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Luftwaffe serviceable aircraft strengths (1940-1945)

1940

17 August 1940
Single-engined fighters	787
Twin-engined fighters	219
Night fighters	63
Fighter-bombers	119
Dive-bombers	294
Twin-engined bombers	960
Four-engined bombers	7
Long-range reconnaissance aircraft	185
Short-range and army cooperation aircraft	135
Coastal aircraft	162
Transport aircraft	226
Total 3157

1941

24 June 1941
Single-engined fighters	898
Twin-engined fighters	105
Night fighters	148
Fighter-bombers	124
Dive-bombers	260
Twin-engined bombers	931
Four-engined bombers	4
Long-range reconnaissance aircraft	282
Short-range and army cooperation aircraft	388
Coastal aircraft	76
Transport aircraft	212
Total 3428

1942

27 July 1942
Single-engined fighters	945
Twin-engined fighters	58
Night fighters	203
Fighter-bombers	40
Specialized ground attack aircraft	19
Dive-bombers	249
Twin-engined bombers	1119
Four-engined bombers	41
Long-range reconnaissance aircraft	188
Short-range and army cooperation aircraft	209
Coastal aircraft	64
Transport aircraft	365
Total 3500

1943

17 May 43
Single-engined fighters	980
Twin-engined fighters	114
Night fighters	378
Fighter-bombers	216
Specialized ground attack aircraft	61
Dive-bombers	413
Twin-engined bombers	1269
Four-engined bombers	33
Long-range reconnaissance aircraft	215
Short-range and army cooperation aircraft	251
Coastal aircraft	149
Transport aircraft	414
Total 4641

1944

31 May 44
Single-engined fighters	1063
Twin-engined fighters	151
Night fighters	572
Fighter-bombers	278
Ground attack aircraft	352
Night harassment aircraft	305
Twin-engined bombers	840
Four-engined bombers	97
Long-range reconnaissance aircraft	153
Short-range and army cooperation aircraft	210
Coastal aircraft	123
Transport aircraft	719
Kampfgeschwader 200 (misc. aircraft}	65
Total 4928

1945

10 January 1945
Single-engined fighters	1462
Night fighters	808
Ground attack aircraft	613
Night harassment aircraft	302
Multi-engined bombers	294
Anti-shipping aircraft	83
Long-range reconnaissance aircraft	176
Short-range and army cooperation aircraft	293
Coastal aircraft	60
Transport aircraft	269
Kampfgeschwader 200 (misc. aircraft}	206
Total 4566

9 April 1945
Single-engined fighters	1305
Night fighters	485
Ground attack aircraft	712
Night harassment aircraft	215
Multi-engined bombers	37
Long-range reconnaissance aircraft	143
Short-range and army cooperation aircraft	309
Coastal aircraft	45
Transport aircraft	10
Kampfgeschwader 200 (misc. aircraft}	70
Total 3331

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• Source

Alfred Price. Luftwaffe Data Book, 1997.