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Bulgaria - Aircraft 1918 - 45

See also:

Bulgarian Airforce Orders Of Battle

Aircraft by Type

Fighter Aircraft
Avia B-135 "Swallow"(Czech)   - 12
Avia B-534 "Dogan"(Czech)  - 78
Drjavna Aeroplane Robotilnitsa DAR 11
Dewoitine D.520 -100
Heinkel He-51B "Falcon"- 12
Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighter - 19 E-3s and 145 G-2/6/10s
Panstwowe Zaklady Lotnicze PZL P.24B "Hawk" - 14
Arado Ar 65 " Eagle"(German) - 12  
Messerschmidt Bf-109 E-4"Arrow"(German) - ? 
Messerschmidt Bf-109 G-series(German) - 145 delivered(G-2 and G-6 , the G-4s were very few from Romania 

Bombers and Ground Attack Aircraft
includes torpedo bombers and light tactical attack aircraft

Aero A.304
Avia B-71 bombers (Czech-built Tupolev SB-2s) - 32
Bloch MB.200 - 12 purchased from Germany in 1939
Drjavna Aeroplane Robotilnitsa DAR 10 bomber/reconnaissance aircraft (prototypes only)
Drjavna Aeroplane Robotilnitsa DAR 10A
Drjavna Aeroplane Robotilnitsa DAR 10F
Focke-Wulf FW 58
Ilyushin Il-2 attack aircraft - after 9 September 1944
Junkers Ju 87 D-4 "Stuka" - 12 Ju 87 R-2 and R-4s and 40 Ju 87 D-5
Kaproni Bulgarski KB.6 Papagal bomber
Kaproni Bulgarski KB-11 Fazan army liaison monoplane
Panstwowe Zaklady Lotnicze PZL.43 light bombers
Aero MB-200 "Owl" (French Marsel-Bloch MB-200 En-4 produced in Czechoslovakia) -
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Bloch MB.200 - 12 purchased from Germany in 1939
Dornier Do-11 "Bat"(Bulgarians called it "Flying coffin") (german)- ? 
Dornier Do-17 Ka "Hurricane" (German) - ? (found in Yugoslavia and brought to Plovdiv) 
Dornier do-17 M/P-2 "Hurricane" (Gernman) - ? 
Dornier Do 17 bombers - 35 (11 Do 17P + 11 Do-17Kb1 + several Do-17 and Do-17M)
Letow-Schmolik 328(Czech) - ? 
Tupolev Tu-2 - after 9 September 1944

Communications and Reconnaissance Aircraft
DAR 3
Letov S 328
Messerschmitt Bf 108 "Swan"communications aircraft
Aero A-304
Nardi F.N.305 (Italian) - 1 (In 1943 the Italian attache tried to escape with that plane3 in Turkey but he and his aircraft were captured) 
Potez-XVIII(French)
Fieseler-Storch Fi-156 (german)
Focke-Wulf FW-189 A-2 "Cyclop" (German) 
Heinkel He-45A "Stork"
Junkers A-20
SFKB KB-4

SFKB KB-5
Kaproni Bulgarski KB3/KB4 Chuchuliga II reconnaissance aircraft

Kaproni Bulgarski KB5 Chuchuliga III reconnaissance aircraft

Training Aircraft
Avia B-122(Czech)
Henrio de Ash-XIV(French)
Bristol 83A (British)
Bristol 88A(British)
Buker Bu-131(Geraman)
Buker Bu-181(German)
Codron S-59 (French)
​DAR 6

Letow Sh-18(Czech)
PWS-26 "Hero" (Polish) - 2(two polish pilots flew to Bulgaria in 1939 to avoid German captivity) 
Potez VIII(French)
Focke-Wulf FW-43(German) - 1 (a gift from the German Ministero of the Aviation Gen. Milch) 
Focke-Wulf FW-44 "Sparow"(German)
Focke-Wulf FW-56 "Mosquito"
Heinkel He-72 "Canary" 

Transport Aircraft
Albatros L-73 (German)- 2(gift from Lufthansa) 
Codron-440 (French)- 1(later given back ) 
Junkers W-34 (German) (captured after Sept. 1944) 
Junkers F-13 (German)
Junkers Ju-52/3m "Barn-owl" (German)
Focke-Wulf A-20"Roselius" (German) (gift from Dr. Roselius, the German trade representative in Bulgaria) 
Heinkel He-111 (German)

Float Planes
Avro-522 (British)

Arado Ar-196A-3 (German) -12
Macci Che-18 (Italian)
Heinkel He-42"Duck" (German)
Heinkel He-60 E-2 "Seal"​

Aircraft by Manufacturer

Drjavna Aeroplane Robotilnitsa DAR
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