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Bellanca 77-140 medium bomber: 1934 retired 1942: 4: Consolidated PBY Catalina maritime patrol flying boat/amphibian: 1935 retired 1980s: 4,051 ca. Curtiss A-3/A-4 Falcon attack/light bomber: 1924 retired 1937: 155: Curtiss A-8 attack/light bomber: 1931 retired 1939: 13: Curtiss A-12 Shrike attack/light bomber: 1933 retired 1942: 46: Curtiss XA ...
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 ...
North American A-36 Invader/Apache - Dive bomber/attack aircraft; North American B-25 Mitchell - Medium bomber; North American XB-28 - Prototype medium bomber; North American BT-9 - Basic trainer; North American BT-14 - Basic trainer; North American BC-1 - Basic combat trainer; North American AT-6 Texan - Advanced trainer; North American O-47 ...
The list of aircraft of World War II includes all of the aircraft used by countries which were at war during World War II from the period between when the country joined the war and the time the country withdrew from it, or when the war ended.
List of active United States Air Force aircraft; List of active United States military aircraft; List of active United States naval aircraft; List of aircraft of the United States during World War II; List of future military aircraft of the United States; UAVs in the U.S. military; List of U.S. military equipment named for Native Americana
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.
Light bomber /reconnaissance: Glenn L. Martin Company 1941 1941 1,575 Vultee A-31 / A-35 Vengeance: Dive bomber: Vultee Aircraft: 1941 Unknown 1,931 North American A-36: Ground attack/dive bomber North American Aviation: Developed from the North American P-51 Mustang. 1942 1942 500 Douglas A-26 Invader: Ground attack. Light bomber. Douglas ...
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.