List of military aircraft of Germany by manufacturer
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AEG
- AEG Helicopter, helicopter observation platform, 1933
- AEG Kugelwaffen, (Ball Weapons), burning spherical attack probes (a.k.a. "Foo Fighter" weapon #2) see WNF Feuerball and Zeppelin Werke Kugelblitz also, 1942-1945 (mercury ion-plasma engine)
AGO, Aerowerke Gustav Otto
Albatros
- Albatros Al 101, 'L 101', two-seat sportsplane + trainer, 1930
- Albatros Al 102, 'L 102', two-seat sportsplane + trainer, 1931
- Albatros Al 103, 'L 103', two-seat sportsplane + trainer, 1932
Arado
- Arado Ar 64, fighter (biplane)
- Arado Ar 65, fighter/trainer (biplane - re-engined Ar 64)
- Arado Ar 66, trainer + night fighter
- Arado Ar 67, fighter (biplane) (prototype)
- Arado Ar 68, fighter (biplane)
- Arado Ar 69, trainer (biplane) (prototypes), 1933
- Arado Ar 76, fighter (biplane) + trainer
- Arado Ar 80, fighter (prototype
- Arado Ar 81, two-seat biplane (prototype)(1936)
- Arado Ar 95, coastal patrol + attack (biplane seaplane)
- Arado Ar 96, trainer
- Arado Ar 195, competitor to Fi-167 for Graf Zeppelin aircraft carrier, seaplane
- Arado Ar 196, ship-borne reconnaissance + coastal patrol (seaplane)
- Arado Ar 197, naval fighter (biplane - derived from Ar 68)
- Arado Ar 198, reconnaissance
- Arado Ar 199, seaplane trainer
- Arado Ar 231, fold-wing U-boat reconnaissance aircraft (prototype), carried on Hitler's personal U-boat "Schwarz Ritter" (Black Knight) U-112 Type XIb (kept secret, officially not completed but was- found off Cape Cod sunk.
- Arado Ar 232, "Tausenfussler" (Centipede)transport
- Arado Ar 233, seaplane(concept), 1940
- Arado Ar 234 Blitz ('Lightning'), bomber (jet-engined)
- Arado Ar 240, heavy fighter + attack
- Arado Ar 396, trainer
- Arado Ar 440, heavy fighter + attack
- Arado Ar 532, cancelled transport
- Arado SO-Gerat "Selbstmord Objekt Gerat"(Suicide Object Device) piloted version of E.377 flying bomb, project
Argus
- Argus As-292, see DFS Mo 12
Bachem
- Ba BP 20, (Manned Flak Rocket)First versions of Ba-349, some Non-VTO fitted with fixed landing gear and solid nose for flight testing
- Ba 349, "Natter" (Viper) VTO rocket interceptor
Baumgartl, Paul
- Baumgartl Heliofly I backpack helicopter
- Baumgartl Heliofly III/57 backpack helicopter
- Baumgartl Heliofly III/59 one man helicopter
Berlin
- Berlin B 9, research glider, pilot prone
Blohm & Voss
- Blohm & Voss Bv 40, glider interceptor
- Blohm & Voss Bv 138, flying-boat (early versions designated as Ha 138)
- Blohm & Voss Ha 139, long-range seaplane
- Blohm & Voss Ha 140, torpedo bomber flying-boat (prototype)
- Blohm & Voss Bv 141, reconnaissance (asymmetric)
- Blohm & Voss Bv 142, reconnaissance + transport
- Blohm & Voss Bv 143, glide bomb (prototype)
- Blohm & Voss Bv 144, transport
- Blohm & Voss Bv 155, high-altitude interceptor (formerly Me 155)
- Blohm & Voss Bv 222, "Wiking" (Viking), transport flying-boat
- Blohm & Voss Bv 238, flying-boat (prototype
- Blohm & Voss Bv 246, "Hagelkorn" (Hailstone), long-range glide bomb, "Radieschen" (Radish) anti-radar version
- Blohm & Voss Bv L.10 "Friedensengel" (Peace Angel)
torpedo glider
- Blohm & Voss Bv L.11 "Schneewittchen" (Snow White) torpedo glider
BMW
- BMW Flugelrad (Winged Wheel) Series jet disc autogyros/aircraft (all BMW turbojet powered):
- BMW Flugelrad I V-1 disc autogyro prototype 1943
- BMW Flugelrad I V-2 disc autogyro prototype 1944
- BMW Flugelrad II V-1 disc autogyro prototype 1945
- BMW Flugelrad II V-2 disc autogyro prototype 1945
- BMW Flugelrad II V-3 disc autogyro project
- BMW Flugelrad III stratospheric recon disc project
Bucker
- Bucker Bu 131 Jungmann (Young Man), trainer (biplane)
- Bucker Bu 133 Jungmeister (Young Champion), trainer + aerobatics (biplane)
- Bücker Bü 181 Bestmann (Bestman), trainer + transport
- Bucker Bu 182 "Kornet" (Cornet) trainer
Daimler-Benz
- Daimler-Benz Projekt A, Giant carrier aircraft with underslung twin-engined jet bomber with V-tail, project
- Daimler-Benz Projekt B, Giant carrier aircraft with underslung single engine jet bomber, project
- Daimler-Benz Projekt C, Giant carrier aircraft designed for launching missiles
- Daimler-Benz Projekt D, Giant carrier aircraft of different configuration with underslung Projekt B bomber
- Daimler-Benz Projekt E, Giant carrier aircraft deisned to carry 6 piloted Projekt F missiles
- Daimler-Benz Projekt F, parasite manned missile carried by Projekt E carrier. Possible suicide craft as escape downwards near target nearly impossible at speed.
Deutsche Forschungsanstalt für Segelflug (DFS)
- DFS See Adler, (Sea Eagle) seaplane prototype
- DFS Mo 6, target glider (prototypes only), 1936
- DFS Mo 12, target drone re-designated Argus As-292, first RPV fitted with Zeiss cameras for recon
- DFS 39, Lippisch-designed tail-less research aircraft
- DFS 40, Lippisch-designed tail-less research aircraft
- DFS 108-49, "Granau Baby", 1932 glider
- DFS 108-??, "Kranich" (Crane), 1935 glider
- DFS 108-68, "Weihe" (Harrier), 1938 glider
- DFS 108-70, "Olympia", planned 1940 Olympics glider
- DFS 194, rocket-powered research aircraft, forerunner of Me 163
- DFS 228, rocket-powered reconnaissance aircraft (prototype only)
- DFS 230, transport glider
- DFS 331, transport glider (prototype)
- DFS-332
- DFS 346, supersonic research aircraft (incomplete prototype only), reached Mach 1 in USSR in 1951 nicknamed "Viktoriya" (Victory)by Soviets
- DFS 360, "Berserker" (Frenzied, violent noisemaker), explosives laden disc Mistel project (6 Argus 044 engines), 1945
- DFS 464, proposed rocket carrier aircraft for DFS 360, project (rocket powered)
Dornier
Aircraft by Dornier GmbH:
- Dornier Do 10, (Do C1) fighter (prototype), 1931
- Dornier Do 11, (Do F) medium bomber, 1931
- Dornier Do 12, Libelle (Dragonfly) seaplane
- Dornier Do 13, medium bomber, 1933
- Dornier Do 14, seaplane (prototype)
- Dornier Do 15, Wal (Whale), reconnaissance flying-boat
- Dornier Do 17, Flying Pencil, mail-plane + bomber + reconnaissance + night-fighter
- Dornier Do 17Z, "Kauz" (Screech Owl), night fighter version of the Do 17
- Dornier Do 18, bomber + reconnaissance flying-boat, 1935
- Dornier Do 19, "Uralbomber" quad-engined heavy bomber (prototype)
- Dornier Do 22, torpedo bomber + reconnaissance flying-boat
- Dornier Do 23, heavy bomber
- Dornier 24, flying boat
- Dornier 26, flying boat + transport
- Dornier Do 214, transport flying-boat (prototype)
- Dornier Do 215, bomber + night-fighter
- Dornier Do 217, bomber + night-fighter
- Dornier Do 288, re-designation of captured B-17 bombers used by KG 200
- Dornier Do 317
- Dornier Do 335 Pfeil (Arrow), fighter-bomber (push-pull engine configuration) nicknamed "Ameisanbar" (Ant eater)
- Dornier Do 417, twin-boom project
- Dornier Do 435
- Dornier Do 635
Elektro Mechanische Werke
- EMW A-4B piloted V-2 missile project
- EMW A-6 piloted V-2 missile project with aux. ramjet- origin of the X-15 rocketplane
- EMW A-9/A-10 piloted A-9/A-10 ICBM project
- EMW Wasserfall, (Waterfall) surface to air missile
- EMW Taifun, (Typhoon) unguided AA rocket
Epp, Josef Andreas
- Epp Omega Diskus, WW2 disc aircraft project (2 Pabst ramjets plus 8 Argus lift fans), built postwar in GDR with Soviet assistance in 1950. Known as Pirna Disc. First Soviet disc aircraft.
- Epp Fliegenzeil, (Flying Target) WW2 second proposed disc project to Soviets, rejected
Fieseler Fieseler Flugzeugbau
- Fieseler Fi 2 (F-2) acrobatic sportsplane, 1932
- Fieseler Fi 5 (F-5) acrobatic sportsplane + trainer, 1933
- Fieseler Fi 98, biplane fighter, 1936
- Fieseler Fi 99, "Jungtiger" (Young Tiger) light utility aircraft, 1938
- Fieseler Fi 103 (V-1), pilotless bomber or flying bomb
- Fieseler Fi 103R Series, Reichenberg I-IV manned V-1 suicide craft
- Fieseler Fi 156 Storch (Stork), STOL reconnaissance aircraft
- Fieseler Fi 167, ship-borne torpedo bomber + reconnaissance (biplane)
- Fiesler Fi 256 five seat version of Fi 156, two prototypes
- Fiesler Fi-333 transport (concept)
Flettner
- Flettner Gigant, (Giant) helicopter, two huge rotors, 1933
- Flettner Fl 184, auto-gyro, 1933
- Flettner Fl 185, helicopter, rotors + pusher engines
- Flettner Fl 265, based on Fl 185 but with intermeshing rotors
- Flettner Fl 282 Kolibri (Hummingbird), naval reconnaissance helicopter
- Flettner Fl 339 two man flying platform project with simple main rotor and tail rotor
Focke Achgelis
- Focke Achgelis Fa 223 Drache (Kite), transport helicopter (prototype
- Focke Achgelis Fa 225 towed assault helo-glider prototype
- Focke Achgelis Fa 266 Hornisse (Hornet), helicopter (prototype)
- Focke Achgelis Fa 269, tilt-wing pursuit helicopter project
- Focke Achgelis Fa 283, jet helicopter project
- Focke Achgelis Fa 284, heavy-lift helicopter project
- Focke Achgelis Fa 330, "Bachstelze" (Wagtail) towed autogyro (prototype)
- Focke Achgelis Fa 336 scout helicopter (prototype), 1944, manufactured in France postwar
Focke, Heinrich
- Focke Schnellflugzeug, Fast Aircraft "Rochen" (Aquatic Ray/Kite), circular turboshaft-driven aircraft project,
1939 (later re-designated as Fw VTOL aircraft)
Focke-Wulf
- Focke-Wulf Fw 19A, "Ente" (Duck) research aircraft
- Focke-Wulf Fw 42 Bomber project, 1929
- Focke-Wulf Fw 44 Stieglitz (Goldfinch), trainer (biplane)
- Focke-Wulf Fw 56 Stosser (Falcon Hawk), trainer (parasol monoplane)
- Focke-Wulf Fw 57, heavy fighter + bomber (prototype)
- Focke-Wulf Fw 58 Weihe (Kite), transport + trainer
- Focke-Wulf Fw 61, helicopter (prototype)
- Focke-Wulf Fw 62, ship-borne reconnaissance (biplane seaplane)
- Focke-Wulf Ta 152, fighter (derived from Fw 190)
- Focke-Wulf Ta 154 Moskito (Mosquito), night-fighter
- Focke-Wulf Fw 159, fighter (prototype only)
- Focke-Wulf Ta 183, "Huckebein" (cartoon raven)jet-engined fighter (prototype)
- Focke-Wulf Fw 186, autogiro reconnaissance aircraft (prototype)
- Focke-Wulf Fw 187 Falke (Falcon), heavy fighter
- Focke-Wulf Fw 189 Uhu (Owl), ground-attack
- Focke-Wulf Fw 190 Wurger (Shrike), fighter, nicknamed "Butcher Bird" by Allies
- Focke-Wulf Fw 190A7, "Sturmjager" (Storm Hunter), ground attack version of Fw 190
- Focke-Wulf Fw 190TL jet prototype, 1942, powered by Fw T-1 centrifugal turbojet
- Focke-Wulf Fw 191 medium bomber prototype
- Focke-Wulf Fw 200 Kondor (Condor), transport + maritime patrol-bomber, nicknamed "Scourge of the Atlantic" by Winston Churchill
- Focke-Wulf Fw 259 Frontjäger (concept)
- Focke-Wulf Fw Ta 283, "Nova" ramjet fighter project
- Focke-Wulf Fw 300 proposed long-range version of Fw 200
- Focke Wulf Ta 400 long range bomber project
- Focke-Wulf P.VI, Flitzer (Madcap), twin-boom fighter project, reached mock-up stage
- Focke Wulf Triebflugel, (Thrust Wing) ramjet coleopter project
Sportsflugzeuge Göppingen, "Göppingen"
- Göppingen Gö 1 Wolf I sailplane,1935
- Göppingen Gö 3 Minimoa sailplane, 1936
- Göppingen Gö 4 sailplane
- Göppingen Gö 5 sailplane, 1937 (note: not clear if plane is RLM #5, most likely not though)
- Göppingen Gö 9 development aircraft for Do 335 Pfiel
Gothaer Waggonfabrik, "Gotha"
- Gotha Go 145, trainer
- Gotha Go 146, small transport(twin-engine), 1935
- Gotha Go 147, STOL reconnaissance (prototype)
- Gotha Go 229, fighter (flying-wing)
- Gotha Go 242, transport glider
- Gotha Go 244, transport
- Gotha Go 345, assault glider
- Gotha Ka 430, transport glider
Heinkel
- Heinkel He 37, fighter (biplane)
- Heinkel He 38, fighter (biplane)
- Heinkel He 43, fighter (biplane)
- Heinkel He 45, bomber + trainer
- Heinkel He 46, reconnaissance
- Heinkel He 49, fighter (biplane)
- Heinkel He 50, reconnaissance + dive bomber (biplane)
- Heinkel He 51, fighter + close-support (biplane)
- Heinkel He 59, reconnaissance (biplane seaplane)
- Heinkel He 60, ship-borne reconnaissance (biplane seaplane)
- Heinkel He 70, "Blitz" (Lightning), single-engine transport + mailplane, 1932
- Heinkel He 72 Kadett (Cadet), trainer
- Heinkel He 74, fighter + advanced trainer (prototype)
- Heinkel He 100, fighter
- Heinkel He 111, bomber
- Heinkel He 111Z, "Zwilling" (Twin) He-111s mated by a single wing with 5th engine used for towing
- Heinkel He 112, fighter
- Heinkel He 113, (alternative designation for He 100)
- Heinkel He 114, reconnaissance seaplane
- Heinkel He 115, general-purpose seaplane
- Heinkel He 116, transport + reconnaissance
- Heinkel He 118, dive bomber, two sent to Japan, first aircraft to test turbojet HeS 3A in early 1939
- Heinkel He 119, high speed recon bomber, record setter, two went to Japan
- Heinkel He 162 Salamander/Volksjager (People's Fighter), fighter (jet-engined), original designation was to be He-500 "Spatz" (Sparrow)
- Heinkel He 170, recon + bomber, built in Hungary
- Heinkel He 172, trainer (prototype)
- Heinkel He 176, rocket-engined experimental aircraft (prototype)
- Heinkel He 177 Greif (Griffon), long-range bomber
- Heinkel He 178, jet-engined experimental aircraft
- Heinkel He 219 Uhu (Owl), night-fighter
- Heinkel He 219TL, night fighter with added turbojet as testbed, saw combat
- Heinkel He 270 recon bomber, one prototype
- Heinkel He 274, high-altitude bomber
- Heinkel He 277, pure four engined version of He-177, one model specially modified to carry a single "Superbomb" (speculation of atomic, radiological, or plasma weapon).
- Heinkel He 280, fighter (jet-engined)
- Heinkel He-343, jet bomber project
- Heinkel P.1077, "Julia" rocket fighter, two unpowered prototypes 90% complete at collapse, further plans for versions "Julia II" and "Romeo"
- Heinkel He VTOL, "Lerche" (Skylark), VTOL interceptor project
- Heinkel He VTOL, "Wespe" (Wasp), VTOL interceptor project
Henschel
- Henschel Hs 117 Schmetterling (Butterfly), surface-to-air missile (rocket-engined)
- Henschel Hs 121, fighter + trainer (prototype)
- Henschel Hs 122, army co-operation, second protoype became Hs 125
- Henschel Hs 123, ground-attack (biplane)
- Henschel Hs 124, heavy fighter + bomber (prototype)
- Henschel Hs 125, fighter + trainer (prototype)
- Henschel Hs 126, reconnaissance
- Henschel Hs 127, high speed bomber (prototype)
- Henschel Hs 129, "Fliegende Buchsenoffner" (Flying Can-opener), ground-attack
- Henschel Hs 130, high altitude reconnaissance + bomber (jet engined) (prototype)
- Henschel Hs 132, "Dusen Stuka" (Jet Dive Bomber), dive bomber prototype
- Henschel Hs 293, glide bomb (rocket-powered)
- Henschel Hs 294, anti-shipping glide bomb (rocket-powered)
- Henschel Hs 295, torpedo glider (rocket engine)
- Henschel Hs 296, torpedo glider (rocket engine)
- Henschel Hs 297, torpedo glider (rocket engine)
- Henschel Hs 298, air-to-air missile (rocket-powered)
- Henschel Hs GT 1200, anti-shipping glide bomb (rocket engine)
- Henschel Zitteroschen, (Torpedofish) supersonic missile
Hermann Goering Institute, Riva Del Garda
- Guiseppe Belluzzo Turbo Proietti (Turbine Projectile) SS-supervised unmanned disc flying bomb project, Italian co-operation effort (3 jet tubes)
- Riva Del Garda Piastra di Volo (Flying Plate) SS-supervised disc aircraft project, Italian co-operation effort (4 turbojets)
Horten
- Horten Parabola, parabolic flying wing prototype
- Horten Ho XIII, delta jet fighter project
- Horten Ho XVIIIB, Amerika Bomber project
Hutter
- Hutter Hu 136 dive bomber project, 1938
- Hutter Hu Fernzerstorer 1942 destroyer project
- Hutter Hu 211 Improvement of He 219, two prototypes built in 1944, destroyed in bombing raid
Junkers
- '8-33'?, Junkers Ju W33, single-engined light transport, 1926
- '8-34'?, Junkers Ju W34, single-engine light transport+reconnaissance (development of W33), 1933
- Junkers Ju 52 Tante Ju (Auntie Ju), transport + bomber
- Junkers Ef 61, high-altitude fighter + reconnaissance (prototype)
- Junkers Ju 86, bomber + reconnaissance
- Junkers Ju 87 Stuka, dive-bomber
- Junkers Ju 88, bomber + reconnaissance + night-fighter
- Junkers Ju 89, heavy bomber (prototype)
- Junkers Ju 90, bomber (prototype)
- Junkers Ju 187, improved Ju-87, one prototype half completed before cancellation
- Junkers Ju 188, Rächer (Avenger), bomber
- Junkers Ju 248, re-designation of Me 263
- Junkers Ju 252, transport
- Junkers Ju 287, "Hakenflug" (Bent Wing) heavy bomber (jet-engined) (prototype)
- Junkers Ju 288, bomber (prototype)
- Junkers Ju 290, long-range bomber (prototype)
- Junkers Ju 322, "Mammut" (Mammoth) giant assault glider
- Junkers Ju 352 Herkules (Hercules), transport
- Junkers Ju 388 Stortebeker(legendary pirate), reconnaissance + night-fighter
- Junkers Ju 390, long-range bomber
- Junkers Ju 488, heavy bomber
- Junkers EF 126, "Lilli" pulsejet fighter built in USSR in 1947
- Junkers EF 131, derived from the Ju-287, built in the USSR in 1946
- Junkers EF 132, advanced heavy bomber
- Junkers EF 140, bomber built in the USSR postwar
- Junkers EF 150, bomber built in the USSR postwar
- Junkers EF 152, bomber project, became GDR Baade 152 airliner which was shut-down by Soviets
Kalkert
- Kalkert Ka 430, transport glider
Klemm
- Klemm Kl 31, single-engine transport, 1931
- Klemm Kl 32, single-engine transport, 1931
- Klemm Kl 33, (Klemm L33), single-seat ultra-light sportplane(prototype), 1933
- Klemm Kl 35, sportplane + trainer, 1935
- Klemm Kl 36, single-engine transport, 1934
Kramer
- Kramer Rk 344/Ruhrstahl X-4, air-to-air missile (rocket-powered)
Laufer
- Laufer VE-RO, jet helicopter project
Lippisch
- Lp DM-1, Delta-wing glider prototype
- Lp P.XIIIb, ramjet fighter project
- Lp GB 3/L, glide bomb
Luftfahrt-Forshungsanhalt Braunschweig-Volkenrode
- LT 9.2, "Frosch" (Frog) torpedo glider
Messerschmitt
- Messerschmitt Bf 108 Taifun (Typhoon), trainer + transport
- Messerschmitt Bf 109, fighter (later versions designated as Me 109)
- Messerschmitt Bf 110, heavy fighter + night-fighter
- Messerschmitt Bf 162, bomber (prototype)
- Messerschmitt Bf 163 STOL reconnaissance aircraft (prototypes only), actually built by Weserflug
- Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet (Comet), interceptor (rocket-engined)
- Messerschmitt Me 163S, "Habicht" (Hawk), trainer version of Me 163
- Messerschmitt Me 209, fighter + speed-record aircraft (prototype)
- Messerschmitt Me 209-II, fighter (prototype - completely different to Me 209)
- Messerschmitt Me 210, heavy fighter + reconnaissance
- Messerschmitt Me 261, "Adolfine" long-range reconnaissance
- Messerschmitt Me 262 Schwalbe (Swallow), fighter + attack (jet-engined), nicknamed "Turbo"
- Messerschmitt Me 263, interceptor (rocket-engined)
- Messerschmitt Me 264 Amerika (America), long-range bomber (prototype)
- Messerschmitt Me 265 attack aircraft project
- Messerschmitt Me 290, maritime patrol + bomber + reconnaissance
- Messerschmitt Me 309, fighter (prototype)
- Messerschmitt Me 321 Gigant (Giant), transport glider
- Messerschmitt Me 323 "Gigant" powered version
- Messerschmitt Me 328 pulsejet parasite fighter
- Messerschmitt Me 329 heavy fighter project, unpowered test prototype said to have flown at Rechlin in 1945
- Messerschmitt Me 410 Hornisse (Hornet), heavy fighter + reconnaissance
- Messerschmitt Me 509, fighter project intended to improve on the Me-309
- Messerschmitt Me 600 " Bussard" (Buzzard)provisional designation for further development of Arthur Sack A.S.7V-1
- Messerschmitt Me 609, "Nacht Wulf" (Night Wolf) heavy fighter + bomber (project)
- Messerschmitt Me P.1101 jet interceptor prototype w/variable sweep wing- basis for Bell X-5
- Messerschmitt Me P.1112, jet fighter project, mock-up under construction in 1945
- Messerschmitt Enzian (Mountain flower Gentian Violet)surface to air missile (rocket powered)
Mistel Composites
- Mistel S-1, "Vater & Sohn" (Father and Son) Ju 88A + Me Bf 109F
- Mistel S-2, Ju 88G-1 + Fw 190A-8
- Mistel S-3, Ju 88A-6 + Fw 190A-6
- Mistel 1, warhead nosed Ju 88A-4 + Me Bf 109F
- Mistel 2, warhead nosed Ju 88G-1 + Fw 190A-6
- Mistel 3, warhead nosed Ju 88G-10 or H-4 + Fw 190A-8 with doppelreiter (Double rider) overwing fuel tanks
- Mistel Fuhrungsmaschine (Leading Machine)long-range recon project with manned Ju 88H-4 with radar + Fw 190A-8 with doppelreiter overwing fuel tanks serving as parasite escort
- see DFS for DFS 360 + DFS 464 Mistel combo
Muck, Otto
- 1938 Patent, unnamed circular winged VTOL tail-sitter- inspired Fw Triebflugel
Nagler and Rolz
- Nagler and Rolz NR 54 portable helicopter
- Nagler and Rolz NR 55 portable helicopter
Philipp, Franz
- Philipp FRALI Series 1-6 Sonnenstrahl (Sun Ray) solar-powered aircraft projects and rockets 1934-1938
- Philipp Greif (Griffon) Solar-powered disc aircraft project
- Philipp Sonnenflieger (Sun Flyer) solar-powered disc aircraft project, 1938
Reiseler, Walter
- Reiseler R-1, helicopter
- Reiseler R-2, helicopter
Rohrbach
- Rohrbach Roterra, 3 engined medium bomber,1930, was rejected by Reichswehr and licenced to Czechoslovakia as Avia 46 of 1932
Sack, Arthur
- Sack A.S.6 "Bierdeckel" (Beer mat)prototype circular winged aircraft built in 1944, tested at Brandis AB
- Sack A.S.7 circular winged aircraft project to mate Me Bf 109K-4 fuselage to AVA Gottingen K1253 circle wing, provisonally re-designated Me-600 Bussard (Buzzard), 1945
Sanger-Bredt
- Sanger Antipodal Bomber "Silverbird", project hypersonic bomber, mock-up discovered at Lofer, 1945
Schmidt, Paul
- Schmidt Himmelsturmer "Sky Stomer" flight rocket pack composed of two Schmidt wearable pulse tubes, 1944
Siebel
- Siebel Fh 104 Hallore, medium transport
- Siebel Si 201, STOL reconnaissance aircraft (prototype)
- Siebel Si 202 "Hummel" (Bumble Bee) sportplane + trainer, 1938
- Siebel Si 204, transport + aircrew trainer
Skoda-Kauba
- Skoda-Kauba P.14, ramjet fighter project
Sombold, Heinz
- Sombold So 344, rocket-powered explosive warhead launcher aircraft project, 1944
SS Military Technical Branch E-IV
- Viktor Schauberger Repulsin A & B, discoid craft (vortex motor),
1940-44, several models produced
- Rudolf Shriever Flugkreisel (Flight Gyro), disc aircraft (5 kerosene jet engines),1943
- Richard Miethe Flugscheibe (Flight Disc) prototype (Schauberger vortex motor), April 1944
- Richard Miethe Elektrische Luft Turbine (Electric Air Turbine), unmanned disc aircraft (air-nitrogen-helium engine), 1944
(a.k.a. V-7 weapon)
- Henri Coanda Lenticular Disc, disc aircraft project, 1945
- Gerhard Faulker Feuersturm, (Firestorm) disc aircraft project (coal dust fired engine), 1945
- Heinrich Fleissner Dusenscheibe(Nozzle Jet Disc) disc aircraft (multiple types of engines/fuels), Goering's courier disc kept at Peenemunde, destroyed 1945
Stockel
- Stockel Rammshussjager (Ram Shot Hunter) ramjet-rocket annular explosive warhead launcher aircraft project, 1944
Thule and Vril Gesellschafts
- Thule-Vril JFM "Jenseitsflugmaschine" (Other World Flight Machine) Germany's first disc aircraft, prototype, 1922-24
- Thule-Vril RFZ "Rundflugzeug" (Round Aircraft) Series
- RFZ-1, disc aircraft prototype 1937
- RFZ-2, "Fliegende HeissWasserFlashe" (Flying Hot Water Bottle) disc aircraft prototype 1937
- RFZ-3, disc aircraft prototype 1937
- RFZ-4, disc aircraft prototype 1938
- RFZ-5, disc aircraft, re-designated Haunebu I, 1939, 2 produced
- RFZ-6, disc aircraft prototype 1940
- RFZ-7, disc aircraft, re-designated Vril 1 Jager, 1941, several produced
Thule, SS Military Technical Branch E-IV
(all discs powered by Thule Triebwerk EMG engines)
- Thule H-Gerat Hauneburg Device, Haunebu I disc aircraft, 1939
- Thule Haunebu II disc aircraft 1942
- Thule Haunebu II Do-Stra disc aircraft co-produced by Dornier. Do-Stra= DOrnier STRatospharen flugzeug, 1944
- Thule Haunebu III disc aircraft, 1945
- Thule Haunebu IV disc aircraft project
Unknown Manufacturer
- Lichtscheiben (Light Discs), unmanned light-guided small explosive discs directed by searchlight batteries against the RAF. Nicknamed "Gluhscheiben" (Glow Discs) by Flak Helferin (female searchlight battery auxilliaries)
- Trenn Flying Platform 1930s patent, possible prototype circular flight platform, single pilot, markings D-EMK???
Von Braun, Werner
- Von Braun Interceptor VTO interceptor project (rocket powered), 1939
Vril, SS Military Technical Branch E-IV/E-V
(all discs except Andromeda-Gerat powered by Vril Triebwerk EMG engines plus Schumann SM-Levitators)
- Vril 1 "Jager" (Hunter) disc aircraft, 1941, 17 manufactured
- Vril 2 "Zerstorer" (Destroyer) disc aircraft project
- Vril 3 disc aircraft prototype
- Vril 4 disc aircraft prototype
- Vril 5 disc aircraft prototype
- Vril 6 disc aircraft prototypes, 2 built
- Vril 7 "Geist" (Spirit) disc aircraft, 1944, several built
- Vril 8 "Odin" (God Wotan) disc aircraft prototype, 1945
- Vril 9 "Abjager" (Universal Hunter) disc aircraft prototype, 1945 over occupied Germany
- Vril 10 "Fliedermause" (Bat) disc project
- Vril 11 "Teufel" (Devil) disc project
- Vril Andromeda-Gerat "Andromeda Device", 139 meter cylindrical Raumschiffen, 1945 1 built, 1 under construction, built exclusively by SS E-V Unit, powered by 4 Thule Triebwerk EMG engines plus 8 SM-Levitators
- Vril Andromeda-1 Freyr (Norse God), captured by US Army 1945 partially completed
- Vril Andromeda-2 Freya (Norse Goddess), one built
- Vril DORN "Verteidiger" (Defender) unmanned delta craft weapon. "DORN" is either short for DORNier or means (Thorn), Sighted near Pescara, Italy postwar.
- Vril Gammagische Auge, "Magic Eye" recon drone, prototype only
WASAG
- Nipolit explosive flying disc, flying anti-tank weapon based on Nipolit fashioned explosive disc grenades but on a larger scale and catapult launched or dropped from buildings. One hand-thrown "Frisbee" sized weapon used against a Soviet T-34/85 tank in 1945!!!
Weserflug
- Weser We 271, amphibian aircraft, prototype, 1939
- Weser P.1003, tilt-rotor aircraft project
- Weser P.2127, twin-boom aircraft project
- Weser P.2138, large flying boat project
WNF, Weiner Neustadter Flugzeugwerk
- WNF 342, Doblhoff jet helicopter prototypes 1-4
- WNF Feuerball "Fireball" unmanned disc weapon (flattened circular turbojet) armed with electrostatic weapon (a.k.a. "Foo Fighter"), Nov 1944-Apr 1945 over Germany, August 1945 over Japan (via Axis technology transfer) based on sightings 50+ constructed
Zeppelin Werke
- Zeppelin Fliegende Panzerfaust (Flying Armored Fist) ramming aircraft project
- Zeppelin Rammjager (Ram Hunter)ramming aircraft project
- Zeppelin Kugelblitz (Ball Lightning) unmanned disc weapon (total reaction turbine)- the more advanced WNF Feuerball version, 1 built, 1945
Related Content
- List of aircraft of the Armée de l'Air
- List of aircraft of the Luftwaffe, World War II
- List of World War II Luftwaffe aircraft engines
- List of RLM aircraft designations (for a full listing by type designations)
- List of Sailplanes
- List of weapons Lufwaffe aircraft, World War II
- List of Luftwaffe aircraft by manufacturer, World War II
External links
- Virtual Aviation Museum (http://www.luftfahrtmuseum.com/htmi/general/i.htm)
- German Military Aircraft Designations (1933-1945) (http://www.designation-systems.net/non-us/germany.html)
- http://www.luft46.com/ Luftwaffe '46
Book References
"Hitler's Luftwaffe", 1990, ISBN 0-86101-005-1 "German Helicopters 1928-1945", 1990, ISBN 0-88740-289-5 "Wings of the Luftwaffe", Reprint 1996, ISBN 1-85310-413-2 "Fighters of the Luftwaffe", 1993, ISBN 1-85409-139-5 "German Guided Missiles", 1993, ISBN 0-88740-475-8 "Bombers of the Luftwaffe", 1994, ISBN 1-85409-140-9 "Germany's Secret Weapons in World War II", 2000, ISBN 0-7603-0847-0 "Luftwaffe Secret Projects Fighters 1939-1945", 1997, ISBN 1-85780-052-4 "Luftwaffe Secret Projects Strategic Bombers 1935-1945", 2000, ISBN 1-85780-092-3 "Luftwaffe Secret Projects Ground Attack & Special Purpose Aircraft", 2003, ISBN 1-85780-150-4 "Luftwaffe 1946 Technical Manual, Projekt Saucer", 1998, Antarctic Press "Luftwaffe 1946 Technical Manual, Amerika Bombers, 1999, Antarctic Press "Disc Aircraft of the Third Reich" (1922-1945 and Beyond), 2005, Ice Reich Productions, Not yet published