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List of aircraft of World War II

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The list of aircraft of World War II includes all of the aircraft used by countries which were at war during World War II from the period between when the country joined the war and the time the country withdrew from it, or when the war ended. Aircraft developed but not used operationally in the war are in the prototypes section at the bottom of the page. Prototypes for aircraft that entered service under a different design number are ignored in favor of the version that entered service. If the date of an aircraft's entry into service or first flight is not known, the aircraft will be listed by its name, the country of origin or major wartime users. Aircraft used for multiple roles are generally only listed under their primary role unless specialized versions were built for other roles in significant numbers. 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) are not included.

Fighter aircraft

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Biplane fighters

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Type Origin Introduced Total Operators
Armstrong Whitworth Scimitar United Kingdom 1936 6 Norway (4 as trainers)
Avia B-534 Czechoslovakia 1935 568 Bulgaria, Germany, Greece, Slovakia
Avia BH-33 Czechoslovakia[a] 1927 180 Poland[a] Yugoslavia
Blériot-SPAD S.510 France 1936 61
Boeing P-12 United States 1930 586 Brazil, China, Philippines, Thailand
Bristol Bulldog United Kingdom[a] 1929 443 Denmark, Finland
Curtiss F11C Goshawk United States 1932 30 China
Curtiss BF2C Goshawk United States 1933 166 China, Thailand
Fairey Firefly IIM United Kingdom[a] 1929 91 Belgium
Fiat CR.30 Italy 1932 176 Austria, China, Germany, Hungary, Italy
Fiat CR.32 Italy 1934 1,052 Hungary, China
Fiat CR.42 Falco Italy 1939 1,817 Hungary, Belgium, Germany, Croatia
Gloster Gamecock United Kingdom[a] 1926 108 Finland
Gloster Gauntlet United Kingdom 1935 246 Denmark, Finland
Gloster Gladiator United Kingdom 1937 747 Belgium, Finland, Greece, Iraq, Lithuania, Norway
Grumman FF United States[a] 1933 116 Canada
Grumman F2F United States[a] 1935 55
Grumman F3F United States[a] 1936 147
Hawker Demon United Kingdom 1933 305 Australia
Hawker Fury United Kingdom[a] 1931 275 Yugoslavia, South Africa
Hawker Nimrod United Kingdom[a] 1933 92 Denmark
Heinkel He 51 Germany[a] 1935 700 Bulgaria
IMAM Ro.44 Italy 1937 35
Kawasaki Ki-10 Japan 1935 588
Kochyerigin DI-6 Soviet Union 1934 222
Koolhoven F.K.52 Netherlands 1939 6 Finland (2 aircraft)
Polikarpov I-5 Soviet Union 1931 803
Polikarpov I-15 Soviet Union 1934 3,313 China, Finland
Polikarpov I-153 Soviet Union 1939 3,437 China, Finland
  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Not in combat service by time of entry into WWII

Fighters and fighter bombers

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This table includes single-engined and single-seat fighters and ground attack aircraft

Type Origin Introduced Total Operators
AEKKEA-RAAB R-29 Greece 1937 30 Spain
Ambrosini SAI.207 Italy 1942 14
Ansaldo A.120 Italy 1925 77 Lithuania
Arsenal VG-33 France 1940 50
Avia B-135 Czechoslovakia 1941 12 Bulgaria
Bell P-39 Airacobra United States 1941 9,588 Australia, France, Soviet Union, United Kingdom
Bell P-63 Kingcobra United States 1943 3,303 Soviet Union
Bloch MB.150 France 1940 683 Greece, Romania
Boeing P-26 Peashooter United States 1933 151 China, Philippines
Breda Ba.27 Italy[a] 1933 14 China
Brewster F2A Buffalo United States 1939 509 Australia, Finland, Netherlands, New Zealand, United Kingdom
Caudron C.714 France 1940 90 Finland, exile Poland forces
CAC Boomerang Australia 1943 250
Curtiss P-36 United States 1938 1,115 Brazil, Finland, France, Netherlands, Norway, Thailand, United Kingdom
Curtiss P-40 Warhawk United States 1939 13,738 Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Finland, New Zealand, South Africa, Soviet Union, United Kingdom
Curtiss CW-21 United States 1939 62 China, Netherlands
Dewoitine D.500/D.510 France 1935 381 China, Lithuania
Dewoitine D.520 France 1940 900 Bulgaria, Italy
Fiat G.50 Freccia Italy 1938 683 Finland, Croatia
Fiat G.55 Centauro Italy 1943 349
Focke-Wulf Fw 190 Germany 1941 23,823 Hungary
Focke-Wulf Ta 152 Germany 1945 69
Fokker D.XXI Netherlands 1936 148 Denmark, Finland, Netherlands
Gloster Gladiator United Kingdom 1934 3,317 United Kingdom, China, Finland, Norway, Egypt
Grumman F4F Wildcat United States 1940 7,885 United Kingdom
Grumman F6F Hellcat United States 1943 12,275 United Kingdom
Grumman F8F Bearcat United States 1945 1,265
Hawker Hurricane United Kingdom 1937 14,487 Belgium, Canada, Finland, France, Greece, India, New Zealand, Soviet Union
Hawker Tempest United Kingdom 1944 1,702 New Zealand
Hawker Typhoon United Kingdom 1940 3,317 Canada, New Zealand
Heinkel He 112 Germany 1937 102 Romania, Hungary
IAR 80 Romania 1941 450
Ilyushin Il-2 Soviet Union 1939 36,183
Ikarus IK-2 Yugoslavia 1935 12 Croatia
Kawanishi N1K/N1K-J Japan 1943 1,532
Kawasaki Ki-61 Japan 1942 3,078
Kawasaki Ki-100 Japan 1945 396
Koolhoven F.K.58 Netherlands 1940 20 France
Lavochkin-Gorbunov-Gudkov LaGG-1 Soviet Union 1940 100
Lavochkin-Gorbunov-Gudkov LaGG-3 Soviet Union 1941 6,528 Finland
Lavochkin La-5 Soviet Union 1942 9,920
Lavochkin La-7 Soviet Union 1944 5,753
Loire 46 France 1936 61
Macchi C.200 Italy 1939 1,513
Macchi C.202 Italy 1941 1,150 Croatia, Germany
Macchi C.205 Italy 1943 262 Croatia, Germany
MÁVAG Héja Hungary 1941 204
Messerschmitt Bf 109 Germany 1937 34,248 Bulgaria, Finland, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Yugoslavia
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-1 Soviet Union 1940 103
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-3 Soviet Union 1941 3,422
Mitsubishi A5M Japan 1936 1,094
Mitsubishi A6M Zero Japan 1940 10,939
Mitsubishi J2M Raiden Japan 1942 621
Morane-Saulnier M.S.406 France 1939 1,176 Croatia, Finland, Italy, Poland
Nakajima A6M2-N 'Rufe' Japan 1942 327
Nakajima Ki-27 'Nate' Japan 1937 3,368 Manchukuo, Thailand
Nakajima Ki-43 Hayabusa Japan 1941 5,919 Manchukuo, Thailand
Nakajima Ki-44 'Tojo' Japan 1942 1,225
Nakajima Ki-84 'Frank' Japan 1943 3,514
North American P-51 Mustang United States 1942 15,588 Australia, Canada, China, France, South Africa, Soviet Union, United Kingdom
Polikarpov I-16 Soviet Union 1934 10,292 China, Finland
PZL P.7 Poland 1933 151
PZL P.11 Poland 1934 325 Romania
PZL P.24 Poland 1936 184 Bulgaria, Greece, Romania
Reggiane Re.2000 Italy 1940 186 Hungary
Reggiane Re.2001 Italy 1941 237
Reggiane Re.2005 Italy 1943 48 Germany
Republic P-43 Lancer United States 1941 272 Australia, China
Republic P-47 Thunderbolt United States 1942 15,636 Brazil, France, Mexico, Soviet Union, United Kingdom
Rogožarski IK-3 Yugoslavia 1940 13
Seversky P-35 United States 1937 196 Philippines
Supermarine Seafire United Kingdom 1942 2,646
Supermarine Spitfire United Kingdom 1938 20,381 Australia, Canada, France, India, Italy, New Zealand, Norway, South Africa, Soviet Union, United States
VL Myrsky Finland 1943 51
Vought F4U Corsair United States 1942 12,571 United Kingdom, New Zealand
Vultee P-66 Vanguard United States 1941 146 China
Yakovlev Yak-1 Soviet Union 1940 8,700 France
Yakovlev Yak-3 Soviet Union 1944 4,848 France
Yakovlev Yak-7 Soviet Union 1942 6,399 France
Yakovlev Yak-9 Soviet Union 1942 16,769 France
  1. ^ Production only, not used by manufacturing nation

Heavy fighters (multi-engined or multi-seat), night fighters, dive bombers and torpedo bombers

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Type Origin Introduced Total Operators
Blackburn Roc United Kingdom 1939 136
Blackburn Skua United Kingdom 1938 192
Boulton Paul Defiant United Kingdom 1939 1,064 Canada, Polish exile forces
Bristol Beaufighter United Kingdom 1940 5,928 Australia, Canada, South Africa, United States
Bristol Blenheim United Kingdom 1937 4,422 Canada
de Havilland Mosquito United Kingdom 1941 7,781 Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United States
Dornier Do 215 Germany 1939 105 Hungary
Dornier Do 217 Germany 1941 1,925 Italy
Dornier Do 335 Germany 1944 37
Fairey Firefly United Kingdom 1941 1,072
Fairey Fulmar United Kingdom 1940 600
Focke-Wulf Ta 154 Germany 1944 1,925
Fokker G.I Netherlands 1939 63
Grumman F7F Tigercat United States 1944 364
Heinkel He 219 Germany 1943 300
IMAM Ro.57 Italy 1943 51
Junkers Ju 88 Germany 1940 15,183
Junkers Ju 388 Germany 1944 100
Kawasaki Ki-45 Japan 1942 1,701
Kawasaki Ki-102 Japan 1945 238
Lockheed P-38 Lightning United States 1941 10,037 China
Messerschmitt Bf 110 Germany 1937 6,170 Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Iraq, Romania
Messerschmitt Me 210 Germany 1943 357 Hungary
Messerschmitt Me 410 Germany 1943 1,189 Hungary
Mitsubishi Ki-109 Japan 1945 22
Nakajima J1N Japan 1942 479
Northrop P-61 Black Widow United States 1944 706
Petlyakov Pe-3 Soviet Union 1941 360 Finland
Potez 630 France 1938 1,395 Greece, Romania
Westland Welkin United Kingdom 1944 77
Westland Whirlwind United Kingdom 1940 114

Jet- and rocket- propelled fighters

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Type Origin Introduced Total Operators
Bell P-59 Airacomet United States 1944 66
Gloster Meteor United Kingdom 1944 3,947[a]
Heinkel He 162 Germany 1945 320
Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star United States 1945 1,715[b]
Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet Germany 1944 370
Messerschmitt Me 262 Germany 1944 1,430
Ryan FR Fireball United States[c] 1945 71
  1. ^ Total production to 1955
  2. ^ total production to 1950
  3. ^ Used as trainers

Bomber and attack aircraft

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Heavy and strategic bombers

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Type Origin Introduced Total Operators
Avro Lancaster United Kingdom 1942 7,377 Australia, Canada
Avro Manchester United Kingdom 1940 202
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress United States 1938 12,731 Canada, United Kingdom
Boeing B-29 Superfortress United States 1944 3,970
Consolidated B-24 Liberator United States 1940 18,188 Australia, Canada, China, United Kingdom
Consolidated B-32 Dominator United States 1942 118
Dornier Do 217 Germany 1941 1,925 Italy
Focke-Wulf Fw 200 Condor (maritime patrol) Germany 1940 276
Handley Page Halifax United Kingdom 1940 6,176 Australia, Canada, France
Heinkel He 177 Germany 1943 1,169
Petlyakov Pe-8 Soviet Union 1940 93
Short Stirling United Kingdom 1940 2,371
Tupolev TB-3 Soviet Union 1932 818
Vickers Warwick United Kingdom 1942 846
Yermolayev Yer-2 Soviet Union 1941 365

Medium bombers and maritime patrol

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Type Origin Introduced Total Operators
Arado Ar 234 Germany 1944 214
Arkhangelsky Ar-2 Soviet Union 1940 190
Armstrong Whitworth Whitley United Kingdom 1937 1,814
Avia F.39 Czechoslovakia 1932 18
Amiot 143 France 1936 138
Amiot 354 France 1940 86 France, Germany
Bloch MB.200 France 1935 332 Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia
Bloch MB.210 France 1937 300
CANT Z.1007 Italy 1938 660
Caproni Ca.135 Italy 1937 140 Hungary
Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer United States 1943 739
de Havilland Mosquito United Kingdom 1941 7,781 Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Norway, South Africa
Dornier Do 11 Germany 1932 372 Bulgaria
Dornier Do 17 Germany 1937 2,139 Bulgaria, Finland, Yugoslavia
Dornier Do 215 Germany 1939 105
Douglas A-20 Havoc United States 1941 7,478[a] Australia, Brazil, Canada, France, Netherlands, South Africa, Soviet Union, United Kingdom
Douglas A-26 Invader United States 1944 2,503 United Kingdom
Douglas B-18 Bolo United States 1936 350 Brazil, Canada
Douglas B-23 Dragon United States 1939 38
Farman F.220 France 1936 80
Fiat BR.20 Italy 1938 500 Hungary
Fokker T.V Netherlands 1938 16
Handley Page Hampden United Kingdom 1938 1,430 Canada, Soviet Union
Heinkel He 111 Germany 1936 5,656 Germany, Bulgaria, China, Hungary, Romania, Slovakia
IAR 79 Romania 1941 72
Ilyushin DB-3 Soviet Union 1936 1,528 China, Finland
Ilyushin Il-4 Soviet Union 1939 5,256 Finland
Junkers Ju 86 Germany 1936 900 Hungary, South Africa
Junkers Ju 88 Germany 1938 15,183 Finland, Hungary, Italy, Romania, France, Soviet Union
Junkers Ju 188 Germany 1943 1,234 Hungary
Keystone B-3A United States 1926 63 Philippines
Lioré et Olivier LeO 451 France 1939 561
Lisunov Li-2 Soviet Union 1939 4,937
Lockheed Ventura United States 1942 3028 Australia, Brazil, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa, United Kingdom
Martin B-10 United States 1934 348 China, Netherlands,[1] Philippines, Thailand[2]
Martin B-26 Marauder United States 1941 5,288 France, South Africa, United Kingdom
Martin Baltimore United States 1941 1,575 Australia France, Greece, Co-Belligerent Italy, South Africa, United Kingdom
Martin Maryland United States 1939 450 France, South Africa, United Kingdom
Mitsubishi Ki-21 Japan 1938 2,064 Japan, Thailand
North American B-25 Mitchell United States 1941 9,816 Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Netherlands, United Kingdom, Soviet Union
Nakajima Ki-49 Japan 1938 819
Petlyakov Pe-2 Soviet Union 1941 11,070 Finland
Piaggio P.108 Italy 1942 50 Germany[notes 1]
PZL.37 Łoś Poland 1938 120 Germany, Romania
Savoia-Marchetti SM.79 Italy 1937 1,240 Iraq, Romania, Yugoslavia, Greece
Savoia-Marchetti SM.81 Italy 1935 535
Savoia-Marchetti SM.84 Italy 1941 329
Tupolev TB-1 Soviet Union 1929 218
Tupolev Tu-2 Soviet Union 1944 2,257
Vickers Wellington United Kingdom 1938 11,462 Australia, Canada, France, South Africa
Yokosuka P1Y Japan 1945 1,102

Light bombers, ground attack, tactical reconnaissance and observation aircraft

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Type Origin Introduced Total Operators
Aero A.32 Czechoslovakia 1928 116 Finland
Aero A.100 Czechoslovakia 1933 44
Aero A.304 Czechoslovakia 1937 19 Bulgaria, Germany
ANBO IV Lithuania 1932 34 Germany, Soviet Union
ANF Les Mureaux 113 France 1933 285
Armstrong Whitworth Atlas United Kingdom[b] 1927 478 Canada
Avro Anson United Kingdom 1936 11,020 Canada, Egypt, Finland, Greece, India, Iran, Iraq, Netherlands, Turkey
Blackburn Ripon United Kingdom[b] 1929 92 Finland
Blackburn Shark United Kingdom 1935 269 Canada
Blackburn Botha United Kingdom 1939 580
Bloch MB.131 France 1938 143
Bloch MB.170 France 1940 88
Blohm & Voss BV 142 Germany 1940 4
Breda Ba.64 Italy 1937 42
Breda Ba.65 Italy 1937 218 Iraq
Breda Ba.88 Italy 1938 149
Breguet 19 France 1924 2,700 Belgium, Croatia, Greece, Poland, Yugoslavia
Bréguet 270 France 1930 227 China
Breguet 693 France 1939 230
Bristol Beaufort United Kingdom 1940 1,821 Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa
Bristol Blenheim United Kingdom 1937 4,422 Canada, Finland, France, Greece, Yugoslavia
Caproni Ca.309 Italy 1937 243 Bulgaria
Caproni Ca.310 Italy 1938 312 Croatia, France, Hungary, Norway, Yugoslavia
Caproni Ca.311 Italy 1938 335 Croatia, Yugoslavia
Caproni Ca.313 Italy 1938 271 Croatia, France, Germany, Norway
Caproni Ca.314 Italy 1938 425 Hungary
Curtiss A-12 Shrike United States 1933 46
Curtiss A-18 Shrike United States 1936 13
Curtiss Falcon United States 1928 488 Philippines
Curtiss O-52 Owl United States 1940 203 Soviet Union
DAR 3 Bulgaria 1937 24
Douglas O-43 United States 1933 24
Douglas O-46 United States 1936 90 Philippines
Fairey Battle United Kingdom 1937 2,201 Australia, Belgium, Canada, Greece
Fairey Fox United Kingdom 1932 200 Belgium
Fairey Gordon United Kingdom 1931 186 New Zealand
Fairey IIIF United Kingdom 1926 964 Greece
Focke-Wulf Fw 189 Germany 1941 864 Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania
Fokker C.V Netherlands 1924 955 Denmark, Finland, Hungary, Norway
Fokker C.VIII Netherlands 1928 10
Fokker C.X Netherlands 1932 74 Finland
Hawker Hart United Kingdom 1928 Finland
Hawker Audax/Nisr/Hartebees United Kingdom 1931 India, Iraq, Persia, South Africa
Hawker Hector United Kingdom 1936 179
Hawker Hind United Kingdom 1935 528 New Zealand
Hawker Horsley United Kingdom 1927 124 Denmark, Greece
Heinkel He 45 Germany 1931 512 Bulgaria, Hungary
Heinkel He 46 Germany 1931 500 Hungary
Heinkel He 50 Germany 1935 78
Henschel Hs 123 Germany 1936 250
Henschel Hs 126 Germany 1937 Croatia, Estonia, Greece
Henschel Hs 129 Germany 1938 865 Hungary, Romania
IAR 37 Romania 1938 380
Ilyushin Il-2 Soviet Union 1941 36,183
Ilyushin Il-10 Soviet Union 1944 6,166
IMAM Ro.37 Italy 1935 617 Hungary
Junkers Ju 52 Germany 1932 4,845
Junkers Ju 87 Germany 1937 6,000 Italy, Hungary, Bulgaria
Kaproni Bulgarski KB-11 Bulgaria 1941
Kawasaki Ki-32 Japan 1938 854 Manchukuo
Kawasaki Ki-48 Japan 1940 1,997
Kharkov KhAI-5 Soviet Union 1936 500
Kyushu Q1W Japan 1945 153
Letov Š-16 Czechoslovakia 1928 89 Latvia, Turkey
Letov Š-28 Czechoslovakia 1934 412 Bulgaria, Germany, Slovakia, Lithuania
Lockheed Hudson United States 1939 2,941 Australia, Brazil, Canada, Netherlands, New Zealand, United Kingdom
Lublin R-XIII Poland 1932 273 Romania
RWD-14 Czapla Poland 1939 65 Romania
Mitsubishi G3M Japan 1937 1,048
Mitsubishi G4M Japan 1941 2,435
Mitsubishi Ki-30 Japan 1938 704 Thailand
Mitsubishi Ki-51 Japan 1939 2,385
Mitsubishi Ki-67 Japan 1942 767
North American A-36 Apache United States 1942 500
North American O-47 United States 1934 239
Northrop A-17 United States 1935 411 South Africa, Canada, France, Iraq, Netherlands, Norway, United Kingdom
Orlogsværftet O-Maskinen Denmark 1926 15
Polikarpov Po-2 Soviet Union 1929 20,000 Finland
Polikarpov R-5 Soviet Union 1931 7,000
Polikarpov R-Z Soviet Union 1935 1,031
Potez 25 France 1925 4,000 Greece, Yugoslavia, Poland
Potez 540 France 1934 192
PZL.23 Karaś Poland 1936 250 Romania, Bulgaria
PZL.43 Poland 1936 54 Germany, Bulgaria
Reggiane Re.2002 Italy 1941 225 Germany
Rogožarski R-100 Yugoslavia 1938 26 Croatia
Renard R.31 Belgium 1935 43
Boripatra Siam 1927 12
Saab 17 Sweden 1940 326 Denmark
Savoia-Marchetti SM.85 Italy 1939 34
Sukhoi Su-2 Soviet Union 1937 910
Tachikawa Ki-36 Japan 1938 1,334 Japan, Thailand
Thomas-Morse O-19 United States 1929 176 Philippines
Tupolev SB Soviet Union 1934 6,656 Bulgaria, China, Czechoslovakia, Finland
Vickers Vildebeest United Kingdom 1933 406 New Zealand
Vickers Wellesley United Kingdom 1937 177
VL Kotka Finland 1931 5
Vought O2U Corsair United States 1926 580 Brazil, China, Thailand
Vultee Vengeance United States 1942 1,931 Australia, Brazil, France, India, United Kingdom
Vultee V-11 United States 1939 175 Brazil, China, Soviet Union
Weiss WM-16 Hungary 1936
Weiss WM-21 Sólyom Hungary 1938 128
Westland Lysander United Kingdom 1936 1,786 Canada, France, Finland, India, United States
Westland Wapiti United Kingdom 1928 586 Australia, Canada, India
Westland Wallace United Kingdom 1933 173
Yakovlev Yak-4 Soviet Union 1941 90
  1. ^ Total produced across all roles
  2. ^ a b Out of service by time of entry into WWII

Carrier-based naval bombers

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Type Origin Role Introduced Total Operators
Aichi B7A Japan torpedo/dive bomber 1945 114
Aichi D1A[notes 2] Japan dive bomber 1934 590
Aichi D3A Japan dive bomber 1937 1,445
Blackburn Skua United Kingdom fighter/dive bomber 1938 192
Brewster SB2A Buccaneer United States dive bomber 1941 771 United Kingdom
Consolidated TBY Sea Wolf United States torpedo bomber 1944 181
Curtiss SB2C Helldiver United States dive bomber 1943 7,140 Australia, United Kingdom
Curtiss SBC Helldiver United States dive bomber 1938 257 France, United Kingdom
Douglas DT[notes 3] United States torpedo bomber 1921 90 Norway
Douglas SBD Dauntless United States dive bomber 1940 5,936 New Zealand
Douglas TBD Devastator United States torpedo bomber 1935 130
Fairey Albacore United Kingdom torpedo/dive bomber 1940 800 Canada
Fairey Barracuda United Kingdom torpedo/dive bomber 1942 2,602
Fairey Swordfish United Kingdom torpedo bomber 1936 2,391 Canada
Fieseler Fi 167 Germany torpedo/reconnaissance bomber 1940 14 Croatia, Romania
Grumman TBF Avenger United States torpedo bomber 1942 9,839 New Zealand, United Kingdom
Loire-Nieuport LN.401 France dive bomber 1939 68
Mitsubishi B5M Japan torpedo bomber 1937 125
Nakajima B5N Japan torpedo bomber 1938 1,149
Nakajima B6N Japan torpedo bomber 1942 1,268
Naval Aircraft Factory SBN United States dive bomber 1941 30
Northrop BT United States dive bomber 1935 55
SB2U Vindicator/Chesapeake United States dive bomber 1937 260 France, United Kingdom
Yokosuka B4Y Japan torpedo bomber 1936 205
Yokosuka D4Y Japan dive bomber/night fighter 1942 2,038

Strategic and photo-reconnaissance aircraft

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Strategic and photo-reconnaissance aircraft were frequently specially modified variants of high performance aircraft, usually fighters or bombers.

Type Origin Introduced Total Operators
Arado Ar 234 Germany 1944 214
Boeing F-9/RB-17 Flying Fortress United States 1940
Consolidated F-7 Liberator United States 1940
de Havilland Mosquito PR variants United Kingdom 1941 Canada, United States
Dornier Do 17Z-3 Germany 1937 Yugoslavia
Dornier Do 215B-0/1/4 Germany 1939
Dornier Do 217A-0 Germany 1941
Douglas F-3 Havoc United States 1941
Fiat CR.25 Italy 1940
Focke-Wulf Fw 190A-3/U4, A-4/U4 & A-5/U4 Germany 1941
Focke-Wulf Ta 152H-1-0 Germany 1945
Heinkel He 70K/170 Germany 1937 Hungary
Junkers Ju 86P Germany 1936
Junkers Ju 88D & T Germany 1939
Junkers Ju 188D & F Germany 1943
Lockheed F-4 and F-5 Lightning United States 1941 Australia, France, Italy
Messerschmitt Bf 109E-5/F-6/G-4 Germany 1937
Messerschmitt Bf 110C-5/E-3/F-3 Germany 1937
Messerschmitt Me 210B Germany 1943
Messerschmitt Me 262A-1a/U3 Germany 1944
Messerschmitt Me 410A-1/U-1, A-2/U-1 & A-3 Germany 1943
Mitsubishi Ki-15/C5M Germany 1937
Mitsubishi Ki-46 Japan 1941
Nakajima C6N Japan 1944
Nakajima J1N1-C Japan 1942
North American F-6 Mustang United States 1942 France
Potez 63.11 France 1939
PWS-10[notes 4] Poland 1932
Supermarine Spitfire PR variants United Kingdom 1938 Soviet Union, United States, and others
Yakovlev Yak-9R Soviet Union 1942
Yokosuka R2Y Japan 1945

Seaplanes

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Flying boats

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Type Origin Introduced Total Operators
Aichi E10A Japan 1934 15
Aichi E11A Japan 1937 17
Aichi H9A Japan 1942 31
Beriev MBR-2 Soviet Union 1935 1,365
Blohm & Voss BV 138 Germany 1940 297
Blohm & Voss BV 222 Germany 1941 13
Boeing 314/C-98 Clipper United States 1939 12
Bréguet 521 Bizerte France 1935 37 Germany
CAMS 37 France 1926 332
CAMS 55 France 1930 112
Canadian Vickers Vancouver Canada 1930 6
Canadian Vickers Vedette Canada 1925 60
CANT Z.501 Italy 1935 454 Romania
Chyetverikov MDR-6 Soviet Union 1941 27
Consolidated PBY/PBN/PBV/OA-10 Catalina/Canso[notes 5] United States 1935 3,308 Australia, Brazil, Canada, France, Norway, Soviet Union, United Kingdom
Consolidated P2Y United States 1929 78 Argentina
Consolidated PB2Y Coronado United States 1937 217 United Kingdom
Dornier Do 18 Germany 1938 170
Dornier Do 24 Germany 1937 279 Australia, Netherlands
Dornier Do 26 Germany 1938 6
Dornier Do J Wal Germany 1922 250 Denmark
Douglas Dolphin United States 1931 558 Australia
Grumman JRF Goose United States 1937 345 Brazil, Canada, United Kingdom
Grumman J4F Widgeon/Gosling United States 1940 317 Brazil, United Kingdom
Grumman J2F Duck United States 1936 584
Hall PH United States 1931 24
Ikarus IO Yugoslavia 1926 38
Ikarus ŠM Yugoslavia 1924 42
Kawanishi E11K Japan 1937 2
Kawanishi H6K Japan 1938 215
Kawanishi H8K Japan 1942 167
Latécoère 302 France 1932 7
Latécoère 521-523 France 1935 5
Latécoère 611[notes 6] France 1940 1
Latécoère 631 France 1942 10 Germany
Lioré et Olivier LeO H-47 France 1937 6
Lioré et Olivier LeO H-242 France 1929 15 Italy
Lioré et Olivier LeO H-246 France 1939 6 Germany
Loire 70 France 1937 8
Loire 130 France 1937 125
Loire 501 France 1933 7
Macchi M.C.100 Italy 1940 3
Martin M-130 United States 1934 3
Martin JRM Mars United States 1943 7
Martin PBM Mariner United States 1940 1,366 Australia, Netherlands, United Kingdom
Potez 141[notes 6] France 1938 1 Germany
Potez-CAMS 161 France 1938 1 Germany
Potez 452 France 1936 16
RAS-1 Getta Romania 1925 4
Saro Lerwick United Kingdom 1940 21
Saro London United Kingdom 1936 31
Savoia-Marchetti S.55 Italy 1926 243 Romania
Savoia-Marchetti S.62bis Italy 1926 Romania
Savoia-Marchetti S.66 Italy 1931 24
Shavrov Sh-2 Soviet Union 1934 700 Finland
Short Empire United Kingdom 1936 42 Australia, New Zealand
Short S.26 United Kingdom 1940 3
Short S.25 Hythe/Sandringham United Kingdom 1942 37 New Zealand
Short Singapore United Kingdom 1935 New Zealand
Short Sunderland United Kingdom 1938 749 Australia, Canada, France, New Zealand, Norway
Sikorsky S-40 United States 1931 3
Sikorsky S-42 United States 1934 10
Sikorsky JRS-1/OA-8 United States 1935 53
Sikorsky VS-44/JR2S-1 United States 1937 3
Sud-Est SE.200 Amphitrite[notes 7] France 1942 2 Germany
Supermarine Sea Otter United Kingdom 1942 292
Supermarine Stranraer[notes 5] United Kingdom 1937 57 Canada
Supermarine Walrus United Kingdom 1935 740 Australia, Canada, France, New Zealand
Tupolev MTB-1 Soviet Union 1929 15
Yokosuka H5Y Japan 1939 20

Floatplanes

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Type Origin Introduced Total Operators
Aichi E13A Japan 1941 1,418 Thailand
Aichi E16A Japan 1944 256
Aichi M6A[notes 8] Japan 1945 28
Arado Ar 95 Germany 1936 42
Arado Ar 196 Germany 1938 541 Bulgaria, Finland, Norway, USSR
Arado Ar 199 trainer Germany 1939 31
Arado Ar 231[notes 8] Germany 1941 6
Beriev Be-2 Soviet Union 1938 12
Beriev Be-4 Soviet Union 1942 47
Besson MB.411[notes 8] France 1935 2
CANT Z.506 Italy 1936 354
CANT Z.515 Italy 1940 11
Curtiss SC Seahawk United States 1944 577
Curtiss SO3C Seamew United States 1942 795 United Kingdom
Curtiss SOC Seagull United States 1935 322
Dornier Do 22 Germany 1938 30 Finland, Greece, Yugoslavia
Fairey Seafox United Kingdom 1937 66
Fairey Swordfish United Kingdom 1936 2,391
Farman NC.470 France 1938 35
Fiat RS.14 Italy 1941 186
Fokker C.XI-W Netherlands 1935 14
Fokker C.XIV-W Netherlands 1937 24
Fokker T.IV Netherlands 1927 33
Fokker T.VIII Netherlands 1938 36 Germany, United Kingdom
Gourdou-Leseurre GL-810-813 HY France 1930 86
Gourdou-Leseurre GL-832 HY France 1930 22
Heinkel HE 8[notes 9] Germany 1927 22 Denmark
Heinkel He 42 floatplane trainer Germany 1929 Bulgaria
Heinkel He 59 Germany 1935 142 Finland
Heinkel He 60 Germany 1933 361 Bulgaria
Heinkel He 114 Germany 1939 Romania
Heinkel He 115 Germany 1939 138 Finland, Norway, UK
IMAM Ro.43 Italy 1935 193
IMAM Ro.44 Italy 1936 35
Kawanishi E7K Japan 1935 533
Kawanishi N1K floatplane trainer Japan 1944 1,532
Latécoère 290 France 1934 35
Latécoère 298 France 1938 121 Germany
Levasseur PL.15 France 1933 17
Lioré et Olivier LeO H-43 France 1940 21
Lublin R.VIII floatplane trainer Poland 1928 6
Marinens Flyvebaatfabrikk/Høver M.F.8 floatplane trainer Norway 1924 8
Marinens Flyvebaatfabrikk/Høver M.F.10 Norway 1929 4
Marinens Flyvebaatfabrikk/Høver M.F.11 floatplane trainer Norway 1932 29 Finland
Mitsubishi F1M Japan 1941 944
Nakajima A6M2-N Japan 1942 327
Nakajima E8N Japan 1935 755 Thailand
Northrop Delta United States 1936 32 Canada
Northrop N-3PB United States 1940 24 Norway
Rogožarski SIM-XII-H Yugoslavia 1938 9
Rogožarski SIM-XIV-H Yugoslavia 1939 19
VL Sääski floatplane trainer Finland 1928 38
Vought OS2U Kingfisher United States 1938 1,519 Australia, United Kingdom
Watanabe E9W[notes 8] Japan 1938 35
Watanabe K6W/WS-103 Japan 1938 Thailand
Yokosuka E14Y[notes 8] Japan 1941 126
Yokosuka K4Y Japan 1933 211

Transport aircraft

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Transport planes

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Type Origin Introduced Total Operators
Aeronca L-3 United States 1941 Brazil
Airspeed Envoy United Kingdom 1934 52 Finland, South Africa
Arado Ar 232 Germany 1943 20
Armstrong Whitworth Albemarle United Kingdom 1940 602 Soviet Union
AVIA FL.3 Italy 1939 336 Croatia, Germany
Avro 652 United Kingdom 1935 2
Avro Lancastrian United Kingdom 1945 91
Avro York United Kingdom 1944 262
Barkley-Grow T8P-1 United States 1937 11 Canada
Beechcraft 17 Staggerwing/UC-43 Traveler United States 1933 785 Australia, Brazil, Finland, New Zealand, United Kingdom
Beechcraft Model 18/C-45/JRB/Expeditor[notes 10] United States 1937 9,000 Brazil, Canada, France, Philippines, United Kingdom
Bellanca Aircruiser United States 1930 23 Canada, Mexico, Philippines
Beneš-Mráz Be-555 Super Bibi Czechoslovakia 1936 18
Bloch MB.81 ambulance aircraft France 1935 21
Bloch MB.120 mailplane France 1935 11
Boeing 247/UC-73 United States 1933 75 Canada, United Kingdom
Boeing C-75 Stratoliner United States 1940 10
Boeing C-108 Flying Fortress United States 1943 4
Breda Ba.44 Italy 1934 6
Bristol Bombay bomber/transport United Kingdom 1939 51
Bristol Buckingham United Kingdom 1943 119
Budd RB Conestoga United States 1944 20
CAP CAP-4 Paulista Brazil 1935 1,149
Caproni Ca.111 Italy 1932 154
Caproni Ca.133 Italy 1935 506
Caproni Ca.148 Italy 1938 Italy, Germany
Caproni Ca.164 Italy 1938 281 Italy, France
Caudron C.272 France 1931 700
Caudron C.280/C.400/C.410 France 1932 291
Caudron C.440 Goéland France 1934 1,702 France, Belgium, Germany
Caudron C.480 Frégate France 1935 27
Caudron C.600 Aiglon France 1935 203
Caudron C.635 Simoun France 1935 680
Cessna 165 United States 1935 183 Australia, Finland
Consolidated C-87/C-109 Liberator Express United States 1942 287 United Kingdom
Curtiss-Wright C-46/R5C Commando United States 1941 3,181
de Havilland DH.50 United Kingdom 1923 38 Australia
de Havilland DH.60 Moth United Kingdom 1929 Belgium, China, Denmark, Egypt, Iraq, Netherlands, New Zealand, South Africa
de Havilland DH.80 Puss Moth United Kingdom 1930 284 Canada, Iraq, New Zealand
de Havilland DH.83 Fox Moth United Kingdom 1932 155 Australia, New Zealand
de Havilland DH.84 Dragon United Kingdom 1934 202 Denmark, Iraq, New Zealand, Lithuania
de Havilland DH.85 Leopard Moth United Kingdom 1933 133 Australia, Belgium
de Havilland D.H.86 Express United Kingdom 1934 62 Australia, New Zealand
de Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide/Dominie United Kingdom 1934 727 Australia, Belgium, Denmark, Iraq, New Zealand, United States
de Havilland DH.90 Dragonfly United Kingdom 1936 67 Australia, Denmark, Iraq
de Havilland DH.91 Albatross United Kingdom 1938 7
de Havilland DH.94 Moth Minor United Kingdom 1937 140 Australia, New Zealand
de Havilland DH.95 Flamingo United Kingdom 1939 14
Desoutter Mk.II United Kingdom 1941 47 Finland
Douglas C-47/R4D Skytrain/Dakota United States 1941 10,174 Brazil, Canada, France, India, Netherlands, New Zealand, United Kingdom
Douglas C-54/R5D Skymaster United States 1942 1,170 United Kingdom
Douglas DC-2/C-32 United States 1934 198 Australia, Finland, Japan, Netherlands, Soviet Union, United Kingdom
Douglas DC-3 United States 1935 607 Canada, Japan, Soviet Union
Douglas DC-5/C-110/R3D United States 1940 12 Australia, Japan
Fairchild 24 Argus/UC-61 Forwarder United States 1932 2,232 Australia, Brazil, Canada, Thailand, United Kingdom
Fairchild 71 United States 1926 Canada
Fairchild 82 Canada 1935 24 Argentina
Fairchild C-82 Packet United States 1944 223
Fairchild FC-2/51 United States 1926 180 Canada
Fairchild Super 71 Canada 1934 4
Farman F.190 France 1928 158
Farman F.402 France 1934
Farman F.224 France 1932 80
Fiat G.12 Italy 1941 104 Germany, Hungary
Fiat G.18 Italy 1936 9
Fieseler Fi 156 Storch Germany 1936 2,900 Bulgaria, Finland, Hungary, Italy, Slovakia, Yugoslavia
Fleet Freighter Canada 1938 5
Fokker F.VII Netherlands 1925 Finland, Poland
Fokker Super Universal/Nakajima Ki-6/C2N United States 1931 Japan, Manchukuo
Ford Trimotor United States 1926 199 Australia
Foster Wikner Wicko United Kingdom 1936 10 New Zealand
Gotha Go 244 Germany 1942 174
Handley Page Halifax/Halton[notes 11] United Kingdom 1940 6,176
Handley Page Harrow bomber/transport[notes 12] United Kingdom 1937 100 Canada
Hanriot H.182 France 1934 392
Harlow C-80/PJC-2 United States 1937 11 United Kingdom
Heinkel He 116 mailplane Germany 1938 14
Howard UC-70/GH Nightingale United States 1939 520
IMAM Ro.63 Italy 1940 6
Interstate Cadet/L-6 Grasshopper United States 1942 574 Norway
Junkers F 13[notes 13] Germany 1920 322 Finland
Junkers G 24 Germany 1925 115 Greece
Junkers G 31 Germany 1926 13 Australia
Junkers Ju 52 Germany 1932 4,845 Greece, Bulgaria, Norway
Junkers Ju 90 Germany 1938 18
Junkers Ju 252 Germany 1942 15
Junkers Ju 290 Germany 1942 65
Junkers Ju 352 Germany 1944 50
Junkers W 34 & K 43 Germany 1926 Australia, Finland, Norway
Kawanishi H6K2-L/H6K-3/H6K4-L Japan 1936 215
Kawanishi H8K2-L Japan 1941 167
Kawasaki Ki-56 Japan 1940 121
Kokusai Ki-59 Japan 1941 59
Kokusai Ki-76 Japan 1942 937
Laville PS-89 United States 1935 7
Lisunov Li-2 Soviet Union 1939 6,152
Lockheed UC-101 Vega United States 1928 132 Australia
Lockheed 9/UC-85 Orion United States 1931 35
Lockheed 10/C-36 Electra United States 1935 149 Canada, United Kingdom
Lockheed 12/UC-40 Electra Junior United States 1936 130 Canada, Netherlands, United Kingdom
Lockheed 14 Super Electra United States 1937 354 Canada, Japan, South Africa, United Kingdom
Lockheed 18/C-60 Lodestar United States 1937 625 Australia, Brazil, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa, United Kingdom
Lockheed C-69 Constellation United States 1943 22
Lublin R-XVI Poland 1932 7
Messerschmitt Bf 108 Taifun Germany 1934 885 Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Romania, United Kingdom, Yugoslavia
Messerschmitt Me 323 Gigant Germany 1943 198
Miles Falcon United Kingdom 1934 36 Australia
Miles Mentor United Kingdom 1938 45
Miles Merlin United Kingdom 1935 4 Australia
Miles Messenger United States 1942 93
Miles Monarch United States 1938 11
Miles Whitney Straight United Kingdom 1936 50 New Zealand
Mitsubishi G6M1-L2 Japan 1941 30
Mitsubishi K3M Japan 1931 625
Mitsubishi Ki-20 Germany, Japan 1932 6
Mitsubishi Ki-57/L4M Japan 1942 406
Mitsubishi L3Y Japan 1935
Moskalyev SAM-5 Soviet Union 1935 40
Nakajima Ki-4[notes 14] Japan 1934 516 Manchukuo
Nakajima Ki-34/L1N1 Japan 1936 351
Noorduyn Norseman Canada 1935 904 Australia, Brazil, United States
Northrop Delta[notes 5] United States 1933 32 Canada, Australia
Percival Gull United Kingdom 1932 48 New Zealand
Percival Petrel United Kingdom 1937 27
Percival Proctor United Kingdom 1939 1,143
Percival Vega Gull United Kingdom 1935 90 Australia, Belgium, New Zealand
Piper J-3, L-4, O-59 and NE-1 United States 1938 20,219 Brazil
Piper J-4 United States 1938 1,251 United Kingdom
Polikarpov U-2 Soviet Union 1927 20,000
Porterfield 35 United States 1935 240 New Zealand
Potez 29 France 1927 146
Potez 56 France 1934 72
Potez 58 France 1934 202
Potez 62 France 1935
Potez 650 France 1937 15
Putilov Stal-3 Soviet Union 1933 79
PWS-24bis Poland 1933 11 Romania
Rearwin Sportster United States 1935 273 New Zealand, Thailand
RWD 10 Poland 1935 23
RWD 13 Poland 1935 100 Romania
RWD 15 Poland 1937 6 Romania
SAI KZ II Denmark 1937 45
SAIMAN 202 Italy 1939 390 Croatia
Savoia-Marchetti S.73 Italy 1934 53 Belgium, United Kingdom
Savoia-Marchetti S.74 Italy 1934 3
Savoia-Marchetti SM.75 Italy 1938 90 Hungary, Germany
Savoia-Marchetti SM.82 Italy 1940 727 Germany
Savoia-Marchetti S.83 Italy 1938 23 Belgium, Romania
SFCA Taupin France 1936 53
Shcherbakov Shche-2 Soviet Union 1943 550
Short Stirling[notes 11][notes 15] United Kingdom 1943
Showa/Nakajima L2D Japan 1939 487
Siebel Si 204 Germany 1942 1,216
Spartan UC-71 Executive United States 1936 36 Canada, China, United Kingdom
Stinson L-1/O-49 Vigilant United States 1941 324 United Kingdom
Stinson L-5 Sentinel United States 1942 3,590 United Kingdom, United States
Stinson Reliant United States 1933 1,327 Australia, Norway, Philippines, United Kingdom
Stinson Voyager United States 1939 1,052 Canada, France
Tachikawa Ki-54 Japan 1940 1,368
Taylorcraft Auster United Kingdom 1942 1,630 Australia
Taylorcraft D United States 1941 3,170
Taylorcraft L-2 United States 1941 1,984
Tugan Gannet Australia 1935 8
Tupolev ANT-9 Soviet Union 1931 100
Tupolev PS-35 Soviet Union 1937 11
Vickers Type 264 Valentia bomber/transport United Kingdom 1934
Vickers Warwick United Kingdom 1939 114 South Africa
Waco UC-72 (and other Waco variants) United States 1930s 42 Australia, Brazil, New Zealand, Norway, United Kingdom
Yakovlev Yak-6 Soviet Union 1942 381
Yokosuka L3Y Japan 1935

Transport gliders

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Type Origin Introduced Total Operators
Airspeed Horsa United Kingdom 1942 3,655 United States
Antonov A-7 Soviet Union 1942 400
de Havilland Australia DHA-G Australia 1942 8
DFS 230 Germany 1938 1,600
General Aircraft Hamilcar United Kingdom 1942 344
Gotha Go 242 Germany 1941 1,528
Gribovski G-11 Soviet Union 1941 500
Kokusai Ku-8 Japan 1941 700
Kolesnikov-Tsibin KC-20 Soviet Union 1942 68
Maeda Ku-1 Japan 1941 100
Messerschmitt Me 321 Gigant Germany 1941 200
Slingsby Hengist United Kingdom 1942 18
Waco CG-13 United States 1945 135
Waco CG-15 United States 1943 473
Waco CG-3 United States 1942 100
Waco CG-4/Hadrian United States 1942 13,903 United Kingdom

Trainers

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Primary trainers are used for basic flight training while advanced trainers were used for familiarization with the more complex systems and higher speeds of combat aircraft, and for air combat training. Multi-engined trainers were used to prepare pilots for 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 but additional hours at the primary stage made them redundant.

Glider trainers

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Type Origin Introduced Total Operators
DFS SG 38 Schulgleiter primary training glider Germany 1938 10,000 Japan
General Aircraft Hotspur assault glider trainer United Kingdom 1940 1,015
Laister-Kauffman TG-4 United States 1941 153
Slingsby Kirby Cadet United Kingdom 1935 376
Schweizer TG-3 United States 1942 114
Schweizer TG-2/LNS-1 United States 1938 57
Schneider Grunau Baby Germany 1931 6,000 Denmark

Primary trainers

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Type Origin Introduced Total Operators
ANBO V / 51 Lithuania 1931, 1936 15 Soviet Union (several ANBO 51s)
Avro 504 United Kingdom 1913 11,303 Greece, Thailand
Avro 626 United Kingdom 1930 198 Belgium, Canada, Greece, Lithuania, New Zealand
Avro 643 Cadet United Kingdom 1932 104 Australia, China
Avro Tutor United Kingdom 1933 606 Canada, Denmark, Greece
Beneš-Mráz Be-50 Beta-Minor Czechoslovakia 1935 Germany, Slovakia
Blackburn B-2 United Kingdom 1932 42
Boeing-Stearman Model 73/75/PT-13/PT-17/PT-18/NS/N2S Kaydet United States 1934 8,584 Brazil, Canada, China, Philippines
Breda Ba.25 & Ba.28 Italy 1932 766 Hungary, China, Norway
Bücker Bü 131, Ki-86, K9W1 Germany 1935 5,000 Bulgaria, Hungary, Japan, Romania, Yugoslavia
Bücker Bü 181 Germany 1940 3,400 Bulgaria
CAC Wackett Australia 1941 202
Caproni Ca.164 Italy 1938 281 France
Consolidated PT-1 Trusty United States 1921 221 Philippines, Thailand
DAR 9 Siniger Bulgaria 1940 42 Yugoslavia
de Havilland DH.60 Moth United Kingdom 1925 1,535 Australia, Denmark, Finland, Iraq, New Zealand, Norway
de Havilland Tiger Moth[notes 16] United Kingdom 1932 8,868 Australia, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, India, Iraq, New Zealand, Norway
Fairchild PT-19/23/26 Cornell United States 1940 7,700 Brazil, Canada, Norway
Fleet Fawn Canada 1931 71 Brazil
Fleet 10/16/Finch Canada 1939 606 China, Brazil, Romania
Focke-Wulf Fw 44 Germany 1932 1,900 Brazil, Bulgaria, China, Czechoslovakia, Finland, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovakia
Fokker S.IV Netherlands 1924 31
Fokker S.IX Netherlands 1937 50
Gotha Go 145 Germany 1935 1,182
Hanriot H.43 France 1928 160
Hanriot H.16 France 1930 54
Heinkel He 72 Germany 1933 Bulgaria
Kawasaki Army Type 92 Fighter Japan 1930 385
Klemm Kl 25 Germany 1928 720 Norway
Koolhoven F.K.51 Netherlands 1935 142
Letov Š-218 Czechoslovakia 1930 Finland
Meyers OTW CPTP trainer United States 1936 102
Miles Hawk United Kingdom 1933 55 New Zealand
Miles Magister United Kingdom 1937 1,303 Norway
Morane-Saulnier MS.230 France 1930 1,000 Germany, Greece
Morane-Saulnier MS.315 France 1932 356
Mráz Zobor I[3] Slovakia 1942 18
Naval Aircraft Factory N3N Canary United States 1936 997
North American NA-16 United States 1935 1,935 China, Brazil
North American BT-9/BT-14/NJ United States 1936 260
Piper J-4 United States 1938 1,251
Ryan PT-16/20/21/22 Recruit United States 1934 1,568 Australia, Netherlands
RWD 8 Poland 1934 550 Latvia, Romania, Hungary, Yugoslavia
RWD 17 Poland 1938 30 Romania
Polikarpov Po-2 Soviet Union 1929 20,000
Praga E-39 Czechoslovakia 1931 139
PWS-16 Poland 1933 40 Spain
Repülőgépgyár Levente II Hungary 1943 88
SAIMAN 200 Italy 1940 140 Croatia, Germany
Spartan NP-1 United States 1940 201
Tachikawa Ki-9 Japan 1935 2,618
Tachikawa Ki-17 Japan 1936 560
Timm N2T Tutor United States 1943 262
VL Sääski Finland 1928 38
VL Viima Finland 1935 24
Vultee BT-13/15/SNV Valiant United States 1939 9,525 Brazil
Waco UPF-7/PT-14 CPTP trainer United States 1930
Weiss WM-10 Ölyv Hungary 1933 14
Yokosuka K5Y Japan 1934 5,770
Yakovlev UT-2 Soviet Union 1937 7,243
Zlín Z-XII Czechoslovakia 1935 252 Germany, Slovakia, UK, Yugoslavia

Advanced trainers

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Type Origin Introduced Total Operators
Ambrosini S.7 Italy 1943 12
Ambrosini SAI.10 Grifone Italy 1940 10
Arado Ar 65[notes 14] Germany 1931 85
Arado Ar 66 Germany 1933 1,456
Arado Ar 68[notes 14] Germany 1936 511
Arado Ar 96 Germany 1939 2,891 Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania
Avia B.122 Czechoslovakia 1934 Bulgaria, Germany, Romania, Slovakia, Soviet Union
Bücker Bü 133 Germany 1938 250 Hungary, Lithuania, Yugoslavia
CAC Wirraway Australia 1939 755
Kaproni Bulgarski KB-2/3/4/5 Bulgaria 1931
Caudron C.690 France 1939 19
Curtiss-Wright CW-22/SNC Falcon United States 1942 442 Netherlands
Focke-Wulf Fw 56 Germany 1935 1,000
Fokker D.XVII[notes 14] Netherlands 1932 12
Hawker Hart Trainer United Kingdom 1930
I.Ae. 22 DL Argentina 1944 206
IMAM Ro.41 Italy 1935 744
Koolhoven F.K.56 Netherlands 1938 31 Belgium
Messerschmitt Bf 108 Germany 1935 885 Brazil, Bulgaria, China Croatia, Czechoslovakia, France, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Manchukuo, Norway, Poland, Romania, Spain, Switzerland, Soviet Union, United Kingdom, United States, Yugoslavia
Miles Master United Kingdom 1939 3,249
Mitsubishi A5M4-K[notes 17] Japan 1936 1,094
Mitsubishi A6M2-K Zero[notes 17] Japan 1940 517
Morane-Saulnier M.S.225[notes 14] France 1933 75
Muniz M-9 Brazil 1937 56
Mansyu Ki-79 Japan 1937 1,329
Nardi FN.305 Italy 1938 211 Romania, Hungary, France
Nardi FN.316 Italy 1942 49 Germany
Nieuport-Delage NiD 62[notes 14] France 1931
North American NA-16 United States 1935 1,935 France, Germany
North American NA-64 Yale United States 1940 230 Canada, France, Germany
North American P-64[notes 18] United States 1940 13
North American T-6/SNJ Texan/Harvard[notes 5] United States 1935 15,495 Brazil, Canada, India, New Zealand, Norway, United Kingdom
Orlogsværftet O-Maskinen Denmark 1926
Praga BH-41 Czechoslovakia 1931
PTO-4 Estonia 1938 8 Germany
PWS-26 Poland 1937 310 Romania, Germany
Rogožarski PVT Yugoslavia 1934 61
Rogožarski R-100 Yugoslavia 1939 25
Rogožarski SIM-X Yugoslavia 1937 21
Romano R.82 France 1937 180
SET 7 Romania 1931 123
Stampe et Vertongen SV.5 Tornado Belgium 1933 32 Latvia
Tachikawa Ki-55 Japan 1940 1,389 Japan, Thailand
Svenska Aero Jaktfalken Sweden 1930 19 Finland
THK-2 Turkey 1944 6
VEF I-12 Latvia 1935 12
VL Tuisku Finland 1935 31
VL Pyry Finland 1941 41
Yakovlev UT-1 Soviet Union 1936 1,241 China
Zmaj Fizir FN Yugoslavia 1931 210 Croatia, Italy
Zmaj Fizir FP-2 Yugoslavia 1936 81 Croatia, Italy

Bomber trainers, target tugs and misc. trainers

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Type Origin Role Introduced Total Operators
Airspeed Oxford United Kingdom 1937 8,851 Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Norway
Avro 504N United Kingdom target tug 1913; 7 Impressed 1940
Avro Anson T20/T21/T22[notes 5] United Kingdom, Canada 1936 366 Greece, France, United States
Blackburn Botha United Kingdom bomber trainer & target tug 1939
Bristol Buckmaster United Kingdom 1945 112
Beechcraft AT-10 Wichita United States 1942 2,371
Cessna AT-8/AT-17/UC-78/JRC Bobcat/Crane United States 1939 5,422 Brazil, Canada, France
Consolidated AT-22/TB-24 Liberator United States 1943 287
CANT Z.1015 Italy torpedo bomber trainer 1939 660
Curtiss AT-9 United States 1941 792
De Havilland Dominie United Kingdom radio trainer 1940 727
Fairchild AT-21 Gunner United States 1943 175
Fairey IIIF United Kingdom target tug 1926 968
Fairey Battle[notes 14] United Kingdom 1939 2,201 Australia, Canada, South Africa, Greece
Fairey Gordon[notes 14] United Kingdom 1931 186 Australia
Fleet Fort Canada intermediate trainer/radio trainer 1941 101
Focke-Wulf Fw 58 Germany 1937 1,350 Brazil, Bulgaria, Croatia, Finland, Hungary, Netherlands, Romania
Hanriot H.232 France 1940 35 Finland
Hawker Demon United Kingdom target tug 1930 35 Australia
Hawker Henley United Kingdom target tug 1938 202
Kyushu K10W Japan intermediate trainer/target tug 1943 176
Kyushu K11W Japan bomber crew trainer 1943 798
Lockheed AT-18 Hudson United States 1938 217
LWS-6/PZL.30 Żubr[notes 14] Poland 1938 17
Martin AT-23/TB-26 United States 1940 300
Miles Martinet United Kingdom target tug 1942 1,724
Miles Mentor United Kingdom radio trainer 1938 45
Mitsubishi K7M Japan 1931 2
Nardi FN.315 Italy intermediate trainer 1938 33
North American AT-24/TB-25 Mitchell United States 1941 354
Percival Proctor United Kingdom radio trainer 1939 1,143
Potez 56 France crew trainer/target tug 1936 72
Stinson Reliant United States 1933 1,327 United Kingdom
Tachikawa Ki-54 Japan 1941 1,368
Westland Wallace[notes 14] United Kingdom 1933 172
Yokosuka K4Y Japan floatplane trainer 1933 211

Rotorcraft

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Type Origin Role Introduced Total Operators
Cierva C.30 United Kingdom autogyro 1934 148 Belgium, France, Germany
Flettner Fl 282 Germany helicopter 1942 24
Focke-Achgelis Fa 330[notes 8] Germany autogyro kite 1943 200
Focke-Achgelis Fa 223 Drache Germany Helicopter 1942 24 Germany
Kamov A-7 Soviet Union autogyro 1934 7
Kayaba Ka-1 and Ka-2 Japan autogyro 1941 98
Pitcairn PA-39[notes 19] United States autogyro 1940 United Kingdom
Sikorsky R-4 United States helicopter 1944 131 United Kingdom
Sikorsky R-6 United States helicopter 1945 225 United Kingdom

Lighter than air

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Type Origin Role Introduced Total Operators
Goodyear G class blimp United States patrol blimp 1935 10
Goodyear K class blimp United States patrol blimp 1938 132
Goodyear L class blimp United States training blimp 1938 22
Goodyear M class blimp United States patrol blimp 1944 4

Rockets and drones

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Type Origin Role Introduced Total Operators
Aeronautica Lombarda A.R. Italy radio controlled flying bomb 1943
Airspeed AS.30 Queen Wasp United Kingdom target drone 1937 7
Culver PQ-8 United States target drone 1940 600
Culver PQ-14 Cadet United States target drone 1942 2,043
de Havilland DH.82 Queen Bee United Kingdom target drone 1935 412
Fieseler Fi 103R Germany manned missile 1944 175
Henschel Hs 293 Germany guided missile 1943 100
Interstate TDR United States assault drone 1944 195
McDonnell TD2D Katydid United States target drone 1942
Naval Aircraft Factory TDN United States assault drone 1942 104
Naval Aircraft Modification Unit KDN Gorgon United States target drone 1945 19
Radioplane OQ-2 United States target drone 1939 15,000
V-1 Flying Bomb Germany surface to surface cruise missile 1943 5,090
V-2 rocket Germany surface to surface ballistic missile 1944 3,000
Yokosuka MXY7 Ohka Japan manned missile 1945 852

Prototypes

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Prototypes were aircraft that were intended to enter service but did not, either due to changing requirements, failing to meet requirements or other problems. They may not have reached production before the end of the war but may have entered service post-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

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Type Origin Introduced Total Notes
Aeronautica Umbra Trojani AUT.18 Italy 1939 1
Aichi S1A Japan 1945 2 night fighter
Ambrosini SS.4 Italy 1940 1 canard pusher-engine fighter
Ambrosini SAI.107 Italy 1940 14 lightweight fighter
Ambrosini SAI.403 Italy 1943 1 lightweight fighter
Arado Ar 240 Germany 1940 14
Arsenal-Delanne 10 France 1941 1 tandem-wing two-seat fighter
Avia B.35 Czechoslovakia 1938 3
Aviotehas PN-3 Estonia 1939 1
Bachem Ba 349 Natter Germany 1945 36 vertical launch point defence rocket interceptor
Bell XP-77 United States 1944 2 lightweight fighter
Bell XP-83 United States 1945 2 jet fighter
Bell YFM-1 Airacuda[notes 2] flying cruiser United States 1940 13
Bereznyak-Isayev BI-1 Soviet Union 1942 9 rocket fighter
Blohm & Voss BV 155 Germany 1944 3 high-altitude fighter
Boeing XF8B United States 1944 3
Boeing YB-40 Flying Fortress United States 1943 25 bomber escort gunship
Borovkov-Florov I-207 Soviet Union 1937 5 cantilever-wing biplane fighter
Boulton Paul P.92 United Kingdom 1937 1 turret fighter
Canadian Car and Foundry FDB-1 Canada 1938 1 biplane fighter
Caproni Ca.335/SABCA S.47 Italy 1939 1 for Belgium
Caproni Vizzola F.4 Italy 1940 1
Caproni Vizzola F.5 Italy 1939 14
Caproni Vizzola F.6 Italy 1941 2
Chu XP-0 China 1943 1
Consolidated XB-41 Liberator United States 1942 1 bomber escort gunship
Consolidated Vultee XP-81 United States 1945 2
Curtiss XF14C United States 1944 1 naval fighter with liquid-cooled engine
Curtiss XF15C United States 1945 3 inspired by the FR-1 Fireball
Curtiss YP-37 United States 1937 14
Curtiss XP-42 United States 1939 1
Curtiss XP-46 United States 1941 2
Curtiss XP-53/YP-60 United States 1942 6
Curtiss XP-62 United States 1943 1
Curtiss-Wright XP-55 Ascender United States 1943 3 canard pusher-engine fighter
De Havilland Hornet United Kingdom 1944 383 twin engined fighter, entered service post-war
de Havilland Vampire United Kingdom 1943 3,268 jet fighter entered service post-war
Fokker D.XXIII Netherlands 1939 1 push/pull twin-engine fighter
Fiat G.56 Italy 1944 2
Fisher P-75 Eagle United States 1943 14
Gloster F.5/34 United Kingdom 1937 2 No longer flying by 1941
Gloster F.9/37 United Kingdom 1939 1 heavy fighter
Grumman XF5F Skyrocket United States 1940 1
Grumman XP-50 United States 1941 1
Hawker Fury/Sea Fury United Kingdom 1944 864 entered service post-war
Hawker Hotspur United Kingdom 1938 1 redesign of Hawker Henley as turret fighter
Hawker Tornado United Kingdom 1939 4 Rolls-Royce Vulture powered equivalent of Hawker Typhoon
Heinkel He 280 Germany 1940 9
Henschel Hs 132 Germany 1945 4 prone pilot jet fighter/dive bomber
Horten Ho 229 Germany 1944 3 jet flying wing fighter
Hughes D-2 United States 1943 1
IMAM Ro.58 Italy 1942 1
Kawasaki Ki-60 Japan 1941 3
Kawasaki Ki-64 Japan 1943 1
Kawasaki Ki-96 Japan 1943 3
Koolhoven F.K.55 Netherlands 1938 1 buried-engine fighter
Kyushu J7W Japan 1945 2 canard pusher-engine fighter
Lockheed XP-49 United States 1942 1
Lockheed XP-58 Chain Lightning United States 1944 1
Macchi C.201 Italy 1940 2
Martin-Baker MB 2 United Kingdom 1938 1
Martin-Baker MB 3 United Kingdom 1942 1
Martin-Baker MB 5 United Kingdom 1944 1
McDonnell FD Phantom United States 1945 62 naval jet fighter
McDonnell XP-67 Bat United States 1944 1
Messerschmitt Me 209 Germany 1938 4 racer/fighter
Messerschmitt Me 309 Germany 1942 4
Messerschmitt Me 328 Germany 1944 9 pulse jet fighter
Mikoyan-Gurevich I-250 Soviet Union 1945 12 mixed-power fighter
Miles M.20 United Kingdom 1940 2 emergency fighter
Mitsubishi A7M Japan 1944 9 upgraded A6M
Mitsubishi J8M Japan 1944 7 rocket-propelled interceptor
Moskalyev SAM-13 Soviet Union 1940 1
Nakajima Ki-12 Japan 1936 V12 fighter
Nakajima Kikka Japan 1945 1 jet fighter
Nikitin IS-1 Soviet Union 1941 2
North American P-82 Twin Mustang United States 1945 272
Northrop XP-56 Black Bullet United States 1943 2 tailless pusher fighter
Piaggio P.119 Italy 1942 1 buried radial-engine fighter
Polikarpov I-185 Soviet Union 1941 5
Polikarpov ITP Soviet Union 1942 2
Polikarpov TIS Soviet Union 1941 2
Prajadhipok Siam 1929 1 Thailand (formerly Siam)
PZL.38 Wilk Poland 1938 2
PZL.50 Jastrząb Poland 1939 1
Reggiane Re.2006 Italy n/a 1 completed but not flown
Renard R-36/R-37/R-38 Belgium 1938 1
Republic XP-69/XP-72 United States 1943 2
Savoia-Marchetti SM.88 Italy 1939 1 heavy fighter
Savoia-Marchetti SM.91 Italy 1943 2 heavy fighter
Savoia-Marchetti SM.92 Italy 1943 1 heavy fighter
SNCAO 200 France 1939 1
SNCASE SE.100 France 1939 1
Sukhoi Su-5 Soviet Union 1945 1 mixed-power fighter
Sukhoi Su-7 Soviet Union 1944 1 high-altitude interceptor
Tachikawa Ki-106 Japan 1945 3
Varga RMI-1 X/H Hungary n/a 1 world's first turboprop aircraft, twin-engine fighter bomber, completed but not flown, destroyed by bombing raids before first flight
VEF I-16 Latvia 1939 1 lightweight fighter
Vickers Type 432 United Kingdom 1942 1 high-altitude heavy fighter
VL Humu Finland 1944 1
VL Pyörremyrsky Finland 1945 1
Vultee XP-54 United States 1943 2 high-altitude interceptor
Weiss Manfréd WM-23 Ezüst Nyíl Hungary 1941 1

Bomber and attack aircraft prototypes

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Type Origin Introduced Total Notes
Aero A.300 Czechoslovakia 1938
ANBO VIII Lithuania 1939 1
Avia B-158 Czechoslovakia 1938 1
Avro Lincoln United Kingdom 1944 604 Type entered service in 1945 after end of war
Beechcraft XA-38 Grizzly United States 1944 2
Blackburn Firebrand United Kingdom 1942 223 Type entered service in 1945 after end of war
Bloch MB.162 France 1940 1
Boeing XB-15 United States 1937 1 Single large long range bomber prototype,converted to transport (as XC-105) during war
Boeing XB-38 Flying Fortress United States 1943 1 alternative engine for B-17 Flying Fortress
Boeing XB-39 Superfortress United States 1944 1 alternative engine for B-29 project
Boeing XB-44 Superfortress United States 1945 1 development of B-50 Superfortress
Breguet 462 France 1936 5 Modernised version of Breguet 460 Vultur. Two served in Vichy France
Breda Ba.75 Italy 1939 1
Breda Ba.201 Italy 1941 2
Brewster XA-32 United States 1943 2
Bristol Brigand United Kingdom 1944 147 entered service 1946
CAC Woomera Australia 1941 2
CANSA FC.12 Italy 1940 11
CANSA FC.20 Italy 1941 6
CANT Z.1011 Italy 1936 6
CANT Z.1018 Italy 1939 15
Caproni Ca.355 Italy 1941 1
Caudron C.670 Typhon France 1935 10 one light bomber prototype (derived from C.640 high speed postal carrier)
DAR 10 Bulgaria 1939 2
Dornier Do 19 Germany 1936 3 cancelled heavy bomber, possibly used as transport
Dornier Do 317 Germany 1943 6 heavy bomber
Douglas AD Skyraider United States 1945 3,180 torpedo/dive bomber
Douglas BTD Destroyer United States 1944 30
Douglas XB-19 United States 1941 1 single aircraft to same specification as Boeing XB-15
Douglas XA-42 Mixmaster United States 1944 2 buried engines driving pusher propeller in tail
Douglas XTB2D Skypirate United States 1945 2 intended successor of the Douglas Devastator
Fairey Spearfish United Kingdom 1945 5
Fiat AS.14 Italy 1943 186
Focke-Wulf Fw 191 Germany 1942 3 heavy bomber
Fokker T.IX Netherlands 1939 1
Heinkel He 119 Germany 1937 8 unarmed reconnaissance bomber
Heinkel He 274 Germany 1945 2 high-altitude bomber
Henschel Hs 130 Germany 1940 high-altitude bomber
IAR 47 Romania 1942 2
Junkers Ju 287 Germany 1944 2
Junkers Ju 288 Germany 1940 22 bomber
Kaiser-Fleetwings XBTK United States 1945 5 dive and torpedo bomber
Latécoère 299 France 1939 121 carrier-based Latécoère 298
Letov Š-50 Czechoslovakia 1938 1
Lockheed XP2V-1 Neptune United States 1945 1,177 anti-submarine aircraft
Messerschmitt Me 261 Germany 1940 3 maritime reconnaissance
Messerschmitt Me 264 Germany 1942 3 4-engine Amerika bomber
Nakajima G5N Japan 1941 6
Nakajima G8N Japan 1944 4
North American XB-28 Dragon United States 1942 2 high-altitude medium bomber
Piaggio P.50 Italy 1937 3
Polikarpov NB Soviet Union 1944 1
PZL.42 Poland 1936
PZL.46 Sum Poland 1939 2
Reggiane Re.2003 Italy 1941 1
Rikugun Ki-93 Japan 1945 1
Savoia-Marchetti SM.86 Italy 1940 34
Savoia-Marchetti SM.89 Italy 1942 1
Savoia-Marchetti SM.93 Italy 1944 1
SNCAO CAO.600 France 1940 1
Stearman XA-21 United States 1938 1 twin engine attack aircraft (light bomber)
Sukhoi Su-6 Soviet Union 1941 3
Supermarine Type 322 United Kingdom 1943 2 Naval torpedo/dive bomber, reconnaissance aircraft
Tachikawa Ki-74 Japan 1944 16
Vickers Windsor United Kingdom 1943 3 High-altitude heavy bomber with a pressurised crew compartment
Vultee XA-41 United States 1944 1
Zmaj R-1 Yugoslavia 1940 1

Transport prototypes

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Type Origin Introduced Total Notes
Blohm & Voss BV 144 Germany 1944 2 built in France
Boeing 367 YC-97 Stratofreighter United States 1944 77 based on B-29, entered service in 1947
Burnelli UB-14/Cunliffe-Owen Clyde Clipper United States 1939 3 prototype used by UK and France
Consolidated R2Y United States 1944 1 PB4Y-2 with new fuselage
Curtiss-Wright C-76 Caravan United States 1943 255 wood transport with nose doors
Junkers Ju 390 Germany 1943 2 heavy transport and maritime patrol
Kokusai Ki-105 Japan 1945 2 fuel transport
Lockheed L-049 Constellation United States 1944 88 civil version of the C-69
LWS-2 Poland 1937 1 medical transport
Martin 156 Soviet Union 1940 1 Russian-built seaplane airliner
Praga E-210 Czechoslovakia 1937 1
Savoia-Marchetti SM.95 Italy 1943 20
SNCASE Languedoc France 1939 100
Stout XC-107 United States 1941 4 flying car evaluated by USAAF
Tachikawa Ki-77 Japan 1942 2 very long-range transport
Tachikawa Ki-92 Japan 1945 1 troop/cargo transport

Glider prototypes

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Type Origin Introduced Total Notes
Aeronautica Lombarda AL-12P Italy 1943 16
Allied Aviation XLRA United States 1943 2 seaplane glider
Antonov A-40 Soviet Union 1942 1
AVIA LM.02 Italy 1942 bomber glider
Baynes Bat United Kingdom 1943 7 experimental tailless glider
Blohm & Voss BV 40 Germany 1944 2 interceptor glider
Bristol XLRQ United States 1943 3 seaplane glider
CAT TM-2 Italy 1943 2
Chase YCG-14 United States 1945 2
Cornelius XFG-1 United States 1944 1
DFS 331 Germany 1942
Frankfort TG-1 United States 1940 43
General Airborne Transport XCG-16 United States 1943 16
Gotha Ka 430 Germany 1943 12
Horten H.IV Germany 1941 4 flying wing glider
Horten H.V Germany 1937 2
I.Ae. 25 Mañque Argentina 1945 1
Junkers Ju 322 Germany 1941 2
Kokusai Ku-7 Japan 1942 2
Laister-Kauffman XCG-10 United States 1942 5
Maeda Ku-6 Japan 1945 1
Pratt-Read TG-32 United States 1940 75
Polikarpov BDP Soviet Union 1943 2
Slingsby T.20 United Kingdom 1944 1
St. Louis CG-5 United States 1942 1
Yokosuka MXY5 Japan 1942 12

Trainer prototypes

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Type Origin Introduced Total Notes
Airspeed Cambridge United Kingdom 1941 2 advanced trainer
Boeing XAT-15 United States 1942 2
CAT QR.14 Italy 1943
de Havilland Don United Kingdom 1938 30
Fleetwings BT-12 United States 1942 25
General Aircraft Cagnet United Kingdom 1939 1
General Aircraft Cygnet United Kingdom 1937 11
General Aircraft Owlet United Kingdom 1942 1
Heston T.1/37 United Kingdom 1938 1
Ikarus Aero 2 Yugoslavia 1940 248
Ikarus MM-2 Yugoslavia 1941 1
Marinens Flyvebaatfabrikk/Høver M.F.12 Norway 1939 4 floatplane trainer
Miles M.15 United Kingdom 1938 2
Miles Kestrel United Kingdom 1937 1
Miles Mercury United Kingdom 1941 6
Miles Monitor United Kingdom 1944 22 target tug
Parnall 382 United Kingdom 1939 1
PWS-33 Wyżeł Poland 1938 2 twin-engine trainer
PWS-35 Ogar Poland 1938 2
Reid and Sigrist R.S.1 United Kingdom 1939 1 twin-engine trainer
Reid and Sigrist R.S.3 United Kingdom 1945 1 twin-engine trainer
Rogozarski SIM-XI Yugoslavia 1938 1
St. Louis YPT-15 United States 1940 14 primary trainer
Stampe SV.4 Belgium 1933 1,050 biplane trainer, flown before war, not used until after
Stearman XBT-17 United States 1942 1 monoplane trainer
Yakovlev Yak-5 Soviet Union 1944 1
Yokosuka D3Y Japan 1945 5 bomber trainer

Rotorcraft prototypes

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Type Origin Introduced Total Notes
Breguet-Dorand Gyroplane Laboratoire France 1935 1 Helicopter
Dorand G.20 France n/a Helicopter
Focke-Achgelis Fa 223 Germany 1942 20 twin rotor transport helicopter
Focke-Achgelis Fa 225 Germany 1942 1 rotary wing glider
Hafner Rotabuggy United Kingdom 1943 1 towed autogyro jeep
Higgins EB-1 United States 1943 1 Helicopter
Kellett KD-1/XO-60/YO-60 United States 1934 autogyro
Landgraf H-2 United States 1944 1 helicopter
McDonnell XHJH Whirlaway United States 1944 1 helicopter
Piaggio-D'Ascanio PD3 Italy 1942 helicopter
Piasecki HRP Rescuer United States 1945 28 helicopter
Platt-LePage XR-1 United States 1941 2 helicopter
Vought-Sikorsky VS-300 United States 1939 amphibious helicopter

Missile prototypes

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Type Origin Introduced Total Notes
Blohm & Voss BV 143 Germany 1941 157 anti-ship missile
Blohm & Voss BV 246 Germany 1943 1,000 Hagelkorn guided glide bomb
EMW C2 Wasserfall Germany 1943 guided surface-to-air missile developed from V-2
Fletcher PQ-11 United States 1941 11 target drone/glide bomb
McDonnell LBD Gargoyle United States 1945 200 air-to-surface missile
Mistel Germany 1943 250 large air-to-surface missile with parasite guidance aircraft
Northrop JB-1 Bat United States 1944 surface-to-surface missile
Republic-Ford JB-2 United States 1944 1,391 surface-to-surface missile (V-1 copy)
Rheinmetall-Borsig Feuerlilie Germany 1943 surface-to-air missile
Ruhrstahl X-4 Germany 1944 air-to-air missile

Miscellaneous prototypes

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Type Origin Introduced Total Notes
Airspeed Fleet Shadower United Kingdom 1940 1 low speed shipborne aircraft for tracking enemy fleet visually
AVIS C.4 Italy 1940 1 liaison
Bestetti Nardie BN.1 Italy 1940 racer/fighter/liaison
Blackburn B-20 United Kingdom 1940 1 seaplane with retractable hull
Bloch MB.480 France 1939 2 floatplane
Blohm & Voss BV 141 Germany 1938 28 asymmetrical tactical reconnaissance aircraft
Blohm & Voss BV 238 Germany 1944 1 large transport flying boat
Boeing XPBB Sea Ranger United States 1942 1 patrol seaplane
CANT Z.511 Italy 1940 2 transport/bomber floatplane
CANT Z.516 Italy 1940 1 bomber floatplane
Caproni Ca.316 Italy 1940 14 floatplane
Caproni Ca.331 Italy 1940 3 reconnaissance aircraft, bomber, and night fighter
Consolidated XP4Y Corregidor United States 1939 1 patrol seaplane
DFS 228 Germany 1944 2 high-altitude manned reconnaissance rocket
ERCO Ercoupe YO-55 United States 1940 5,685 JATO tests
Fairchild XBQ-3 United States 1944 2 assault drone
Fleetwings XBQ-2 United States 1943 1 assault drone
General Aircraft Fleet Shadower United Kingdom 1940 1 low-speed shipborne aircraft for tracking enemy vessels
Kawanishi E15K Japan 1941 15 reconnaissance floatplane
Kobeseiko Te-Gō Japan 1943 1 STOL spotter/liaison
Koolhoven F.K.49 Netherlands 1935 4 photo survey
Loire-Nieuport 10 France 1939 1 patrol floatplane
LWS-3 Mewa Poland 1938 30 army cooperation
Nakajima Ki-115 Japan 1945 104 kamikaze aircraft
Nihon L7P Japan 1942 1 transport amphibian
Nikol A-2 Poland 1939 1 seaplane trainer
Potez-CAMS 141 France 1938 1 long range reconnaissance flying boat
Praga E-51 Czechoslovakia 1938 1 tactical reconnaissance
SFAN 11 France 1940 1 liaison
Short Seaford United Kingdom 1944 10 improved Sunderland, trials only
Short Shetland United Kingdom 1944 2 long range reconnaissance flying boat
SNCAC NC.4-10 France 1939 1 floatplane bomber/torpedo bomber
SNCAO 30 France 1938 2 seaplane trainer
Tachikawa Ki-70 Japan 1943 3 high-speed photo reconnaissance aircraft
Tupolev MTB-2 Soviet Union 1937 2 four-engine flying boat, cancelled after German invasion
Zveno SPB Soviet Union 1938 2-5 parasite fighters carried by bomber

Experimental aircraft

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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

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Type Origin Introduced Total Notes
Armstrong Whitworth A.W.52 United States 1945 2 flying wing
Bell 30 United States 1943 3 experimental helicopter
Cierva W.9 United Kingdom 1945 experimental helicopter
DFS 40 Germany 1939 1 tailless aircraft
DFS 194 Germany 1940 1 aerodynamic testbed for Messerschmitt Me 163
Flettner Fl 265 Germany 1939 6 intermesh rotor helicopter
Göppingen Gö 9 Germany 1941 1 tail mounted propeller testbed
Handley Page Manx United Kingdom 1943 1 tailless aircraft
Hiller XH-44 United States 1944 coaxial rotor helicopter
Hillson Bi-mono United States 1941 1 slip wing testbed
Kayaba Ku-2 Japan 1940 1 tailless glider
Kayaba Ku-3 Japan 1941 1 tailless glider
Kawasaki Ki-78 Japan 1942 1 high speed flight
Kellett XR-8 United States 1944 2 intermesh rotor helicopter
Lippisch DM-1 Germany 1944 1 delta-wing glider
Martin 162A Tadpole Clipper United States 1937 1,366 half scale flyingboat
Miles M.30 United Kingdom 1942 1 blended wing
Miles M.35 Libellula United Kingdom 1942 1 tandem wing
Miles M.39B Libellula United Kingdom 1943 1 tandem wing/canard
Northrop N-1M United States 1941 1 flying wing
Northrop N-9M United States 1942 4 flying wing
Payen PA-22 France 1942 1 delta and tandem-wing
Piasecki PV-2 United States 1943 1 helicopter
Saro Shrimp United Kingdom 1939 1 half sized flying boat
Tachikawa SS-1 Japan 1943 354 high altitude research, pressurized cabin
Vought V-173 United States 1942 1 aerodynamic testbed for Vought XF5U which never flew
Yokosuka MXY6 Japan 1943 2 aerodynamic testbed for Kyushu J7W
Yokosuka MXY8/Ku-13 Japan 1945 aerodynamic testbed for Mitsubishi J8M rocket interceptor

Engine research

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Type Origin Introduced Total Notes
Caproni Campini N.1 Italy 1940 2 jet engine testbed
Folland Fo.108 United Kingdom 1940 12 piston engine testbed
Gloster E.28/39 United Kingdom 1941 2 jet engine testbed
Heinkel He 176 Germany 1939 1 rocket engine testbed
Heinkel He 178 Germany 1939 1 jet engine testbed

Misc research

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Type Origin Introduced Total Notes
Akaflieg Berlin B 9 Germany 1944 1 prone pilot research
Heinkel He 119 Germany 1937 8 streamlining
Piaggio P.111 Italy 1941 1 high altitude research

See also

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References

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Notes

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  1. ^ Transport version only
  2. ^ a b Retired 1942
  3. ^ Retired by US before war
  4. ^ Obsolete fighter used for reconnaissance
  5. ^ a b c d e Also built in Canada
  6. ^ a b Prototype used operationally
  7. ^ Not used by France during the war
  8. ^ a b c d e f Submarine-borne aircraft
  9. ^ Not used by Germany
  10. ^ Also used as a trainer and photo reconnaissance.
  11. ^ a b Later versions built as transports
  12. ^ RCAF bought 2 ex-inflight refuelling aircraft
  13. ^ Retired by Germany before war
  14. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Obsolete aircraft used for training
  15. ^ Paratroop transport and glider tug
  16. ^ Built in Canada & elsewhere
  17. ^ a b Variant specifically built as a trainer
  18. ^ Ordered by Thailand, disarmed and impressed as trainer
  19. ^ Not used by US

Citations

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  1. ^ Thornburg, Chris (3 December 2006). "World Air Forces - Historical Listings Netherlands (NET)". Archived from the original on 25 January 2012. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
  2. ^ Thornburg, Chris (3 December 2006). "World Air Forces - Historical Listings Thailand (THL)". Archived from the original on 25 January 2012. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
  3. ^ "Mráz Zobor I". Slovakaf (in Slovak). Archived from the original on 2013-01-14. Retrieved 2012-06-26.

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