju 288Junkers Ju 288|-See also:-References:NotesBibliography* Hitchcock, Thomas H. Junkers 288 . Acton, MA: Monogram Aviation Publications, 1974. ISBN 0-914144-02-2.-External links:...
Bomber (prototype) - Junkers Ju 390Junkers Ju 390The Junkers Ju 390 was a German aircraft intended to be used as a heavy transport, maritime patrol aircraft, and long-range bomber, a long-range derivative of the Ju 290...
six engined Amerika BomberAmerika BomberThe Amerika-Bomber project was an initiative of the Reichsluftfahrtministerium, the Nazi Germany Air Ministry, to obtain a long-range strategic bomber for the Luftwaffe that would be capable of striking the continental United States from Germany, a range of about 5,800 km...
design competitor, derivative of the Ju 290 - Junkers Ju 287Junkers Ju 287-Bibliography:* Hitchcock, Thomas H. Junkers 287 . Acton, MA: Monogram Aviation Publications, 1974. ISBN 0-914144-01-4.-External links:*...
Heavy bomber (jet-engined) (prototype) - Junkers EF 008 (Entwicklung Flugzeug)
- Junkers EF 009Junkers EF 009The Junkers EF 009 Hubjäger was an unrealized design for an unorthodox jet fighter dating from the late 1930s.-Design & development:...
Hubjäger (German: "lift-fighter") - Junkers EF 010 High speed jet aircraft designed for record breaking speed
- Junkers EF 011 Hubjäger (German: "lift-fighter")
- Junkers EF 012
- Junkers EF 015
- Junkers EF 017
- Junkers EF 018
- Junkers EF 019
- Junkers EF 043
- Junkers EF 050
- Junkers EF 061
- Junkers EF 072
- Junkers EF 073 Medium bomber developed into Ju 288
- Junkers EF 077 Airliner project developed into Ju 252
- Junkers EF 094
- Junkers EF 100
- Junkers EF 101
- Junkers EF 112
- Junkers EF 115
- Junkers EF 116
- Junkers EF 122
- Junkers EF 125
- Junkers EF 126Junkers EF 126|-See also:-External links:*...
- Junkers EF 127
- Junkers EF 128
- Junkers EF 130
- Junkers EF 131
- Junkers EF 132 Heavy bomber
- Junkers EF 135
- Junkers EF 140
- Junkers EF 150
- Junkers EF with BMW 801
- Junkers EF 2x Jumo 004
LippischAlexander LippischAlexander Martin Lippisch was a German pioneer of aerodynamics. He made important contributions to the understanding of flying wings, delta wings and the ground effect. His most famous design is the Messerschmitt Me 163 rocket-powered interceptor.Lippisch was born in Munich, Kingdom of Bavaria...
- Lippisch Li 163S
- Lippisch P 01-111
- Lippisch P 01-119
- Lippisch P 03
- Lippisch P 04-107a
- Lippisch P 04-106
- Lippisch P 04-114
- Lippisch P 05
- Lippisch P 06
- Lippisch P 08
- Lippisch P 09
- Lippisch P 10
- Lippisch P 11
- Lippisch P 12
- Lippisch P 13 1.Entwurf
- Lippisch P 13 2.Entwurf
- Lippisch P 14
- Lippisch P 15
- Lippisch P 20
Messerschmitt
- Messerschmitt Bf 109Z
- Messerschmitt Me 209-IIMesserschmitt Me 209-II|-See also:-References:NotesBibliography* Green, William. War Planes of the Second World War, Fighters, vol. I. London: Hanover House, 1960....
Fighter (prototype) - not related to the Me 209 - Messerschmitt Me 261Messerschmitt Me 261-References:NotesBibliography* Donald, David, ed. Warplanes of the Luftwaffe. London: Aerospace Publishing, 1994. ISBN 1-874023-56-5.* Green, William. Warplanes of the Third Reich. New York: Galahad Books, 1986. ISBN 0-88365-666-3...
Long-range reconnaissance aircraft - Messerschmitt Me 262Messerschmitt Me 262The Messerschmitt Me 262 Schwalbe was the world's first operational jet-powered fighter aircraft. Design work started before World War II began, but engine problems prevented the aircraft from attaining operational status with the Luftwaffe until mid-1944...
first jet fighter aircraft - Messerschmitt Me 263Messerschmitt Me 263-See also:http://www.aviastar.org/air/germany/me-263.php-References:* David Myhra, "Messerschmitt Me 263", Schiffer Publishing, 1999...
Interceptor (rocket-engined), (Junkers Me 263) - Messerschmitt Me 264Messerschmitt Me 264|-See also:-References:NotesBibliography* Duffy, James P. Target: America. Westport, Connecticut: Praeger Publishers, 2004. ISBN 0-275-96684-4....
long-range strategic bomber, first-built Amerika BomberAmerika BomberThe Amerika-Bomber project was an initiative of the Reichsluftfahrtministerium, the Nazi Germany Air Ministry, to obtain a long-range strategic bomber for the Luftwaffe that would be capable of striking the continental United States from Germany, a range of about 5,800 km...
design competitor - Messerschmitt Me 265Messerschmitt Me 265The Messerschmitt Me 265 was a design project for a Zerstorer produced by leading German aircraft manufacturer Messerschmitt in World War II.-Design:The Me 265 was designed in 1942, and intended to replace the failing Me 210...
- Messerschmitt Me 309Messerschmitt Me 309|-References:*Green, William. War Planes of the Second World War, Fighters, vol. I. London: Hanover House, 1960.*Jackson, Robert. Infamous Aircraft: Dangerous Designs and their Vices. Barnsley, Yorkshire, UK: Pen and Sword Aviation, 2005. ISBN 1-84415-172-7.-External links:*...
Fighter (prototype) - Messerschmitt Me 329Messerschmitt Me 329|-See also:-References:*Luftwaffe Secret Projects - Ground Attack & Special Purpose Aircraft, D. Herwig & H. Rode, ISBN 1-85780-150-4*...
- Messerschmitt Me 334
- Messerschmitt Me 409 Heavy fighter, (Me 209 derivative) (project), 1944
- Messerschmitt Me 509
- Messerschmitt Me 609 Heavy fighter + bomber (project)
- Messerschmitt Bf 109TL
- Messerschmitt P.08.01
- Messerschmitt P.1092Messerschmitt P.1092-References:*Nowarra, Heinz J.. Die Deutsche Luftruestung 1933-1945 - Vol.3 - Flugzeugtypen Henschel-Messerschmitt. Bernard & Graefe Verlag. 1993. Koblenz. ISBN 3-7636-5464-4 , ISBN 3-7637-5467-9...
- Messerschmitt P.1092/2
- Messerschmitt P.1092/3
- Messerschmitt P.1092/4
- Messerschmitt P.1092/5
- Messerschmitt P.1092A
- Messerschmitt P.1092B-1
- Messerschmitt P.1092B-2
- Messerschmitt P.1092A-B
- Messerschmitt P.1095
- Messerschmitt P.1095/2
- Messerschmitt P.1095/3
- Messerschmitt P.1099A
- Messerschmitt P.1099B
- Messerschmitt P.1100/I
- Messerschmitt P.1100/II
- Messerschmitt P.1101
- Messerschmitt P.1101/92
- Messerschmitt P.1101/99
- Messerschmitt P.1102
- Messerschmitt P.1103/I
- Messerschmitt P.1103/II
- Messerschmitt P.1104/I
- Messerschmitt P.1104/II
- Messerschmitt P.1106
- Messerschmitt P.1107/I
- Messerschmitt P.1107/II
- Messerschmitt P.1108/I
- Messerschmitt P.1108/II
- Messerschmitt P.1109
- Messerschmitt P.1110 "ENTE"
- Messerschmitt P.1110/II
- Messerschmitt P.1111
- Messerschmitt P.1112
- Messerschmitt Me "LIBELLE"
- Messerschmitt Me "SCHWALBE"
- Messerschmitt Me "WESPE"
- Messerschmitt Me "ZERSTÖRER " P.II
Schempp-HirthSchempp-HirthSchempp-Hirth Flugzeugbau GmbH is a glider manufacturer based in Kirchheim unter Teck, Germany.-History:Martin Schempp founded his own company in Göppingen in 1935, with the assistance of Wolf Hirth. The company was initially called "Sportflugzeugbau Göppingen Martin Schempp"...
- Göppingen Gö 8
- Göppingen Gö 9Göppingen Gö 9The Göppingen Gö 9 was a 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....
Development aircraft for Do 335 Pfeil
Weser
- Weser Bf 163
- Weser We 271 - amphibian aircraft, prototype, 1939
- Weser P.1003/1 - tilt-rotor aircraft project
- Weser P.2127 - twin-boom aircraft project
- Weser P.2136
- Weser P.2138 - large flying boat project
- Weser P.2146
- Weser P.2147
See also
- List of military aircraft of Germany
- List of military aircraft of Germany by manufacturer
- RLM aircraft designation systemRLM aircraft designation systemThe German Air Ministry had a system for aircraft designation which was an attempt by the aviation bureaucracy of the Third Reich to standardize and produce an identifier for each aircraft type produced in Germany...
- List of military aircraft of Germany during World War II