Statistics

Aircraft Available by Category, Luftwaffe

 

Strength
  Single-Engine Fighters Twin-
Engine Fighters
Night-Fighters Ground Attack Bombers Transport
1939            
September 1,125 194 - 384 1,213 552
December 1,022 410 - 459 1,367 n/a
             
1940            
March 1,258 325 - 453 1,657 466
June 1,107 357 - 483 1,380 357
September 932 181 - 482 1,420 365
December 832 241 165 482 1,330 415
             
1941            
March 1,158 322 199 444 1,460 713
June 1,266 210 244 410 1,321 n/a
September 1,116 155 245 397 1,538 n/a
December 1,129 48 223 256 918 991
             
1942            
March 1,129 112 248 405 977 n/a
June 1,277 362 244 461 1,381 957
September 1,491 297 350 413 1,416 n/a
December 1,360 212 389 286 1,193 881
             
1943            
March 1,535 401 493 469 1,522 n/a
June 1,849 414 554 523 1,663 850
September 1,646 392 574 562 1,080 n/a
December 1,523 290 611 601 1,604 903
             
1944            
March 1,696 251 565 776 1,331 n/a
June 1,523 242 778 1,005 1,089 944
September 1,984 142 1,018 816 929 n/a
December 2,260 105 1,256 892 528 500
             
1945            
April 1,637 n/a 498 n/a n/a 505

 

Serviceable
  Single-Engine Fighters Twin-
Engine Fighters
Night-Fighters Ground Attack Bombers
1939          
September 870 141 - 267 1,014
December 769 299 - 356 1,000
           
1940          
March 817 222 - 368 1,102
June 856 261 - 337 841
September 721 114 - 401 818
December 587 168 104 375 722
           
1941          
March 846 224 124 353 932
June 885 131 172 278 763
September 774 83 140 280 630
December 670 21 132 132 383
           
1942          
March 747 61 134 205 480
June 901 210 162 300 885
September 1,024 166 245 273 741
December 908 111 278 160 611
           
1943          
March 1,006 206 360 325 844
June 1,361 305 371 444 1,070
September 1,080 243 248 395 639
December 1,095 199 405 466 1,078
           
1944          
March 1,188 148 361 516 825
June 895 124 528 751 694
September 1,413 122 854 606 644
December 1,521 85 913 637 359
           
1945          
April n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a

 

Notes:

(1) Transport strength in April 1945 is for February. No serviceable data avilable.

Source: Vajda, F. A. & Dancey, P., German Aircraft Industry and Production, 1933-1945.

Last modified: 10 December 2022