German ‍Bücker Bü 181 Bestmann trainer and light transport aircraft

‍German Luftwaffe Warbirds:  Bücker Bü 181 Bestmann Deutsche Flugzeuge aus dem Zweiten Weltkrieg :  Bücker Bü 181 Bestmann The aim of this website is to locate, identify and document Warplanes from the Second World War that have been preserved.  Many contributors have assisted in the hunt for these aircraft to provide and update the data … Read more

German Bücker Bu 180 and Bücker Bu 182 training aircraft

German Luftwaffe Warbirds:  Bücker Deutsche Flugzeuge aus dem Zweiten Weltkrieg :  Bücker The aim of this website is to locate, identify and document Warplanes from the Second World War that have been preserved.  Many contributors have assisted in the hunt for these aircraft to provide and update the data on this website.  Photos are as … Read more

German Dornier Do 19 four-engine heavy bomber

Dornier Do 19 (Luftwaffe Photo) The Dornier Do 19 was a German four-engine heavy bomber that first flew on 28 October 1936. Only one prototype flew, and it was converted to a transport in 1938. The other two were scrapped.The Luftwaffe lacked an efficient heavy bomber fleet. Generalleutnant Walther Wever, the Luftwaffe’s first Chief of … Read more

German Baumgärtl Heliofly III/57 experimental backpack helicopter

Deutsche Kampfflugzeuge der Luftwaffe 1939-1945: Baumgartl German Warplanes flown by the Luftwaffe 1939-1945: Baumgartl During and after the end of the Second War a number of German Warplanes were captured and evaluated by the Allied forces.  Most of these aircraft were later scrapped and therefore only a handful have survived.  This is a partial list … Read more

German Blohm + Voss BV 138 Seedrache tri-motor long-range maritime patrol and naval reconnaissance flying boat

Blohm + Voss BV 138 (Luftwaffe Photo) Blohm + Voss BV 138 MS, flying-boat variant adapted fora minesweeping role. The BV 138 MS variant, with “MS” standing for Minensuch (German for mine-clearing, literally mine-search), was equipped with a degaussing device. This device consisted of a large hoop with the same diameter as the length of … Read more

German Bücker Bü 133C Jungmeister biplane trainer

German Luftwaffe Warplanes:  Bücker Bü 133C Jungmeister Deutsche Flugzeuge aus dem Zweiten Weltkrieg :  Bücker Bü 133C Jungmeister The aim of this website is to locate, identify and document Warplanes from the Second World War that have been preserved.  Many contributors have assisted in the hunt for these aircraft to provide and update the data … Read more

German Doblhof helicopters

Deutsche Kampfflugzeuge der Luftwaffe 1939-1945: Doblhof German Warplanes flown by the Luftwaffe 1939-1945: Doblhof During and after the end of the Second War a number of German Warplanes were captured and evaluated by the Allied forces.  Most of these aircraft were later scrapped and therefore only a handful have survived.  This is a partial list … Read more

German Dornier Do 17 twin-engine light bomber

Dornier Do 17 (Luftwaffe Photo) The Do 17Z. The Dornier Do 17 is a twin-engined light bomber designed and produced by the German aircraft manufacturer Dornier Flugzeugwerke. Large numbers were operated by the Luftwaffe throughout the Second World War. The Do 17 was designed during the early 1930s as a Schnellbomber (“fast bomber”) that was … Read more

German Dornier Do 18 flying boat

Dornier Do 18 (Luftwaffe Photo) Dornier Do 18, 1935 bomber/reconnaissance flying-boat. The Dornier Do 18 was a development of the Do 16 flying boat. It was developed for the Luftwaffe, but Deutsche Luft Hansa received five aircraft and used these for tests between the Azores and the North American continent in 1936 and on their … Read more

German Bücker Bü 131 Jungmann biplane trainer

‍German Luftwaffe Warplanes:  Bücker Deutsche Flugzeuge aus dem Zweiten Weltkrieg : Bücker Bü 131 Jungmann The aim of this website is to locate, identify and document Warplanes from the Second World War that have been preserved.  Many contributors have assisted in the hunt for these aircraft to provide and update the data on this website. … Read more