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If the date of an aircraft's entry into service or first flight is not known, the aircraft will be listed by its name, the country of origin or 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.
Douglas O-31 - Observation aircraft; Douglas O-43 - Observation aircraft; Douglas O-46 - Observation aircraft; Douglas A-24 Dauntless - Army SBD dive bomber; Grumman OA-9 Goose - Army JRF flying boat; Grumman OA-14 Widgeon - Army J4F patrol aircraft; Fairchild UC-61/86 Argus - Liaison aircraft/trainer; Fairchild AT-21 Gunner - Advanced/gunnery ...
Generally, Western men's names were given to fighter aircraft, women's names to bombers, transports, and reconnaissance aircraft, bird names to gliders, and tree names to trainer aircraft. The use of the names, from their origin in mid-1942, became widespread among Allied forces from early 1943 until the end of the war in 1945.
General Aircraft Fleet Shadower (RAF) maritime patrol; Martin-Baker M.B.5. General Aircraft GAL.47 (RAF) Army cooperation; General Aircraft GAL.55 (RAF) training glider; Gloster F.9/37 (RAF) heavy fighter; Hafner Rotabuggy (RAF) developed as a way of air-dropping vehicles; Hawker Hotspur (RAF) turret fighter; Hawker Fury (monoplane) (RAF) fighter
Pages in category "Lists of World War II aircraft" The following 27 pages are in this category, out of 27 total. ... World War II Allied names for Japanese aircraft; Y.
This list covers aircraft of the German Luftwaffe during the Second World War from 1939 to 1945. Numerical designations are largely within the RLM designation system.. The Luftwaffe officially existed from 1933–1945 but training had started in the 1920s, before the Nazi seizure of power, and many aircraft made in the inter-war years were used during World War II.
Kawasaki Ki-10 Army Type 95 Fighter (used for reconnaissance during WWII) Perry 1935 588 IJA: Mitsubishi F1M Type 0 Observation Seaplane: Pete 1936 1118 IJN: Mitsubishi Ki-46 Type 100 Command Reconnaissance Aircraft: Dinah 1941 1742 IJA: Nakajima C3N Navy Carrier Reconnaissance Plane: 1936 2 IJN: Nakajima C6N Saiun Navy Carrier Reconnaissance ...
Aircraft Engine Top speed Range Ceiling Bombload Armament 7.62mm /.30-cal. 12.7mm /.50-cal. Cannon Arkhangelsky Ar-2: Inline V-12 × 2: Klimov 313 mph 621 mi 34,400 ft 1500 kg De Havilland Mosquito: mph mi ft kg Douglas A-20 Havoc: Radial xx-cyl. × 2: Wright 350 mph 945 mi 28,600 ft 1089 kg Handley Page Hampden: Radial 9-cyl. × 2: Bristol 247 ...