List of aircraft of World War II
The List of aircraft of World War II includes all the aircraft used by those countries which were at war during World War II 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 service under a different design number are ignored in favour of the service version. The date the aircraft entered service, or was first flown if the service date is unknown or it did not enter service follows the name, followed by the country of origin and major wartime users. Aircraft used for multiple roles are generally only listed under their primary role unless specialized versions were built for other roles. Aircraft used by neutral countries such as Spain, Switzerland and Sweden or countries which did no significant fighting such as most of those in South America (except Brazil), are not included.
Operational aircraft
Fighter aircraft
Biplane fighters
Single-engined, single-seat monoplane fighters and fighter bombers
Heavy fighters (multi-engined or multi-seat) and night fighters
| Name of aircraft | Year in service |
Country of origin | Operator(s) if different from country of origin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bell YFM-1 Airacuda[1] flying cruiser | 1940 |  United States | |
| Blackburn Roc turret fighter | 1939 |  United Kingdom | |
| Blackburn Skua fighter/dive bomber | 1938 | United Kingdom | |
| Boulton Paul Defiant turret fighter | 1939 | United Kingdom | UK |
| Bristol Beaufighter | 1940 | United Kingdom | UK, Australia, US |
| Bristol Blenheim night fighter | 1937 | United Kingdom | |
| de Havilland Mosquito night fighter/fighter bomber | 1941 | United Kingdom | UK, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, US |
| Dornier Do 215 night fighter | 1939 | .svg.png){kind=small} Germany | |
| Dornier Do 217 night fighter | 1941 | Germany | |
| Dornier Do 335 | 1944 | Germany | |
| Douglas P-70 Havoc night fighter | 1941 | United States | US, UK |
| Fairey Firefly fleet fighter/dive bomber | 1941 | United Kingdom | |
| Fairey Fulmar fleet fighter | 1940 | United Kingdom | |
| Focke-Wulf Ta 154 night fighter | 1944 | Germany | |
| Fokker G.I | 1939 |  Netherlands | |
| Grumman F7F Tigercat carrier night fighter | 1944 | United States | |
| Heinkel He 219 night fighter | 1943 | Germany | |
| IMAM Ro.57 | 1943 | .svg.png){kind=small} Italy | |
| Junkers Ju 88 night fighter | 1940 | Germany | |
| Junkers Ju 388 night fighter | 1944 | Germany | |
| Kawasaki Ki-45 night fighter | 1942 |  Japan | |
| Kawasaki Ki-102 twin-engine fighter | 1945 | Japan | |
| Lockheed P-38 Lightning | 1941 | United States | US, Australia, China |
| Messerschmitt Bf 110 | 1937 | Germany | Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Iraq, Romania |
| Messerschmitt Me 210 | 1943 | Germany | Germany, Hungary |
| Messerschmitt Me 410 | 1943 | Germany | Germany |
| Mitsubishi Ki-109 bomber interceptor | 1945 | Japan | |
| Nakajima J1N night fighter/interceptor | 1942 | Japan | |
| Northrop P-61 Black Widow night fighter | 1944 | United States | |
| Petlyakov Pe-3 | 1941 |  Soviet Union | USSR, Finland |
| Potez 630 | 1938 |  France | France, Greece, Romania |
| Westland Welkin high altitude interceptor | 1944 | United Kingdom | |
| Westland Whirlwind | 1940 | United Kingdom |
Jet- and rocket- propelled fighters
| Name of aircraft | Year in service |
Country of origin | Operator(s) if different from country of origin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bell P-59 Airacomet | 1944 | United States | |
| Gloster Meteor | 1944 | United Kingdom | |
| Heinkel He 162 | 1945 | Germany | |
| Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star | 1945 | United States | |
| Messerschmitt Me 163 rocket interceptor | 1944 | Germany | |
| Messerschmitt Me 262 | 1944 | Germany | |
| Ryan FR Fireball mixed power carrier fighter | 1945 | United States |
Bomber & attack aircraft
Heavy bombers and maritime patrol
| Name of aircraft | Year in service |
Country of origin | Operator(s) if different from country of origin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Avro Lancaster | 1942 | United Kingdom | UK, Canada, Australia |
| Avro Manchester[notes 6] | 1940 | United Kingdom | |
| Blohm & Voss BV 142 maritime patrol[2] | 1940 | Germany | |
| Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress/Fortress | 1940 | United States | US, UK, Canada |
| Boeing B-29 Superfortress | 1944 | United States | |
| Consolidated B-24/LB-30/PB4Y-1 Liberator | 1940 | United States | US, Australia, Canada, UK |
| Consolidated B-32 Dominator | 1942 | United States | |
| Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer maritime patrol | 1943 | United States | |
| Farman F.221-223 | 1936 | France | |
| Focke-Wulf Fw 200 maritime patrol | 1940 | Germany | |
| Handley Page Halifax | 1940 | United Kingdom | UK, Australia, Canada, France |
| Heinkel He 177 | 1943 | Germany | |
| Mitsubishi Ki-20 | 1932 | Germany, Japan | Japan |
| Petlyakov Pe-8 | 1936 | Soviet Union | |
| Piaggio P.108 | 1942 | Italy | |
| Short Stirling | 1940 | United Kingdom | |
| Tupolev TB-3 | 1932 | Soviet Union | |
| Vickers Warwick | 1942 | United Kingdom | UK, Polish exile, South Africa |
Medium bombers
Light bombers, tactical reconnaissance and observation aircraft
Carrier-based naval bombers
| Name of aircraft | Year in service |
Country of origin | Operator(s) if different from country of origin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aichi B7A torpedo/dive bomber | 1945 | Japan | |
| Aichi D1A dive bomber[1] | 1934 | Japan | |
| Aichi D3A dive bomber | 1937 | Japan | |
| Blackburn Skua fighter/dive bomber | 1938 | United Kingdom | |
| Brewster SB2A Buccaneer/Bermuda dive bomber | 1941 | United States | US, UK |
| Consolidated TBY Sea Wolf torpedo bomber | 1944 | United States | |
| Curtiss SB2C Helldiver/A-25 Shrike dive bomber | 1943 | United States | US, Australia, UK |
| Curtiss SBC Helldiver/Cleveland dive bomber | 1938 | United States | US, France, UK |
| Douglas DT torpedo bomber[notes 20] | 1921 | United States | Norway |
| Douglas SBD Dauntless/A-24 Banshee dive bomber | 1940 | United States | US, New Zealand |
| Douglas TBD Devastator torpedo bomber | 1935 | United States | |
| Fairey Albacore torpedo/dive bomber | 1940 | United Kingdom | UK, Canada |
| Fairey Barracuda torpedo/dive bomber | 1942 | United Kingdom | |
| Fairey Swordfish torpedo bomber | 1936 | United Kingdom | UK, Canada |
| Fieseler Fi 167 torpedo/reconnaissance bomber | 1940 | Germany | Germany, Croatia, Romania |
| Grumman TBF/TBM Avenger torpedo bomber | 1942 | United States | US, UK, New Zealand |
| Loire-Nieuport LN.401 dive bomber | 1939 | France | |
| Mitsubishi B5M torpedo bomber | 1937 | Japan | |
| Nakajima B5N torpedo bomber | 1938 | Japan | |
| Nakajima B6N torpedo bomber | 1942 | Japan | |
| Naval Aircraft Factory SBN dive bomber | 1941 | United States | |
| Vought SB2U Vindicator/Chesapeake dive bomber | 1937 | United States | US, UK, France |
| Yokosuka B4Y torpedo bomber | 1936 | Japan | |
| Yokosuka D4Y dive bomber/night fighter | 1942 | Japan |
Strategic and photo-reconnaissance aircraft
Strategic and photo-reconnaissance aircraft were frequently specially modified variants of high performance aircraft, usually fighters or bombers.
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Seaplanes
Flying boats
Floatplanes
Transport and utility aircraft
Passenger and cargo aircraft
Communications, liaison and light transport aircraft
Many aircraft in this category were pressed into service and some served in very small numbers. The country of origin (listed first) may not itself have used it in a military capacity, and the date represents its original entry into service, not when it was first used by a military organization.
Transport gliders
| Name of aircraft | Year in service |
Country of origin | Operator(s) if different from country of origin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Airspeed Horsa | 1942 | United Kingdom | UK, US |
| Antonov A-7 | 1942 | Soviet Union | |
| DFS 230 | 1938 | Germany | |
| de Havilland Australia DHA-G | 1942 |  Australia | |
| General Aircraft Hamilcar | 1942 | United Kingdom | |
| Gotha Go 242 | 1941 | Germany | |
| Gribovski G-11 | 1941 | Soviet Union | |
| Kokusai Ku-8 | 1941 | Japan | |
| Kolesnikov-Tsibin KC-20 | 1942 | Soviet Union | |
| Maeda Ku-1 | 1941 | Japan | |
| Messerschmitt Me 321 Gigant | 1941 | Germany | |
| Slingsby Hengist | 1942 | United Kingdom | |
| Waco CG-3 | 1942 | United States | |
| Waco CG-4/Hadrian | 1942 | United States | US, UK |
| Waco CG-13 | 1945 | United States | |
| Waco CG-15 | 1943 | United States |
Trainers
Primary trainers are used for basic flight training. Advanced trainers were used for familiarization with the more complex systems and higher speeds of combat aircraft, and for air combat or aerobatic training. Multi-engined trainers were used to ready pilots for flying multi-engine bombers and transports, and to train navigators, bombardiers, gunners and flight engineers. Most nations used obsolete combat types for advanced training, although large scale training programs such as the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan (BCATP) required more aircraft than were available and aircraft were designed and built specifically to fulfill training roles. Intermediate trainers were used in several countries to reduce the attrition associated with the step up to advanced trainers but additional hours at the primary stage reduced the requirement.
Glider trainers
| Name of aircraft | Year in service |
Country of origin | Operator(s) if different from country of origin |
|---|---|---|---|
| DFS SG 38 Schulgleiter primary training glider | 1938 | Germany | Germany, Japan + many others... |
| General Aircraft Hotspur assault glider trainer | 1940 | United Kingdom | |
| Laister-Kauffman TG-4 | 1941 | United States | |
| Slingsby Kirby Cadet | 1935 | United Kingdom | |
| Schweizer TG-3 | 1942 | United States | |
| Schweizer TG-2/LNS-1 | 1938 | United States | |
| Schneider Grunau Baby | 1931 | Germany | Germany, Denmark |
Primary trainers
Advanced trainers
Bomber trainers, target tugs and misc. trainers
Rotorcraft
| Name of aircraft | Year in service |
Country of origin | Operator(s) if different from country of origin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cierva C.30 autogyro | 1934 | United Kingdom | UK, Belgium, France, Germany |
| Flettner Fl 282 helicopter | 1942 | Germany | |
| Focke-Achgelis Fa 330 autogyro kite[5] | 1943 | Germany | |
| Kamov A-7 autogyro | 1934 | Soviet Union | |
| Kayaba Ka-1 and Ka-2 autogyro | 1941 | Japan | |
| Pitcairn PA-39 autogyro[notes 33] | 1940 | United States | UK |
| Sikorsky R-4 helicopter | 1944 | United States | US, UK |
| Sikorsky R-6 helicopter | 1945 | United States | US, UK |
Lighter than Air
| Name of aircraft | Year in service |
Country of origin | Operator(s) if different from country of origin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goodyear G class blimp patrol blimp | 1935 | United States | |
| Goodyear K class blimp patrol blimp | 1938 | United States | |
| Goodyear L class blimp training blimp | 1938 | United States | |
| Goodyear M class blimp patrol blimp | 1944 | United States |
Rockets, Missiles and Drones
| Name of aircraft | Year in service |
Country of origin | Operator(s) if different from country of origin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Culver PQ-8 target drone | 1940 | United States | |
| Culver PQ-14 Cadet target drone | 1942 | United States | |
| Fieseler Fi 103R manned flying bomb | 1944 | Germany | |
| Interstate TDR assault drone (UCAV) | 1944 | United States | |
| Naval Aircraft Factory TDN assault drone (UCAV) | 1942 | United States | |
| V-1 Flying Bomb surface to surface cruise missile | 1943 | Germany | |
| V-2 rocket surface to surface ballistic missile | 1944 | Germany | |
| Yokosuka MXY7 Ohka manned flying bomb | 1945 | Japan |
Prototypes
Prototypes were aircraft that were intended to enter service but did not, either due to changing requirements, failing to meet requirements, other problems, or the end of the war. If the aircraft was deployed to regular squadrons or used in an operational capacity other than evaluation, it should be listed above under its appropriate type. Napkinwaffe - paper projects and aircraft that first flew after the war are not included.
Fighter prototypes
Single-engined, Single-seat fighters, fighter-bombers and jet fighters
Heavy fighters (multi-engined or multi-seat) and night fighters
Bomber and attack aircraft prototypes
Transport prototypes
| Name of aircraft | Year first flight |
Country of origin | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blohm & Voss BV 144 | 1944 | Germany | built in France |
| Boeing 367 YC-97 Stratofreighter | 1944 | United States | based on B-29, entered service in 1947 |
| Burnelli UB-14/Cunliffe-Owen Clyde Clipper | 1939 | United States | prototype used by UK and France |
| Consolidated R2Y | 1944 | United States | PB4Y-2 with new fuselage |
| Curtiss-Wright C-76 Caravan | 1943 | United States | all wood construction transport with nose doors |
| Focke-Achgelis Fa 223 | 1941 | Germany | transport helicopter |
| Junkers Ju 390 | 1943 | Germany | heavy transport and maritime patrol |
| Kobeseiko Te-Gō | 1943 | Japan | STOL spotter/liaison |
| Kokusai Ki-105 | 1945 | Japan | fuel transport |
| Praga E-210 | 1937 |  Czechoslovakia | |
| Savoia-Marchetti SM.95 | 1943 | Italy | |
| SNCASE Languedoc | 1939 | France | |
| Stout XC-107 | 1941 | United States | flying car evaluated briefly by USAAF |
| Tachikawa Ki-77 | 1942 | Japan | very long range light transport |
| Tachikawa Ki-92 | 1945 | Japan | heavy twin engine troop/cargo transport |
Glider prototypes
| Name of aircraft | Year first flight |
Country of origin | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Allied Aviation XLRA | 1943 | United States | seaplane glider |
| Baynes Bat | 1943 | United Kingdom | experimental tailless glider, |
| Blohm & Voss BV 40 | 1944 | Germany | interceptor glider |
| Bristol XLRQ | 1943 | United States | Seaplane glider |
| CAT TM-2 | 1943 | Italy | |
| Chase YCG-14 | 1945 | United States | |
| Cornelius XFG-1 | 1944 | United States | |
| DFS 331 | 1942 | Germany | |
| Frankfort TG-1 | 1940 | United States | |
| General Airborne Transport XCG-16 | 1943 | United States | |
| Gotha Ka 430 | 1943 | Germany | |
| Junkers Ju 322 | 1941 | Germany | |
| Kokusai Ku-7 | 1942 | Japan | |
| Laister-Kauffman XCG-10 | 1942 | United States | |
| Maeda Ku-6 | 1945 | Japan | |
| Pratt-Read TG-32 | 1940 | United States | |
| Polikarpov BDP | 1943 | Soviet Union | |
| Slingsby T.20 | 1944 | United Kingdom | |
| St.Louis XCG-5 | 1942 | United States | |
| Antonov A-40 | 1942 | Soviet Union | |
| Yokosuka MXY5 | 1942 | Japan |
Trainer prototypes
| Name of aircraft | Year first flight |
Country of origin | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Airspeed Cambridge | 1941 | United Kingdom | advanced trainer |
| AEKKEA-Raab R-29 | 1936 |  Greece | built for Spain but not completed |
| Boeing XAT-15 | 1942 | United States | |
| CAT QR.14 | 1943 | Italy | |
| de Havilland Don | 1938 | United Kingdom | |
| Fleetwings BT-12 | 1942 | United States | |
| Heston T.1/37 | 1938 | United Kingdom | |
| Ikarus Aero 2 | 1940 |  Yugoslavia | |
| Ikarus MM-2 | 1941 | Yugoslavia | |
| Marinens Flyvebaatfabrikk/Høver M.F.12 | 1939 |  Norway | floatplane trainer |
| Miles Monitor | 1944 | United Kingdom | target tug |
| Parnall 382 | 1939 | United Kingdom | |
| PWS-33 Wyżeł | 1938 |  Poland | twin-engined trainer |
| Reid and Sigrist R.S.1 | 1939 | United Kingdom | twin-engined trainer |
| Reid and Sigrist R.S.3 | 1945 | United Kingdom | twin-engined trainer |
| Rogozarski SIM-XI | 1938 | Yugoslavia | |
| St. Louis YPT-15 | 1940 | United States | primary trainer |
| Stampe SV.4 | 1933 | .svg.png){kind=small} Belgium | biplane trainer, flown before war, not used until after |
| Stearman XBT-17 | 1942 | United States | monoplane trainer |
| Yakovlev Yak-5 | 1944 | Soviet Union | |
| Yokosuka D3Y | 1945 | Japan | bomber trainer |
Rotorcraft prototypes
| Name of aircraft | Year first flight |
Country of origin | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bell 30 | 1942 | United States | Helicopter |
| Focke-Achgelis Fa 223 | 1942 | Germany | twin rotor transport helicopter |
| Focke-Achgelis Fa 225 | 1942 | Germany | rotary wing glider |
| Hafner Rotabuggy | 1943 | United Kingdom | towed autogyro jeep |
| Kellett KD-1/XO-60/YO-60 | 1934 | United States | autogyro |
| Landgraf H-2 | 1944 | United States | Helicopter |
| McDonnell XHJH Whirlaway | 1944 | United States | helicopter |
| Piasecki HRP Rescuer | 1945 | United States | helicopter |
| Platt-LePage XR-1 | 1941 | United States | helicopter |
Missile prototypes
| Name of aircraft | Year first flight |
Country of origin | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blohm & Voss BV 143 | 1941 | Germany | anti-ship missile |
| Blohm & Voss BV 246 | 1943 | Germany | hagelkorn guided glide bomb |
| EMW C2 Wasserfall | 1943 | Germany | guided surface-to-air missile developed from V-2 |
| Fletcher PQ-11 | 1941 | United States | target drone/glide bomb |
| Republic-Ford JB-2 | 1944 | United States | surface-to-surface missile (V-1 copy) |
| McDonnell LBD Gargoyle | 1945 | United States | air-to-surface missile |
| Mistel | 1943 | Germany | large air-to-surface missile with parasite guidance aircraft |
| Rheinmetall-Borsig Feuerlilie | 1943 | Germany | surface-to-air missile |
| Ruhrstahl X-4 | 1944 | Germany | air-to-air missile |
Miscellaneous prototypes
| Name of aircraft | Year first flight |
Country of origin | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Airspeed Fleet Shadower | 1940 | United Kingdom | low speed shipborne aircraft for tracking enemy fleet visually |
| Bestetti BN-1 | 1940 | Italy | racer/fighter/liaison |
| Blackburn B-20 | 1940 | United Kingdom | large seaplane with retractable hull |
| Bloch MB.480 | 1939 | France | floatplane |
| Blohm & Voss BV 141 | 1938 | Germany | asymmetrical tactical reconnaissance aircraft |
| Blohm & Voss BV 238 | 1944 | Germany | very large transport flying boat |
| Boeing XPBB Sea Ranger | 1942 | United States | patrol seaplane |
| CANT Z.511 | 1940 | Italy | |
| Caproni Ca.316 | 1940 | Italy | floatplane |
| Consolidated XP4Y Corregidor | 1939 | United States | patrol seaplane |
| DFS 228 | 1944 | Germany | high-altitude manned reconnaissance rocket |
| ERCO Ercoupe YO-55 | 1940 | United States | JATO tests |
| General Aircraft Fleet Shadower | 1940 | United Kingdom | low speed shipborne aircraft for tracking enemy vessels |
| IMAM Ro.63 | 1940 | Italy | |
| Kawanishi E15K | 1941 | Japan | reconnaissance floatplane |
| Koolhoven F.K.49 | 1935 | Netherlands | photo survey |
| Loire-Nieuport 10 | 1939 | France | patrol floatplane |
| LWS-3 Mewa | 1938 | Poland | army cooperation |
| Nakajima Ki-115 | 1945 | Japan | kamikaze aircraft |
| Nihon L7P | 1942 | Japan | transport amphibian |
| Praga E-51 | 1938 | Czechoslovakia | tactical reconnaissance |
| SFAN 11 | 1940 | France | liaison |
| Short Seaford | 1944 | United Kingdom | improved Sunderland, trials only |
| Short Shetland | 1944 | United Kingdom | large, long range reconnaissance flying boat |
| SNCAC NC.4-10 | 1939 | France | floatplane bomber/torpedo bomber |
| SNCAO 30 | 1938 | France | seaplane trainer |
| Tachikawa Ki-70 | 1943 | Japan | high speed photo reconnaissance aircraft |
| Tupolev MTB-2 | 1937 | Soviet Union | four-engine flying boat, cancelled after German invasion |
| Zveno SPB | 1938 | Soviet Union | parasite fighter system with large bomber carrying 2-5 fighters |
Experimental aircraft
Aircraft intended to prove a concept or idea and which were not intended or suitable for military service. Does not include operational aircraft modified for experimental purposes.
Flight behaviour research
| Name of aircraft | Year first flight |
Country of origin | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Armstrong Whitworth A.W.52 | 1945 | United Kingdom | flying wing |
| Cierva W.9 | 1945 | United Kingdom | experimental helicopter |
| DFS 194 | 1940 | Germany | aerodynamic testbed for Messerschmitt Me 163 |
| Göppingen Gö 9 | 1941 | Germany | tail mounted propeller testbed |
| Handley Page Manx | 1943 | United Kingdom | tailless aircraft |
| Hiller XH-44 | 1944 | United States | coaxial rotor helicopter |
| Hillson Bi-mono | 1941 | United Kingdom | slip wing testbed |
| Kayaba Ku-2 | 1940 | Japan | tailless glider |
| Kayaba Ku-3 | 1941 | Japan | tailless glider |
| Kawasaki Ki-78 | 1942 | Japan | high speed flight |
| Kellett XR-8 | 1944 | United States | intermesh rotor helicopter |
| Martin 162A Tadpole Clipper | 1937 | United States | half scale flyingboat |
| Miles M.30 | 1942 | United Kingdom | blended wing |
| Miles M.35 Libellula | 1942 | United Kingdom | tandem wing |
| Miles M.39B Libellula | 1943 | United Kingdom | tandem wing/canard |
| Northrop N-1M | 1941 | United States | flying wing |
| Northrop N-9M | 1942 | United States | flying wing |
| Piasecki PV-2 | 1943 | United States | helicopter |
| Saro Shrimp | 1939 | United Kingdom | half sized flying boat |
| Tachikawa SS-1 | 1943 | Japan | high altitude research, pressurized cabin |
| Vought V-173 | 1942 | United States | aerodynamic testbed for Vought XF5U which never flew |
| Yokosuka MXY6 | 1943 | Japan | aerodynamic testbed for Kyushu J7W |
| Yokosuka MXY8/Ku-13 | 1945 | Japan | aerodynamic testbed for Mitsubishi J8M rocket interceptor |
Engine research
| Name of aircraft | Year first flight |
Country of origin | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caproni Campini N.1 | 1940 | Italy | jet engine testbed |
| Folland Fo.108 | 1940 | United Kingdom | piston engine testbed |
| Gloster E.28/39 | 1941 | United Kingdom | jet engine testbed |
| Heinkel He 176 | 1939 | Germany | rocket engine testbed |
| Heinkel He 178 | 1939 | Germany | jet engine testbed |
Misc research
| Name of aircraft | Year first flight |
Country of origin | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Akaflieg Berlin B 9 | 1944 | Germany | prone pilot research |
| Heinkel He 119 | 1937 | Germany | streamlining |
| Piaggio P.111 | 1941 | Italy | high altitude Research |
See also
- List of fighter aircraft
- List of bomber aircraft
- List of attack aircraft
- List of seaplanes and amphibious aircraft
- List of jet aircraft of World War II
- List of World War II military gliders
- List of aircraft of Canada's air forces
- List of aircraft of the French Air Force during World War II
- List of aircraft of Germany in World War II
- List of Regia Aeronautica aircraft used in World War II
- List of aircraft of Japan, World War II
- List of aircraft of Poland during World War II
- List of aircraft of the Red Army Air Forces
- List of aircraft of the United Kingdom in World War II
- List of aircraft of the United States during World War II
References
Notes
- ↑ Built in Canada
- ↑ Developed from CAC Wirraway
- ↑ In service by VJ day
- ↑ Relegated to training
- ↑ Ordered by Thailand, disarmed and impressed as trainer
- ↑ Developed into Avro Lancaster
- ↑ Retired 1943
- ↑ Retired by Germany before war
- ↑ Heavy bomber, maritime patrol and transport
- ↑ Used for coastal patrol briefly before being relegated to transport duties.
- ↑ Retired by Japan before Dec. 1941
- ↑ Retired by US before war
- ↑ Developed from Lockheed 14 transport
- ↑ Developed from Lockheed 18 Lodestar transport
- ↑ Primarily used as trainer
- ↑ Second line duties during war
- ↑ Developed as North American P-51 Mustang fighter
- ↑ Relegated to training in France before war
- ↑ Bomber/transport
- ↑ Retired by US well before the war
- ↑ Obsolete fighter used for reconnaissance
- ↑ Not used by France
- ↑ Not used by Germany
- ↑ Designed as bomber, used as transport
- ↑ Powered development of Gotha Go 242 glider
- ↑ Bomber/Transport, RCAF bought 2 ex-inflight refuelling aircraft
- ↑ paratroop carrier and glider towing
- ↑ Also used as a trainer and photo reconnaissance.
- ↑ Retired by Germany before the war
- ↑ Built in Canada & elsewhere
- ↑ Monococque version developed in Canada
- ↑ Obsolete bomber used for training
- ↑ Not used by US
Citations
- 1 2 3 4 Retired 1942
- 1 2 3 Prototype used operationally
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Also built in Canada
- 1 2 3 Retired by UK before war
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Submarine aircraft
- 1 2 Later versions built as transports
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Obsolete combat aircraft used for training
- ↑ http://slovakaf.kpmzilina.sk/lietadla/zobor/zobor.sk.htm accessdate=26 June 2012
- 1 2 Variant specifically built as a trainer with two seat cockpit.
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