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Germany PLANES

Indexed records for Germany in the planes category.

fighter

Messerschmitt Bf 109

1937

The Bf 109 was the most-produced fighter aircraft in history with nearly 34,000 built. It was the backbone of the Luftwaffe's fighter force from the Spanish Civil War through the end of WW2.

fighter

Focke-Wulf Fw 190

1941

Major Luftwaffe single-seat fighter and fighter-bomber on multiple fronts.

bomber

Junkers Ju 87 Stuka

1937

German dive bomber central to early-war close air support and shock effect tactics.

fighter

Messerschmitt Me 262

1944

First operational jet fighter; arrived too late and in too few numbers to change outcome.