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During the mid-to-late 1930s, efforts were underway to develop and construct suitable aircraft to equip the rapidly growing Luftwaffe. [5] To this end, during 1937, the Reichsluftfahrtministerium (RLM/German Aviation Ministry) issued a specification that called for a single-engine reconnaissance aircraft that would succeed the Henschel Hs 126.
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.
A Ju 86P high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft, with Jumo 207 turbocharged diesel powerplants. Germany emphasized tactical reconnaissance and invested considerably in modified aircraft – primarily Ju 88s and Junkers Ju 188s – and in types such as the asymmetric Blohm & Voss BV 141 (20 built) and the twin-boom Focke-Wul Fw 189 Uhu (nearly ...
The Focke-Wulf Fw 189 Uhu (Owl) is a twin-engine twin-boom tactical reconnaissance and army cooperation aircraft designed and produced by the German aircraft manufacturer Focke-Wulf. It was one of the Luftwaffe's most prominent short range reconnaissance aircraft during the Second World War. [1]
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.
Kampfgeschwader 200 (KG 200) ("[Air] Combat Squadron 200") was a German Luftwaffe special operations unit during World War II.The unit carried out especially difficult bombing and transport operations and long-distance reconnaissance flights, tested new aircraft designs and operated captured aircraft.
German Combat Planes: A Comprehensive Survey and History of the Development of German Military Aircraft from 1914 to 1945. New York: Doubleday, 1971. Wood, Tony and Gunston, Bill. Hitler's Luftwaffe: A pictorial history and technical encyclopedia of Hitler's air power in World War II. London: Salamander Books Ltd., 1977. ISBN 0-86101-005-1
Arado Ar 95 patrol/reconnaissance floatplane, 1936; Arado Ar 96 trainer; Arado Ar 196 ship-borne reconnaissance/patrol floatplane; Arado Ar 197 naval fighter (prototype) Arado Ar 198 reconnaissance (prototype) Arado Ar 199 seaplane trainer (prototypes) Arado Ar 231 folding U-boat reconnaissance aircraft (prototype) Arado Ar 232 transport