German Fighters
Aircraft Type and Mark |
Maximum Speed |
Service Ceiling |
Rate of Climb |
Armament |
Focke-Wulf 109A3 |
385 m.p.h. at 19,000 feet |
36,000 feet |
6-5 minutes to 18,000 feet |
Four 20 m.m. Two 7-9 m.m. |
Focke-Wulf 190D |
435 m.p.h. at 25,000 feet |
39,000 feet |
6-5 minutes to 20,000 feet |
One 30 m.m. Two 20 m.m. Two 13 m.m. |
Junkers 88 C5 |
347 m.p.h. at 20,000 feet |
30,200 feet |
10.3 minutes to 18,500 feet |
Six 7-9 m.m. Three 20 m.m. |
Messerschmitt 109E |
355 m.p.h. at 18,000 feet |
35,000 feet |
6-2 minutes to 16,500 feet |
Two 7-9 m.m. Two 20 m.m. |
Messerschmitt 109F |
395 m.p.h. at 22,000 feet |
36,500 feet |
5-75 minutes to 17,000 feet |
Two 7-9 m.m. Three 20 m.m. |
Messerschmitt 109G |
400 m.p.h. at 22,000 feet |
38,500 feet |
6 minutes to 19,000 feet |
Two 7-9/13 m.m. |
Messerschmitt 110G |
368 m.p.h. at 19,000 feet |
36,800 feet |
7-3 minutes to 18,000 feet |
Six 7-9 m.m. Four 20 m.m. One 37 m.m. |
Messerschmitt 210 |
370 m.p.h. at 21,000 feet |
29,000 feet |
11-8 minutes to 19,000 feet |
Two 20 m.m. Two 13 m.m. Two 7-9 m.m. |
Messerschmitt 262 (jet aircraft) |
500-550 m.p.h. at 29,000 feet |
39,500 feet |
5 minutes to 32,800 feet |
Four 30 m.m. Three 20 m.m. or six 30 m.m. |
Arado 234B (jet aircraft) |
490 m.p.h. at 25,000 feet |
38,000 feet |
8 minutes to 20,000 feet |
Four or five 20 m.m. |
German Bomber and Reconnaissance Aircraft
Aircraft Type and Mark |
Normal Cruising Speed |
Radius of Action With Associated Bomb Load |
Typical Bomb Load |
Armament |
Dornier 217E |
240 m.p.h. at 15,000 feet |
585 miles with 4400 lb. |
Four 1100 lb. or two 2200 lb. and four 110 lb. |
Four 7-9 m.m. Four 13 m.m. One 15 m.m. |
Focke-Wulf 200 (Condor) |
210 m.p.h. at 16,000 feet |
1350 miles on recce without bombs or 1075 miles with 3600 lb. |
Three 1100 lb. or five 550 lb. |
Three 15/20 m.m. and three 13 m.m. |
Heinkel 111 |
210 m.p.h. at 17,000 feet |
760 miles with 2200 lb. |
Four 550 lb. |
Seven 7-9 m.m. Two 20 m.m. |
Heinkel 177 |
260 m.p.h. at 17,000 feet |
550 miles with 12,100 lb. 1300 miles with 2200 lb. |
Six 550 lb. and four 2200 lb. or four 1650 lb. torpedoes or two HS293 glider bombs |
Five 13 m.m. Four 13/20 m.m. |
Junkers 88 A4 |
254 m.p.h. at 16,400 feet |
640 miles with 4400 lb. 655 miles with 2200 lb. |
Ten 154 lb. and four 550 lb. or ten 154 lb. and four 1100 lb. |
Seven 7-9 m.m. One 20 m.m.
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Junkers 88 B3 |
277 m.p.h. at 18,000 feet |
640 miles with 2200 lb. |
Four 550 lb. or four 550 lb. and ten 154 lb. |
Six 7-9 or two 7-9 m.m. and two 13 m.m. |
Junkers-S1 |
290 m.p.h. at 18,000 feet |
350 miles with 1980 lb. |
Eighteen 110 lb. or eighteen 154 lb. |
One 7-9 m.m. One 13 m.m. |
Junkers 87B (Stukadive-bomber) |
200 m.p.h. at 15,000 feet |
180 miles with 1100 lb. |
One 1100 lb. or one 550 lb. and four 110 lb. or one 1100 lb. and four 110 lb. |
Three 7-9 m.m. |
Junkers 87D (Stukadive-bomber) |
200 m.p.h. at 15,000 feet |
360 miles with 2200 lb. |
One 1100 lb. and four 110 lb. or one 2200 lb. or one 2200 lb. and four 110 lb. |
Four 7-9 m.m. |