Airplanes of the Luftwaffe

Airplanes had a critical role in the WW2.They were a shild for trops on land or they invaded enemy land trops such as tank,infantry or artilery.
                                     

Dornier DO 17

Role	Light bomber used as anti-shipping attack aircraft used as a strategic bomber used as a night fighter used as glider tug used as Reconnaissance aircraft
Manufacturer	Dornier Flugzeugwerke
First flight	23 November 1934[1]
Introduced	1937
Retired	15 September 1952 (Finnish Air Force)[2]
Primary users	Luftwaffe Royal Yugoslav Air Force Finnish Air Force Spanish Air Force Bulgarian Air Force
Number built	2,139[3]
Variants	Dornier Do 215

Focke wulf FW 190

Role	Fighter
Manufacturer	Primarily Focke-Wulf Flugzeugbau AG, but also Ago, Arado, Fieseler, Mimetall, Norddeutsche Dornier and others
Designed by	Kurt Tank
First flight	1 June 1939
Introduced	August 1941
Retired	1945 (Luftwaffe); 1949 (Turkey)
Primary users	Luftwaffe Hungarian Air Force Turkish Air Force Romanian Air Force
Produced	1941–45; 1996: 16 reproductions
Number built	Over 20,000
Variants	Ta 152

Heinkel HE 111

Role	Medium bomber
Manufacturer	Heinkel Flugzeugwerke
Designed by	Siegfried and Walter Günter
First flight	24 February 1935
Introduced	1935
Retired	1945 (Luftwaffe) 1958 (Spain)[1]
Primary user	Luftwaffe
Produced	1935–44
Number built	32 prototype aircraft 12 civilian airliners 808 pre war aircraft 5,656 aircraft (1939–45) Total: 6,508.[2]
Variants	CASA 2.111

Junkers JU 52

Role	Transport aircraft
Manufacturer	Junkers
Designed by	Ernst Zindel
First flight	13 October 1930 (Ju 52/1m); 7 March 1932 (Ju 52/3m)
Primary user	Luftwaffe
Produced	1931–1945 (Germany) 1945–1947 (France) 1945–1952 (Spain)
Number built	4,845

Junkers JU 87D

Role	Dive bomber
Manufacturer	Junkers
Designed by	Hermann Pohlmann
First flight	17 September 1935
Introduction	1936
Retired	1945 (Luftwaffe)
Primary users	Luftwaffe Regia Aeronautica Royal Romanian Air Force Bulgarian Air Force
Number built	Estimated 6,500

Junkers JU 88

Role	Dive bomber/Tactical bomber/Night fighter/Torpedo bomber/Heavy fighter
Manufacturer	Junkers
Designed by	W. H. Evers and Alfred Gassner
First flight	21 December 1936
Introduced	1939
Retired	1951 (France)
Primary user	Luftwaffe
Number built	circa 15,000
Variants	Junkers Ju 188

Messerschmitt BF 109

Role	Fighter
Manufacturer	Bayerische Flugzeugwerke Messerschmitt
Designed by	Willy Messerschmitt, Robert Lusser
First flight	29 May 1935
Introduced	1937
Retired	1945, Luftwaffe 1965, Spanish Air Force
Primary users	Luftwaffe Hungarian Air Force Aeronautica Nazionale Repubblicana Forţele Aeriene Regale ale României
Number built	33,984[1]
Unit cost	42,900 RM (G-6, Erla-Werke, 1943)
Variants	Avia S-99/S-199 Hispano Aviacion Ha 1112

Messerschmitt BF 110

Role	Heavy fighter/Ground-attack aircraft/Fighter-bomber/Night fighter
Manufacturer	Bayerische Flugzeugwerke Messerschmitt
Designed by	Willy Messerschmitt
First flight	12 May 1936
Introduced	1937
Retired	1945 (Luftwaffe)
Primary users	Luftwaffe Hungarian Air Force Regia Aeronautica Romanian Air Force
Number built	6,170 [1

Messerschmitt ME 262

Role	Fighter aircraft
Manufacturer	Messerschmitt
First flight	18 April 1941 with piston engine 18 July 1942 with jet engines[1]
Introduction	April 1944[2][3]
Retired	1945, Germany 1951, Czechoslovakia[4]
Primary users	Luftwaffe Czechoslovak Air Force (S-92)
Number built	1,430