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[]
Name of aircraft | Year in service |
Country of origin | Operator(s) if different from country of origin |
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Avia B-534 | 1935 | Czechoslovakia | Czechoslovakia, Bulgaria, Germany, Greece, Slovakia |
Avia BH-33 | 1927 | Czechoslovakia | Yugoslavia |
Armstrong Whitworth Scimitar | 1936 | United Kingdom | Norway |
Blériot-SPAD S.510 | 1936 | France | |
Boeing P-12 | 1930 | United States | Brazil, China, Philippines, Thailand |
Bristol Bulldog | 1929 | United Kingdom | Denmark, Finland |
Fairey Firefly II | 1931 | United Kingdom | Belgium |
Fiat CR.32 | 1934 | Italy | Italy, Hungary, China |
Fiat CR.42 | 1939 | Italy | Italy, Belgium, Hungary |
Gloster Gamecock II | 1925 | United Kingdom | Finland (as Kukko) |
Gloster Gauntlet | 1935 | United Kingdom | UK, Denmark, Finland |
Gloster Gladiator/Sea Gladiator | 1937 | United Kingdom | UK, Belgium, Finland, Greece, Iraq, Norway, Sweden |
Grumman FF[1] | 1933 | United States | Canada (as Goblin) |
Grumman F3F | 1936 | United States | |
Hawker Demon | 1931 | United Kingdom | UK, Australia |
Hawker Fury | 1931 | United Kingdom | Yugoslavia, South Africa |
Hawker Nimrod | 1933 | United Kingdom | Denmark |
Heinkel He 51 | 1935 | Germany | Germany, Bulgaria |
Kawasaki Ki-10[2] | 1935 | Japan | |
Kochyerigin DI-6 | 1934 | Soviet Union | |
Koolhoven F.K.52 | 1939 | Netherlands | Netherlands, Finland |
Polikarpov I-5 | 1931 | Soviet Union | |
Polikarpov I-15 & I-15bis | 1934 | Soviet Union | USSR, China, Finland |
Polikarpov I-153 | 1939 | Soviet Union | USSR, China, Finland |
Single engined, single seat monoplane fighters and fighter bombers[]
Name of aircraft | Year in service |
Country of origin | Operator(s) if different from country of origin |
---|---|---|---|
Ambrosini SAI.207 | 1942 | Italy | |
Ansaldo A.120 | 1925 | Italy | Italy, Lithuania |
Arsenal VG-33 | 1940 | France | |
Avia B-135 | 1941 | Czechoslovakia | Czechoslovakia, Bulgaria |
Bell P-39 Airacobra | 1941 | United States | U.S., USSR, Australia, France, UK |
Bell P-63 Kingcobra | 1942 | United States | U.S., USSR |
Bloch MB.150-157 | 1940 | France | France, Greece, Romania |
Boeing P-26 Peashooter | 1933 | United States | U.S., China, Philippines |
Breda Ba.27 | 1933 | Italy | China |
Brewster F2A Buffalo | 1939 | United States | U.S., Finland, Netherlands, New Zealand, UK, Australia |
CAC Boomerang[3] | 1943 | Australia | |
Caudron C.714 | 1940 | France | France, Finland, Poland |
Curtiss P-36 Hawk/Mohawk | 1938 | United States | U.S., Brazil, Finland, France, Netherlands, Norway, Thailand, UK |
Curtiss P-40 Warhawk/Tomahawk/Kittyhawk | 1939 | United States | U.S., Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Finland, New Zealand, South Africa, UK, USSR |
Curtiss-Wright CW-21 Demon | 1939 | United States | China, Netherlands |
Dewoitine D.500/D.510 | 1935 | France | France, China |
Dewoitine D.520 | 1940 | France | France, Bulgaria, Italy |
Fiat G.50 | 1938 | Italy | Italy, Finland, Croatia |
Fiat G.55 | 1943 | Italy | |
Focke-Wulf Fw 190 | 1941 | Germany | Germany, Hungary, Romania |
Focke-Wulf Ta 152 high altitude fighter | 1945 | Germany | |
Fokker D.XXI | 1936 | Netherlands | Netherlands, Denmark, Finland |
Grumman F4F/FM Wildcat/Martlet | 1940 | United States | U.S., UK |
Grumman F6F Hellcat/Gannet | 1943 | United States | U.S., UK |
Grumman F8F Bearcat[4] | 1945 | United States | |
Hawker Hurricane/Sea Hurricane | 1937 | United Kingdom | UK, Belgium, Canada, Finland, France, Greece, India, New Zealand, USSR |
Hawker Tempest | 1944 | United Kingdom | India, New Zealand, UK |
Hawker Typhoon | 1940 | United Kingdom | |
Heinkel He 112 | 1937 | Germany | Germany, Hungary, Romania |
IAR 80 | 1942 | Romania | |
Ikarus IK-2 parasol monoplane | 1935 | Kingdom of Yugoslavia | Yugoslavia, Croatia |
Kawanishi N1K/N1K-J | 1943 | Japan | |
Kawasaki Ki-61 | 1943 | Japan | |
Kawasaki Ki-100 | 1945 | Japan | |
Koolhoven F.K.58 | 1940 | Netherlands | Netherlands, France |
Lavochkin-Gorbunov-Gudkov LaGG-1 | 1940 | Soviet Union | |
Lavochkin-Gorbunov-Gudkov LaGG-3 | 1941 | Soviet Union | USSR, Finland |
Lavochkin La-5 | 1942 | Soviet Union | |
Lavochkin La-7 | 1944 | Soviet Union | |
Loire 46 parasol monoplane | 1936 | France | |
Macchi C.200 | 1939 | Italy | |
Macchi C.202 | 1941 | Italy | |
Macchi C.205 | 1943 | Italy | Italy, Germany |
MÁVAG Héja | 1941 | Hungary | |
Messerschmitt Bf 109 | 1937 | Germany | Germany, Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Finland, Hungary, Italy, Romania |
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-1 | 1940 | Soviet Union | |
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-3 | 1941 | Soviet Union | |
Mitsubishi A5M[5] | 1936 | Japan | |
Mitsubishi A6M Zero | 1940 | Japan | |
Mitsubishi J2M interceptor | 1942 | Japan | |
Morane-Saulnier M.S.406 | 1939 | France | France, Croatia, Finland, Italy, Poland |
Nakajima A6M2-N floatplane fighter | 1942 | Japan | |
Nakajima Ki-27 | 1937 | Japan | Japan, Manchukuo, Thailand |
Nakajima Ki-43 | 1941 | Japan | Japan, Manchukuo, Thailand |
Nakajima Ki-44 | 1942 | Japan | |
Nakajima Ki-84 | 1943 | Japan | |
North American P-51 Mustang | 1942 | United States | U.S., UK, Canada, Australia, China, France, South Africa, USSR |
North American P-64[6] | 1940 | United States | |
Polikarpov I-16 | 1934 | Soviet Union | USSR, China, Finland |
PZL P.7 parasol monoplane | 1933 | Poland | |
PZL P.11 parasol monoplane | 1934 | Poland | Poland, Romania |
PZL P.24 parasol monoplane | 1936 | Poland | Poland, Bulgaria, Greece, Romania |
Reggiane Re.2000 | 1940 | Italy | Italy, Hungary |
Reggiane Re.2001 | 1941 | Italy | |
Reggiane Re.2005 | 1943 | Italy | |
Republic P-43 Lancer | 1941 | United States | U.S., Australia, China |
Republic P-47 Thunderbolt | 1942 | United States | U.S., UK, Brazil, Mexico, France, USSR |
Rogožarski IK-3 | 1940 | Kingdom of Yugoslavia | |
Seversky P-35/J 9 | 1937 | United States | Sweden |
Supermarine Seafire | 1942 | United Kingdom | UK, Canada, France |
Supermarine Spitfire | 1938 | United Kingdom | UK, Australia, Canada, France, India, Italy, New Zealand, Norway, South Africa, U.S., USSR |
VL Myrsky | 1943 | Finland | |
Vought F4U/FG Corsair | 1942 | United States | U.S., UK, New Zealand |
Vultee P-66 Vanguard | 1941 | United States | U.S., China |
Yakovlev Yak-1 | 1940 | Soviet Union | USSR, France |
Yakovlev Yak-3 | 1944 | Soviet Union | USSR, France |
Yakovlev Yak-7/Yak-7B | 1942 | Soviet Union | USSR, France |
Yakovlev Yak-9 | 1942 | Soviet Union | USSR, France |
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[2] 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, Canada |
Bristol Beaufighter | 1940 | United Kingdom | UK, Australia, Canada, U.S. |
Bristol Blenheim night fighter | 1937 | United Kingdom | |
de Havilland Mosquito night fighter/fighter bomber | 1941 | United Kingdom | UK, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, U.S. |
Dornier Do 215 night fighter | 1939 | Germany | |
Dornier Do 217 night fighter | 1941 | Germany | |
Dornier Do 335 | 1944 | Germany | |
Douglas P-70 Havoc night fighter | 1941 | United States | U.S., 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 night fighter | 1944 | United States | |
Heinkel He 219 night fighter | 1943 | Germany | |
IMAM Ro.57 | 1943 | 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 | U.S., 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[7] | 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 | |
Messerschmitt Me 163 rocket interceptor | 1944 | Germany | |
Messerschmitt Me 262 | 1944 | Germany | |
Ryan FR Fireball mixed power | 1945 | United States |
Bomber & attack aircraft[]
Heavy bombers[]
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[8] | 1940 | United Kingdom | |
Blohm & Voss BV 142 maritime patrol[9] | 1940 | Germany | |
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress/Fortress | 1940 | United States | U.S., UK, Canada |
Boeing B-29 Superfortress | 1944 | United States | |
Consolidated B-24/LB-30/PB4Y-1 Liberator | 1940 | United States | U.S., 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, 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 |
Medium bombers[]
Name of aircraft | Year in service |
Country of origin | Operator(s) if different from country of origin |
---|---|---|---|
Amiot 143 | 1936 | France | |
Amiot 354 | 1940 | France | France, Germany |
Arado Ar 234 jet bomber | 1944 | Germany | |
Arkhangelsky Ar-2 | 1940 | Soviet Union | |
Armstrong Whitworth Whitley | 1937 | United Kingdom | |
Avia F.39 | 1932 | Czechoslovakia | |
Avro Anson | 1936 | United Kingdom | UK, Canada, Finland, Greece, Iraq |
Blackburn Botha | 1939 | United Kingdom | |
Bloch MB.131 | 1938 | France | |
Bloch MB.170 | 1940 | France | |
Bloch MB.200 | 1935 | France | France, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Germany |
Bloch MB.210 | 1937 | France | |
Breda Ba.88 | 1938 | Italy | |
Bristol Beaufort | 1940 | United Kingdom | UK, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa |
Bristol Blenheim/Bolingbroke/Bisley[10] | 1937 | United Kingdom | UK, Canada, Finland, Greece, France, Yugoslavia |
Bristol Bombay bomber/transport | 1939 | United Kingdom | |
CANT Z.1007 | 1938 | Italy | |
Caproni Ca.135 | 1937 | Italy | |
Caproni Ca.309 | 1937 | Italy | Italy, Bulgaria, Hungary |
Caproni Ca.310-Ca.314 | 1938 | Italy | Italy, Croatia, France, Hungary, Norway, Germany, Yugoslavia |
Curtiss A-18 Shrike[11] | 1936 | United States | |
de Havilland Mosquito[10] | 1941 | United Kingdom | UK, Canada, Australia, Norway |
Dornier Do 11[12] | 1932 | Germany | Bulgaria |
Dornier Do 17 | 1937 | Germany | Germany, Bulgaria, Finland, Yugoslavia |
Dornier Do 215 | 1939 | Germany | |
Dornier Do 217 | 1941 | Germany | Germany, Italy |
Douglas A-20 Havoc/Boston | 1941 | United States | U.S., Australia, Brazil, France, UK, USSR |
Douglas A-26 Invader | 1944 | United States | |
Douglas B-18 Bolo/Digby maritime patrol | 1936 | United States | U.S., Brazil, Canada |
Douglas B-23/UC-67 Dragon[13] | 1939 | United States | |
Fiat BR.20[14] | 1938 | Italy | |
Fokker T.V | 1938 | Netherlands | |
Handley Page Hampden | 1938 | United Kingdom | UK, Canada, USSR |
Heinkel He 111 | 1936 | Germany | Germany, Bulgaria, China, Hungary, Romania, Slovakia |
Ilyushin DB-3/Il-4 | 1938 | Soviet Union | USSR, Finland |
Junkers Ju 86 | 1936 | Germany | Germany, South Africa |
Junkers Ju 88 | 1938 | Germany | Germany, Finland, Italy, Romania |
Junkers Ju 188 | 1943 | Germany | Germany, Hungary |
Junkers Ju 388 | 1944 | Germany | |
Kawasaki Ki-48 | 1940 | Japan | |
Keystone B-3A[15] | 1926 | United States | Philippines |
Kyushu Q1W maritime patrol | 1945 | Japan | |
Lioré et Olivier LeO 451 | 1939 | France | |
Lockheed Hudson[16] | 1939 | United States | U.S., Brazil, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, UK |
Lockheed PV Ventura/B-34 Lexington and PV-2 Harpoon[17] |
1942 | United States | U.S., Australia, Brazil, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa, UK |
Martin B-10/B-12/model 139/239/339 | 1934 | United States | U.S., China, Netherlands, Philippines, Thailand |
Martin B-26 Marauder | 1941 | United States | U.S., France, UK, South Africa |
Martin Baltimore | 1941 | United States | U.S., France, Greece, UK |
Martin Maryland | 1939 | United States | France, UK |
Mitsubishi G3M | 1937 | Japan | |
Mitsubishi G4M | 1941 | Japan | |
Mitsubishi Ki-21 | 1938 | Japan | Japan, Thailand |
Mitsubishi Ki-67 | 1942 | Japan | |
Nakajima Ki-49 | 1938 | Japan | |
North American B-25 Mitchell | 1941 | United States | U.S., Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Netherlands, UK, USSR |
Petlyakov Pe-2 | 1941 | Soviet Union | USSR, Finland |
Potez 540 | 1934 | France | |
PZL.37 Łoś | 1938 | Poland | Poland, Romania, Germany |
Savoia-Marchetti SM.79 trimotor | 1937 | Italy | Italy, Iraq, Romania |
Savoia-Marchetti SM.81 trimotor | 1935 | Italy | |
Savoia-Marchetti SM.84 trimotor | 1941 | Italy | |
Sukhoi Su-2 | 1937 | Soviet Union | |
Tupolev SB/Avia B.71 | 1934 | Soviet Union | USSR, Bulgaria, China, Czechoslovakia, Finland |
Tupolev TB-1 | 1929 | Soviet Union | |
Tupolev Tu-2 | 1944 | Soviet Union | |
Vickers Type 264 Valentia bomber/transport | 1934 | United Kingdom | |
Vickers Wellington | 1938 | United Kingdom | |
Yermolayev Yer-2 | 1941 | Soviet Union | |
Yokosuka P1Y | 1945 | Japan |
Light bombers and close support aircraft[]
Name of aircraft | Year in service |
Country of origin | Operator(s) if different from country of origin |
---|---|---|---|
Aero A.100 | 1933 | Czechoslovakia | |
Aero A.304 | 1937 | Czechoslovakia | Czechoslovakia, Bulgaria, Germany |
Blackburn Ripon[18] | 1929 | United Kingdom | Finland |
Blackburn Shark | 1935 | United Kingdom | UK, Canada |
Breda Ba.64 | 1937 | Italy | |
Breda Ba.65 | 1937 | Italy | Italy, Iraq |
Breguet 19[19] | 1924 | France | Belgium, Yugoslavia, Croatia, Poland |
Breguet 691, 693, 695 | 1939 | France | |
Curtiss A-12 Shrike[2] | 1933 | United States | |
Fairey Battle | 1937 | United Kingdom | UK, Australia, Belgium, Canada, Greece |
Fairey Fox | 1932 | United Kingdom | Belgium |
Fairey Gordon | 1931 | United Kingdom | UK, New Zealand |
Fairey IIIF[20] | 1926 | United Kingdom | UK, Greece |
Fokker C.V | 1924 | Netherlands | Netherlands, Denmark, Finland, Norway |
Fokker C.X | 1932 | Netherlands | Netherlands, Finland |
Hawker Hart | 1930 | United Kingdom | UK, Finland |
Hawker Hind | 1935 | United Kingdom | UK, New Zealand |
Hawker Horsley/Dantorp | 1927 | United Kingdom | Greece, Denmark |
Heinkel He 45 | 1931 | Germany | Germany, Bulgaria, Hungary |
Heinkel He 50 | 1935 | Germany | |
Henschel Hs 123 | 1936 | Germany | |
Henschel Hs 129 | 1938 | Germany | |
IAR 37/38/39 | 1938 | Romania | |
Ilyushin Il-2 | 1941 | Soviet Union | |
Ilyushin Il-10 | 1944 | Soviet Union | |
Junkers Ju 87 | 1937 | Germany | Germany, Bulgaria |
Kawasaki Ki-32 | 1938 | Japan | Japan, Manchukuo |
Kharkov KhAI-5/Neman R-10 | 1936 | Soviet Union | |
Letov Š-16 | 1928 | Czechoslovakia | Czechoslovakia, Latvia, Turkey |
Mitsubishi Ki-30 | 1938 | Japan | Japan, Thailand |
Mitsubishi Ki-51 | 1939 | Japan | |
North American A-36 Apache dive bomber[21] | 1942 | United States | |
Northrop/Douglas A-17/8-A/Nomad | 1935 | United States | U.S., South Africa, Canada, France, Iraq, Netherlands, Norway, UK |
Polikarpov Po-2 | 1929 | Soviet Union | USSR, Finland |
Polikarpov R-5 | 1931 | Soviet Union | |
Polikarpov R-Z | 1935 | Soviet Union | USSR |
Potez 25[22] | 1925 | France | France, Yugoslavia, Poland |
PZL.23/43 Karaś | 1936 | Poland | Poland, Romania, Bulgaria |
Reggiane Re.2002 | 1941 | Italy | Italy, Germany |
Rogožarski R-100 | 1938 | Kingdom of Yugoslavia | Yugoslavia, Croatia |
Savoia-Marchetti SM.85 | 1936 | Italy | |
Vickers Vildebeest | 1933 | United Kingdom | UK, New Zealand |
Vickers Wellesley | 1937 | United Kingdom | |
Vultee A-31/A-35/Vengeance dive bomber | 1942 | United States | U.S., Australia, Brazil, France, India, UK |
Vultee V-11/V-12/A-19/BSh-1[23] | 1939 | United States | U.S., Brazil, China, USSR |
Weiss WM-21 Sólyom | 1938 | Hungary | |
Yakovlev Yak-4 | 1941 | Soviet Union |
[]
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[2] | 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 | U.S., UK |
Consolidated TBY Sea Wolf torpedo bomber | 1944 | United States | |
Curtiss SB2C Helldiver/A-25 Shrike dive bomber | 1943 | United States | |
Curtiss SBC Helldiver/Cleveland dive bomber | 1938 | United States | U.S., France, UK |
Douglas DT torpedo bomber[24] | 1921 | United States | Norway |
Douglas SBD Dauntless/A-24 Banshee dive bomber | 1940 | United States | U.S., 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 | U.S., 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 | U.S., UK, France |
Yokosuka B4Y torpedo bomber | 1936 | Japan | |
Yokosuka D4Y dive bomber/night fighter | 1942 | Japan |
Army co-operation, observation and tactical reconnaissance aircraft[]
Name of aircraft | Year in service |
Country of origin | Operator(s) if different from country of origin |
---|---|---|---|
Aero A.32[25] | 1928 | Czechoslovakia | Czechoslovakia, Finland |
ANF Les Mureaux 113, 115, 117 | 1933 | France | |
Armstrong Whitworth Atlas[18] | 1927 | United Kingdom | Canada |
Breguet 270 Series | 1930 | France | France, China |
Curtiss O-52 Owl | 1940 | United States | U.S., USSR |
DAR-3 Garvan | 1937 | Bulgaria | |
Douglas O-43 | 1933 | United States | |
Douglas O-46 | 1936 | United States | U.S., Philippines |
Focke-Wulf Fw 189 | 1941 | Germany | Germany, Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania |
Fokker C.VIII | 1928 | Netherlands | |
Hawker Audax, Nisr & Hartebees | 1931 | United Kingdom | UK, India, Iraq, Persia, South Africa |
Hawker Hector | 1936 | United Kingdom | |
Heinkel He 46 | 1931 | Germany | Germany, Hungary |
Henschel Hs 126 | 1937 | Germany | Germany, Greece |
IMAM Ro.37 | 1935 | Italy | Italy, Hungary |
Kaproni Bulgarski KB-11 | 1941 | Bulgaria | |
Letov Š-328 | 1934 | Czechoslovakia | Czechoslovakia, Bulgaria, Germany, Slovakia |
Lublin R-XIII | 1932 | Poland | Poland, Romania |
North American O-47 | 1934 | United States | |
Renard R-31 | 1935 | Belgium | |
RWD-14 Czapla | 1939 | Poland | Poland, Romania |
Tachikawa Ki-36 | 1938 | Japan | Japan, Thailand |
VL Kotka | 1931 | Finland | |
Vought O2U & O3U Corsair | 1926 | United States | U.S., Brazil, China, Thailand |
Westland Lysander[10] | 1936 | United Kingdom | UK, Canada, France, Finland, India, U.S. |
Westland Wapiti[18] | 1928 | United Kingdom | Australia, Canada, India |
Westland Wallace | 1933 | United Kingdom |
Strategic and photo-reconnaissance aircraft[]
Name of aircraft | Year in service |
Country of origin | Operator(s) if different from country of origin |
---|---|---|---|
Arado Ar 234 reconnaissance/bomber | 1944 | Germany | |
Boeing F-9 Flying Fortress | 1940 | United States | |
Consolidated F-7 Liberator | 1940 | United States | |
de Havilland Mosquito PR variants | 1941 | United Kingdom | UK, Canada, U.S. |
Junkers Ju 86P high altitude photo reconnaissance | 1936 | Germany | |
Lockheed F-4 and F-5 Lightning | 1941 | United States | U.S., France, Italy |
Mitsubishi Ki-15/C5M high speed reconnaissance | 1937 | Japan | |
Mitsubishi Ki-46 | 1941 | Japan | |
Nakajima C6N | 1944 | Japan | |
North American F-6 Mustang | 1942 | United States | U.S., France |
Potez 63.11 | 1939 | France | |
PWS-10[26] | 1932 | Poland | |
Supermarine Spitfire PR variants | 1938 | United Kingdom | UK, U.S., USSR... |
Yokosuka R2Y | 1945 | Japan |
Seaplanes[]
Flying boats[]
Name of aircraft | Year in service |
Country of origin | Operator(s) if different from country of origin |
---|---|---|---|
Aichi E11A | 1937 | Japan | |
Aichi H9A | 1942 | Japan | |
Beriev MBR-2 | 1935 | Soviet Union | |
Blohm & Voss BV 138 | 1940 | Germany | |
Blohm & Voss BV 222 | 1941 | Germany | |
Boeing 314 Clipper/C-98 | 1939 | United States | |
Breguet 521 Bizerte & 530 Saigon | 1935 | France | France, Germany |
CAMS 37 | 1926 | France | |
CAMS 55 | 1930 | France | |
Canadian Vickers Vancouver | 1930 | Canada | |
Canadian Vickers Vedette | 1925 | Canada | |
CANT Z.501 | 1935 | Italy | Italy, Romania |
CANT Z.506 | 1936 | Italy | |
Chyetverikov MDR-6 | 1941 | Soviet Union | |
Consolidated PBY/PBN/PBV/OA-10 Catalina/Canso[10] | 1935 | United States | U.S., Australia, Brazil, Canada, France, Norway, Greece, UK, USSR |
Consolidated PB2Y Coronado | 1937 | United States | U.S., UK |
Dornier Do 18 | 1938 | Germany | |
Dornier Do 24 | 1937 | Germany | Germany, Australia, Netherlands |
Dornier Do 26 | 1938 | Germany | |
Dornier Do J | 1922 | Germany | Germany, Denmark |
Douglas Dolphin | 1931 | United States | U.S., Australia, China |
Grumman J2F Duck | 1936 | United States | |
Grumman J4F Widgeon/Gosling | 1940 | United States | U.S., Brazil, UK |
Grumman JRF Goose | 1937 | United States | U.S., Brazil, Canada, UK (air-sea rescue) |
Hall PH | 1931 | United States | |
Ikarus IO | 1926 | Kingdom of Yugoslavia | |
Ikarus ŠM | 1924 | Kingdom of Yugoslavia | |
Kawanishi E11K | 1937 | Japan | |
Kawanishi H6K | 1938 | Japan | |
Kawanishi H8K | 1942 | Japan | |
Latécoère 300 | 1932 | France | |
Latécoère 521-523 | 1935 | France | |
Latécoère 611[9] | 1940 | France | |
Loire 70 | 1937 | France | |
Loire 130 | 1937 | France | |
Loire 501 | 1933 | France | |
Lioré et Olivier LeO H-47 | 1937 | France | |
Lioré et Olivier LeO H-246 | 1939 | France | France, Germany |
Macchi M.C.94 | 1936 | Italy | |
Macchi M.C.100 | 1940 | Italy | |
Martin JRM Mars | 1943 | United States | |
Martin M-130 | 1934 | United States | |
Martin PBM Mariner | 1940 | United States | U.S., UK, Australia, Netherlands |
Potez 452 | 1936 | France | |
Saro Cutty Sark | 1930 | United Kingdom | UK, China, New Zealand |
Saro Lerwick | 1940 | United Kingdom | UK, Canada |
Saro London | 1936 | United Kingdom | UK, Canada |
Shavrov Sh-2 | 1934 | Soviet Union | USSR, Finland |
Short Empire | 1936 | United Kingdom | UK, Australia, New Zealand |
Short S.26 | 1940 | United Kingdom | |
Short Singapore | 1935 | United Kingdom | UK, New Zealand |
Short Sunderland | 1938 | United Kingdom | UK, Australia, France, New Zealand, Norway |
Sikorsky JRS-1/OA-8 | 1935 | United States | |
SNCASE SE.200[27] | 1942 | France | Germany |
Supermarine Sea Otter | 1942 | United Kingdom | |
Supermarine Stranraer[10] | 1937 | United Kingdom | UK, Canada |
Supermarine Walrus | 1935 | United Kingdom | UK, Australia, Canada, France, New Zealand |
Tupolev MTB-1 | 1929 | Soviet Union | |
Yokosuka H5Y | 1939 | Japan |
Floatplanes[]
Name of aircraft | Year in service |
Country of origin | Operator(s) if different from country of origin |
---|---|---|---|
Aichi E13A | 1941 | Japan | Japan, Thailand |
Aichi E16A | 1944 | Japan | |
Aichi M6A[28] | 1945 | Japan | |
Arado Ar 95 | 1936 | Germany | |
Arado Ar 196 | 1938 | Germany | Germany, Bulgaria, Finland, Greece, Norway, USSR |
Arado Ar 199 trainer | 1939 | Germany | |
Arado Ar 231[28] | 1941 | Germany | Germany |
Beriev Be-2 | 1938 | Soviet Union | |
Beriev Be-4 | 1942 | Soviet Union | |
Besson MB.411[28] | 1935 | France | |
Curtiss SC Seahawk | 1944 | United States | |
Curtiss SO3C Seamew | 1942 | United States | U.S., UK |
Curtiss SOC Seagull | 1935 | United States | |
Dornier Do 22 | 1938 | Germany | Germany, Finland, Yugoslavia, Greece |
Fairey Seafox | 1937 | United Kingdom | |
Fairey Swordfish | 1936 | United Kingdom | |
Farman/Centre NC.470 | 1938 | France | |
Fiat RS.14 | 1941 | Italy | |
Fokker C.XI-W | 1935 | Netherlands | |
Fokker C.XIV-W | 1937 | Netherlands | |
Fokker T.IV | 1927 | Netherlands | |
Fokker T.VIII | 1938 | Netherlands | Netherlands, Germany, UK |
Gourdou-Leseurre GL-810-813 HY | 1930 | France | |
Gourdou-Leseurre GL-832 HY | 1930 | France | |
Heinkel HE 8[29] | 1927 | Germany | Denmark |
Heinkel He 42 floatplane trainer | 1929 | Germany | Germany, Bulgaria |
Heinkel He 59 | 1935 | Germany | Germany, Finland |
Heinkel He 60 | 1933 | Germany | Germany, Bulgaria |
Heinkel He 114 | 1939 | Germany | Germany, Romania |
Heinkel He 115 | 1939 | Germany | Germany, Finland, Norway, UK |
IMAM Ro.43 | 1935 | Italy | |
Kawanishi E7K | 1935 | Japan | |
Kawanishi N1K floatplane trainer | 1944 | Japan | |
Latécoère 290 | 1934 | France | |
Latécoère 298 | 1938 | France | France, Germany |
Levasseur PL.15 | 1933 | France | |
Lioré et Olivier LeO H-43 | 1940 | France | |
Marinens Flyvebaatfabrikk/Høver M.F.8 floatplane trainer | 1924 | Norway | |
Marinens Flyvebaatfabrikk/Høver M.F.10 | 1929 | Norway | |
Marinens Flyvebaatfabrikk/Høver M.F.11 floatplane trainer | 1932 | Norway | Norway, Finland |
Mitsubishi F1M | 1941 | Japan | |
Nakajima A6M2-N | 1942 | Japan | |
Nakajima E8N | 1935 | Japan | Japan, Thailand |
Northrop Delta | 1936 | United States | Canada |
Northrop N-3PB | 1940 | Norway | |
Rogožarski SIM-XII-H | 1938 | Kingdom of Yugoslavia | |
Rogožarski SIM-XIV-H | 1939 | Kingdom of Yugoslavia | |
VL Sääski floatplane trainer | 1928 | Finland | |
Vought OS2U Kingfisher | 1938 | United States | U.S., Australia, UK |
Watanabe E9W[28] | 1938 | Japan | |
Watanabe K6W/WS-103 | 1938 | Japan | Japan, Thailand |
Yokosuka E14Y[28] | 1941 | Japan | |
Yokosuka K4Y | 1933 | Japan |
Transport and utility aircraft[]
Passenger and cargo aircraft[]
Name of aircraft | Year in service |
Country of origin | Operator(s) if different from country of origin |
---|---|---|---|
Arado Ar 232 | 1943 | Germany | |
Armstrong Whitworth Albemarle | 1940 | United Kingdom | UK, USSR |
Avro Lancastrian | 1945 | United Kingdom | |
Avro York | 1944 | United Kingdom | |
Boeing 247/UC-73 | 1933 | United States | U.S., UK, Canada |
Boeing 307/UC-75 | 1940 | United States | |
Bristol Buckingham[30] | 1943 | United Kingdom | |
Budd RB Conestoga | 1944 | United States | |
Caproni Ca.111 | 1932 | Italy | |
Caproni Ca.133 | 1935 | Italy | |
Consolidated C-87/C-109 Liberator Express | 1942 | United States | U.S., UK |
Curtiss-Wright C-46 Commando | 1941 | United States | |
de Havilland Albatross | 1938 | United Kingdom | |
Douglas C-47 Skytrain/Dakota | 1935 | United States | U.S., Brazil, Canada, France, India, New Zealand, UK |
Douglas C-54/R5D Skymaster | 1942 | United States | U.S., UK |
Douglas DC-2/C-32 | 1934 | United States | U.S., Australia, Finland, Japan, UK |
Douglas DC-3 | 1935 | United States | U.S., Japan |
Douglas DC-5/C-110/R3D | 1940 | United States | U.S., Australia, Japan |
Fiat G.12 | 1941 | Italy | |
Fiat G.18 | 1936 | Italy | |
Fokker F.VII | 1925 | Netherlands | Netherlands, Finland, Poland |
Ford Trimotor | 1926 | United States | Australia |
Gotha Go 244 | 1942 | Germany | |
Handley Page H.P.54 Harrow bomber/transport[31] | 1937 | United Kingdom | UK, Canada |
Handley Page Halifax[32] | 1940 | United Kingdom | |
Heinkel He 116 mailplane | 1938 | Germany | Germany |
Junkers G 24 | 1925 | Germany | Greece |
Junkers G 31 | 1926 | Germany | Germany, Australia |
Junkers Ju 52 | 1932 | Germany | Germany, Greece, Bulgaria, Norway |
Junkers Ju 90 | 1938 | Germany | |
Junkers Ju 252 | 1942 | Germany | |
Junkers Ju 352 | 1944 | Germany | |
Kawasaki Ki-56 improved Lockheed 14 | 1940 | Japan | |
Kokusai Ki-59 | 1941 | Japan | |
Lisunov Li-2 modified licence-built DC-3 | 1939 | Soviet Union | |
Lockheed Model 14 Super Electra | 1937 | United States | U.S., UK, Canada, Japan, South Africa |
Lockheed 18/C-60 Lodestar | 1937 | United States | U.S., Australia, Brazil, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa, UK |
Messerschmitt Me 323 | 1943 | Germany | |
Mitsubishi Ki-57 | 1942 | Japan | |
Nakajima Ki-4[33] | 1934 | Japan | Japan, Manchukuo |
Nakajima Ki-6/C2N/Fokker Super Universal | 1931 | United States, Japan | Japan, Manchukuo |
Percival Petrel | 1937 | United Kingdom | |
Potez 62 | 1935 | France | |
Potez 650 | 1937 | France | |
Savoia-Marchetti S.73 | 1934 | Italy | Italy, Belgium, UK |
Savoia-Marchetti SM.75 | 1938 | Italy | Italy, Hungary, Germany |
Savoia-Marchetti SM.82 | 1940 | Italy | Italy, Germany |
Savoia-Marchetti S.83 | 1938 | Italy | Italy, Belgium |
Short Stirling[32] | 1943 | United Kingdom | |
Showa/Nakajima L2D | 1939 | Japan | |
Siebel Si 204 | 1942 | Germany | |
Tupolev ANT-9 | 1931 | Soviet Union | USSR, Turkey |
Yokosuka L3Y | 1935 | Japan |
Communications, utility and light transport aircraft[]
Many aircraft in this category were impressed 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.
Name of aircraft | Year in service |
Country of origin | Operator(s) if different from country of origin |
---|---|---|---|
Airspeed Envoy | 1934 | United Kingdom | UK, Finland, South Africa |
AVIA FL.3 | 1939 | Italy | Italy, Croatia, Germany |
Barkley-Grow T8P-1 | 1937 | United States | Canada |
Beechcraft 17 Staggerwing/UC-43 Traveler | 1933 | United States | U.S., Australia, Brazil, UK, New Zealand |
Beechcraft Model 18/C-45/JRB/SNB/AT-7/AT-11 Expeditor[34] | 1937 | United States | U.S., Brazil, Canada, France, UK |
Beneš-Mráz Be-555 Super Bibi | 1936 | Czechoslovakia | |
Bloch MB.81 ambulance aircraft | 1935 | France | |
Bloch MB.120 mailplane | 1935 | France | |
Breda Ba.44 | 1934 | Italy | |
Caproni Ca.164 | 1938 | Italy | France |
Caudron C.280/C.400/C.410 | 1932 | France | |
Caudron C.440 | 1934 | France | France, Belgium, Germany |
Caudron C.480 Frégate | 1935 | France | |
Caudron C.600 Aiglon | 1935 | France | |
Caudron C.635 Simoun | 1935 | France | |
Cessna 165 | 1935 | United States | U.S., Australia, Finland |
de Havilland DH.50 | 1923 | United Kingdom | Australia |
de Havilland Dragon | 1934 | United Kingdom | UK, Iraq, New Zealand |
de Havilland Dragon Rapide/Dominie | 1934 | United Kingdom | UK, Australia, Belgium, Denmark, Iraq, New Zealand, U.S. |
de Havilland Dragonfly | 1936 | United Kingdom | UK, Australia, Denmark, Iraq |
de Havilland Express | 1934 | United Kingdom | UK, Australia, New Zealand |
de Havilland Flamingo | 1939 | United Kingdom | |
de Havilland Fox Moth | 1932 | United Kingdom | UK, Australia, New Zealand |
de Havilland Leopard Moth | 1933 | United Kingdom | UK, Australia, Belgium |
de Havilland Moth Minor | 1937 | United Kingdom | UK, Australia, New Zealand |
de Havilland Puss Moth | 1930 | United Kingdom | UK, Canada, Iraq, New Zealand |
Fairchild 24 Argus/UC-61 Forwarder | 1932 | United States | U.S., Australia, Brazil, Canada, Thailand, UK |
Fairchild 71 | 1926 | United States | Canada |
Fairchild FC-2 | 1926 | United States | Canada |
Fairchild Super 71 | 1934 | Canada | |
Foster Wikner Wicko | 1936 | United Kingdom | UK, New Zealand |
Fleet Freighter | 1938 | Canada | |
Hanriot H.182 | 1934 | France | |
Harlow C-80/PJC-2 | 1937 | United States | U.S., UK |
Howard UC-70/GH Nightingale | 1939 | United States | |
Junkers F 13[35] | 1920 | Germany | Finland |
Junkers W 34 & K 43 | 1926 | Germany | Germany, Australia, Finland, Norway |
SAI KZ II | 1937 | Denmark | |
Laville PS-89 | 1935 | Soviet Union | |
Lockheed UC-101 Vega | 1928 | United States | U.S., Australia |
Lockheed UC-85 Orion | 1931 | United States | |
Lockheed 10/C-36 Electra | 1935 | United States | U.S., Canada, UK |
Lockheed 12/UC-40 Electra Junior | 1936 | United States | U.S., Canada, Netherlands, UK |
Miles Falcon | 1934 | United Kingdom | UK, Australia |
Miles Merlin | 1935 | United Kingdom | UK, Australia |
Miles Mentor | 1938 | United Kingdom | |
Miles Messenger | 1942 | United Kingdom | |
Miles Whitney Straight | 1936 | United Kingdom | UK, New Zealand |
Mitsubishi K3M | 1931 | Japan | |
Noorduyn Norseman | 1935 | Canada | Canada, Australia, Brazil, U.S. |
Northrop Delta[10] | 1933 | United States | Canada, Australia |
Moskalyev SAM-5 | 1935 | Soviet Union | |
Percival Gull | 1932 | United Kingdom | UK, New Zealand |
Percival Proctor | 1939 | United Kingdom | |
Percival Vega Gull | 1935 | United Kingdom | UK, Australia, Belgium, New Zealand |
Piper J-4 | 1938 | United States | U.S., UK |
Porterfield 35 | 1935 | United States | U.S., New Zealand |
Potez 29 | 1927 | France | |
Potez 56 | 1934 | France | |
Potez 58 | 1934 | France | |
Rearwin Sportster | 1935 | United States | U.S., New Zealand, Thailand |
SAIMAN 202 | 1939 | Italy | Italy, Croatia |
Shcherbakov Shche-2 | 1943 | Soviet Union | |
Spartan UC-71 Executive | 1936 | United States | U.S., UK, Canada, China |
Putilov Stal-3 | 1933 | Soviet Union | |
Stinson UC-81/AT-19 Reliant | 1933 | United States | U.S., Australia, Norway, Philippines, UK |
Stinson Voyager | 1939 | United States | U.S., Canada, France |
Tugan Gannet | 1935 | Australia | |
Tupolev PS-35 | 1937 | Soviet Union | |
Waco UC-72 (and other Waco variants | 1930s | United States | U.S., Australia, Brazil, New Zealand, Norway, UK |
Yakovlev Yak-6 | 1942 | Soviet Union |
Liaison aircraft[]
Name of aircraft | Year in service |
Country of origin | Operator(s) if different from country of origin |
---|---|---|---|
Aeronca L-3 | 1941 | United States | U.S.,Brazil |
Paulista CAP-4 | 1935 | Brazil | |
Fieseler Fi 156 Storch | 1936 | Germany | Germany, Bulgaria, Finland, Yugoslavia |
Interstate Cadet/L-6 Grasshopper | 1942 | United States | U.S., Norway |
Kokusai Ki-76 | 1942 | Japan | |
Piper L-4, O-59 and NE-1 | 1938 | United States | U.S., Brazil |
Polikarpov U-2 | 1927 | Soviet Union | |
RWD-13 | 1935 | Poland | Poland, Romania |
Stinson L-1/O-49 Vigilant | 1941 | United States | U.S., UK |
Stinson L-5 Sentinel | 1942 | United States | U.S., UK |
Taylorcraft Auster | 1942 | United Kingdom | UK, Australia |
Taylorcraft L-2 | 1941 | United States |
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, U.S. |
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 | U.S., UK |
Waco CG-13 | 1945 | United States | |
Waco CG-15 | 1943 | United States |
Trainer Aircraft[]
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 tried in several countries to reduce the attrition associated with the step up to advanced trainers but additional hours at the primary stage reduced the need for them.
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[]
Name of aircraft | Year in service |
Country of origin | Operator(s) if different from country of origin |
---|---|---|---|
ANBO IV | 1934 | lit. | |
Avro 504 | 1913 | United Kingdom | Estonia, Greece, Thailand |
Avro 626 | 1930 | United Kingdom | UK, Belgium, Canada, Estonia, Greece, New Zealand |
Avro 643 Cadet | 1932 | United Kingdom | UK, Australia, China |
Avro Tutor | 1933 | United Kingdom | UK, Canada, Denmark |
Beneš-Mráz Be-50 Beta-Minor | 1935 | Czechoslovakia | Germany, Slovakia |
Blackburn B-2 | 1932 | United Kingdom | |
Boeing-Stearman Model 73/75/PT-13/PT-17/PT-18/NS/N2S Kaydet | 1934 | United States | U.S., Brazil, Canada, China, Philippines |
Breda Ba.25 & Ba.28 | 1932 | Italy | Italy, Hungary, China, Norway |
Bücker Bü 131, Ki-86, K9W1 | 1935 | Germany | Germany, Bulgaria, Japan, Hungary, Romania, Yugoslavia... |
Bücker Bü 181 | 1940 | Germany | Germany, Bulgaria |
CAC Wackett | 1941 | Australia | |
DAR 9 Siniger | 1940 | Bulgaria | Bulgaria, Yugoslavia |
de Havilland DH.60 Moth | 1925 | United Kingdom | UK, Australia, Denmark, Finland, Iraq, New Zealand, Norway |
de Havilland Tiger Moth[36] | 1932 | United Kingdom | UK, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, India, Iraq, New Zealand, Norway |
Fairchild PT-19/23/26 Cornell | 1940 | United States | U.S., Brazil, Canada, Norway |
Fleet Fawn | 1931 | Canada | Canada, Brazil |
Fleet 10/16/Finch | 1939 | Canada | Canada, China, Brazil, Romania |
Focke-Wulf Fw 44 | 1932 | Germany | Germany, Brazil, Bulgaria, China, Czechoslovakia, Finland, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovakia |
Fokker S.IV | 1924 | Netherlands | |
Fokker S.IX | 1937 | Netherlands | |
Gotha Go 145 | 1935 | Germany | |
Hanriot H.43 | 1928 | France | |
Heinkel He 72 | 1933 | Germany | Germany, Bulgaria |
Klemm Kl 25 | 1928 | Germany | Germany, Norway |
Koolhoven F.K.51 | 1935 | Netherlands | |
Letov Š-218 | 1930 | Czechoslovakia | Finland |
Meyers OTW CPTP trainer | 1936 | United States | |
Miles Hawk | 1933 | United Kingdom | UK, New Zealand |
Miles Magister | 1937 | United Kingdom | UK, Norway |
Morane-Saulnier MS.230 | 1930 | France | France, Germany, Greece |
Morane-Saulnier MS.315 | 1932 | France | |
Mráz Zobor I[37] | 1942 | Slovakia | |
Naval Aircraft Factory N3N Canary | 1936 | United States | |
North American BT-9/BT-14/NA.57/NA.64 Yale | 1936 | United States | U.S., Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, UK |
Ryan PT-16/20/21/22 Recruit | 1934 | United States | U.S., Australia, Netherlands |
Polikarpov Po-2 | 1929 | Soviet Union | |
Praga E-39 | 1931 | Czechoslovakia | |
Repülőgépgyár Levente II | 1943 | Hungary | |
SAIMAN 200 | 1940 | Italy | Italy, Croatia, Germany |
Spartan NP-1 | 1940 | United States | |
St. Louis PT-15 | 1940 | United States | |
Tachikawa Ki-9 | 1935 | Japan | |
Tachikawa Ki-17 | 1936 | Japan | |
Timm N2T Tutor | 1943 | United States | |
VL Sääski | 1928 | Finland | |
VL Viima | 1935 | Finland | |
Vultee BT-13/15/SNV Valiant | 1939 | United States | U.S., Brazil |
Waco UPF-7/PT-14 CPTP trainer | 1930 | United States | |
Weiss WM-10 Ölyv | 1933 | Hungary | |
Yokosuka K5Y | 1934 | Japan | |
Yakovlev UT-2 | 1937 | Soviet Union | |
Zlín Z-XII | 1935 | Czechoslovakia | Czechoslovakia, Germany, Slovakia, UK, Yugoslavia |
Advanced trainers[]
Name of aircraft | Year in service |
Country of origin | Operator(s) if different from country of origin |
---|---|---|---|
Ambrosini S.7 | 1943 | Italy | |
Ambrosini SAI.10 Grifone | 1940 | Italy | |
Arado Ar 65[33] | 1931 | Germany | |
Arado Ar 66 | 1933 | Germany | |
Arado Ar 68[33] | 1936 | Germany | |
Arado Ar 96 | 1939 | Germany | Germany, Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania |
Avia B.122 | 1934 | Czechoslovakia | Czechoslovakia, Bulgaria, Germany, Romania, Slovakia, USSR |
Bücker Bü 133 | 1938 | Germany | Germany, Yugoslavia |
CAC Wirraway | 1939 | Australia | |
Kaproni Bulgarski KB-2/3/4/5 | 1931 | Bulgaria | |
Caudron C.690 | 1939 | France | |
Curtiss-Wright CW-22/SNC Falcon | 1942 | United States | U.S., Netherlands |
Focke-Wulf Fw 56 | 1935 | Germany | |
Fokker D.XVII[33] | 1932 | Netherlands | |
Hawker Hart Trainer | 1930 | United Kingdom | |
IMAM Ro.41 | 1935 | Italy | |
Koolhoven F.K.56 | 1938 | Netherlands | Netherlands, Belgium |
Messerschmitt Bf 108 | 1935 | Germany | Germany, Bulgaria, ... |
Mitsubishi A5M4-K[38] | 1936 | Japan | |
Mitsubishi A6M2-K Zero[38] | 1940 | Japan | |
Morane-Saulnier M.S.225[33] | 1933 | France | |
Muniz M-9 | 1937 | Brazil | |
Mansyu Ki-79 | 1937 | Japan | |
Nardi FN.305 | 1938 | Italy | Italy, Romania, Hungary, France |
Nardi FN.316 | 1942 | Italy | Italy, Germany |
Nieuport-Delage NiD 62[33] | 1931 | France | |
North American T-6/SNJ Texan/Harvard[10] | 1935 | United States | U.S., Brazil, Canada, India, New Zealand, Norway, UK... |
Orlogsværftet O-Maskinen | 1926 | Denmark | |
Praga BH-41 | 1931 | Czechoslovakia | |
PWS-26 | 1937 | Poland | Poland, Romania, Germany |
Rogožarski PVT | 1934 | Kingdom of Yugoslavia | |
Rogožarski R-100 | 1939 | Kingdom of Yugoslavia | |
Rogožarski SIM-Х | 1937 | Kingdom of Yugoslavia | |
Romano R.82 | 1937 | France | |
SET 7 | 1931 | Romania | |
Stampe et Vertongen SV.5 Tornado | 1933 | Belgium | Belgium, Latvia |
Tachikawa Ki-55 | 1940 | Japan | Japan, Thailand |
Miles Master | 1939 | United Kingdom | |
Svenska Aero Jaktfalken | 1930 | Sweden | Finland |
VEF I-12 | 1935 | Latvia | |
VL Tuisku | 1935 | Finland | |
VL Pyry | 1941 | Finland | |
Yakovlev UT-1 | 1936 | Soviet Union | USSR, China |
Zmaj Fizir FN | 1931 | Kingdom of Yugoslavia | Yugoslavia, Croatia, Italy |
Zmaj Fizir FP-2 | 1936 | Kingdom of Yugoslavia | Yugoslavia, Croatia, Italy |
Multi-engine trainers[]
Name of aircraft | Year in service |
Country of origin | Operator(s) if different from country of origin |
---|---|---|---|
Airspeed Oxford | 1937 | United Kingdom | UK, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Norway |
Avro Anson[39] | 1936 | United Kingdom Canada |
UK, Canada, France, U.S. |
Blackburn Botha bomber trainer & target tug | 1939 | United Kingdom | |
Bristol Buckmaster | 1945 | United Kingdom | |
Beechcraft AT-10 Wichita | 1942 | United States | |
Cessna AT-8/AT-17/UC-78/JRC Bobcat/Crane | 1939 | United States | U.S., Brazil, Canada, France |
Curtiss AT-9 | 1941 | United States | |
Focke-Wulf Fw 58 | 1937 | Germany | Germany, Brazil, Bulgaria, Croatia, Finland, Hungary, Netherlands, Romania |
Hanriot H.232 | 1940 | France | France, Finland |
LWS-6/PZL.30 Żubr[40] | 1938 | Poland | |
Mitsubishi K7M | 1931 | Japan | |
Potez 56 crew trainer and target tug | 1936 | France | |
Tachikawa Ki-54 | 1941 | Japan |
Target tugs and misc. trainers[]
Name of aircraft | Year in service |
Country of origin | Operator(s) if different from country of origin |
---|---|---|---|
De Havilland Dominie radio trainer | 1940 | United Kingdom | |
Fairey IIIF target tug | 1926 | United Kingdom | |
Fairey Battle bombing/gunnery trainer & target tug | 1939 | United Kingdom | Australia, Canada, South Africa, UK |
Fairey Gordon advanced trainer & target tug | 1931 | United Kingdom | Australia, UK |
Fleet Fort intermediate trainer & radio trainer | 1941 | Canada | |
Hawker Henley target tug | 1938 | United Kingdom | |
Kyushu K10W intermediate trainer & target tug | 1943 | Japan | |
Kyushu K11W bomber crew trainer | 1943 | Japan | |
Miles Martinet target tug | 1942 | United Kingdom | |
Miles Mentor radio trainer | 1938 | United Kingdom | |
Nardi FN.315 intermediate trainer | 1938 | Italy | |
Percival Proctor radio trainer | 1939 | United Kingdom | |
Westland Wallace radio trainer & target tug | 1933 | United Kingdom | |
Yokosuka K4Y floatplane trainer | 1933 | Japan |
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[28] | 1943 | Germany | |
Kamov A-7 autogyro | 1934 | Soviet Union | |
Kayaba Ka-1 and Ka-2 autogyro | 1941 | Japan | |
Pitcairn PA-39 autogyro[41] | 1940 | United States | UK |
Sikorsky R-4 helicopter | 1944 | United States | U.S., UK |
Sikorsky R-6 helicopter | 1945 | United States | U.S., 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[]
Name of aircraft | Year first flight |
Country of origin | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Aeronautica Umbra Trojani AUT.18 | 1939 | Italy | |
Ambrosini SS.4 | 1940 | Italy | canard pusher-engine fighter |
Ambrosini SAI.403 | 1943 | Italy | lightweight fighter |
Avia B.35 | 1938 | Czechoslovakia | |
Aviotehas PN-3 | 1939 | Estonia | |
Bell XP-77 | 1944 | United States | lightweight fighter |
Bell XP-83 | 1945 | United States | jet fighter |
Bachem Ba 349 Natter | 1945 | Germany | vertical launch point defence rocket interceptor |
Bereznyak-Isayev BI-1 | 1942 | Soviet Union | rocket fighter |
Borovkov-Florov I-207 | 1937 | Soviet Union | cantilever-wing biplane fighter |
Canadian Car and Foundry FDB-1 | 1938 | Canada | biplane fighter |
Caproni Vizzola F.4 | 1940 | Italy | |
Caproni Vizzola F.5 | 1939 | Italy | |
Caproni Vizzola F.6 | 1941 | Italy | |
Curtiss XF14C | 1944 | United States | naval fighter with liquid cooled engine |
Curtiss YP-37 | 1937 | United States | |
Curtiss XP-42 | 1939 | United States | |
Curtiss XP-46 | 1941 | United States | |
Curtiss XP-53/YP-60 | 1942 | United States | |
Curtiss XP-62 | 1943 | United States | |
Curtiss-Wright XP-55 Ascender | 1943 | United States | canard pusher-engine fighter |
de Havilland Vampire | 1943 | United Kingdom | jet fighter entered service post-war |
Fokker D.XXIII | 1939 | Netherlands | push/pull twin-engine fighter |
Fiat G.56 | 1944 | Italy | |
Horten Ho 229 | 1944 | Germany | jet flying wing fighter |
Hawker Tornado | 1939 | United Kingdom | |
Heinkel He 280 | 1940 | Germany | |
Henschel Hs 132 | 1945 | Germany | prone pilot jet fighter/dive bomber |
Kawasaki Ki-60 | 1941 | Japan | |
Koolhoven F.K.55 | 1938 | Netherlands | buried engine fighter |
Kyushu J7W | 1945 | Japan | canard pusher-engine fighter |
Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star | 1944 | United States | jet fighter, entered service post-war |
Martin-Baker MB 2 | 1938 | United Kingdom | |
Martin-Baker MB 3 | 1942 | United Kingdom | |
Martin-Baker MB 5 | 1944 | United Kingdom | |
McDonnell FH Phantom | 1945 | United States | naval jet fighter |
Messerschmitt Me 209 | 1938 | Germany | racer/fighter |
Messerschmitt Me 309 | 1942 | Germany | |
Messerschmitt Me 328 | 1944 | Germany | pulse jet fighter |
Mikoyan-Gurevich I-250 | 1945 | Soviet Union | mixed-power fighter |
Miles M.20 | 1940 | United Kingdom | emergency fighter |
Nakajima Ki-12 | 1936 | Japan | V12 fighter |
Nakajima Kikka | 1945 | Japan | jet fighter |
North American P-82 Twin Mustang | 1945 | United States | twin fuselage fighter too late for war |
Northrop XP-56 Black Bullet | 1943 | United States | tailless pusher fighter |
Piaggio P.119 | 1942 | Italy | buried radial engine fighter |
PZL.50 Jastrząb | 1939 | Poland | |
Renard R-36/R-37/R-38 | 1938 | Belgium | |
SNCAO 200 | 1939 | France | |
Tachikawa Ki-106 | 1945 | Japan | |
VEF I-16 | 1939 | Latvia | lightweight fighter |
VL Humu | 1944 | Finland | |
VL Pyörremyrsky | 1945 | Finland | |
Weiss-Manfred WM.23 Ezüst Nyíl | 1942 | Hungary | |
Polikarpov I-185 | 1941 | Soviet Union | |
Polikarpov ITP | 1942 | Soviet Union | |
Sukhoi Su-5 | 1945 | Soviet Union | mixed-power fighter |
Sukhoi Su-7 | 1944 | Soviet Union | high-altitude interceptor |
Heavy fighters (multi-engined or multi-seat) and night fighters[]
Name of aircraft | Year first flight |
Country of origin | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Aichi S1A | 1945 | Japan | night fighter |
Arado Ar 240 | 1940 | Germany | |
Arsenal-Delanne 10 | 1941 | France | tandem wing two seat fighter |
Boeing YB-40 Flying Fortress | 1943 | United States | large escort fighter |
Boeing XF8B | 1944 | United States | |
Boulton Paul P.92 | 1937 | United Kingdom | |
SABCA S.47 | 1939 | Italy | Belgium |
Consolidated XB-41 Liberator | 1942 | United States | large escort fighter |
Consolidated Vultee XP-81 | 1945 | United States | |
Fisher P-75 Eagle | 1943 | United States | |
Gloster F.9/37 | 1939 | United Kingdom | |
Grumman XF5F Skyrocket | 1940 | United States | |
Grumman XP-50 | 1941 | United States | |
Hawker Hotspur | 1938 | United Kingdom | |
Hughes D-2 | 1943 | United States | |
IMAM Ro.58 | 1942 | Italy | |
Kawasaki Ki-64 | 1943 | Japan | |
Kawasaki Ki-96 | 1943 | Japan | |
Lockheed XP-49 | 1942 | United States | |
Lockheed XP-58 Chain Lightning | 1944 | United States | |
McDonnell XP-67 Bat | 1944 | United States | |
Moskalyev SAM-13 | 1941 | Soviet Union | |
Nikitin IS-1 | 1941 | Soviet Union | |
Piaggio P.119 | 1942 | Italy | |
Polikarpov TIS | 1941 | Soviet Union | |
PZL.38 Wilk | 1938 | Poland | |
Republic XP-69/XP-72 | 1943 | United States | |
Savoia-Marchetti SM.88, SM.91 and SM.92 | 1939 | Italy | heavy fighters |
SNCASE SE.100 | 1939 | France | |
Sukhoi Su-6 | 1941 | Soviet Union | |
Vickers Type 432 | 1942 | United Kingdom | |
Vultee XP-54 | 1943 | United States |
Bomber and attack aircraft prototypes[]
Name of aircraft | Year first flight |
Country of origin | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Aero A.300 | 1938 | Czechoslovakia | |
ANBO VIII | 1939 | lit. | |
Avia B-158 | 1938 | Czechoslovakia | |
Avro Lincoln | 1945 | United Kingdom | too late for war |
Beechcraft XA-38 Grizzly | 1944 | United States | |
Blackburn Firebrand | 1945 | United Kingdom | too late for war |
Bloch MB.162 | 1940 | France | |
Boeing XB-15 | 1937 | United States | |
Boeing XB-38 Flying Fortress | 1943 | United States | |
Boeing XB-39 Superfortress | 1944 | United States | |
Boeing XB-44 Superfortress | 1945 | United States | |
Breguet 462 | 1936 | France | |
Breda Ba.75 | 1939 | Italy | |
Breda Ba.201 | 1941 | Italy | |
Brewster XA-32 | 1943 | United States | |
Bristol Brigand | 1944 | United Kingdom | too late for war |
CAC Woomera | 1941 | Australia | |
CANT Z.1011 | 1936 | Italy | |
CANT Z.1018 | 1939 | Italy | |
Caudron C.670 Typhon | 1935 | France | light bomber (derived from racer) |
DAR 10 | 1939 | Bulgaria | |
Dornier Do 19 | 1936 | Germany | cancelled heavy bomber, possibly used as transport |
Dornier Do 317 | 1943 | Germany | heavy bomber |
Douglas AD Skyraider | 1945 | United States | torpedo/dive bomber |
Douglas BTD Destroyer | 1944 | United States | |
Douglas XB-19 | 1941 | United States | |
Douglas XA-42 Mixmaster | 1944 | United States | bomber with buried engines driving pusher propeller in tail |
Focke-Wulf Fw 191 | 1942 | Germany | medium/heavy bomber |
Fokker T.IX | 1939 | Netherlands | |
Heinkel He 119 | 1937 | Germany | unarmed reconnaissance bomber |
Henschel Hs 130 | 1940 | Germany | high altitude bomber |
IAR 47 | 1942 | Romania | |
Junkers Ju 187 | 1943 | Germany | |
Junkers Ju 287 | 1944 | Germany | |
Kaiser-Fleetwings XBTK | 1945 | United States | dive and torpedo bomber |
Latécoère 299 | 1939 | France | carrier-based version of Latécoère 298 |
Letov Š-50 | 1938 | Czechoslovakia | |
Messerschmitt Me 261 | 1940 | Germany | maritime reconnaissance |
Messerschmitt Me 264 | 1942 | Germany | 4 engined Amerika bomber |
Nakajima G5N | 1941 | Japan | |
Nakajima G8N | 1944 | Japan | |
North American XB-28 | 1942 | United States | |
Polikarpov NB | 1944 | Soviet Union | |
Praga E-51 | 1938 | Czechoslovakia | |
PZL.46 Sum | 1939 | Poland | |
Reggiane Re.2003 | 1941 | Italy | |
Rikugun Ki-93 | 1945 | Japan | |
Savoia-Marchetti SM.89 | 1942 | Italy | |
Savoia-Marchetti SM.93 | 1944 | Italy | |
SNCAO CAO.600 | 1940 | France | |
Supermarine Type 322 | 1943 | United Kingdom | |
Tachikawa Ki-74 | 1944 | Japan | |
Vickers Windsor | 1943 | United Kingdom | |
Vultee XA-41 | 1944 | United States | |
Zmaj R-1 | 1940 | Kingdom of Yugoslavia |
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 | precursor to Boeing (K)C-97 Stratocruiser/Stratotanker, based on B-29 components |
Burnelli UB-14/Cunliffe-Owen Clyde Clipper | 1939 | United States | prototype used by UK and France |
Consolidated R2Y | 1944 | United States | Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer flying surfaces with new tubular fuselage |
Curtiss-Wright C-76 Caravan | 1943 | United States | plywood transport with nose doors |
Focke-Achgelis Fa 223 | 1941 | Germany | transport helicopter |
Junkers Ju 390 | 1943 | Germany | heavy transport, maritime patrol aircraft, and long-range bomber |
Kobeseiko Te-Gō | 1943 | Japan | STOL spotter/liaison |
Kokusai Ki-105 | 1945 | Japan | fuel transport |
Lockheed C-69 Constellation | 1943 | United States | |
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 |
Boeing XAT-15 | 1942 | United States | |
CAT QR.14 | 1943 | Italy | |
de Havilland Don | 1938 | United Kingdom | |
Fairchild AT-21 Gunner | 1943 | United States | |
Fleetwings BT-12 | 1942 | United States | |
Heston T.1/37 | 1938 | United Kingdom | |
Ikarus Aero 2 | 1940 | Kingdom of Yugoslavia | |
Ikarus MM-2 | 1941 | Kingdom of Yugoslavia | |
Marinens Flyvebaatfabrikk/Høver M.F.12 | 1939 | Norway | floatplane trainer |
Miles Monitor target tug | 1944 | United Kingdom | |
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 | Kingdom of Yugoslavia | |
Stampe SV.4 | 1933 | Belgium | biplane trainer, flown before war but 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, Japan | 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 |
JB-2 Loon | 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 fleet visually |
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 |
SFAN 11 | 1940 | France | liaison |
Short Seaford | 1944 | United Kingdom | improved Short Sunderland, trials only |
Short Shetland | 1944 | United Kingdom | large, very 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 testing blown air for coutering rotor torque |
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.35 and M.39 Libellula | 1942 | United Kingdom | tandem wings |
Miles M.30 | 1942 | United Kingdom | blended wing |
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 Armée de l'Air, World War II
- List of aircraft of Germany in World War II
- List of Luftwaffe aircraft by manufacturer, World War II
- List of German aircraft projects, 1939-1945
- 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[]
- ↑ Built in Canada
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Retired 1942
- ↑ Developed from CAC Wirraway
- ↑ In service by VJ day
- ↑ Relegated to training
- ↑ Ordered by Thailand, disarmed and impressed as trainer
- ↑ Developed from Westland Whirlwind
- ↑ Developed into Avro Lancaster
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Prototype used operationally
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.5 10.6 Also built in Canada
- ↑ Retired 1943
- ↑ Retired by Germany before war
- ↑ Used for coastal patrol briefly
- ↑ Retired by Japan before Dec. 1941
- ↑ Retired by US before war
- ↑ Developed from Lockheed 14 transport
- ↑ Developed from Lockheed 18 Lodestar transport
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 Retired by UK before war
- ↑ Retired by France before war
- ↑ Second line duties during war
- ↑ Later developed in North American P-51 Mustang fighter
- ↑ Relegated to training in France before war
- ↑ Bomber/transport
- ↑ Retired by US long before the war
- ↑ Primarily used as trainer
- ↑ Obsolete fighter used for reconnaissance
- ↑ Not used by France
- ↑ 28.0 28.1 28.2 28.3 28.4 28.5 Submarine aircraft
- ↑ Not used by Germany
- ↑ Designed as bomber, used as transport
- ↑ Bomber/Transport, RCAF bought 2 ex-inflight refuelling aircraft
- ↑ 32.0 32.1 Later versions built as transports
- ↑ 33.0 33.1 33.2 33.3 33.4 33.5 Obsolete combat aircraft used for training
- ↑ Also used as a trainer
- ↑ Retired by Germany before the war
- ↑ Built in Canada & elsewhere
- ↑ http://slovakaf.kpmzilina.sk/lietadla/zobor/zobor.sk.htm accessdate=26 June 2012
- ↑ 38.0 38.1 Variant specifically built as a trainer with two seat cockpit.
- ↑ Monococque version developed in Canada
- ↑ Obsolete bomber used for training
- ↑ Not used by US
External links[]
- Aircraft of the World's Air Forces
- American Aircraft of World War II
- World War 2 Aircraft
- World War Two Combat Planes
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