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List of aircraft of Germany in World War II; List of aircraft of Japan, World War II; List of aircraft of Poland during World War II; List of aircraft of the Red Army Air Forces; List of Regia Aeronautica aircraft used in World War II; List of aircraft of the United Kingdom in World War II; List of aircraft of the United States during World War II
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.
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
Trainer aircraft of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II were frequently modified from operational aircraft and differentiated by the suffix letter "K". Japanese training aircraft were red-orange where combat aircraft would have been camouflaged.
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.
Brendan Finucane, Irish World War II RAF fighter ace; W. H. Harbison, British RAF officer [19] "Pancho" – Florence L. Lowe, American pioneer aviator "Pappy" Greg Boyington, American World War II U.S. Marine Corps fighter ace [20] Paul Gunn, American World War II Army Air Force bomber pilot "Pete" Frank K. Everest, Jr., American test pilot
Also known as the White Whale or Old Grey Lady, the latter two being names adopted due to the colour schemes used. The nickname The Growler was used more often, and related to the engine noise. [66] Hali, Hally, Haly – Handley Page Halifax. [67] Lizzie – a Lysander aircraft. [68] Mossie – a de Havilland DH98 Mosquito. [69] [better source ...