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The list of aircraft of World War II includes all the aircraft used by those countries which were at war during World War from the period between their joining the conflict and the conflict ending for them. Aircraft developed but not used operationally in the war are in the prototypes section at the end. Prototypes for aircraft that entered ...
Douglas RD-4 Dolphin - Flying boat. Fairchild J2K - Liaison. Grumman JF-2 Duck - Amphibian floatplane. Grumman J2F-4 Duck - Amphibian floatplane. Grumman JRF Goose - Amphibian flying boat. Grumman J4F Widgeon - Amphibian flying boat. Hall PH - Flying boat. R5O-1 - Executive transport. Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3 - Trainer.
This list covers aircraft of the German Luftwaffe during the Second World War from 1939 to 1945. Numerical designations are largely within the RLM designation system.. The Luftwaffe officially existed from 1933–1945 but training had started in the 1920s, before the Nazi seizure of power, and many aircraft made in the inter-war years were used during World War II.
List of jet aircraft of World War II. World War II was the first war in which jet aircraft participated in combat with examples being used on both sides of the conflict during the latter stages of the war. The first successful jet aircraft, the Heinkel He 178, flew only five days before the 1 September 1939 start of the war. [1]
Number built. 7,478. Developed into. Douglas DC-5. The Douglas A-20 Havoc (company designation DB-7) is an American light bomber, attack aircraft, night intruder, night fighter, and reconnaissance aircraft of World War II . Designed to meet an Army Air Corps requirement for a bomber, it was ordered by France for their air force before the USAAC ...
Bristol Blenheim (RAF) long range fighter and night fighter. Curtiss Mohawk (RAF) Curtiss Kittyhawk and Tomahawk (RAF) de Havilland Mosquito (RAF) night fighter & fighter-bomber. de Havilland Vampire (RAF) prototype jet fighter. Douglas Havoc (RAF) night fighter. Fairey Fulmar (FAA) fleet fighter. Fairey Firefly (FAA) fleet fighter.
Air warfare of World War II. Boeing B-29 Superfortress long-range strategic bombers releasing their payloads during the Burma campaign in 1945. The B-29 was the largest aircraft to have a significant operational role in World War II and remains the only aircraft in history to have ever used a nuclear weapon in combat.
Only available in small numbers during the Battle of France. Bre.270 observation. Bre.482 heavy bomber, single complete prototype destroyed in German air raid in 1942. Bre.521 "Bizerte" - flying boat. Bre.691 twin engine light ground attack bomber. Bre.693 Bre.691 with different engines.