List of German aircraft projects, 1939–1945

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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.

Legitimacy of German projects

Template:See also After the surrender of Nazi Germany several of the secret or unfinished projects of German military aircraft gained wide publicity. 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.<ref>Winchester, Jim. "Bell X-5." Concept Aircraft: Prototypes, X-Planes and Experimental Aircraft. Kent, UK: Grange Books plc., 2005. Template:ISBN</ref><ref>"North American F-86." Aviation History On-line Museum</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 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 War II.<ref>Henschel, a Company En Route to International Stature</ref> Hence some of the late Henschel projects that were recreated later are based on documents found in other locations or on second-hand sources and not on the original Henschel technical drawings.

(Arado Flugzeugwerke GmbH)

(Bachem-Werke GmbH)

  • Bachem Ba 349 Natter<ref name="Luftruestung 1"/>
  • Ba BP 20 - (Manned Flak Rocket) First versions of Ba 349, some unable to take off vertically, with fixed landing gear and solid nose for flight testing<ref name="Luftruestung 1"/>

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  • Blohm & Voss P 211.02 - 1944 Volksjäger project submission,<ref name="WM B+V" /> cancelled in favor of the He 162
  • Blohm & Voss P 212 - Tailless jet fighter, Emergency Fighter Program design candidate<ref name="Luftruestung 1" />
  • Blohm & Voss P 213 - Pulse jet miniature fighter, Miniaturjäger design candidate<ref name="Luftruestung 1" />
  • Blohm & Voss P 214 - Piloted tailless flying bomb<ref name="Luftruestung 1" />
  • Blohm & Voss P 215 - Tailless, swept-wing jet night fighter<ref name="Luftruestung 1" />
  • Blohm & Voss Ae 607 - Jet-engined flying wing fighter<ref name="Luftruestung 1" /><ref>Dan Sharp; "Bats From Hamburg", Luftwaffe: Secret Wings of the Third Reich, Mortons, 2017, pp.68-73.</ref>

(Bayerische Motoren-Werke GmbH)

(Daimler-Benz)

  • Daimler-Benz Trägerflugzeug - Giant carrier aircraft designed to carry either the Schnellbomber or SO Flugzeug, project (dubbed Projekt A and B by Nowarra 1993)<ref name="Luftruestung 1"/>
  • Daimler-Benz Schnellbomber - parasite jet bomber (designs with twin-tail and V-tail configurations) carried by Trägerflugzeug.
  • Daimler-Benz SO Flugzeug - parasite manned missile carried by Trägerflugzeug. Possible suicide craft as escape downwards near target nearly impossible at speed.<ref name="Luftruestung 1"/>

(Dornier Werke GmbH)

(Deutsche Forschungsanstalt für Segelflug)

  • DFS 39 - Lippisch-designed tailless research aircraft
  • DFS 40 - Lippisch-designed tail-less research aircraft
  • DFS 194 - Rocket-powered research aircraft, forerunner of Me 163
  • DFS 228 - Rocket-powered reconnaissance aircraft (2 prototypes)
  • DFS 332 - twin-fuselage experimental aircraft
  • DFS 346 Supersonic research aircraft (incomplete prototype only)
  • DFS Bombensegler - "bomb-carrying glider"
  • DFS Eber ("Wild Boar") - Armed ramming interceptor

(Gerhard Fieseler Werke GmbH)

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(Flettner Flugzeugbau GmbH / Anton Flettner G.m.b.H.)

(Focke-Achgelis & Co. GmbH)

(Focke-Wulf Flugzeugbau GmbH)

( Gothaer Waggonfabrik)

(Ernst Heinkel A.G.)

(Henschel Flugzeugwerke A.G.)

(Ulrich Hütter and Wolfgang Hütter)

(Junkers Flugzeug-Werke A.G.)

  • Junkers Ju 85 parallel design of Ju 88; cancelled in favor of the Ju 88
  • Junkers Ju 89 heavy bomber prototype, Ural bomber design candidate
  • Junkers Ju 186 proposed four-engine high-altitude bomber
  • Junkers Ju 187 projected dive bomber
  • Junkers Ju 268 unmanned parasite fighter
  • Junkers Ju 286 proposed six-engine high-altitude bomber
  • Junkers Ju 287 projected dive bomber
  • Junkers Ju 287 Heavy bomber (jet-engined) (prototype)
  • Junkers Ju 288 Bomber B program favored contender (prototype)
  • Junkers Ju 290 Long-range bomber (prototype)
  • Junkers Ju 322 Mammut transport glider (prototype), 1941
  • Junkers Ju 390 six engined Amerikabomber design competitor, derivative of the Ju 290 (two airworthy prototypes)
  • Junkers Ju 488 proposed four-engine strategic bomber
  • Junkers EFo 8 (Entwicklung Flugzeug)<ref name="Vol.3"/>
  • Junkers EFo 9 Hubjäger (German: "lift-fighter")<ref name="Vol.3"/>
  • Junkers High speed jet aircraft designed for record breaking speed<ref name="Vol.3"/>
  • Junkers EFo 11 Hubjäger (German: "lift-fighter")<ref name="Vol.3"/>
  • Junkers EFo 12<ref name="Vol.3"/>
  • Junkers EFo 15<ref name="Vol.3"/>
  • Junkers EFo 17<ref name="Vol.3"/>
  • Junkers EFo 18<ref name="Vol.3"/>
  • Junkers EFo 19<ref name="Vol.3"/>
  • Junkers EF 043<ref name="Vol.3"/>
  • Junkers EF 050 VTOL design study<ref name="Vol.3"/>
  • Junkers EF 061 pressurized high-altitude bomber prototype
  • Junkers EF 072 early design for EF 077<ref name="Vol.3"/>
  • Junkers EF 073 Medium bomber developed into Ju 288<ref name="Wehrmacht Junkers">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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Stöckel

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See also

References

Notes

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Bibliography
  • Rys, Marek German Air Projects 1935-1945 vol.3 (Bombers). Mushroom model publications. 2007. Template:ISBN
  • Witkowski, Ryszard "Rotorcraft of the Third Reich". Mushroom Model. 2007. Redbourn, UK. Template:ISBN
  • Nowarra, Heinz J.. Die Deutsche Luftruestung 1933-1945 - Vol.1 - Flugzeugtypen AEG-Dornier. Bernard & Graefe Verlag. 1993. Koblenz. Template:ISBN (Gesamtwek), Template:ISBN (Band 1)
  • Nowarra, Heinz J.. Die Deutsche Luftruestung 1933-1945 - Vol.2 - Flugzeugtypen Erla-Heinkel. Bernard & Graefe Verlag. 1993. Koblenz. Template:ISBN (Gesamtwek), Template:ISBN (Band 2)
  • Nowarra, Heinz J.. Die Deutsche Luftruestung 1933-1945 - Vol.3 - Flugzeugtypen Henschel-Messerschmitt. Bernard & Graefe Verlag. 1993. Koblenz. Template:ISBN (Gesamtwek), Template:ISBN (Band 3)
  • Nowarra, Heinz J.. Die Deutsche Luftruestung 1933-1945 Vol.4 – Flugzeugtypen MIAG-Zeppelin. Bernard & Graefe Verlag. 1993. Koblenz. Template:ISBN (Gesamtwek), Template:ISBN (Band 4)