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The Origins of the Second World War. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-20470-1. Wilson, Stewart. Aircraft of World War II (Aerospace Publications, 1988), with photos, production data, service histories, countries of origin, and specifications for most World War II fighters, bombers and cargo planes.
Most-produced dive bomber of any type – a twin-engined design. Avro 504: M: Biplane, bomber / trainer 11,303 [26] United Kingdom: 1913: 1940 [27] Most-produced World War I aircraft design. Includes Japanese and Soviet production. Avro Anson: M: Multirole 11,020 [28] United Kingdom: 1935: 1952 Also built in Canada. [28] Mooney M20: C: Utility ...
Aircraft manufacturing went from a distant 41st place among American industries to first place in less than five years. [1] [2] [3] In 1939, total aircraft production for the US military was less than 3,000 planes. By the end of the war, America produced 300,000 planes. No war was more industrialized than World War II.
A list of USAAF, USN, USCG, and USMC aircraft from World War II. This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (November 2011) United States Coast Guard
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 ...
Military production during World War II was the production or ... compartment of an aircraft, 1942. During World War II unemployment by 1945 had fallen to 1.9% from ...
Data from Quest for Performance, Jane's Fighting aircraft of World War II, General Dynamics aircraft and their predecessors General characteristics Crew: 11 (pilot, co-pilot, navigator, bombardier, radio operator, nose turret, top turret, 2 waist gunners, ball turret, tail gunner) Length: 67 ft 2 in (20.47 m) Wingspan: 110 ft (34 m) Height: 17 ft 7.5 in (5.372 m) Wing area: 1,048 sq ft (97.4 m ...
The early marks of Spitfire and Hurricane had machine guns that were, however, of the .30 calibre (7.62mm) class, with less hitting power than heavier calibre weapons firing non-explosive bullets - the Germans' MG 131 machine gun, the Japanese Ho-103 machine gun, the Soviets' Berezin UB and particularly the "light-barrel" AN/M2 version of the ...