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World War II German Jets (Proposals and Operational)


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Through ingenuity - and sheer desperation - the Germans were developing a slew of ground-breaking rocket- and jet-powered aircraft before the close of World War 2.

There are a total of [ 78 ] World War II German Jets (Proposals and Operational) entries in the Military Factory. Entries are listed below in alphanumeric order (1-to-Z). Flag images indicative of country of origin and not necessarily the primary operator. Rocket- and ramjet-powered types are also included in this listing as are mixed-propulsion aircraft to showcase the extent of German design and development in the field of high-speed flight.




1
Picture of the Arado Ar 234 (Blitz)
National Flag Graphic
1944
Arado Ar 234 (Blitz)
Jet-Powered Fast Bomber / Reconnaissance Aircraft
2
Picture of the Arado Ar E.555
National Flag Graphic
1943
Arado Ar E.555
Long-Range / High-Speed Jet-Powered Bomber
3
Picture of the Arado Ar E.560
National Flag Graphic
1945
Arado Ar E.560
Medium-Range Tactical Bomber Aircraft
4
Picture of the Arado Ar E.580 (Volksjager)
National Flag Graphic
1944
Arado Ar E.580 (Volksjager)
Single-Seat Jet Fighter Proposal
5
Picture of the Arado Ar E.581.4
National Flag Graphic
1944
Arado Ar E.581.4
Proposed Single-Seat Jet-Powered Fighter
6
Picture of the Arado Ar Projekt II
National Flag Graphic
1945
Arado Ar Projekt II
Nightfighter / All-Weather Fighter Proposal
7
Picture of the Arado Ar TEW 16/43-13
National Flag Graphic
1943
Arado Ar TEW 16/43-13
Rocket-Powered Interceptor Aircraft
8
Picture of the Arado Ar TEW 16/43-15
National Flag Graphic
1943
Arado Ar TEW 16/43-15
Interceptor / Fighter Aircraft
9
Picture of the Arado Ar TEW 16/43-19
National Flag Graphic
1943
Arado Ar TEW 16/43-19
Multi-Role Aircraft Proposal
10
Picture of the Arado Ar TEW 16/43-23
National Flag Graphic
1943
Arado Ar TEW 16/43-23
Jet-Powered Fighter Aircraft Proposal
11
Picture of the Arado NJ-1 Nacht Jager (Night Hunter)
National Flag Graphic
1945
Arado NJ-1 Nacht Jager (Night Hunter)
Jet-Powered Night Fighter / Night Bomber
12
Picture of the Bachem Ba 349 Natter (Adder/Viper)
National Flag Graphic
1945
Bachem Ba 349 Natter (Adder/Viper)
Vertically-Launched, Rocket-Powered Interceptor
13
Picture of the Blohm and Voss Bv Ae 607
National Flag Graphic
1943
Blohm and Voss Bv Ae 607
Flying Wing Fighter Design Study
14
Picture of the Blohm and Voss Bv P.188
National Flag Graphic
1946
Blohm and Voss Bv P.188
Jet-Powered Heavy Bomber Proposal
15
Picture of the Blohm and Voss Bv P.194
National Flag Graphic
1944
Blohm and Voss Bv P.194
Ground Attack / Tactical Bomber Proposal
16
Picture of the Blohm and Voss Bv P.196
National Flag Graphic
1946
Blohm and Voss Bv P.196
Jet-Powered Ground-Attack / Ground-Support Aircraft Proposal
17
Picture of the Blohm and Voss Bv P.197
National Flag Graphic
1944
Blohm and Voss Bv P.197
Single-Seat, Twin-Engine Interceptor Proposal
18
Picture of the Blohm and Voss Bv P.198
National Flag Graphic
1945
Blohm and Voss Bv P.198
Single-Seat, Single-Engine Interceptor-Fighter Proposal
19
Picture of the Blohm and Voss Bv P.209.02
National Flag Graphic
1946
Blohm and Voss Bv P.209.02
Jet-Powered Single-Seat Fighter Proposal
20
Picture of the Blohm and Voss Bv P.210 (Volksjager)
National Flag Graphic
1945
Blohm and Voss Bv P.210 (Volksjager)
Single-Seat, Single-Engine Fighter Proposal
21
Picture of the Blohm and Voss Bv P.211
National Flag Graphic
1945
Blohm and Voss Bv P.211
Single-Seat, Single-Engine Fighter / Interceptor
22
Picture of the Blohm and Voss Bv P.212
National Flag Graphic
1946
Blohm and Voss Bv P.212
High-Altitude Jet Fighter Concept
23
Picture of the Blohm and Voss Bv P.213 (Miniatur-Jager)
National Flag Graphic
1945
Blohm and Voss Bv P.213 (Miniatur-Jager)
Lightweight Single-Seat Point Defense Interceptor Proposal
24
Picture of the BMW Strahlbomber I / P.1
National Flag Graphic
1944
BMW Strahlbomber I / P.1
Jet-Powered Heavy Bomber Concept
25
Picture of the BMW Strahljager I (P.I)
National Flag Graphic
1946
BMW Strahljager I (P.I)
Single-Seat, Single-Engine Fighter Proposal
26
Picture of the BMW Strahljager II (P.II)
National Flag Graphic
1946
BMW Strahljager II (P.II)
Single-Seat, Single-Engine Jet Fighter Proposal
27
Picture of the Dornier Do P.254 (Do 535 / He 535)
National Flag Graphic
1945
Dornier Do P.254 (Do 535 / He 535)
Mixed-Propulsion Heavy Fighter Aircraft Proposal
28
Picture of the Dornier Do P.256 (Project 256)
National Flag Graphic
1946
Dornier Do P.256 (Project 256)
Night-Fighter / Fighter-Bomber Aircraft Proposal
29
Picture of the Fieseler Fi 103R (Reichenberg)
National Flag Graphic
1944
Fieseler Fi 103R (Reichenberg)
Pilot-Guided Suicide Fighter
30
Picture of the Focke-Wulf Fw 3x1000C
National Flag Graphic
1944
Focke-Wulf Fw 3x1000C
Jet-Powered Medium Fast Bomber Concept
31
Picture of the Focke-Wulf Fw P.VII (Flitzer)
National Flag Graphic
1944
Focke-Wulf Fw P.VII (Flitzer)
Jet-and-Rocket-Powered Fighter Proposal
32
Picture of the Focke-Wulf Projekt II
National Flag Graphic
1943
Focke-Wulf Projekt II
Jet-Powered Fighter Proposal
33
Picture of the Focke-Wulf Super Lorin
National Flag Graphic
1945
Focke-Wulf Super Lorin
Rocket- / Ramjet-Powered Fighter-Interceptor Aircraft Concept
34
Picture of the Focke-Wulf Ta 183 (Huckebein)
National Flag Graphic
1945
Focke-Wulf Ta 183 (Huckebein)
Jet-Powered Single-Seat Fighter / Interceptor
35
Picture of the Focke-Wulf Ta 283
National Flag Graphic
1945
Focke-Wulf Ta 283
Fighter-Interceptor Aircraft Proposal
36
Picture of the Focke-Wulf Volksflugzeug (Peoples Aircraft)
National Flag Graphic
1945
Focke-Wulf Volksflugzeug (Peoples Aircraft)
Fighter / Interceptor Aircraft Proposal
37
Picture of the Focke-Wulf Volksjager (I/II)
National Flag Graphic
1946
Focke-Wulf Volksjager (I/II)
Single-Seat, High-Speed Interceptor Aircraft Project
38
Picture of the Gotha Go P.60C
National Flag Graphic
1945
Gotha Go P.60C
All-Weather / Nightfighter Aircraft
39
Picture of the Heinkel He 162 Volksjager (Peoples Fighter)
National Flag Graphic
1945
Heinkel He 162 Volksjager (Peoples Fighter)
Jet-Powered Single-Seat Fighter / Interceptor Aircraft
40
Picture of the Heinkel He 176
National Flag Graphic
1939
Heinkel He 176
Rocket-Powered Demonstrator Aircraft
41
Picture of the Heinkel He 178
National Flag Graphic
1939
Heinkel He 178
Jet-Powered Technology Demonstrator Aircraft
42
Picture of the Heinkel He 280
National Flag Graphic
1941
Heinkel He 280
Single-Seat, Twin-Engine Jet-Powered Fighter Prototype Aircraft
43
Picture of the Heinkel He 343 (Strahlbomber / Strabo 16)
National Flag Graphic
1944
Heinkel He 343 (Strahlbomber / Strabo 16)
Bomber / Reconnaissance Aircraft
44
Picture of the Heinkel He P.1068.01-78
National Flag Graphic
1946
Heinkel He P.1068.01-78
Jet-Powered Fast Bomber Proposal
45
Picture of the Heinkel He P.1078B
National Flag Graphic
1945
Heinkel He P.1078B
Jet-Powered Tailless Fighter / Interceptor / Night Fighter
46
Picture of the Heinkel He P.1078C
National Flag Graphic
1945
Heinkel He P.1078C
Jet-Powered Combat Fighter Concept
47
Picture of the Heinkel He P.1079A (Zerstorer)
National Flag Graphic
1945
Heinkel He P.1079A (Zerstorer)
Bomber Destroyer / Night-Fighter / Interceptor Aircraft Proposal
48
Picture of the Heinkel He P.1080
National Flag Graphic
1946
Heinkel He P.1080
Ramjet-Powered Interceptor Proposal
49
Picture of the Heinkel P.1073 (Strahljager)
National Flag Graphic
1945
Heinkel P.1073 (Strahljager)
Single-Seat, Twin-Engine Jet Fighter Concept
50
Picture of the Heinkel P.1079B
National Flag Graphic
1946
Heinkel P.1079B
Single-Seat, All-Weather Heavy Fighter Proposal
51
Picture of the Henschel Hs 132
National Flag Graphic
1945
Henschel Hs 132
Single-Seat Jet-Powered Dive Bomber Aircraft Prototype
52
Picture of the Henschel Hs P.135
National Flag Graphic
1945
Henschel Hs P.135
Proposed Emergency Fighter Program Aircraft
53
Picture of the Horten Ho IX / Ho 229
National Flag Graphic
1945
Horten Ho IX / Ho 229
Jet-Powered Flying Wing / Fighter-Bomber
54
Picture of the Horten Ho X
National Flag Graphic
1944
Horten Ho X
Flying Wing Jet-Powered Fighter Aircraft
55
Picture of the Horten Ho XVIII (Amerika Bomber)
National Flag Graphic
1945
Horten Ho XVIII (Amerika Bomber)
Heavy Bomber Flying Wing Proposal
56
Picture of the Horten Ho.XIII
National Flag Graphic
1946
Horten Ho.XIII
Supersonic Fighter Proposal
57
Picture of the Junkers Ju 287
National Flag Graphic
1944
Junkers Ju 287
Jet-Powered Heavy Bomber Prototype
58
Picture of the Junkers Ju EF 140 (Amerika Bomber)
National Flag Graphic
1945
Junkers Ju EF 140 (Amerika Bomber)
Jet-Powered Long-Range Heavy Bomber Proposal
59
Picture of the Junkers Ju P.009 (Hubjager)
National Flag Graphic
1943
Junkers Ju P.009 (Hubjager)
Jet-Powered Interceptor Proposal
60
Picture of the Lippisch P.13A
National Flag Graphic
1944
Lippisch P.13A
Ramjet-Powered Interceptor Proposal
61
Picture of the Lippisch P.13B
National Flag Graphic
1946
Lippisch P.13B
Coal-Fueled, Ramjet-Powered Single-Seat, Delta-Winged Aircraft Proposal
62
Picture of the Lippisch P.15 (Diana)
National Flag Graphic
1946
Lippisch P.15 (Diana)
Jet-Powered Fighter-Interceptor Proposal
63
Picture of the Lippisch P.20 (Me 163)
National Flag Graphic
1943
Lippisch P.20 (Me 163)
Jet-Powered Single-Seat Fighter Proposal
64
Picture of the Messerschmitt Bf 109 (JumoJet)
National Flag Graphic
1943
Messerschmitt Bf 109 (JumoJet)
Single-Seat, Jet-Powered Fighter Study
65
Picture of the Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet (Comet)
National Flag Graphic
1944
Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet (Comet)
Single-Seat Rocket-Powered Interceptor Aircraft
66
Picture of the Messerschmitt Me 262 (Schwalbe / Sturmvogel)
National Flag Graphic
1944
Messerschmitt Me 262 (Schwalbe / Sturmvogel)
Single-Seat Jet-Powered Fighter / Fighter-Bomber Aircraft
67
Picture of the Messerschmitt Me P.1092/2
National Flag Graphic
1945
Messerschmitt Me P.1092/2
Single-Seat, Single-Engine Fighter Proposal
68
Picture of the Messerschmitt Me P.1092/3
National Flag Graphic
1945
Messerschmitt Me P.1092/3
Lightweight Single-Engine Fighter Proposal
69
Picture of the Messerschmitt Me P.1099
National Flag Graphic
1946
Messerschmitt Me P.1099
Two-Seat, Twin-Engine Multirole Jet-Powered Fighter / Heavy Fighter Concept
70
Picture of the Messerschmitt Me P.1101
National Flag Graphic
1944
Messerschmitt Me P.1101
Jet-Powered Fighter Aircraft Prototype
71
Picture of the Messerschmitt Me P.1101/92
National Flag Graphic
1944
Messerschmitt Me P.1101/92
Heavy Fighter / Bomber Destroyer Proposal
72
Picture of the Messerschmitt Me P.1101/99 (Zerstorer)
National Flag Graphic
1944
Messerschmitt Me P.1101/99 (Zerstorer)
Twin-Seat Bomber Destroyer Proposal
73
Picture of the Messerschmitt Me P.1106
National Flag Graphic
1944
Messerschmitt Me P.1106
Jet-Powered Fighter-Interceptor Project
74
Picture of the Messerschmitt Me P.1110
National Flag Graphic
1945
Messerschmitt Me P.1110
Jet-Powered Single-Seat Fighter-Interceptor Proposal
75
Picture of the Messerschmitt Me P.1111
National Flag Graphic
1945
Messerschmitt Me P.1111
Jet-Powered, Single-Seat Fighter-Interceptor Proposal
76
Picture of the Messerschmitt Me P.1112
National Flag Graphic
1945
Messerschmitt Me P.1112
Jet-Powered Fighter Proposal
77
Picture of the Messerschmitt Me P.262 HG III
National Flag Graphic
1945
Messerschmitt Me P.262 HG III
Proposed Jet-Powered Fighter / Interceptor
78
Picture of the Messerschmitt Zerstorer Projekt II
National Flag Graphic
1942
Messerschmitt Zerstorer Projekt II
Bomber Destroyer / Interceptor Concept
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