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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 ...
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.
List of aircraft engines of Germany during World War II; List of aircraft of the French Air Force during World War II; List of common World War II infantry weapons; List of gliders; List of RLM aircraft designations (for a full listing by type designations) List of weapons of military aircraft of Germany during World War II
The Horten Flying Wing in World War II - The History and Development of the Ho 229. Schiffer Military History. Vol. 47. West Chester, PA: Schiffer Military History. ISBN 978-0887403576. Ford, Roger (2013). Germany's Secret Weapons of World War II. London: Amber Books. ISBN 9781909160569. Francillon, René J. (1987). Lockheed Aircraft since 1913 ...
The Luftfahrtforschungsanstalt in Völkenrode, a top secret German aviation technology facility, with no airfield of its own; Eric "Winkle" Brown (1919-2016), the Royal Navy aviation officer who helped Watson obtain a number of aircraft; Siegfried Knemeyer, a World War II German aviation technology expert who worked for the USAF after the war
The following is a list of aircraft production by Germany during World War II by type and year. Note that some figures may not be accurate, and it is not comprehensive. Aircraft variants of different roles are listed separately. Related types are listed next to each other; see RLM aircraft designation system for an explanation. He 111 ...
The Focke-Wulf Fw 190, nicknamed Würger [b] is a German single-seat, single-engine fighter aircraft designed by Kurt Tank at Focke-Wulf in the late 1930s and widely used during World War II. Along with its well-known counterpart, the Messerschmitt Bf 109 , the Fw 190 became the backbone of the Jagdwaffe (Fighter Force) of the Luftwaffe .
The Ural bomber was the initial aircraft design program/competition to develop a long-range bomber for the Luftwaffe, created and led by General Walther Wever in the early 1930s. Wever died in an air crash on June 3, 1936, and his successor Albert Kesselring continued the project until he left office.