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Curtiss A-8 attack/light bomber: 1931 retired 1939: 13: Curtiss A-12 Shrike attack/light bomber: 1933 retired 1942: 46: Curtiss XA-14 attack/light bomber: 1935 retired prototype: 1: Curtiss A-18 Shrike attack/light bomber: 1935 retired 1943: 13: Curtiss B-2 Condor heavy bomber: 1929 retired 1934: 13: Curtiss BF2C Goshawk fighter-bomber: 1933 ...
Boeing PB Flying Fortress - Heavy bomber; Boeing P2B Superfortress - Heavy bomber; Boeing 314 Clipper - Impressed flying boat transport; Boeing XF8B - Prototype carrier-based fighter-bomber; Boeing XPBB Sea Ranger - Flying boat/patrol bomber; Brewster F2A Buffalo - Carrier-based fighter; Brewster SBA/Naval Aircraft Factory SBN - Carrier-based ...
2.1 Heavy and strategic bombers. ... The list of aircraft of World War II includes all of the aircraft used by countries which were at ... United States: dive bomber ...
The Sikorsky Ilya Muromets was designed by Igor Sikorsky as the first ever airliner, but it was turned into a bomber by the Imperial Russian Air Force.. The first strategic bombing efforts took place during World War I (1914–18), by the Russians with their Sikorsky Ilya Muromets bomber (the first heavy four-engine aircraft), and by the Germans using Zeppelins or long-range multi-engine Gotha ...
List of United States Air Force aircraft designations (1919–1962) List of United States Navy aircraft designations (pre-1962) List of United States Army aircraft designations (1956–1962) List of United States Tri-Service aircraft designations; List of U.S. DoD aircraft designations; List of undesignated military aircraft of the United States
Carrier-based strategic bomber Douglas Aircraft Company 1952 1956 282 Douglas A-4 (A4D) Skyhawk: Attack aircraft, fighter, aggressor aircraft: Douglas Aircraft Company / McDonnell Douglas: 1954 1956 2,960 North American A-5 (A3J) Vigilante: Carrier-based nuclear bomber /reconnaissance aircraft [7] North American Aviation 1958 1961 167 Grumman A ...
Pages in category "World War II bombers of the United States" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
Bomber aircraft are military aircraft primarily designed for air-to-surface attack, on either ground or sea targets. This list does not include airships used for bombing and does not aim to include attack aircraft primarily intended for different roles.