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Also certain postwar planes such as the Bell X-5, F-86 Sabre or the MiG-15 were deemed to have been based on the pioneering work of World War II German aircraft designers. [1] [2] [3] German aircraft manufacturers such as Henschel in Kassel had their archives destroyed in the course of the Allied bombing of the Third Reich at the end of World ...
Prototypes for aircraft that entered service under a different design number are ignored in favor of the version that entered service. 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.
The de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito is a British twin-engined, multirole combat aircraft, introduced during the Second World War.Unusual in that its airframe was constructed mostly of wood, it was nicknamed the "Wooden Wonder", [4] or "Mossie".
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.
Class A airfields were World War II (WW2) military installations constructed to specifications laid down by the British Air Ministry Directorate General of Works (AMDGW). Intended for use by heavy bombers and transports , they were the standard airbase design for the Royal Air Force (RAF) as well as United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) units ...
Potez 633, light bomber variant of the multi-role Potez 63 series. This series was the most produced French military aircraft series before World War II, with more than 1,300 built. Different variants of the Potez 63 series fulfilled different roles.
Vultee XA-41 - Prototype ground attack aircraft; Culver PQ-8/A-8 - Radio-controlled target aircraft; Culver PQ-14 Cadet - Radio-controlled target aircraft; Curtiss A-12 Shrike - Attack bomber; Curtiss XA-14/Curtiss A-18 Shrike - Attack bomber; Curtiss-Wright AT-9 Jeep - Advanced twin-engine pilot trainer; Curtiss-Wright C-46 Commando - Transport
List of aircraft engines of Germany during World War II; 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