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The list of aircraft of World War II includes all of the aircraft used by countries which were at ... biplane trainer, flown before war, not used until after Stearman ...
Curtiss F11C Goshawk - Biplane fighter; Curtiss R5C Commando - Transport; Curtiss XF14C - Prototype carrier-based fighter; Curtiss SBC Helldiver - Carrier-based scout bomber; Curtiss SB2C Helldiver - Carrier-based dive bomber; Curtiss SOC Seagull - Observation aircraft; Curtiss SO3C Seamew - Observation aircraft; Curtiss SC Seahawk - ASW aircraft
The aircraft was designed by Nikolai Polikarpov to replace the U-1 trainer (a copy of the British Avro 504), which was known as Avrushka to the Soviets. [6]The prototype of the U-2, powered by a 74 kW (99 hp) Shvetsov M-11 air-cooled five-cylinder radial engine, first flew on 7 January 1928 piloted by M.M. Gromov. [6]
A biplane is a fixed-wing aircraft with two main wings stacked one above the other. The first powered, controlled aeroplane to fly, the Wright Flyer, used a biplane wing arrangement, as did many aircraft in the early years of aviation. While a biplane wing structure has a structural advantage over a monoplane, it produces more drag than a ...
Here is a list of aircraft used by the British Royal Air Force (RAF), Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm (FAA), Army Air Corps (AAC) and British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) [1] during the Second World War.
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.
Polikarpov I-15 biplane: Radial 9-cyl: Shvetsov 228 mph 320 mi 32,200 ft 4 Polikarpov I-153 biplane: Radial 9-cyl: Shvetsov 185 mph 290 mi 35,100 ft 4 Polikarpov I-16: Radial 9-cyl: Shvetsov 288 mph 497 mi 31,800 ft 2 2 × 20mm Polikarpov I-185: Radial 18-cyl: Shvetsov 390 mph 519 mi 36,000 ft 3 × 20mm Republic P-47 Thunderbolt
List of aircraft of the French Air Force during World War II; List of common World War II infantry weapons; List of gliders; List of RLM aircraft designations (for a full listing by type designations) List of weapons of military aircraft of Germany during World War II; List of World War II military aircraft of Germany