List planes of Luftwaffe

List of the planes of Luftwaffe

Hunters

Me Bf-109

Bf-109

Dominated Me-109 inconstestablement the first year of the war in the world of the hunters. Its performances exceeded those of all its adversaries. Only Spitfire could make good match with him during the battle of Angleterre.
From 1941, its domination is less clear in occident, but it dominates the face is and the Mediterranean theater. In 1943, its golden age is definitively finished. Fw 190 is largely higher to him than average and low altitude and the Western hunters do not have any more complexes to however deal with lui.
Il maintenance in first line because it is the only single-engined aircraft of the Luftwaffe to being able to attack the formations of strategic bombers flying to high altitude.
In 1945, this eight years old plane did not have any more one very long career in front of him. Much better models started to leave in quantity the assembly lines. The longevity of Bf-109 after 1943 is due less to its qualities than with the improvidence of the high-command of Luftwaffe which did not prepare to him of successor in time.

Production
Since : May 1937
Until : May 1945
Quantity: 35.000 exemplaires
First flight : Thursday, September 5, 1935

Bf-109 has

Series of production envisaged with two machine-guns. By learning that Hurricane would be equipped with four times more these weapons, the program was abandoned with the profit of Bf 109B before the output of the first model of series.

Bf-109 B

First series of Bf 109. They should have been armed with a gun with 20 mm in the axis of the propeller, there but the vibrations such as one were needed renoncer.
24 are immediately sent in Spain where they appear higher than all the hunters which theirs are opposite (primarily of I-15 and I-16). The first alternative, equipped with a propeller out of two-bladed wooden (B-1) was quickly replaced by B-2, having of a propeller with variable step and an evolution of the Jumo engine

Bf-109 C

First model of Bf 109 with being produced in series. Its engine, always Jumo 210 of origin, profited from a better cooling and better performances. The alternatives (C-0 with C-4) differed between them by the armament). Twelve Bf-109 C-2 arrived to Spain in August 1938 to re-equip the Légion Condor.

Bf-109 D

This version appeared in 1938 brought two innovations which were maintained until the last Me-109: the engine Daimler Benz, much more powerful than Jumo and the gun of 20 mm drawing through the propeller. In spite of a rise out of arrow of the performances, very little were built because a new alternative more reliable of the engine appeared and installed in Bf-109, it gave Bf 109E. The already built specimens were exported towards Switzerland (10) and Hungary (3). Identification: The two-bladed propeller of Bf 109C is replaced by three-bladed. The gun, which replaces the machine-gun gives to the nose a profile less frayed.

Bf-109 E

An evolution of the engine Daimler Benz solves the problems met in Bf 109D. It allows the " Emil" to be the best hunter of the beginning of the war, crowns that only Spitfire can claim to divide with him. It takes part in all the victorious campaigns of the Blitzkrieg and it will be the type of plane which will be left most honourably the Bataille of England, in spite of high losses. Its guns conferred a superiority to him on the best British hunters, even if it were a little less handy. It is replaced shortly after the end of the Battle of England by Bf 109F, a little faster.

Bf-109 E1

Bf-109 E2

Bf-109 E3

Bf-109 E4

Bf-109 E5

Bf-109 E6

Bf-109 E7

Bf-109 E8

Bf-109 E9

Heavy hunters

Bf-110

Bf 110 seemed, during the first months of the war, capacity to compete with Bf 109 for the title of the best hunter. It indeed better was armed and equipped with a higher operating range. The campaigns of Poland and France did not decide between them. It was the Bataille of England which marked the abyss which separated them: incompetent to compete in whirling combat, Bf 110 was made massacre by Spitfire and English Hurricane. It was necessary to affect of Bf-109 for their escort! That however did not put fine at their career. There remained areas where the air opposition was less and assessed qualities of Me 110 (Balkans, Russia). It also accepted new missions, initially like hunter bomber for the tactical support, then like hunter of night (sometimes of day also) against the heavy bombers. The failure of Me 210 in 1941 made it possible Bf 110 to remain in until March 1945 production, whereas it was exceeded since nearly four years.

Production

Since: February 1939

Until: March 1945

Quantity: 6.050 specimens

First flight: Tuesday, May 12, 1936

Hunters of night

Fighter-bombers

  • Focke-Wulf FW 190F and FW 190G

Bombers

Light bombers

He 45

He 45 has
He 45 B
He 45 C
He 45 D

He 61

Me 262 A-2a/U2

Me 410 A-1

Version bomber at high-speed of Me 410A. It receives several sub-variant by the means of the " Umrustbausatz" (with corresponding suffixes out of U).

Average bombers

Heavy bombers

Bombers in piqués

Bombers of night

Planes of anti-ship attack and destroyers

  • Heinkel He 111H6

Reconnaissance aircraft

  • Focke Wulf FW 189

Anti-tank planes

  • Henschel Hs129 B2/Wa and B3/Wa

  • Junkers Ju 87G

Attack aircraft

Planes of night harmful effect

  • FIAT CR 42

  • Junkers Ju 87D7 and D8

Planes of connection

Transport aircraft

Maritime patrol craft

Sailplanes

Others

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