Second World War Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine had 21 destroyers (German: Zerstörer) in service, while another one was just being completed. These 22 vessels...

single-crew aircraft. In Germany, these larger fighters were known as Zerstörer ("destroyers"). The heavy fighter was a major design class during the...

over the wide reaches of the Pacific. Germany built similarly enlarged Zerstörer when it commenced naval rearmament. With the exception of the Tribal class...

Aircraft carrier Graf Zeppelin (not completed) Destroyer Z1 - Z4 (Type Zerstörer 1934) U-boats Types IIA, B, C, D, VIIC, and XIV "New Page 1". Wikimedia Commons...

24 torpedo boat Zerstörer/Typ 1934 Zerstörer/Typ 1934 A Zerstörer/Typ 1936 Zerstörer/Typ 1936 A Zerstörer/Typ 1936 A (Mob) Zerstörer/Typ 1936 B Type 101...

1940) Zerstörer 1936C Zerstörer 1938A/Ac Zerstörer 1938B Zerstörer 1942: Z51 launched 1944, but bombed and never completed Zerstörer 1944 Zerstörer 1945...

Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 978-1-55750-302-2. Zerstörer 1934 German Naval History website German destroyer Z1 Leberecht Maass at...

The Dornier Do 29 was a proposed zerstörer, or heavy fighter, designed by Dornier as a competitor to the Messerschmitt Bf 110. The design answered the...

aircraft) of World War I. The Germans later came to refer to it as a Zerstörer (destroyer), and the Dutch as a Jachtkruiser (hunter cruiser). However...

Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 978-1-55750-302-2. Zerstörer 1934 German Naval History website German destroyer Z3 Max Schultz at Wikipedia's...

Germany's Lost Warship". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 11 April 2021. Zerstörer 1934 German Naval History website Wrecks of Narvik – wreck diving in the...

Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 978-1-55750-302-2. Zerstörer 1934 German Naval History website Portal: United Kingdom German destroyer...

These achievements were honored with 453 German day fighter pilots and Zerstörer (destroyer) fighter pilots and 85 German night fighter pilots (including...

Zerstörergeschwader 1 (ZG 1—1st Destroyer Wing) (lit. destroyer wing) was a Luftwaffe zerstörer or ‘destroyer’ (heavy fighter) wing of World War II. Zerstörergeschwader...

68) Arado Ar 240, heavy fighter + attack, Zerstörer (Destroyer) Arado Ar 440, heavy fighter + attack, Zerstörer (Destroyer) Blohm & Voss BV 40, Fighter...

production 33984 1935 many exported to client states 110 Messerschmitt Bf 110 Zerstörer fighter production 6170 1936 162 Messerschmitt Bf 162 Jaguar bomber prototype...

(Z 21) [Type 1936] outfitting at Kiel he entire Destroyer Flotilla: 4. Zerstörer-Flottille - Fregattenkapitän Erich Bey at Wilhelmshaven: Bruno Heinemann...

bomber destroyer version. This type replaced the vulnerable twin-engine Zerstörer heavy fighters which could not survive interception by P-51 Mustangs flying...

7 mm) machine guns. In addition, the Luftwaffe's original solution of Zerstörer twin-engine Messerschmitt Bf 110G bomber destroyers, while effective against...

the Luftwaffe (Ehrenpokal der Luftwaffe). He was also one of the first Zerstörer (destroyer) pilot to receive the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (Ritterkreuz...

ISBN 0887406866. ——————— (1997). German Light Half-Tracked Prime Movers 1934-1945. Schiffer Military History series. Atglen, PA, USA: Schiffer Publishing...

Gefechtsverband – defensive aerial tactic employed against USAAF heavy bombers when Zerstörer twin-engined heavy fighters had proven too vulnerable to Allied single-engined...

start of the battle, the twin-engined Messerschmitt Bf 110C long-range Zerstörer ("Destroyer") was also expected to engage in air-to-air combat while escorting...

(1983). Die deutschen Kriegsschiffe 1815–1945: Band 2: Torpedoboote, Zerstörer, Schnellboote, Minensuchboote, Minenräumboote (in German). Koblenz: Bernard...

States Navy Fletcher Destroyer 2,050 30 December 1942 to West Germany as Zerstörer 2 1959, to Greece as Kimon 1981, scrapped 1993 Rio Grande do Norte  Brazilian...

poor numbers and performance of aircraft. Units complained of lack of Zerstörer aircraft with all-weather capabilities and the "lack of climbing power...

ex-Marasti class Prytky class — 2 ships, ex-Zerstörer 1934A class Prochny class — 1 ship, ex-German Zerstörer 1936A class Soldati class — 2 ships, ex-Soldati...

ISBN 978-1-78200-342-7. Weal, John (2012) [1999]. Messerschmitt Bf 110 Zerstörer Aces of World War 2. Aircraft of the Aces. Vol. 25. Oxford, UK: Osprey...

Messerschmitt Bf 110 or Ju 88 against Allied bombers. Zerstörergeschwader (ZG) – Zerstörer (literally "destroyer", as in naval destroyer). These units were usually...

training. There he was first trained as a bomber pilot and then as a Zerstörer, a heavy fighter or destroyer, pilot. According to Berger, Rudorffer then...