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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 - Observation aircraft; North American P-51 Mustang - Fighter ...
The Douglas A-20 Havoc (company designation DB-7) is an American light bomber, attack aircraft, night intruder, night fighter, and reconnaissance aircraft of World War II. Designed to meet an Army Air Corps requirement for a bomber, it was ordered by France for their air force before the USAAC decided it would also meet their requirements.
North American P-51 Mustang: United States: 1942: ... twin-engine fighter bomber, ... Fighters and Bombers of World War II. London: Peerage Books.
North American XB-21 medium bomber: 1936: retired prototype: 1: North American B-25 Mitchell medium bomber: 1940: retired 1979: 9,984: North American XB-28 medium bomber: 1942: retired prototype: 2: Northrop N-3PB patrol bomber: 1940: retired 1943: 24: Republic P-47 fighter-bomber: 1941: retired 1966: 15,678 [notes 2] Vought F4U Corsair fighter ...
The Republic P-47 Thunderbolt is a World War II-era fighter aircraft produced by the American company Republic Aviation from 1941 through 1945. It was a successful high-altitude fighter, and it also served as the foremost American fighter-bomber in the ground-attack role.
Carrier-based fighter-bomber Grumman First jet-powered fighter aircraft operated by the United States Navy and Grumman's first jet fighter. Development commenced in the final months of World War II to harness the recent innovation of the jet engine 1947 1949 [34] 1,385 [34] F-2 (F2H) Banshee: Carrier-based fighter McDonnell Aircraft
Pages in category "World War II bombers of the United States" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. ... North American B-25 Mitchell
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.