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This list covers aircraft of the German Luftwaffe during the Second World War from 1939 to 1945. Numerical designations are largely within the RLM designation system.. The Luftwaffe officially existed from 1933–1945 but training had started in the 1920s, before the Nazi seizure of power, and many aircraft made in the inter-war years were used during World War II.
The Heinkel He 177 Greif 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 problems both with the development of its engines and frequent changes to its intended role.
Manufacture of the He 111 ceased in September 1944, at which point piston-engine bomber production was largely halted in favour of fighter aircraft. With the German bomber force virtually defunct, the He 111 was used for logistics. [4] Production of the Heinkel continued after the war as the Spanish-built CASA 2.111. Spain received a batch of ...
Military prototype developed for Japan, but held in Germany due to the start of WWII. Served as the basis for the C-series. Fw 200 A-0 Pre-production batch of fourth to ninth prototypes. Fw 200 B-1 Transportation aircraft fitted with four BMW 132Dc engines; one built. Fw 200 B-2 Transportation aircraft fitted with four BMW 132H engines; three ...
Also certain postwar planes such as the Bell X-5, F-86 Sabre or the MiG-15 were deemed to have been based on the pioneering work of World War II German aircraft designers. [1] [2] [3] German aircraft manufacturers such as Henschel in Kassel had their archives destroyed in the course of the Allied bombing of the Third Reich at the end of World ...
Dornier Do 13 medium bomber (Development of Do 11), 1933; Dornier Do 14 seaplane (prototype) Dornier Do 15 Wal ('Whale') reconnaissance flying-boat; Dornier Do 17 mail-plane, bomber and night-fighter; Dornier Do 18 reconnaissance bomber flying-boat, 1935; Dornier Do 19 prototype four engine heavy bomber; Dornier Do 22 torpedo bomber ...
The Dornier Do 17 is a twin-engined light bomber designed and produced by the German aircraft manufacturer Dornier Flugzeugwerke.Large numbers were operated by the Luftwaffe throughout the Second World War.
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 final years of the Second World War.