APPENDIX IX
Principal Operational Aircraft of the German Air Force, 1944-1945

BOMBER AND RECONNAISSANCE

AIRCRAFT MAXIMUM SPEED SERVICE CEILING RANGE AND ASSOCIATED BOMB LOAD ARMAMENT
  M.p.h. feet feet miles lb.  
Junkers (Ju.) 88S1 370 at 26,000 35,000 700--1,980 1×13-mm.
1×7.9-mm.
Junkers (Ju.) 88S2 311 at 5,000 30,000 700--1,980 1×13-mm.
1×7.9-mm.
Junkers Ju.) 188 325 at 20,000 33,000 1,200--4,400 1×20-mm.
2×13-mm.
2×7.9-mm.
Heinkel (He.) 111 240 at 14,000 26,000 1,510--2,200 7×7.9-mm.
2×20-mm.
Heinkel (He.) 177 305 at 20,000 21,000 2,650--2,200 5×13-mm.
4×13/20-mm.
or
1,150--12,320
Dornier (Do.) 217E 305 at 18,000 21,500 1,170--4,400 4×7.9-mm.
4×13-mm.
1×15-mm.
1. Using G.M.I. boost equipment.
2. Not using G.M.I., boost equipment.

Notes i-iii on page 408 apply in general to the above table.

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FIGHTER

AIRCRAFT MAXIMUM SPEED SERVICE CEILING CLIMB--TIME TO HEIGHT ARMAMENT
  m.p.h. feet feet minutes feet  
Junkers (Ju.) 88 347 at 20,000 33,200 10.3 to 18,500 7×7.9-mm.
3×20-mm.
Messerschmitt (Me.) 109G 400 at 22,000 39,750 6 to 19,000 2×7.9/13-mm.
3×20-mm.
Messerschmitt (Me.) 110G 368 at 19,000 36,800 7.3 to 18,000 6×7.9-mm.
4×20-mm.
1×37-mm.
Messerschmitt (Me.) 210 370 at 21,000 35,000 11.8 to 19,000 2×20-mm.
2×13-mm.
2×7.9-mm.
Messerschmitt (Me.) 410 395 at 22,000 39,000 11.5 to 19,000 2×20-mm.
1×37-mm.
2x 13-mm.
2×7.9-mm.
Focke-Wulf (F.W.) 190D 435 at 25,000 39,000 6.5 to 20,000 1×30-mm.
2×20-mm.
2×13-mm.
Messerschmitt (Me.) 2621 500/550 at 29,000 39,500 5 to 32,800 4×30-mm.
&
3×20-mm.
or
6×30-mm.
Messerschmitt (Me.) 1632 560 40,000   2×30-mm.
Arado (Ar.) 234B3 490 at 25,000 38,000 8 to 20,000 4 or 5×20-mm.
1. Jet propelled. Could carry 12 rockets under each wing.
2. Liquid rocket propulsion. Range 70 miles or endurance of 8/12 minutes.
3. Jet propelled.

Notes i-iii on page 408 apply in general to the above table.

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