List of German aircraft projects, 1939–45

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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

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 WW2 German aircraft designers.[1][2][3] As a consequence, a myth developed about the technological achievements of the Third Reich and about “Nazi secret weapons” still shrouded in mystery.[4] The legend was partly based on truth, but certain non genuine drawings and pictures of German weapons appeared in the intervening decades in certain more or less dodgy books and magazines. In order to make the forged Nazi projects more plausible these were mostly displayed along with diagrams and data of legitimate designs. Directed towards a public too ready to accept such portrayals as true, aircraft such as the Messerschmitt Zerstörer or the Messerschmitt P.1079 Schwalbe[5] for example have been given wide publicity despite the fact that they are of dubious authenticity.[6]

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.[7] 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

(Arado Flugzeugwerke GmbH)

Bachem

(Bachem-Werke)

Blohm & Voss

(Blohm & Voss also Hamburger Flugzeugbau)

BMW

(Bayerische Motoren-Werke GmbH)

Daimler-Benz

(Daimler-Benz)

Dornier

(Dornier Werke GmbH)

DFS

(Deutsche Forschungsanstalt für Segelflug)

Fieseler

(Gerhard Fieseler Werke GmbH)

Flettner

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

Focke-Achgelis

Focke-Wulf

(Focke-Wulf Flugzeugbau G.m.b.H.)

Gotha

( Gothaer Waggonfabrik)

Heinkel

(Ernst Heinkel A.G.)

Henschel

(Henschel Flugzeugwerke A.G.)

Horten

Hütter

(Ulrich Hütter and Wolfgang Hütter)

Junkers

(Junkers Flugzeug-Werke A.G.)

Lippisch

Messerschmitt

Schempp-Hirth

Škoda-Kauba

Sombold

Stöckel

Weser

Zeppelin

See also

References

Notes
  1. Winchester, Jim. "Bell X-5." Concept Aircraft: Prototypes, X-Planes and Experimental Aircraft. Kent, UK: Grange Books plc., 2005. ISBN 1-84013-809-2
  2. "North American F-86." Aviation History On-line Museum
  3. The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 - plane-crazy.net
  4. Endless Return of the Nazi Saucers - The Nazi UFO Mythos
  5. Messerschmitt P.1079/18 Schwalbe
  6. "Wildgans", "Libelle", "Wespe", P.1106: bogus Messerschmitt Projects?
  7. Henschel, a Company En Route to International Stature
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 255 256 257 258 259 260 261 262 263 264 265 266 267 268 269 270 271 272 Nowarra, Heinz J. (1993). Die Deutsche Luftruestung 1933-1945 Vol.1 - AEG-Dornier (in German). Koblenz: Bernard & Graefe Verlag. ISBN 978-3-7637-5464-9.
  9. "Blohm & Voss BV 237 Dimensions, Weights & Performances". luft46.com. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
  10. 1 2 3 "BV P.188". www.luft46.com. Retrieved 2011-01-28.
  11. "BV P.188". www.luftfahrtmuseum.com. Retrieved 2011-01-28.
  12. 1 2 "Blohm + Voss". www.wehrmacht-history.com. Retrieved 2011-01-28.
  13. "Fieseler Fi-356". Retrieved 25 April 2013.
  14. 1 2 3 4 5 Witkowski, Rotorcraft of Third Reich
  15. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 Nowarra, Heinz J.. Die Deutsche Luftruestung 1933-1945 - Vol.2 - Flugzeugtypen Erla-Heinkel. Bernard & Graefe Verlag. 1993. Koblenz. ISBN 3-7637-5464-4 (Gesamtwek), ISBN 3-7637-5466-0 (Band 2)
  16. Luft'46 Fw Jägerprojekt VII Flitzer]
  17. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 Nowarra, Heinz J.. Die Deutsche Luftruestung 1933-1945 - Vol.3 - Flugzeugtypen Henschel-Messerschmitt. Bernard & Graefe Verlag. 1993. Koblenz. ISBN 3-7637-5464-4 (Gesamtwek), ISBN 3-7637-5467-9 (Band 3)
  18. 1 2 3 4 5 http://www.wehrmacht-history.com/manufacturers/junkers-manufacturer.htm
  19. Skoda-Kauba Sk P.14.02 - Luft'46
  20. Stöckel Rammschussjäger
  21. Stöckel (Blohm & Voss) Rammschussjäger
  22. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Nowarra, Heinz J.. Die Deutsche Luftruestung 1933-1945 Vol.4 – Flugzeugtypen MIAG-Zeppelin. Bernard & Graefe Verlag. 1993. Koblenz. ISBN 3-7637-5464-4 (Gesamtwek), ISBN 3-7637-5468-7 (Band 4)
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