List of military aircraft operational during World War II

The following is list of military aircraft operational during World War II.

Contents

Germany

Main article: List of World War II military aircraft of Germany
Aircraft Active Image
Fighters
Messerschmitt Bf 109 1937–1945
Focke-Wulf Fw 190 1941–1945
Messerschmitt Me 410 1943–1945
Messerschmitt Bf 110 1937–1945
Heinkel He 219 1943–1945
Messerschmitt Me 262 1944–1945
Heinkel He 162 1945
Messerschmitt Me 163 1944–1945
Bombers
Arado Ar 234 1944–1945
Junkers Ju 87 1936–1945
Heinkel He 111 1935–1945
Heinkel He 177 1942–1945
Dornier Do 215 1939–1944
Junkers Ju 86 1936–1943
Junkers Ju 188 1943–1945
Henschel Hs 123 1936–1944
Heinkel He 50 1935–1944
Ground attack
Henschel Hs 129 1942–1945
Transport
Junkers Ju 52 1931–1945
Junkers Ju 90 1938–1945
Messerschmitt Me 323 1943–1944
Blohm & Voss BV 222 1940–1946
Arado Ar 232 1943–1945
Heinkel He 70 1933–1945
Gliders
DFS 230 1938–1945
Gotha Go 242 1941–1945
Messerschmitt Me 321
Reconnaissance
Fieseler Fi 156 1937–1945
Focke-Wulf Fw 189 1941–1945
Henschel Hs 126 1937–1942
Heinkel He 114 1939–1945
Heinkel He 60 1933–1943
Heinkel He 59 1935–1944
Maritime aircraft
Focke-Wulf Fw 200 1938–1945
Junkers Ju 290 1942–1945
Heinkel He 115 1939–1945
Multi-role
Junkers Ju 388 1944–1945
Dornier Do 17 1937–1945
Junkers Ju 88 1939–1943
Dornier Do 217 1942–1945
Messerschmitt Me 210 1943–1945
Blohm & Voss BV 138 1940–1945
Arado Ar 196 1938–1945

Japan

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Fighters
A6M Zero 1940–1945
Mitsubishi A5M 1937–1945
Mitsubishi J2M 1942–1945
Nakajima J1N 1942–1945
Kawasaki Ki-61 1943–1945
Nakajima Ki-43 1942–1945
Nakajima Ki-44 1941–1945
Nakajima Ki-27 1937–1945
Kawanishi N1K 1943–1945
Kawasaki Ki-102 1944–1945
Nakajima Ki-84 1943–1945
Kawasaki Ki-100 1945
Kawasaki Ki-45 1941-1945
Medium bombers
Mitsubishi Ki-30 1938–1945
Mitsubishi G3M 1935–1945
Kawasaki Ki-48 1940–1945
Mitsubishi G4M 1941–1945
Mitsubishi Ki-21 1938–1945
Yokosuka P1Y 1943–1945
Mitsubishi Ki-67 1942–1945
Nakajima Ki-49 1941–1945
Torpedo bombers
Nakajima B5N 1938–1945
Nakajima B6N 1941–1945
Aichi B7A 1941–1945
Dive bombers
Yokosuka D4Y 1942–1945
Mitsubishi Ki-51 1940–1945
Kawasaki Ki-32 1938–1942
Aichi D3A 1940–1945
Ground attack
Mitsubishi B5M 1937–1945
Yokosuka MXY7 Ohka 1945
Transport
Mitsubishi Ki-57 1942–1945
Reconnaissance
Mitsubishi F1M 1941–1945
Mitsubishi Ki-46 1941–1945
Mitsubishi Ki-15 1937–1945
Maritime aircraft
Kawanishi H6K 1938–1945
Kawanishi H8K 1942–1945

Italy

Aircraft Active Image
Fighters
Fiat CR.32 1934–1953
Fiat CR.42 1939–1945
Fiat G.50 1938–1945
Fiat G.55 1943–1948
Reggiane Re.2000 1940–1945
Reggiane Re.2001 1940–1945
Reggiane Re.2002 1940–1945
Reggiane Re.2005 1943–1945
Macchi C.202 1941–1951
Macchi C.205 1943–1947
Macchi C.200 1939–1947
Bombers
CANT Z.1007 1938–1944
Breda Ba.65 1935–1941
Savoia-Marchetti SM.82
chiefly used as transport		 1940–1963
Savoia-Marchetti SM.79 1936–1952
Savoia-Marchetti SM.81 1935–1950
Savoia-Marchetti SM.84 1941–1950
Fiat BR.20 1936–1945
Piaggio P.108 1942–1943
Caproni Ca.135 1937–1945
Caproni Ca.310 1938–1948
Caproni Ca.311 1939–
Caproni Ca.313 1939–
Ground attack
Breda Ba.88 1938–1941
Transport
Caproni Ca.133 1935–1948
Reconnaissance
CANT Z.501 1934–1950
CANT Z.506 1936–1959

United Kingdom

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Fighters
Gloster Gauntlet 1935–1943
Gloster Gladiator 1937–1945
Supermarine Spitfire 1938–1961
Hawker Hurricane 1937–1945
Hawker Typhoon
mainly used as fighter-bomber		 1941–1945
Hawker Tempest 1944-
Fairey Fulmar
Naval fighter		 1940–1945
Fairey Firefly
Naval fighter		 1943–1956
Boulton Paul Defiant
Fighter then target tug		 1939–1945
Bristol Beaufighter
also used as torpedo bomber		 1940-1960 (RAAF)
Westland Whirlwind 1938–1943
de Havilland Vampire 1945–1979
Gloster Meteor 1944-1980[1]
Ground attack
Blackburn Firebrand
also fighter and torpedo bomber		 1943–1953
Blackburn Skua 1938–1945
Light bombers
Fairey Battle 1937–1949
Vickers Wellesley 1937–1944
Medium bombers
Armstrong Whitworth Whitley 1937–1944
Handley Page Hampden
later used as torpedo bomber and maritime patrol		 1938–1945
Vickers Wellington 1938–1953
Heavy bombers
Avro Manchester 1940–1942
Handley Page Halifax 1940–1946
Avro Lancaster 1942–1963
Short Stirling 1941–1946
Handley Page H.P.54 Harrow 1937–1945
Torpedo bombers
Bristol Beaufort
also used for minelaying and as a bomber		 1939–1944
Fairey Barracuda
also used as divebomber		 1943–1945
Fairey Albacore 1940–1944
Fairey Swordfish 1936–1945
Maritime patrol and reconnaissance
Short Singapore 1935–1941
Supermarine Stranraer 1937–1941
Saro London 1934–1941
Saro Lerwick 1940–1941
Short Sunderland 1938–1967
Bristol Fairchild Bolingbroke 1939–1945
Vickers Warwick 1940–1945
Supermarine Walrus
and Air Sea Rescue		 1935–1944
Supermarine Sea Otter 1943-
Multi-role
de Havilland Mosquito
Bomber and fighter		 1941–1956
Bristol Blenheim
Bomber and fighter		 1937–1944
Blackburn Roc
Dive bomber and fighter		 1939–1943
Avro Anson
initially maritime reconnaissance then training		 1936–1968
Westland Lysander
Army cooperation, then Special Duties		 1938–1946
Transport
Bristol Bombay 1939–1944
Armstrong Whitworth Albemarle

Initially designed as medium bomber

 1940–1945
Avro York 1944–1964
Gliders
General Aircraft Hamilcar 1942–1947
Airspeed Horsa 1941–1948
General Aircraft Hotspur 1940–1945

United States

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Fighters
P-51 Mustang 1942–1984
P-38 Lightning 1941–1965
F4U Corsair 1942–1954
F4F Wildcat 1942–1945
F6F Hellcat 1943–1945
F8F Bearcat 1945–1955
F7F Tigercat 1944–1954
P-63 Kingcobra 1943–1945
P-39 Airacobra 1941–1945
P-36 Hawk 1938–1954
Curtiss P-40 1938–1958
P-47 Thunderbolt

also used as dive-bomber and ground-attack aircraft.

 1942–1966
Night fighters
P-61 Black Widow 1944–1952
A-20 Havoc 1941–1949
Ground attack
North American A-36 1942–1945
A-26 Invader 1942–1980
Torpedo bombers
Grumman TBF Avenger 1942–1960
Dive bombers
A-31 Vengeance 1942–1944
SB2C Helldiver 1943–1959
SB2U Vindicator 1937–1945
SB2A Buccaneer 1941–1944
SBD Dauntless 1940–1959
Bombers
B-17 Flying Fortress 1938–1969
B-25 Mitchell 1941–1979
B-24 Liberator 1941–1968
B-29 Superfortress 1944–1960
B-32 Dominator 1944–1945
Reconnaissance
F-15 Reporter 1945–1968
Taylorcraft L-2 1941–1945
OS2U Kingfisher 1939–1959
SC Seahawk 1944–1949
SO3C Seamew 1942–1945
Transport
Lockheed Model 18 Lodestar 1940–1945
C-54 Skymaster 1942–1975
Douglas DC-3 1936–Present
C-47 Skytrain 1943–1967
C-46 Commando 1941–Present
C-87 Liberator Express 1942–1945
Gliders
Waco CG-4 1942–1945
Maritime
PB4Y-2 Privateer 1943–1954
PBY Catalina 1936–1957
PB2Y Coronado 1938–1945
Lockheed Ventura 1942–1945
Lockheed Hudson 1939–1945

Russia

Aircraft Active Image
Fighters
Polikarpov I-15 1933–1942
Polikarpov I-16 1934–1950
Yakovlev Yak-1 1940–1950
Yakovlev Yak-3 1944–1945
Yakovlev Yak-7 1942–1945
Yakovlev Yak-9 1942–1950
Lavochkin-Gorbunov-Goudkov LaGG-3 1941–1945
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-3 1941–1945
Lavochkin La-5 1942–1945
Lavochkin La-7 1944–1950
Petlyakov Pe-3 1941–1945
Ground attack
Ilyushin Il-10 1944–1962
Ilyushin Il-2 1941–1954
Bombers
Sukhoi Su-2 1937–1942
Petlyakov Pe-8 1940–1945
Tupolev TB-3 1932–1945
Ilyushin DB-3 1936–1945
Ilyushin Il-4 1936–1945
Petlyakov Pe-2 1941–1954
Tupolev SB 1936–1950
Tupolev Tu-2 1942–1950
Yermolayev Yer-2 1941–1950
Reconnaissance
Polikarpov Po-2 1929–1954
Polikarpov R-5 1931–1944
Gliders
Gribovski G-11 1941–1949
Yakovlev Yak-14 1948–1950

France

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Fighters
Morane-Saulnier M.S.406 1938–1950
Bloch MB.150 1937–1945
Caudron C.714 1940–1941
Dewoitine D.520 1940–1953
Potez 630 1938–1942
Bombers
Amiot 143 1931–1944
Bloch MB.170 1940–1950
Lioré et Olivier LeO 45 1938–1957
Ground attack
Breguet 693 1939–1942
Reconnaissance
ANF Les Mureaux 113 1931–1945
Breguet 19 1922–1945
Potez 25 1925–1945

Romania

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Fighters
IAR 80 1941–1949

Poland

Aircraft Active Image
Fighters
PZL P.11 1934–1945
Bombers
PZL.23 Karaś 1936–1946
PZL.37 Łoś 1938–1944
Reconnaissance
LWS-3 Mewa 1938–1939
Lublin R-XIII 1932–1945
RWD-14 Czapla 1939–1945

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Removed from fighter service by 1960s

References

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