WWII Aircraft

Group Details

The List of aircraft of World War II includes all the aircraft used by those countries, which were at war during World War II from the period between their joining the conflict and the conflict ending for them. Aircraft developed but not used operationally in the war are in the prototypes section at the end. Prototypes for aircraft that entered service under a different design number are ignored in favour of the service version. The date the aircraft entered service, or was first flown if the service date is unknown or it did not enter service follows the name, followed by the country of origin and major wartime users. Aircraft used for multiple roles are generally only listed under their primary role unless specialized versions were built for other roles. Aircraft used by neutral countries such as Spain, Switzerland and Sweden or countries which did no significant fighting such as most of those in South America (except Brazil), are not included.

• 1 Operational aircraft
  • 1.1 Fighter aircraft
    • 1.1.1 Biplane fighters
    • 1.1.2 Single-engined, single-seat monoplane fighters and fighter bombers
    • 1.1.3 Heavy fighters (multi-engined or multi-seat) and night fighters
    • 1.1.4 Jet- and rocket- propelled fighters
  • 1.2 Bomber and attack aircraft
    • 1.2.1 Heavy bombers and maritime patrol
    • 1.2.2 Medium bombers
    • 1.2.3 Light bombers, tactical reconnaissance and observation aircraft
    • 1.2.4 Carrier-based naval bombers
  • 1.3 Strategic and photo-reconnaissance aircraft
  • 1.4 Seaplanes
    • 1.4.1 Flying boats
    • 1.4.2 Floatplanes
  • 1.5 Transport and utility aircraft
    • 1.5.1 Passenger and cargo aircraft
    • 1.5.2 Communications, liaison and light transport aircraft
    • 1.5.3 Transport gliders
  • 1.6 Trainers
    • 1.6.1 Glider trainers
    • 1.6.2 Primary trainers
    • 1.6.3 Advanced trainers
    • 1.6.4 Bomber trainers, target tugs and misc. trainers
  • 1.7 Rotorcraft
  • 1.8 Lighter than Air
  • 1.9 Rockets and Drones
• 2 Prototypes
  • 2.1 Fighter prototypes
    • 2.1.1 Single-engined, Single-seat fighters, fighter-bombers and jet fighters
    • 2.1.2 Heavy fighters (multi-engined or multi-seat) and night fighters
  • 2.2 Bomber and attack aircraft prototypes
  • 2.3 Transport prototypes
  • 2.4 Glider prototypes
  • 2.5 Trainer prototypes
  • 2.6 Rotorcraft prototypes
  • 2.7 Missile prototypes
  • 2.8 Miscellaneous prototypes
• 3 Experimental aircraft
  • 3.1 Flight behaviour research
  • 3.2 Engine research
  • 3.3 Misc research