List of military aircraft of Germany
This list of military aircraft of Germany 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 German Democratic Republic 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
Bombers and ground-attack aircraft
Patrol and reconnaissance
Trainers
Experimental and research
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 , 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, Zerstörer (Destroyer)
Arado Ar 440 , heavy fighter + attack, Zerstörer (Destroyer)
Blohm & Voss BV 40 , Fighter glider, interceptor
Blohm & Voss BV 155 , 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 , Long-range reconnaissance
Fieseler Fi 98 , biplane dive bomber, 1936
Focke-Wulf Fw 57 , heavy fighter + bomber (prototype)
Focke-Wulf Ta 152 , interceptor (derived from Fw 190)
Focke-Wulf Ta 154 Moskito (Mosquito), night-fighter
Focke-Wulf Fw 159 , fighter (prototype only)
Focke-Wulf Ta 183 , jet-engined fighter (prototype)
Focke-Wulf Fw 187 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 , fighter + close-support (biplane)
Heinkel He 100 , fighter
Heinkel He 112 , fighter
Heinkel He 113 , fighter (alternative propaganda designation for He 100)
Heinkel He 162 Volksjäger (People's Fighter), fighter (jet-engined)
Heinkel He 219 Uhu (Eagle-Owl), night-fighter
Heinkel He 280 , 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 , re-designation of Me 263
Messerschmitt Bf 109 , fighter + night-fighter (often mis-designated as the "Me 109")
Messerschmitt Bf 110 , heavy fighter + night fighter + fighter-bomber + ground-attack
Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet (Comet), interceptor (rocket-engined)
Messerschmitt Me 209 , fighter + speed-record aircraft (prototype)
Messerschmitt Me 209-II , fighter (prototype – completely different from Me 209)
Messerschmitt Me 210 , heavy fighter + reconnaissance + ground-attack + fighter-bomber + dive bomber
Messerschmitt Me 262 Schwalbe (Swallow), fighter + attack (jet-engined)
Messerschmitt Me 263 , interceptor (rocket-engined)
Messerschmitt Me 265 , heavy fighter prototype
Messerschmitt Me 309 , fighter (prototype)
Messerschmitt Me 328 , pulsejet fighter/attack aircraft (prototype)
Messerschmitt Me 329 , 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 , trainer + night ground attack
Arado Ar 234 Blitz ('Lightning'), bomber + night-fighter (jet-engined)
Blohm & Voss Ha 140 , torpedo bomber floatplane (prototype)
Blohm & Voss BV 237 , dive bomber, ground attack (project)
Dornier Do 11 , (Do F) medium bomber, 1931
Dornier Do 13 , medium bomber, 1933
Dornier Do 17 Fliegender Bleistift (Flying Pencil), bomber + recon + night-fighter
Dornier Do 18 , bomber + reconnaissance flying-boat, 1935
Dornier Do 19 , quad-engined heavy bomber (prototype)
Dornier Do 22 , torpedo bomber + reconnaissance seaplane
Dornier Do 23 , bomber
Dornier Do 215 , bomber + night-fighter
Dornier Do 217 , 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 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 , reconnaissance + dive bomber (biplane)
Heinkel He 111 , bomber
Heinkel He 177 Greif (Griffon), long-range bomber
Heinkel He 274 , high-altitude bomber, two prototypes completed post-war in France
Heinkel He 277 , never-built trans-oceanic range bomber, evolved into Amerika Bomber competitor
Heinkel He 343 , jet bomber/reconnaissance, design only
Henschel Hs 123 , ground-attack (biplane)
Henschel Hs 127 , bomber (prototype)
Henschel Hs 129 , 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 , 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 (Avenger), bomber + recon
Junkers Ju 287 , heavy bomber (jet-engined) (prototype)
Junkers Ju 288 , bomber (prototype)
Junkers Ju 290 , long-range bomber + recon
Junkers Ju 388 , bomber (prototype)
Junkers Ju 390 , long-range bomber (prototype), Amerika Bomber competitor
Junkers Ju 488 , heavy bomber project
Junkers EF 132 , heavy bomber project
Messerschmitt Bf 162 , bomber (prototype)
Messerschmitt Me 264 , long-range bomber (prototype), first-built and flown Amerika Bomber competitor
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 Fliegende Holzschuh , flying-boat (early versions designated as Ha 138)
Blohm & Voss BV 141 , reconnaissance (asymmetric)
Blohm & Voss BV 142 , reconnaissance + transport
Blohm & Voss BV 222 long-range flying boat
Blohm & Voss BV 238 , 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
Dornier Do 18 reconnaissance flying-boat
Fieseler Fi 156 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 proposed long-range version of Fw 200
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
Henschel Hs 126 , reconnaissance
Hütter Hü 211 , reconnaissance and night fighter
Junkers Ju 388 Störtebeker , reconnaissance + night-fighter
Messerschmitt Bf 163 STOL reconnaissance aircraft (prototypes only)
Messerschmitt Me 261 , long-range reconnaissance
Messerschmitt Me 321 Gigant , heavy transport glider
Messerschmitt Me 323 Gigant , powered version of Me 321
Siebel Si 201 , STOL reconnaissance aircraft (prototype)
Transport and utility
Arado Ar 232 Tausendfüssler , transport
Blohm & Voss Ha 139 , long-range seaplane
Blohm & Voss BV 144 , transport
Blohm & 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 , transport flying-boat
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 , 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 , transport. Motorised version of Me 321
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
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
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 , 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 , pioneering jet-engined experimental aircraft
Heinkel Lerche , VTOL experiment
Lippisch P.13a , delta-winged ramjet powered fighter.
Messerschmitt Me P.1101 , variable-geometry jet fighter.
1946–1991
Fighters and interceptors
West Germany
East Germany
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15bis , UTI (DDR only )
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17 F, PF (DDR only )
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19 PF, PFM, PM, S, SF (DDR only )
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 F, F-13, FL, M, MF, PF, PFM, PFS, RF, SPS, SPSK, bis , UM, US, USM, UTI
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23 BN, MF, ML, PFM, S, UB
Mikoyan MiG-29 , −29UBC
Sukhoi Su-20
Sukhoi Su-22 , −22UM
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
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
Fighter bombers
Air Force
Navy
Patrol and reconnaissance
Luftwaffe
Navy
UAVs
Air Force
Army
Transport and utility
Air Force
Airbus A310 MRTT + VIP, out of service
Airbus A319
Airbus A321
Airbus A340-300 Two former Lufthansa , service entry 2009.
Airbus ACJ350 XWB , service entry 1 x 2020, 2 x 2022
Airbus Military A400M
Bombardier Global Express Ordered, replaced Challengers.
Transall C-160 D, out of service
Ilyushin Il-62 Former Interflug , out of service.
Tupolev Tu-134 Former Interflug , out of service.
Tupolev Tu-154M Former NVA , out of service. One out of two modified for Open Skies .
Let L-410 Turbolet Former NVA , out of service.
Navy
Trainers
Helicopters
Army
Navy
Airforce
Experimental and research
See also
References
Bibliography
Silvester, John. "Call to Arms: The Percival Sea Prince and Pembroke". Air Enthusiast , No. 55, Autumn 1994, pp. 56–61. ISSN 0143-5450
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