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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.
Aircraft Manufacturer Type Role Entered Service Number in Service Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina [3]: Consolidated Aircraft: Amphibious flying boat: Various 1941 114
World War II armored fighting vehicles of the United States (2 C, 30 P) Pages in category "World War II vehicles of the United States" The following 37 pages are in this category, out of 37 total.
It was the largest American aircraft to see service in World War II. Each B-29 Superfortress used four of the massive Wright R-3350 - Cyclone 18-cylinder 2,200 horsepower (1,600 kW) engines built at the Dodge Chicago Plant. There were nearly 4000 of these aircraft produced when the B-29 was retired from service in the 1960s.
List of equipment used in World War II; List of armoured fighting vehicles of World War II; List of prototype World War II combat vehicles; Military equipment of Germany's allies on the Balkan and Russian fronts (1941–45) List of U.S. Signal Corps Vehicles; G-numbers; Hobarts Funnies
The list of aircraft of World War II includes all of the aircraft used by countries which ... North American P-51 Mustang ... Canadian Car and Foundry FDB-1: Canada ...
Aircraft component manufacturers of the United States (1 C, 20 P) Aircraft engine manufacturers of the United States (16 C, 28 P) Unmanned aerial vehicle manufacturers of the United States (3 C, 4 P)
The Curtiss-Wright AT-9 Jeep is an American twin-engined advanced trainer aircraft used by the United States during World War II to bridge the gap between single-engined trainers and twin-engined combat aircraft.