This is a list of aircraft type numbers allocated by an institution under the direction of Heereswaffenamt (before May 1933) and the RLM between 1933 and 1945 for German military and civilian aircraft. See RLM aircraft designation system for an explanation of how these numbers were used. Reichsluftfahrtministerium (Reich Aviation Ministry / German Air Ministry / German Aviation Administration) Note: If you are looking for the RLM-GL/C list, please go to List of RLM aircraft designations The Reich Air Ministry (Reichsluftfahrtministerium or RLM), was a German civil service organization in charge of development and production of aircraft... 1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1945 calendar). ... The RLM aircraft designation system was an attempt by the aviation bureaucracy of the Third Reich to standardize and produce a identifier for each aircraft type produced in Germany. ...

There is no single "master list" applicable all the way from 1933 to 1945 - numbers were occasionally duplicated, reallocated, or re-used. This list is primarily based on the one published in Heinz J. Nowarra's Die deutsche Luftrüstung 1933-1945 ("German Air Armament 1933-1945"), a standard reference work on German aviation of the period.

For each number, alternatives are provided when sources conflict. In most cases, both allocations will have probably been correct at one time or another. In some cases, the list in Nowarra indicates that a number was not allocated, even when other sources suggest that it was. In this table, such numbers are shown as Not allocated, with alternatives listed below them.

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For gliders and sailplanes see RLM numbering system for gliders and sailplanes The Dornier Do 10 was the name given by the Reichsluftfahrtministerium(RLM) of a pre-World War II German aircraft. ... The Dornier Do 11 was a German medium bomber developed in secret in the early 1930s. ... The Dornier Do 12 Libelle III (German:Dragonfly III) was the third of a line of small German flying boats of the 1930s. ... The Dornier Do 13 was a short-lived 1930s German bomber design. ... The Dornier Do 17, sometimes referred to as the Bleistift (pencil), was a World War II light bomber produced by Dornier that was used at the beginning of the war by the Luftwaffe. ... Categories: Stub | German airliners 1930-1939 | German patrol aircraft 1930-1939 | Seaplanes and flying boats | World War II German patrol aircraft ... The Dornier Do 19 was a German four-engined heavy bomber that first flew on October 28, 1936. ... The Dornier Do 23 was a 1930s German bomber. ... Although completely unsung in the annals of WW2 aviation history, the Dornier Do 24 was a particularly handsome flying boat and had a long and very varied career in service. ... The Junkers G.38 was a large German 4 engined transport airplane of the 1930s. ... Alexander Lippischs Delta IV was a continuation of his work on delta wing designs pioneered in his Delta I, Delta II and Delta III aircraft. ... The DFS 40 (originally developed as the Delta V) was a tail-less research aircraft designed by Alexander Lippisch in 1937 as a follow-on to his Delta IV aircraft. ... The Blohm + Voss BV 40 was a glider fighter designed to attack Allied bomber formations. ... The Focke-Wulf Fw 44 was a two-seater biplane known as the Stieglitz (Goldfinch). ... The Heinkel He 51 was a single-seat biplane which was produced in a number of different versions. ... The Junkers Ju 52 nicknamed Tante Ju (Auntie Ju) and Iron Annie was a civilian airliner and military transport aircraft and bomber manufactured between 1932 and 1945 by Junkers. ... // Focke-Wulf Fw 57 The Fw 57 was a prototype fighter-bomber built in 1936 but never saw production. ... North American BT-9B at National Museum of the United States Air Force The North American BT-9 was a monoplane primary trainer aircraft that served with the United States Army Air Corps and other allied countries during World War II. It was a contemporary of the Kaydet biplane trainer. ... The Focke-Wulf Fw 58 was built to fill a request of the Luftwaffe for a multi-role aircraft to be used as advanced trainer for pilots, gunners and radio operators. ... Heinkel HE 59 Designed in 1930, the He 59 resulted from a requirement for a torpedo bomber and reconnaissance warplane able to operate with equal facility on wheeled landing gear or twin-float alighting gear. ... The Heinkel He 60 was a biplane reconnaissance seaplane designed for use from Kriegsmarine warships of the 1930s. ... The Focke-Wulf Fw 61. ... The Potez 630 and its derivatives were a family of multi-role twin-engined aircraft developed for the Armée de lAir in the late 1930s. ... The Arado Ar 64 was a single seat biplane aircraft developed in the late 1920s. ... The Arado Ar 65 was the single seat biplane aircraft successor to the Arado Ar 64. ... Arado Ar 66 c The Arado Ar 66 was developed in 1933 and was a very successful single engined double seat training biplane. ... The Arado Ar 67 was the single seat biplane aircraft successor to the Arado Ar 65. ... The Arado Ar 68 was a single seat biplane aircraft developed in the mid 1930s. ... The Heinkel He 70 Blitz was designed in the early 1930s to serve as a fast mail plane for Deutsche Lufthansa. ... The Arado Ar 80 was a pre-World War II fighter aircraft design by Arado Flugzeugwerke, designed to compete for the Luftwaffes first fighter contract. ... Junkers Ju 86 Junkers Ju 86 The Junkers Ju 86 was a German monoplane bomber and civilian plane. ... Junkers Ju 87 Dive-Bombers The Junkers Ju 87 or Stuka was the best known Sturzkampfflugzeug (German dive bomber) in World War II, instantly recognisable by its inverted gull wings, fixed undercarriage and siren. ... The Junkers Ju 88 was a WW2 Luftwaffe twin-engine multi-role aircraft. ... The Junkers Ju 89 was a heavy bomber aircraft designed for the Luftwaffe prior to World War II. Two prototypes were constructed, but the project was abandoned without the aircraft entering production. ... The Junkers Ju 90 was an airliner developed for Lufthansa shortly before World War II. It was based on the Junkers Ju 89 bomber, which did not progress beyond prototype stage. ... The Heinkel He 100 was a pre-World War II fighter aircraft design from Heinkel. ... The Vergeltungswaffe 1 Fi 103 / FZG-76 (V-1), known as the Flying bomb, Buzz bomb or Doodlebug, was the first modern guided missile used in wartime and the first cruise missile. ... He 111K The Heinkel He 111 was the primary Luftwaffe medium bomber during the early stages of World War II, and is perhaps the most famous symbol of the German side of the Battle of Britain. ... The Heinkel He 112 was a fighter aircraft designed by Walter and Siegfried Günter at Heinkel. ... The Heinkel He 113 was a supposed Luftwaffe fighter aircraft of World War II, but which existed only as a propaganda and/or disinformation strategy. ... The Heinkel He 114 was a biplane reconnaissance seaplane produced for the Kriegsmarine in the 1930s for use from warships. ... The Heinkel He 115 was World War II Luftwaffe seaplane with three seats and used as a torpedo bomber and for general seaplane duties such as reconnaissance, mine laying. ... Heinkels He 116 was a extremely long-range aircraft designed to deliver airmail between Germany and Japan. ... Hs 117 Schmetterling The Henschel Hs 117 Schmetterling (German for Butterfly) was a German surface-to-air missile project developed during World War II. There was also an air-to-air version. ... The Heinkel He 118 was a German dive bomber design that competed with the Junkers Ju 87 for production, but was never ordered for the Luftwaffe. ... The Henschel Hs 123 was a single seat biplane close-support attack aircraft flown by the Luftwaffe during the Spanish Civil War and the early part of World War II. By 1944 the last examples were withdrawn from service. ... The Henschel Hs 126 was a Luftwaffe reconnaissance aircraft of World War II. It was used mostly for short range photographic duties over the Maginot Line. ... The Henschel Hs 127 was a German bomber aircraft that was built as two prototypes, but cancelled without entering mass production. ... The Henschel Hs 129, often referred to by its nickname, the Panzerknacker, (tank cracker), was a World War II ground attack aircraft fielded by the Luftwaffe. ... The Bücker Bü 131 Jungmann was a Luftwaffe basic training aircraft of World War II. After serving in the German Navy in World War I, Carl Clems Bücker moved to Sweden where he became managing director of Svenska Aero AB (SAAB). ... Henschel Hs 132 The Henschel Hs 132 was a World War II dive bomber and interceptor aircraft of the Luftwaffe that never saw service. ... The Ha 137 was Blohm + Vosss entry into the contest to equip the re-forming Luftwaffe with their first purpose-built dive bomber. ... The Blohm + Voss BV 138 was a World War II German flying boat that functioned as the Luftwaffes main long-range maritime reconnaissance aircraft. ... The Blohm + Voss Ha 139 was an all-metal float seaplane flown by Deutsche Luft Hansa on transatlantic routes between 1937 and 1939. ... The Blohm + Voss BV 141 is a World War II German tactical reconnaissance aircraft prototype. ... Blohm & Voss BV 142 V1 The airplane Blohm + Voss BV 142 was at first a civil development for the air transatlantic postal service, and was originally aimed for Lufthansa. ... The Focke-Wulf Ta 152 was a WW2 Luftwaffe high-altitude interceptor fighter. ... The Focke-Wulf Ta 153 was a development of the Focke-Wulf Ta 152 with long-span, high-aspect ratio wings. ... Focke-Wulf Ta 154 Focke-Wuld TA 154 V1-1 The Focke-Wulf Ta 154 Moskito was a fast night fighter designed by Kurt Tank and produced by Focke-Wulf late in World War II. Only a few were produced and proved to have less impressive performance than the prototypes. ... The Blohm + Voss BV 155 was a high-altitude interceptor aircraft intended to be used by the Luftwaffe against raids by USAAF B-29s. ... The Fieseler Fi 156 Storch (stork) was a small liaison aircraft built by Fieseler before and during World War II, and production continued in other countries into the 1950s for the private market. ... The Heinkel He 162 Volksjäger (Peoples Fighter) was the second jet engined fighter aircraft to be fielded by the Luftwaffe in WWII. It was a rival to the Messerschmitt Me 262 and was the fastest of the first generation of Axis and Allied jets. ... The Me 163 Komet was the only operational rocket fighter aircraft. ... The Heinkel He 70 Blitz was designed in the early 1930s to serve as a fast mailplane for Deutsche Lufthansa. ... The Bloch MB.170 and its family of derivatives were French reconnaissance and bomber aircraft designed and built shortly before World War II. They were, by far, the best aircraft of this type available to the Armée de lAir at the outbreak of war, with speed and maneuverability... The Heinkel He 176 was the world’s first aircraft to be propelled solely by a liquid-fuelled rocket, making its first powered flight on July 20, 1939 with Erich Warsitz at the controls. ... The Heinkel He 177 Greif {Griffin] was a 4-engined long-range World War 2 bomber of the Luftwaffe. ... The Heinkel He 178 was the worlds first aircraft to fly under turbojet power, and the first practical jet plane. ... The Focke-Wulf Ta-183 Huckebein was a jet-powered fighter aircraft, designed during World War II as the successor to the Messerschmitt Me 262 in Luftwaffe service. ... Aircraft Info Designed in the 1930s, the Flettner 184 was made to be a night reconnaissance and a anti-submarine autogyro. ... The Focke-Wulf Fw 187 Falke (Falcon) was created by Kurt Tank as a heavy fighter and a competitor to the Messerschmitt Bf 110 in the Zerstörer (destroyer) role. ... The Junkers Ju 187 was designed to replace the aging Ju 87 Stuka, which by the time of the Battle of Britain was fast approaching obselescence, the Ju 187 project never made it to production. ... The Ju 188 Rächer (Avenger) was a high-performance medium bomber from Junkers, the planned follow-on to the famed Ju 88 with better performance and payload. ... The Focke-Wulf Fw 189 was a twin-engine twin-boom three seat tactical reconnaissance and army cooperation aircraft. ... Focke-Wulf Fw 190A in flight. ... The Focke-Wulf Fw 191 was a prototype German bomber aircraft of World War II. Designed to a 1939 Luftwaffe specification for a high-performance medium bomber (the Bomber B programme), the project was crippled by engine problems and a complex electric motor system. ... The DFS 194 was a rocket-powered aircraft designed by Alexander Lippisch at the Deutsche Forschungsanstalt für Segelflug (DFS - German Institute for Sailplane Flight) based on his Delta series of tail-less designs. ... The Ar 196 was a shipboard reconnaissance aircraft built by Arado starting in 1936. ... Focke-Wulf Fw 200 The Focke-Wulf Fw 200 was a German all metal four engined monoplane that entered service as an airliner and later as long range reconnaissance and anit-shipping bomber aircraft for the Luftwaffe. ... A B-17G-30-DL on a bombing run. ... The Siebel Si 204 was a small twin-engined transport aircraft developed for the during World War II. It was based on the Fh 104. ... Messerschmitts designation Me 209 was actually used for two separate projects during World War II. The first, described below, was a record-setting single-engined race plane for which little or no consideration was given to adaptation for combat. ... Messerschmitts designation Me 209 was actually used for two separate projects during World War II. The first Me 209 was a record-setting single-engined race plane for which little or no consideration was given to adaptation for combat. ... The Messerschmitt Me 210 was a heavy fighter designed before the start of World War II to replace the Bf 110 in that role. ... The Do 212 was a four-seat experimental amphibian flying boat built by the Swiss subsidiary of Dornier, on Lake Constance. ... The Dornier Do 17, sometimes referred to as the Bleistift (pencil) by its pilots, was a World War II light bomber produced by Dornier that was used for a short time by the Luftwaffe. ... The Dornier Do 217 was a World War II medium bomber designed from scratch as a replacement for the venerable Dornier Do 17. ... This aircraft article has not been updated to WikiProject Aircrafts current standards. ... The Blohm + Voss BV 222 Wiking (Viking) was a large German flying boat of World War II. The BV 222 Wiking six-engined flying boat was originally ordered in September 1937 by Deutsche Lufthansa as a civil flying boat, but was quickly taken over as a military transport. ... The Focke-Achgelis FA 223 Drache (Dragon) was a helicopter that was developed by the Germans during World War II. Only a few were actually produced before the Allied offensive destroyed production. ... The DFS 228 was a rocket-powered, high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft designed by the Deutsche Forschungsanstalt für Segelflug (DFS - German Institute for Sailplane Flight) during World War II. By the end of the war, the aircraft had only flown in the form of two unpowered prototypes. ... The Horten Ho 229 (often erroneously called Gotha Go 229 due to the identity of the chosen manufacturer of the aircraft) was a late-World War II flying wing fighter aircraft, designed by the Horten brothers and built by Gothaer Waggonfabrik. ... The DFS 230 was a WW2 Luftwaffe transport glider. ... The Arado Ar 231 was a light-weight seaplane developed during World War II in Germany as a scout plane for submarines. ... The Ar 232 Tausendfüssler (millipede in German) was the first truly modern transport aircraft, designed and built in small numbers by Arado during World War II. The design introduced almost all of the features now considered to be standard to transports, including a low_slung box_like fuselage, rear loading ramp... The Arado Ar 234 Blitz was the worlds first operational jet powered bomber, built by the Arado company in the closing stages of World War II. In the field it was used almost entirely in the reconnaissance role, but in its few uses as a bomber it proved to... A BV238 shortly after takeoff. ... The Arado Ar 240 was a twin-engine multi-role heavy fighter aircraft developed for the Luftwaffe during World War II by Arado Flugzeugwerke. ... The Gotha Go 242 was a transport glider used by the Luftwaffe during World War II. // Development The Go 242 was designed by Albert Kalkert in response to a RLM (Reichssluftfahrtministerium - Reich Aviation Ministry) requirement for a heavy transport glider to replace the DFS 230 then in service. ... The Gotha Go 244 was a transport glider used by the Luftwaffe during World War II. // Development The Go 244 was the powered version of the Gotha Go 242. ... This aircraft article is missing some (or all) of its specifications. ... The Messerschmitt Me 263 was a rocket-powered fighter aircraft developed from the Messerschmitt Me 163 towards the end of World War II. Only two airframes were ever completed, and the type seems never to have actually flown under power. ... The Messerschmitt Me 262 Schwalbe (Ger. ... The Messerschmitt Me 263 was a rocket-powered fighter aircraft developed from the Messerschmitt Me 163 towards the end of World War II. Only two airframes were ever completed, and the type seems never to have actually flown under power. ... Categories: Stub | German bomber aircraft 1940-1949 | World War II German heavy bombers | World War II German experimental aircraft ... The He 274 was four-engine bomber aircraft designed during World War 2 as a variant of the Heinkel He 177. ... The Heinkel He 277 was four-engine bomber aircraft of World War 2 that was a version of the Heinkel He 177 built in Austria. ... The Heinkel He 280 was the first jet-powered fighter aircraft built in the world. ... The Flettner Fl 282 Kolibri is a single-seat open cockpit helicopter produced by Anton Flettner of Germany. ... The Junkers Ju 287 was a flying testbed built to develop the technology required for a multi-engined jet bomber aircraft. ... The Junkers Ju 288 was a German bomber aircraft designed during World War II, but which only ever flew in prototype form. ... The Junkers Ju 290 was a long-range transport, maritime patrol aircraft and bomber used by the Luftwaffe late in World War II. It was developed from earlier Junkers designs dating from before the war. ... The Henschel Hs 293 was a German guided glide bomb used against ships during World War II. History The Hs 293 project was started in 1940, based on the Gustav Schwartz Propellerwerke glide bomb which was designed in 1939. ... The Henschel Hs 294 was a torpedo. ... The Messerschmitt Me 309 was a prototype German fighter designed in the early years of World War II to replace the Messerschmitt Bf 109. ... During the preparation for a possible invasion of Britain during World War II (called Operation Sealion), the Oberkommando des Heeres (OKH) required a cargo glider that would carry about 130 equipped soldiers because it was not possible to ship all the important weapons and goods by naval vessels. ... The Messerschmitt Me 323 Gigant was a German transport aircraft of the Second World War. ... The Messerschmitt Me 328 was originally designed as a parasite fighter to protect Luftwaffe bomber formations during World War II. During its protracted development, a wide variety of other roles were suggested for it. ... The Dornier Do 335 Pfeil (Arrow) was a World War II heavy fighter built by the Dornier company. ... The Heinkel He 343 was a four-engined jet bomber project, based on an enlarged Arado Ar 234 design. ... The DFS 346 was a rocket-powered, high-speed research aircraft designed by Felix Kracht at the Deutsche Forschungsanstalt für Segelflug (DFS - German Institute for Sailplane Flight) during World War II. By the end of the war, the prototype was only half-finished, but was taken to the Soviet... Bachem Ba 349 Natter (Viper) was an experimental rocket-powered, radar-guided interceptor aircraft which was to be employed in a very similar way as surface-to-air missiles. ... Type: Transport Origin:Junkers Flugzeug und Motorenwerke AG Models: A First Flight: November 1943 Service Delivery: N/A Final Delivery: N/A Engine: Three BMW-Bramo 323R-2 Horsepower: 1,000hp (1,200 with 96-Octane fuel) Fuel: Capacity: N/A Type: N/A Dimensions: Wing span: 34. ... The Junkers Ju 388J Störtebeker was a World War II heavy fighter based on the famous Ju 88 airframe. ... The Junkers Ju 390 was a long-range derivative of the Junkers Ju 290 and was intended to be used as a heavy transport, maritime patrol aircraft, and bomber. ... The Messerschmitt Me 410 Hornisse (Hornet) was a Luftwaffe heavy fighter and Schnellbomber of World War II developed from the badly flawed Me 210. ... The Dewoitine D.520 was a French fighter aircraft that started entering service just prior to the opening of World War II. It was the only design that came close to being a match for the latest German types like the Messerschmitt Bf 109, but French building priorities were so... The Messerschmitt Me 609 was a short-lived project which joined two fuselages of the Me 309 fighter prototype together to form a heavy fighter. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

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