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 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

Biplane fighters

Aircraft Year Built Origin Operators
Armstrong Whitworth Scimitar 1936 6 United Kingdom Norway (4 as trainers)
Avia B-534 1935 568 Czechoslovakia Bulgaria, Germany, Greece, Slovakia
Avia BH-33 1927 180 Czechoslovakia[a] Poland[a] Yugoslavia
Blériot-SPAD S.510 1936 61 France
Boeing P-12 1930 586 United States Brazil, China, Philippines, Thailand
Bristol Bulldog 1929 443 United Kingdom[a] Denmark, Finland
Curtiss F11C Goshawk 1932 30 United States China
Curtiss BF2C Goshawk 1933 166 United States China, Thailand
Fairey Firefly IIM 1929 91 United Kingdom[a] Belgium
Fiat CR.30 1932 176 Italy Austria, China, Germany, Hungary, Italy
Fiat CR.32 1934 1,052 Italy Hungary, China
Fiat CR.42 Falco 1939 1,817 Italy Hungary, Belgium, Germany, Croatia
Gloster Gamecock 1926 108 United Kingdom[a] Finland
Gloster Gauntlet 1935 246 United Kingdom Denmark, Finland
Gloster Gladiator 1937 747 United Kingdom Belgium, Finland, Greece, Iraq, Lithuania, Norway
Grumman FF 1933 116 United States[a] Canada
Grumman F2F 1935 55 United States[a]
Grumman F3F 1936 147 United States[a]
Hawker Demon 1933 305 United Kingdom Australia
Hawker Fury 1931 275 United Kingdom[a] Yugoslavia, South Africa
Hawker Nimrod 1933 92 United Kingdom[a] Denmark
Heinkel He 51 1935 700 Germany[a] Bulgaria
IMAM Ro.44 1937 35 Italy
Kawasaki Ki-10 1935 588 Japan
Kochyerigin DI-6 1934 222 Soviet Union
Koolhoven F.K.52 1939 6 Netherlands Finland (2 aircraft)
Polikarpov I-5 1931 803 Soviet Union
Polikarpov I-15 1934 3,313 Soviet Union China, Finland
Polikarpov I-153 1939 3,437 Soviet Union 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

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

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

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

Aircraft Year Built Origin Operators
Blackburn Roc 1939 136 United Kingdom
Blackburn Skua 1938 192 United Kingdom
Boulton Paul Defiant 1939 1,064 United Kingdom Canada, Polish exile forces
Bristol Beaufighter 1940 5,928 United Kingdom Australia, Canada, South Africa, United States
Bristol Blenheim 1937 4,422 United Kingdom Canada
de Havilland Mosquito 1941 7,781 United Kingdom Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United States
Dornier Do 215 1939 105 Germany Hungary
Dornier Do 217 1941 1,925 Germany Italy
Dornier Do 335 1944 37 Germany
Douglas P-70 Havoc 1941 7,478[a] United States United Kingdom
Fairey Firefly 1941 1,072 United Kingdom
Fairey Fulmar 1940 600 United Kingdom
Focke-Wulf Ta 154 1944 1,925 Germany
Fokker G.I 1939 63 Netherlands
Grumman F7F Tigercat 1944 364 United States
Heinkel He 219 1943 300 Germany
IMAM Ro.57 1943 51 Italy
Junkers Ju 88 1940 15,183 Germany
Junkers Ju 388 1944 100~ Germany
Kawasaki Ki-45 1942 1,701 Japan
Kawasaki Ki-102 1945 238 Japan
Lockheed P-38 Lightning 1941 10,037 United States China
Messerschmitt Bf 110 1937 6,170 Germany Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Iraq, Romania
Messerschmitt Me 210 1943 357 Germany Hungary
Messerschmitt Me 410 1943 1,189 Germany Hungary
Mitsubishi Ki-109 1945 22 Japan
Nakajima J1N 1942 479 Japan
Northrop P-61 Black Widow 1944 706 United States
Petlyakov Pe-3 1941 360 Soviet Union Finland
Potez 630 1938 1,395 France Greece, Romania
Westland Welkin 1944 77 United Kingdom
Westland Whirlwind 1940 114 United Kingdom

Jet- and rocket- propelled fighters

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

Bomber and attack aircraft

Heavy and strategic bombers

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

Medium bombers and maritime patrol

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

Light bombers, ground attack, tactical reconnaissance and observation aircraft

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

Carrier-based naval bombers

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

Strategic and photo-reconnaissance aircraft

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

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

Seaplanes

Flying boats

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

Floatplanes

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

Transport aircraft

Transport planes

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

Transport gliders

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

Trainers

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

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

Primary trainers

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

Advanced trainers

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

Bomber trainers, target tugs and misc. trainers

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

Rotorcraft

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

Lighter than air

Aircraft Type Year Built Origin Operators
Goodyear G class blimp patrol blimp 1935 10 United States
Goodyear K class blimp patrol blimp 1938 132 United States
Goodyear L class blimp training blimp 1938 22 United States
Goodyear M class blimp patrol blimp 1944 4 United States

Rockets and drones

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

Prototypes

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

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

Bomber and attack aircraft prototypes

Name of aircraft Year
first flight
Country of origin Notes
Aero A.300 1938 Czechoslovakia
ANBO VIII 1939 Lithuania
Avia B-158 1938 Czechoslovakia
Avro Lincoln 1944 UK Type entered service in 1945 after end of war
Beechcraft XA-38 Grizzly 1944 US
Blackburn Firebrand 1942 UK Type entered service in 1945 after end of war
Bloch MB.162 1940 France
Boeing XB-15 1937 US Single large long range bomber prototype,converted to transport (as XC-105) during war
Boeing XB-38 Flying Fortress 1943 US alternative engine for B-17 Flying Fortress
Boeing XB-39 Superfortress 1944 US alternative engine for B-29 project
Boeing XB-44 Superfortress 1945 US development of B-50 Superfortress
Breguet 462 1936 France Modernised version of Breguet 460 Vultur. Two served in Vichy France
Breda Ba.75 1939 Italy
Breda Ba.201 1941 Italy
Brewster XA-32 1943 US
Bristol Brigand 1944 UK entered service 1946
CAC Woomera 1941 Australia
CANSA FC.12 1940 Italy
CANSA FC.20 1941 Italy
CANT Z.1011 1936 Italy
CANT Z.1018 1939 Italy
Caproni Ca.355 1941 Italy
Caudron C.670 Typhon 1935 France one light bomber prototype (derived from C.640 high speed postal carrier)
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 US torpedo/dive bomber
Douglas BTD Destroyer 1944 US
Douglas XB-19 1941 US single aircraft to same specification as Boeing XB-15
Douglas XA-42 Mixmaster 1944 US buried engines driving pusher propeller in tail
Douglas XTB2D Skypirate 1945 US intended successor of the Douglas Devastator
Fairey Spearfish 1945 UK
Fiat AS.14 1943 Italy
Focke-Wulf Fw 191 1942 Germany heavy bomber
Fokker T.IX 1939 Netherlands
Heinkel He 119 1937 Germany unarmed reconnaissance bomber
Heinkel He 274 1945 Germany high-altitude bomber
Henschel Hs 130 1940 Germany high-altitude bomber
IAR 47 1942 Romania
Junkers Ju 287 1944 Germany
Junkers Ju 288 1940 Germany bomber
Kaiser-Fleetwings XBTK 1945 US dive and torpedo bomber
Latécoère 299 1939 France carrier-based Latécoère 298
Letov Š-50 1938 Czechoslovakia
Lockheed XP2V-1 Neptune 1945 US anti-submarine aircraft
Messerschmitt Me 261 1940 Germany maritime reconnaissance
Messerschmitt Me 264 1942 Germany 4-engine Amerika bomber
Nakajima G5N 1941 Japan
Nakajima G8N 1944 Japan
North American XB-28 Dragon 1942 US high-altitude medium bomber
Piaggio P.50 1937 Italy
Polikarpov NB 1944 USSR
PZL.42 1936 Poland
PZL.46 Sum 1939 Poland
Reggiane Re.2003 1941 Italy
Rikugun Ki-93 1945 Japan
Savoia-Marchetti SM.86 1940 Italy
Savoia-Marchetti SM.89 1942 Italy
Savoia-Marchetti SM.93 1944 Italy
SNCAO CAO.600 1940 France
Stearman XA-21 1938 US twin engine attack aircraft (light bomber)
Sukhoi Su-6 1941 USSR
Supermarine Type 322 1943 UK Naval torpedo/dive bomber, reconnaissance aircraft
Tachikawa Ki-74 1944 Japan
Vickers Windsor 1943 UK High-altitude heavy bomber with a pressurised crew compartment
Vultee XA-41 1944 US
Zmaj R-1 1940 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 US based on B-29, entered service in 1947
Burnelli UB-14/Cunliffe-Owen Clyde Clipper 1939 US prototype used by UK and France
Consolidated R2Y 1944 US PB4Y-2 with new fuselage
Curtiss-Wright C-76 Caravan 1943 US wood transport with nose doors
Junkers Ju 390 1943 Germany heavy transport and maritime patrol
Kokusai Ki-105 1945 Japan fuel transport
Lockheed L-049 Constellation 1944 US civil version of the C-69
LWS-2 1937 Poland medical transport
Martin 156 1940 USSR Russian-built seaplane airliner
Praga E-210 1937 Czechoslovakia
Savoia-Marchetti SM.95 1943 Italy
SNCASE Languedoc 1939 France
Stout XC-107 1941 US flying car evaluated by USAAF
Tachikawa Ki-77 1942 Japan very long-range transport
Tachikawa Ki-92 1945 Japan troop/cargo transport

Glider prototypes

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

Trainer prototypes

Name of aircraft Year
first flight
Country of origin Notes
Airspeed Cambridge 1941 UK advanced trainer
Boeing XAT-15 1942 US
CAT QR.14 1943 Italy
de Havilland Don 1938 UK
Fleetwings BT-12 1942 US
General Aircraft Cagnet 1939 UK
General Aircraft Cygnet 1937 UK
General Aircraft Owlet 1942 UK
Heston T.1/37 1938 UK
Ikarus Aero 2 1940 Yugoslavia
Ikarus MM-2 1941 Yugoslavia
Marinens Flyvebaatfabrikk/Høver M.F.12 1939 Norway floatplane trainer
Miles M.15 1938 UK
Miles Kestrel 1937 UK
Miles Mercury 1941 UK
Miles Monitor 1944 UK target tug
Parnall 382 1939 UK
PWS-33 Wyżeł 1938 Poland twin-engine trainer
PWS-35 Ogar 1938 Poland
Reid and Sigrist R.S.1 1939 UK twin-engine trainer
Reid and Sigrist R.S.3 1945 UK twin-engine trainer
Rogozarski SIM-XI 1938 Yugoslavia
St. Louis YPT-15 1940 US primary trainer
Stampe SV.4 1933 Belgium biplane trainer, flown before war, not used until after
Stearman XBT-17 1942 US monoplane trainer
Yakovlev Yak-5 1944 USSR
Yokosuka D3Y 1945 Japan bomber trainer

Rotorcraft prototypes

Name of aircraft Year
first flight
Country of origin Notes
Breguet-Dorand Gyroplane Laboratoire 1935 France Helicopter
Dorand G.20 n/a France Helicopter
Focke-Achgelis Fa 223 1942 Germany twin rotor transport helicopter
Focke-Achgelis Fa 225 1942 Germany rotary wing glider
Hafner Rotabuggy 1943 UK towed autogyro jeep
Higgins EB-1 1943 US Helicopter
Kellett KD-1/XO-60/YO-60 1934 US autogyro
Landgraf H-2 1944 US helicopter
McDonnell XHJH Whirlaway 1944 US helicopter
Piaggio-D'Ascanio PD3 1942 Italy helicopter
Piasecki HRP Rescuer 1945 US helicopter
Platt-LePage XR-1 1941 US helicopter
Vought-Sikorsky VS-300 1939 US amphibious 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 US target drone/glide bomb
McDonnell LBD Gargoyle 1945 US air-to-surface missile
Mistel 1943 Germany large air-to-surface missile with parasite guidance aircraft
Northrop JB-1 Bat 1944 US surface-to-surface missile
Republic-Ford JB-2 1944 US surface-to-surface missile (V-1 copy)
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 UK low speed shipborne aircraft for tracking enemy fleet visually
AVIS C.4 1940 Italy liaison
Bestetti BN.1 1940 Italy racer/fighter/liaison
Blackburn B-20 1940 UK 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 large transport flying boat
Boeing XPBB Sea Ranger 1942 US patrol seaplane
CANT Z.511 1940 Italy transport/bomber floatplane
CANT Z.516 1940 Italy bomber floatplane
Caproni Ca.316 1940 Italy floatplane
Caproni Ca.331 1940 Italy reconnaissance aircraft, bomber, and night fighter
Consolidated XP4Y Corregidor 1939 US patrol seaplane
DFS 228 1944 Germany high-altitude manned reconnaissance rocket
ERCO Ercoupe YO-55 1940 US JATO tests
Fairchild XBQ-3 1944 US assault drone
Fleetwings XBQ-2 1943 US assault drone
General Aircraft Fleet Shadower 1940 UK low-speed shipborne aircraft for tracking enemy vessels
Kawanishi E15K 1941 Japan reconnaissance floatplane
Kobeseiko Te-Gō 1943 Japan STOL spotter/liaison
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
Nikol A-2 1939 Poland seaplane trainer
Potez-CAMS 141 1938 France long range reconnaissance flying boat
Praga E-51 1938 Czechoslovakia tactical reconnaissance
SFAN 11 1940 France liaison
Short Seaford 1944 UK improved Sunderland, trials only
Short Shetland 1944 UK 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 USSR four-engine flying boat, cancelled after German invasion
Zveno SPB 1938 USSR 2-5 parasite fighters carried by bomber

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 UK flying wing
Bell 30 1943 US experimental helicopter
Cierva W.9 1945 UK experimental helicopter
DFS 40 1939 Germany tailless aircraft
DFS 194 1940 Germany aerodynamic testbed for Messerschmitt Me 163
Flettner Fl 265 1939 Germany intermesh rotor helicopter
Göppingen Gö 9 1941 Germany tail mounted propeller testbed
Handley Page Manx 1943 UK tailless aircraft
Hiller XH-44 1944 US coaxial rotor helicopter
Hillson Bi-mono 1941 UK 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 US intermesh rotor helicopter
Lippisch DM-1 1944 Germany delta-wing glider
Martin 162A Tadpole Clipper 1937 US half scale flyingboat
Miles M.30 1942 UK blended wing
Miles M.35 Libellula 1942 UK tandem wing
Miles M.39B Libellula 1943 UK tandem wing/canard
Northrop N-1M 1941 US flying wing
Northrop N-9M 1942 US flying wing
Payen PA-22 1942 France delta and tandem-wing
Piasecki PV-2 1943 US helicopter
Saro Shrimp 1939 UK half sized flying boat
Tachikawa SS-1 1943 Japan high altitude research, pressurized cabin
Vought V-173 1942 US 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 UK piston engine testbed
Gloster E.28/39 1941 UK 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

References

Notes

  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

  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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