There are a total of 355 WW2 Aircraft in the Military Factory. Entries are listed below in alphanumeric order. Flag images indicative of country of origin. 1921
Aero A.11 The Aero A.11 was a highly successful, multi-faceted performer for the Czech Army Air Force in the interwar years between Wor... 1937
Aero A.304 The Aero A.304 originally began life as the Aero A.204 passenger airliner produced by Aero Vodochody of Czechoslovakia. The p... 1944
Aichi B7A Ryusei (Grace) The Aichi-produced B7A Ryusei (translated to "Shooting Star" and nicknamed "Grace" by the Allies) was a limited-production to... 1940
Aichi D3A (Val) The D3A series of aircraft (dubbed "Val" by the Allies) were thought to be all but extinct when the war in the Pacific began.... 1941
Aichi E13A (Jake) Based on number alone, the Aichi production E13A series of floatplanes (dubbed "Jake" by the Allies) was the most important s... 1944
Aichi E16A Zuiun (Paul) The E16A Zuiun (translated into "Auspicious Cloud" and codenamed "Paul" by the Allies) was a dedicated reconnaissance floatpl... 1945
Aichi M6A Seiran This oft-forgotten Aichi design was classified as an attack floatplane that was designed to be carried aboard the Japanese Na... 1941
Airspeed Horsa ... 1937
Airspeed Oxford The Airspeed Oxford was a critical component of the British and Commonwealth forces aerial training program during World War ... 1935
Amiot 143 The Amiot 143 of the French Air Force represented an evolution in the Amiot piston-engine bomber series that replaced the Ami... 1940
Amiot 354 The Amiot 354 bomber and reconnaissance platform was a quite capable aircraft when war broke out over France. The system had ... 1933
ANF Les Mureaux (Series) The ANF les Mureaux series of light observation aircraft first appeared during the inter-war years between World War 1 and Wo... 1937
Arado Ar 195 The Arado Ar 195 was prototype design intended for operations from Germany's first aircraft carrier known as the Graf Zeppeli... 1939
Arado Ar 196 The Arado Ar 196 was the principle floatplane of the German Luftwaffe throughout World War 2. The aircraft was showcased in q... 1941
Arado Ar 232 Tausendfussler (Millipede) The Arado aircraft firm produced one of the more identifiable transport aircraft of the Luftwaffe during the Second World War... 1944
Arado Ar 234 Blitz (Lightning) The Arado Ar 234 "Blitz" (or "Lightning") was part of the German success with turbojet development in the latter years of Wor... 1940
Arado Ar 240 The Arado Ar 240 was designed to an RLM 1938 response to replace the twin engine, two seat Messerschmitt BF 110 Zerstorer hea... 1934
Arado Ar 68 The Arado-production of the Ar 68 signaled a stepping stone for fighter design in the German Luftwaffe. With the air force br... 1943
Arado Ar E.340 The Arado-produced Ar E.340 was designed to a German requirement for a twin-engined bomber to replace the aging Junkers Ju 88... 1944
Arado Ar E.381 The Ar E.381-series of prototypes was submitted in 1944 for review by the German Air Ministry. Whilst a plethora of companies... 1936
Arado Ar E.500 The E.500 was a proposed heavy fighter design put forth by Arado Flugzeugwerke of Germany. The system was designed as early a... 1940
Arado Ar E.530 The idea of twin fuselage aircraft was always in the minds of military aircraft engineers throughout the Second World War. Co... 1943
Arado Ar E.555 Arado proposed this E.555 flying wing concept towards the end of 1943 as a high-speed long-range bomber. The flying wing conc... 1945
Arado Ar E.560 The Arado E.560 series of developmental high-speed jet bombers saw a large evolution on paper. Design of the platform centere... 1937
Arado Ar E.561 The Arado Ar E.561 was on the drawing boards as early as 1937. Classified as a heavy fighter, the type would have lived and d... 1944
Arado Ar E.580 Once the Volksjager competition came around in 1944, Arado Flugzeugwerke went back to a 1943 design it had had and touched it... 1944
Arado Ar E.581.4 The Arado Ar E.581.4 was conceived of as a single-seat jet fighter utilizing a delta-wing shape. The system was not a "true" ... 1943
Arado Ar E.654 (Kampfzerstorer / Skorpion) The Arado Ar E.654 was proposed as a heavy fighter / destroyer platform designed from another Arado product - the Ar 240. Th... 1944
Arado Ar Projekt I The Arado "Projekt I" was intended to be a two-man jet-powered night fighter. The aircraft featured a slender yet short fusel... 1945
Arado Ar Projekt II The Arado Ar Projekt II was a proposed jet-powered fighter of considerable size. It carried a basic classification of nightfi... 1943
Arado Ar TEW 16/43-13 The Arado Ar TEW 16/43-13 was a design concept envisioned as a rocket-propelled interceptor for the German Luftwaffe. The des... 1943
Arado Ar TEW 16/43-15 The Arado Ar TEW 16/43-15 concept was born out of an in-house research project studying the possibilities of jet-powered figh... 1943
Arado Ar TEW 16/43-19 With development of the advanced twin-engine, jet-powered Ar 234 "Blitz" bomber coming along, the Arado firm turned its atten... 1943
Arado Ar TEW 16/43-23 The single-seat, jet-powered Arado Ar TEW 16/43-23 design was penciled sometime in 1943. Categorized as a fighter, the type m... 1941
Armstrong Whitworth Albemarle The Armstrong Whitworth Albemarle became one of those aircraft designs that evolved into a role not initially envisioned. The... 1936
Armstrong Whitworth Ensign The impressive Armstrong Whitworth Ensign AW.27 series was made originally designed to a 1934 British government requirement ... 1924
Armstrong Whitworth Siskin The Armstrong Whitworth Siskin (a siskin being a smallish yellow-tinged finch) was the primary air mount of many-a-Royal Air ... 1937
Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Continuing in the tradition of ugly yet robust and reliable heavy bombers, the British Armstrong Whitworth Whitley was the he... 1934
Avia B.534 The Czechoslovakian Avia B.534 series of biplane was a highly regarded though often forgotten product of the European nation.... 1933
Avro 621 Tutor The Avro 621 Tutor was a primary component of RAF and RN pilot training in the interwar years. Developed from the World War 1... 1936
Avro Anson The Avro Anson was a militarized version of the commercial passenger transport Avro 652. The Anson itself was produced to ful... 1941
Avro Lancaster The Avro Lancaster is regarded by many as the best bomber of either side in the Second World War. The system proved quite cap... 1940
Avro Manchester The Avro Manchester was a semi-successful attempt by the Avro firm to fulfill Air Ministry Specification P.13/36. The specifi... 1945
Bachem Ba 349 Natter (Adder / Viper) The Bachem Ba 349 Natter (translated to "Adder" though also known as the "Viper") was one of the late-war German aircraft ini... 1940
Beech AT-10 Wichita ... 1941
Beechcraft C-45 (Expeditor) The Beechcraft C-45 was based on the Beech Aircraft Corporation's civilian-minded Model 18 "Twin Beech" series. First flight ... 1944
Beechcraft XA-38 Grizzly / Destroyer (Model 28) The XA-38 was a developmental twin-engine heavy fighter produced by the Beech Aircraft firm. By all accounts, she was a stabl... 1941
Bell P-39 Airacobra The Bell P-39 Airacobra is yet another in the long line aircraft studies stemming from World War 2 in the "what-might-have be... 1942
Bell P-59 Airacomet The Bell-produced P-59 Airacomet series is one of those aircraft that becomes more of a study in American jet pioneering than... 1943
Bell P-63 Kingcobra At its core, the Bell P-63 Kingcobra proved a modest improvement over the relative failure that was the P-39 Airacobra. Thoug... 1940
Bell XFL Airabonita The XFL "Airabonita" was a Bell Aircraft Company product developed in parallel with the P-39 Airacobra, a land-based USAAF de... 1940
Bell XFM-1 Airacuda In the same way that the XFM-1 Airacuda was a "different" sort of aircraft, the Bell company itself was "different sort" of a... 1945
Bell XP-83 In 1942, with World War in full swing across Europe and the Pacific, work began on an American turbo jet-powered aircraft to ... 1942
Berezniak-Isayev BI-1 ... 1935
Beriev Be-2 / MBR-2 The Beriev Be-2 was one of the few flying boats of note fighting for the Soviet Union throughout World War 2 as very little i... 1939
Bloch MB.150 (Series) The Bloch MB.150 was a family of modern, all-metal monoplane fighter types developed for the French Air Force prior to World ... 1935
Bloch MB.210 ... 1940
Blohm & Voss Bv 138 The Blohm and Voss (also written as "Blohm und Voss" or "Blohm & Voss") Bv 138 was a German flying boat that saw quantitative... 1938
Blohm & Voss Bv 141 While the Blohm & Voss (or "Blohm und Voss") aircraft firm will forever be linked to their many successful floatplanes and fl... 1941
Blohm & Voss Bv 222 Wiking (Viking) The Blohm & Voss Bv 222 Wiking (translating to "Viking") was a large German flying boat design of World War 2. The behemoth s... 1944
Blohm & Voss Bv 238 The mammoth Blohm & Voss Bv 238 was the next evolution in the Blohm & Voss flying boat series for Germany during World War Tw... 1939
Boeing 314 Clipper (C-98) The Boeing Model 314 "Clipper" was a flying boat developed by Boeing Aircraft Company to fulfill a Pan American requirement f... 1937
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress Though the Consolidated B-24 Liberator was built in greater numbers, the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress is often regarded as the... 1943
Boeing B-29 Superfortress B-29 Superfortress status is often associated with the atomic bombs dropped on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki ... 1932
Boeing P-26 Peashooter The P-26 became the first all-metal fighter design for the United States. Appearing similar to the later "Gee Bee" series of ... 1941
Boeing-Stearman Kaydet When The Boeing Company acquired the Stearman company in 1939, it also acquired the design and production rights to the promi... 1937
Boulton Paul Defiant The inter-war years saw a vast shift to more modern and potent aircraft platforms. The Boulton Paul Defiant followed as only ... 1937
Breda Ba.64 ... 1936
Breda Ba.65 The Breda Ba.65 was a ground attack aircraft serving primarily with the Italian Air Force (Regia Aeronautica) in the years le... 1937
Brewster F2A Buffalo The stubby F2A Buffalo series became the United States Navy's first operational aircraft of monoplane design. Despite this ho... 1943
Brewster XA-32 The United States Army Air Corps appreciated the tactical scope of the German Luftwaffe Junkers Ju 87 "Stuka" dive bombers an... 1939
Bristol Beaufighter Serving until the 1960s with the Royal Air Force, the Bristol Beaufighter (or simply "Beau") became a national hero through h... 1940
Bristol Beaufort The Bristol Beaufort enjoyed a strong run between the war years of 1940-1943 as the primary British torpedo bomber in service... 1935
Bristol Blenheim The Bristol Blenheim billed as a bomber though when it was officially installed into operational active service, the aircraft... 1942
CAC Boomerang The Commonwealth Boomerang (also known as the Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation - or "CAC" - Boomerang) was of completely Aus... 1941
CAC Wackett ... 1939
CAC Wirraway The CAC Wirraway ("Challenge" in the Woiwurrung native tongue) became one of Australia's primary trainer aircraft from 1939 o... 1941
CAC Woomera (A23) The CAC A23 "Woomera" was a short-lived dive bomber/torpedo bomber of Australian design during World War 2. The push of Japan... 1938
CANT Z.1007 Alcione (Kingfisher) ... 1936
CANT Z.501 Gabbiano (Gull) The CANT Z.501 Gabbiano (meaning "Gull") was a flying boat aircraft developed in Italy and shared a resemblance to the succes... 1936
CANT Z.506 Airone (Heron) ... 1936
Caproni AP.1 A pair of Ca.301 prototypes served as the basis for a new Italian attack aircraft. The original design sported a low-set mono... 1938
Caproni Ca.310 (Libeccio) ... 1940
Caproni-Campini N1 (CC.2) With the introduction of the N1 (may also be known as the CC.2), Italy became only the second nation in the world to achieve ... 1941
Consolidated B-24 Liberator The Consolidated B-24 Liberator became a major player for Allied forces during World War 2. Its exploits ranged the world ove... 1945
Consolidated B-32 Dominator The Consolidated B-32 Dominator was a limited production four-engine heavy bomber requested by the United States Air Force as... 1940
Consolidated PB2Y Coronado By the middle of the 1930's America was no longer blind to the real possibility that the war would sooner or later be waged a... 1943
Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer The Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer was a further development of the United States Navy's PB4Y-1 anti-submarine warfare aircraf... 1936
Consolidated PBY Catalina Maritime aircraft play an understated role, especially in that of war time. Fly boats came to pass, first in peace-time devel... 1933
Curtiss A-12 (Shrike) The A-12 was an inter-war product of the Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company first appearing in 1933. The type became the fir... 1938
Curtiss P-36 Hawk (Hawk 75 / Mohawk) The Curtiss P-36 Hawk aircraft saw considerable operational service in the years leading up to, and during, World War 2. Its ... 1941
Curtiss P-40 Warhawk / Kittyhawk / Tomahawk The P-40 Warhawk / Kittyhawk / Tomahawk series of aircraft was the further development of the P-36 Hawk platform (detailed el... 1929
Curtiss P-6 Hawk Originally based on the existing P-1B series of aircraft, the P-6 Hawk series was a first-line pursuit aircraft for the Unite... 1943
Curtiss SB2C Helldiver The Curtiss SB2C Helldiver was a rather unassuming dive bomber / reconnaissance aircraft serving throughout World War 2 begin... 1938
Curtiss SBC Helldiver In 1932, the United States Navy contracted the Curtiss-Wright Corporation to produce a modern, two-seat fighter design for us... 1944
Curtiss SC Seahawk ... 1942
Curtiss SO3C Seamew The Curtiss SO3C "Seamew" (Curtiss Model 82) was an oft-forgotten navy reconnaissance/scout/patrol floatplane produced in qua... 1935
Curtiss SOC Seagull ... 1944
Curtiss XF14C Curtiss Aircraft enjoyed success with its inline piston-engined P-40 "Warhawk" series of fighters which went on to serve in m... 1939
Curtiss XP-42 The Curtiss XP-42 was a further development of the Curtiss P-36 Hawk model though it would share some initial outward similar... 1941
Curtiss XP-46 The smallish XP-46 was to be the answer for the deficiencies encountered in the P-40 Warhawk platform. Unfortunately for Curt... 1942
Curtiss-Wright C-46 Commando The United States Air Force utilized the C-46 Commando series as their primary transport workhorse in the Pacific Theater of ... 1943
Curtiss-Wright XP-55 Ascender The XP-55 Ascender was an unorthodox attempt by the Curtiss-Wright company that produced just three prototype models. Answeri... 1931
de Havilland DH.82 Tiger Moth The Tiger Moth series produced by the UK firm of de Havilland went on to become one of the more beloved trainers of all time,... 1942
de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito Discussions of war-winning World War 2 aircraft regularly seem to leave out one of the most famous and successful of the conf... 1936
Dewoitine D.500 The D.500 series, as a whole, was merely a stop-gap design for France - bridging a gap between two eras of aviation resulting... 1939
Dewoitine D.520 The Dewoitine D.520 was a single seat piston-engine fighter designed and built for the French Air Force. Developed from lesso... 1937
Dornier Do 17 (Flying Pencil) The Dornier Do 17 was a medium-class bomber fielded primarily by the German Luftwaffe in the years leading up to World War 2.... 1938
Dornier Do 18 Though a serviceable flying boat with a successful pedigree, the Dornier Do 18 was highly outclassed and outdated at the star... 1939
Dornier Do 215 The Dornier Do 215 was originally intended for export, beginning life as a redesignated version of the Dornier Do 17 light/me... 1942
Dornier Do 217 The Dornier Do 217 was a multi-faceted performer for the German Luftwaffe that ended up fulfilling various roles from bomber ... 1938
Dornier Do 22 The Dornier Do 22 was a German-designed and produced three-man floatplane. It was produced in Germany and Switzerland for the... 1934
Dornier Do 23 ... 1937
Dornier Do 24 The Dornier Do 24 was a capable flying both serving in limited numbers both Allied and Axis powers in World War 2. The system... 1945
Dornier Do 335 Pfeil (Arrow) The Dornier Do 335 Pfeil (or "Arrow") was one of the more unique prop-driven designs of the Second World War. Designed and pa... 1941
Douglas A-20 Havoc / Boston The Douglas A-20 Havoc served Allied forces through most of World War 2, fighting for British, American and Soviet forces. Th... 1941
Douglas A-24 Banshee The Douglas A-24 "Banshee" dive bomber fit the requirement of the United States Army for a capable dive bomber-type aircraft.... 1944
Douglas A-26 / B-26 Invader The Douglas A-26 Invader was a distinguished twin-engine light bomber whose origins were well-placed in the Second World War.... 1936
Douglas B-18 Bolo In 1934, the American Douglas aircraft concern developed the DB-1 (also known as the "Douglas Bomber 1") to fulfill a United ... 1944
Douglas BTD Destroyer ... 1940
Douglas C-47 Skytrain / Dakota The C-47 Skytrain was a product of the Douglas Aircraft Company and is regarded as the best transport of World War 2. Interes... 1942
Douglas C-54 Skymaster (DC-4) Derived from the commercial DC-4 airliner, the C-54 Skymaster was a workhorse transport aircraft for both the United States A... 1934
Douglas DC-2 Before the DC-3 became a marketing success for the Douglas Aircraft Company - produced in some 16,000 total examples - the co... 1936
Douglas DC-3 ... 1938
Douglas SBD Dauntless The Douglas DBS Dauntless dive bomber was a key cog in the America Navy war effort throughout the Pacific during World War 2.... 1937
Douglas TBD Devastator The Douglas TBD Devastator was classified as a torpedo bomber and served in the early half of World War 2 with the United Sta... 1937
Fairey Battle ... 1943
Fairey Firefly The Fairey Firefly was a hugely successful, two-seat, carrierborne fighter aircraft serving with the Royal Fleet Air Arm thro... 1940
Fairey Fulmar ... 1936
Fairey Swordfish The Fairey Swordfish was one of the unsung heroes of the Second World War. With Britain seemingly fighting the world war all ... 1936
Fiat BR.20 Cicogna (Stork) The Fiat BR.20 Cicogna (translated to "Stork") was a medium bomber in service with the Italian Air Force in the late inter-wa... 1938
Fiat CR.32 Arguably the best biplane fighter of Italian design before the start of the Second World War. The plane was also built for ex... 1939
Fiat CR.42 Falco (Falcon) Despite its by-gone era appearance, the Fiat CR.42 Falco (meaning "Falcon") played a crucial role in the early war years for ... 1938
Fiat G.50 Freccia (Arrow) The Fiat G.50 Freccia (meaning "Arrow") series provided the Italian Air Force with a then-modern monoplane fighter featuring ... 1943
Fiat G.55 Centauro (Centaur) Undoubtedly, the Fiat G.55 Centauro (Centaur) served as Italy's best fighter design of World War 2. The type made use of a li... 1944
Fieseler Fi 103R (Reichenberg) The Fiseler Fi 103R was, in essence, the piloted form of the successful V-1 rocket that terrorized London citizens throughout... 1937
Fieseler Fi 156 Storch (Stork) The seemingly fragile Fieseler Fi 156 Storch(or "Stork") does not seem to have a home in a global conflict as World War 2 was... 1943
Fisher XP-75 / P-75 Eagle General Motors became a major player in the American manufacturing realm when World War 2 arrived for the United States. With... 1939
Flettner Fl 265 The Flettner Fl 265 served as an experimental helicopter system for the German Kriegsmarine during World War 2. In many ways,... 1942
Flettner Fl 282 Kolibri (Hummingbird) ... 1941
Focke-Achgelis Fa 223 Drache / Fa 266 Hornisse ... 1937
Focke-Wulf Fw 187 Falke (Falcon) Despite demonstrating some impressive performance statistics from underpowered engines, the Focke-Wulf product Fw 187 Falke (... 1940
Focke-Wulf Fw 189 Uhu (Owl) The Focke-Wulf brand Fw 189 Uhu (translated to "Owl") was of the most peculiar aircraft design for the German Luftwaffe in th... 1939
Focke-Wulf Fw 190 Wurger (Shrike) The Focke-Wulf Fw 190 single-seat fighter is held by some to be the best German piston fighter of the Second World War - and ... 1942
Focke-Wulf Fw 191 The Fw 191 was the Focke-Wulf submission to the German Air Ministry's "Bomber B" program of 1939. Authorities were sold on th... 1938
Focke-Wulf Fw 200 (Condor) The German Fw 200 Condor was initially a trans-Atlantic passenger and cargo (mail) aircraft developed by Focke-Wulf and legen... 1945
Focke-Wulf Ta 152 The Focke-Wulf Ta 152 was a short-lived, high-level interceptor fielded by the German Luftwaffe in the latter part of World W... 1944
Focke-Wulf Ta 154 Moskito (Mosquito) The Ta 154 Moskito ("Mosquito") was another product of the Focke-Wulf aircraft design firm operating for the Third Reich. The... 1945
Focke-Wulf Ta 183 (Huckebein) By late in World War 2, German authorities had already made a stout commitment to the production of fighters over bombers. Se... 1938
Fokker D.XXI Designed by Anthony Fokker in 1935, the Fokker D.XXI first flew on March 27th, 1936. The system was originally intended to fi... 1938
Fokker G.I (Reaper) The Fokker G.I "Reaper" began as a private venture in 1936 under the leadership of Dr. Erich Schatzki, head engineer at Fokke... 1939
Fokker T.IX ... 1938
Fokker T.V ... 1942
General Aircraft Hamilcar ... 1944
Gloster / Armstrong Whitworth Meteor The Gloster Meteor became Britain's first operational jet-powered fighter aircraft. It reached operational status in the latt... 1935
Gloster Gauntlet Gloster Gauntlet origins lay in a Gloster design appearing in the late 1920's for the Royal Air Force and served throughout t... 1937
Gloster Gladiator The Gloster Gladiator was a product of the Gloster Aircraft Company and a design of one Henry Phillip Folland. Achieving firs... 1945
Gotha Project 60C The Gotha Project 60C nightfighter was another late-war "paper airplane" design attempt intended to defend the Reich from the... 1940
Grumman F4F Wildcat The Grumman F4F Wildcat was the unsung hero of the Allied Pacific Theater campaign in the early years of World War 2. Often o... 1943
Grumman F6F Hellcat The F6F Hellcat was the successor to - and a logical evolution of - the capable F4F Wildcat series of carrier-borne aircraft ... 1945
Grumman F8F Bearcat In many ways, the Grumman F8F Bearcat was the pinnacle of United States piston-engine fighter design. The aircraft arrived wi... 1937
Grumman Goose (G-21) While most every aircraft venture usually began with a military requirement or private venture undertaken by a manufacturer f... 1936
Grumman J2F Duck ... 1942
Grumman TBF Avenger Destined never to win beauty contests, the Grumman TBF Avenger series of aircraft would go down as one of the most potent tor... 1941
Grumman XP-50 Skyrocket Firmly entrenched as an aircraft supplier to the United States Navy, the Grumman aircraft company set about to supply an equa... 1940
Handley Page Halifax While the Lancaster Heavy Bomber will always be more identifiable in terms of the British night bombing campaigns of World Wa... 1938
Handley Page Hampden ... 1931
Hawker Fury (I & II) The Hawker Fury was the mainstay of Britain air defense throughout the 1930's until being replaced by the Gloster Gladiators.... 1937
Hawker Hurricane The Hawker Hurricane was indeed the true star of Britain's march against the Third Reich. Often overshadowed by the sleeker a... 1945
Hawker Sea Fury / Fury The Hawker Sea Fury was developed out Hawker's Typhoon and Tempest aircraft designs utilized by Britain during World War 2. T... 1941
Hawker Sea Hurricane The Hawker Sea Hurricane appeared in 1941 in an effort to protect British merchant ships from German naval attacks. Basically... 1944
Hawker Tempest The Hawker Tempest originally appeared as an improved Hawker Typhoon, the war-winning aircraft that effectively failed in its... 1939
Hawker Tornado ... 1941
Hawker Typhoon The Hawker Typhoon (affectionate known as the "Tiffie") was initially intended as a dedicated interceptor and set to succeed ... 1936
Heinkel He 111 Though the base He 111 was arguably the most important bomber of the Third Reich during the Second World War, the idea of bom... 1942
Heinkel He 111 Z (Zwilling) The He 111 Z (or "Zwilling") was an interesting, albeit bizarre, joining of two He 111 medium bombers (detailed elsewhere on ... 1935
Heinkel He 112 The Heinkel He 112 was the only serious threat (next to the Messerschmitt Bf 109) to becoming Germany's first modern monoplan... 1939
Heinkel He 115 By all accounts, the He 115 series of floatplane aircraft was regarded as the finest such aircraft in all of World War 2. She... 1945
Heinkel He 162 Volksjager (Peoples Fighter) The He 162 Volksjager (the "People's Fighter") was developed as a quick solution to stem the tide of the major Allied advance... 1939
Heinkel He 176 In the late 1930s, the Heinkel concern of Germany began work on the world's first all-liquid fueled rocket-propelled aircraft... 1942
Heinkel He 177 Greif (Griffin) The Heinkel He 177 Greif (or "Griffin") was a bomber produced in limited numbers for the German Luftwaffe. By any standard, t... 1939
Heinkel He 178 The Heinkel-produced He 178 has the distinct honor of becoming the world's first aircraft to fly solely with a turbojet engin... 1943
Heinkel He 219 Uhu (Eagle-Owl) The advanced Heinkel He 219 "Uhu" (meaning "Eagle-Owl") was an impressive dedicated night-fighter platform serving the intere... 1941
Heinkel He 280 Though never produced in any operational format, the Heinkel He 280 series was the world's first turbojet fighter aircraft de... 1944
Heinkel He 343 (Strahlbomber / Strabo 16) Towards the end of World War 2, there was a definitive shift in German thinking from piston-powered aircraft types to jet-pow... 1935
Heinkel He 51 The He 51 was a product of the German Heinkel firm and a design of the Gunter twins, Walter and Siegfried. The Gunters became... 1931
Heinkel He 59 ... 1933
Heinkel He 70 (Blitz) The Heinkel 70 (Blitz) was originally born out of a need for a speedy aeroplane charged with "fast" mail delivery for the Deu... 1945
Heinkel He P.1078C Germany's Emergency Fighter Program was enacted in the middle of July in 1944 in response to the Allied bombing offensive tak... 1944
Heinkel Lerche (Lark) ... 1936
Henschel Hs 123 The Henschel-produced Hs 123 aircraft became the last operational biplane for the German Luftwaffe during World War two. Born... 1942
Henschel Hs 129 The Henschel Hs 129 fighter-bomber was built to a 1937 German specification for a twin-engine close-support aircraft with con... 1945
Henschel Hs 132 The Henschel Hs 132 was another of the ambitious German jet-powered designs under development in the closing years of the Sec... 1941
Henschel Hs P.75 The Henschel Hs P.75 appeared in 1941 as a possible contender to the outmoded and outclassed Messerschmitt BF 110 "Zerstorer"... 1945
Horten Ho IX / Horten Ho 229 The Horten Ho IX (or "Horten Ho 229" - sometimes wrongly designated the "Gotha Go 229") maintains a certain level of celebrit... 1944
Horton Ho X (10) The Horten Ho X (10) continued the Horten Brother's love affair with the flying wing concept. The concept was notably solidif... 1943
Hughes D-2 / D-5 (XP-73 / XA-37) ... 1945
Hughes H-4 Hercules (Spruce Goose) The famed Hercules aircraft produced and flown only one time by Howard Hughes himself. It was commonly known as the 'Spruce G... 1946
Hughes XR-11 / XF-11 Though only achieving prototype form, the XF-11 was one of the darling designs of famed American aviator Howard Hughes. Looki... 1941
IAR 80 / IAR 81 When first unveiled in 1938, the Romanian-produced I.A.R. 80 (IAR = Industria Aeronautica Romana) piston engine, single-seat ... 1941
Ilyushin IL-2 Sturmovik The Il-2 Sturmovik (or "Shturmovik") was designed as a low-level close-support aircraft capable of defeating enemy armor and ... 1937
Ilyushin IL-4 In many ways the Ilyushin-brand IL-4 was a "forgotten" bomber of the Second World War - at least in the West - though it form... 1943
Junkers Ju 187 Throughout the latter half of the 1930s and into the early 1940s, the Junkers Ju 87 "Stuka" dive bomber asserted itself as on... 1943
Junkers Ju 188 Rache (Avenger) When the new Junkers Ju 288 - a design meant to replace the Junkers Ju 88 series of bombers - ran into developmental issues w... 1944
Junkers Ju 287 The Junkers Ju 287 was arguably the most unique design of all of the German jet-powered projects in development during and up... 1943
Junkers Ju 390 (New York Bomber) The German Junkers Ju 390 long range heavy bomber aircraft design was intended to be able to strike at locations along the ea... 1932
Junkers Ju 52 ... 1936
Junkers Ju 86 ... 1937
Junkers Ju 87 (Stuka) Before the Allies would gain air superiority over the skies of France and Germany, the Junkers Ju 87 "Stuka" dive bomber woul... 1939
Junkers Ju 88 The Junkers Ju 88 represented one of the better and more successful bomber designs attributed to the German Luftwaffe. The sy... 1938
Kawanishi H6K (Mavis) Though looking very much the part of a German-produced Dornier series flying boat, the Kawanishi brand H6K series (codenamed ... 1942
Kawanishi H8K (Emily) The Empire of Japan seemed to be producing its best aircraft designs of the war towards the end of the conflict. The Kawanish... 1943
Kawanishi N1K-J Shiden (George) Despite some early setbacks in design, the Kawanishi N1K1-J "Shiden" (or "violet lightning" - codenamed "George" by the Allie... 1945
Kawasaki Ki-100 Despite being produced in severely limited numbers (thanks in large part to the Allied bombing campaigns in the Pacific), the... 1944
Kawasaki Ki-102 (Randy) The two-seat, twin-engine Ki-102 was classified as a close-support/heavy fighter aircraft and developed by the Kawasaki conce... 1944
Kawasaki Ki-45 KAIc Toryu (Nick) Despite serving in limited numbers, fielded with no search-finding radar and appearing as the only Imperial Japanese Army nig... 1942
Kawasaki Ki-45 Toryu (Nick) By 1937, interest in a twin-engine fighter had peaked for the Imperial Japanese Army so much so that a requirement was put fo... 1940
Kawasaki Ki-48 (Lily) ... 1941
Kawasaki Ki-60 ... 1943
Kawasaki Ki-61 Hien (Tony) The Kawasaki Ki-61 Hien (meaning "Swallow" and codenamed "Tony" by the Allies) was another of the oft-forgotten yet impressiv... 1943
Kawasaki Ki-64 ... 1943
Kawasaki Ki-96 ... 1938
Koolhoven F.K.56 ... 1940
Koolhoven F.K.58 ... 1945
Kyushu J7W Shinden (Magnificent Lightning) The unorthodox Kyushu J7W Shinden ("Magnificent Lightning") was a "wonder-weapon" of the Empire of Japan in the closing mon... 1942
Kyushu K11W Shiragiku (White Chrysanthemum) Oft-forgotten, but no less important to the Japanese war effort of World War 2, was the Kyushu K11W Shiragiku ("White Chrysan... 1945
Kyushu Q1W Tokai (Eastern Sea) / (Lorna) The Kyushu Q1W "Tokai" (translating to "Eastern Sea" and codenamed "Lorna" by the Allies) was an anti-submarine bomber utiliz... 1938
Latecoere 298 ... 1940
Lavochkin La-5 Design of the Lavochkin La-5 series of low-to-medium altitude fighters was spurred on by a need for equipment capable of matc... 1940
Lavochkin LaGG-3 The LaGG-3 piston-engine pursuit fighter (the LaGG in the designation coming from "Lavochkin-Gorbunov-Goudkov") was one of th... 1928
Liore et Olivier LeO 25 ... 1938
Liore et Olivier LeO 45 (series) ... 1945
Lockheed C-69 Constellation The Lockheed Constellation series of aircraft was a successful design that initially began as a militarized transport, appear... 1939
Lockheed P-38 Lightning The Lockheed P-38 Lightning, nicknamed the "Fork-Tailed Devil" - Der Gabelschwanz Teufel - by the Germans, was the brainchild... 1945
Lockheed P-80 / F-80 Shooting Star The Lockheed P-80/F-80 Shooting Star is undoubtedly the world's most successful first generation jet-powered fighter. Appeari... 1942
Lockheed PV-1 Ventura / PV-2 Harpoon ... 1942
Lockheed XP-49 The XP-49 was a development of the Lockheed Corporation and a possible replacement for its successful line of P-38 Lightning ... 1944
Lockheed XP-58 Chain Lightning The XP-58 "Chain Lightning" was initially envisioned as a larger version of the successful Lockheed P-38 Lightning twin-boom ... 1939
Loire-Nieuport LN.401/LN.411 (LN.40) The Loire-Nieuport LN.40/LN.401 series of aircraft was a carrier-based dive bomber developed for the French Navy prior to Wor... 1943
Luftwaffe Mistel (Mistletoe) / Beethoven-Gerat / Vati und Sohn ... 1938
Macchi C.200 Saetta (Lightning) The Macchi M.C.200 Saetta (or "Lightning") was the main production fighter in the Italian military when Italy entered the Sec... 1941
Macchi C.202 Folgore (Thunderbolt) The Macchi C.202 Folgore ("Thunderbolt") served as one of the top Italian-designed fighters during the critical middle years ... 1943
Macchi MC.205 Veltro (Greyhound) ... 1941
Martin B-26 Marauder The Martin B-26 Marauder overcame a rocky start to become one of the finest medium bombers of World War 2. The aircraft was d... 1941
Martin Baltimore (A-30) The Martin-produced Baltimore was a light-to-medium class bomber whose design was based highly on the Martin "Maryland" A-22 ... 1940
Martin Maryland (A-22) The Martin-produced Maryland series was classified as a light bomber and saw action as a photographic reconnaissance plane th... 1941
Martin PBM-3 / PBM-5 Mariner The Martin PBM-3 / PBM-5 Mariner was a World War 2-era flying boat used in the maritime reconnaissance role. Martin designed ... 1943
McDonnell XP-67 Bat / Moonbat The XP-67 was the first attempt by the McDonnell corporation to build a fighter for the United States Military. The same corp... 1934
Messerschmitt Bf 108 Taifun (Typhoon) ... 1937
Messerschmitt Bf 109 In the years leading up to and during World War 2, the Messerschmitt Bf 109 was the principle fighter of the German Luftwaffe... 1939
Messerschmitt Bf 110 Zerstorer (Destroyer) The twin-engine Messerschmitt Bf 110 Zerstorer (or "Destroyer" or even "Heavy Fighter" in some sources) was initially designe... 1944
Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet (Comet) The Me 163 Komet was perhaps the most unique aircraft design of the Second World War. German scientists, always on the cuttin... 1943
Messerschmitt Me 209-II The Messerschmitt Me 209-II was a proposed successor to the far-reaching Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighter. The Bf 109 was the sta... 1944
Messerschmitt Me 262 Schwalbe (Swallow) The Me 262 Schwalbe (or "Swallow") is a good case study in the "what if" category centering around poor production design and... 1942
Messerschmitt Me 264 Amerika (America) The Messerschmitt Me 264 was intended as a long-range aircraft and reconnaissance platform that was to supply the German Luft... 1942
Messerschmitt Me 309 ... 1941
Messerschmitt Me 321 Gigant (Giant) The Messerschmitt Me 321 "Gigant" ("Giant") was developed as a large cargo hauler to help supplement German airborne troop ac... 1943
Messerschmitt Me 323 Gigant (Giant) No sooner had the Messerschmitt Me 321 unpowered glider entered service that a powered version was being requested by the Ger... 1944
Messerschmitt Me 328 The "parasite" fighter had long held an interest within the minds of aircraft engineers, particularly as new methods of propu... 1943
Messerschmitt Me 410 Hornisse (Hornet) The Messerschmitt Me 410 Hornisse ("Hornet") was, in effect, a further development of the unstable Me 210 system. Though impr... 1944
Messerschmitt Me P.1101 The Messerschmitt Me P.1101 was a swept-wing, single-seat, single-engine jet-powered fighter aircraft under development for t... 1944
Messerschmitt Me P.1101/92 In 1944, Messerschmitt (among other German aircraft firms) was hard at work penciling out design concepts for the German Air ... 1941
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-1 / MiG-3 Despite being one of the fastest Soviet piston-engine designs in the early years of the war, the MiG-3 was dogged by less-tha... 1940
Miles M.20 ... 1937
Mitsubishi A5M (Claude) The Mitsubishi A5M (code-named "Claude" by the Allies) became the world's first shipborne monoplane fighter aircraft when it ... 1942
Mitsubishi A6M Reisen (Zeke / Zero) With a design history beginning as early as 1937, the A6M series (commonly referred to as the "Zero" or by the Allied codenam... 1945
Mitsubishi A7M Reppu (Sam) Japanese engineers developed many fine fighter designs during the height of World War 2 including the famous "Zero" carrier-b... 1936
Mitsubishi G3M Rikko (Nell) The Mitsubishi G3M "Rikko" (codenamed "Nell" by the Allies) was a frontline, twin-engine medium bomber utilized primarily by ... 1941
Mitsubishi G4M (Betty) Like most of Imperial Japan's aircraft in the early stages of World War 2, the Mitsubishi G4M (codenamed "Betty" by the Allie... 1942
Mitsubishi J2M Raiden (Jack) The J2M Raiden (meaning "Thunderbolt" and codenamed "Jack" by the Allies) was primarily used as a local defense fighter by th... 1945
Mitsubishi J8M (Shusui) The Empire of Japan and the nation of Germany had maintained a relationship since Prussian authorities made diplomatic contac... 1944
Mitsubishi Ki-109 The Mitsubishi Ki-109 was a specialized derivative of the Mitsubishi Ki-67 heavy bomber. The Ki-109 was designed specifically... 1937
Mitsubishi Ki-15 (Babs) ... 1939
Mitsubishi Ki-21 (Sally) The Mitsubishi Ki-21 (codenamed "Sally" by the Allies) was a successful medium bomber in service with the Japanese Air Force ... 1938
Mitsubishi Ki-30 (Ann) ... 1941
Mitsubishi Ki-46 (Dinah) Since May of 1937, the Empire of Japan - both the Imperial Japanese Army Air Force and the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service... 1940
Mitsubishi Ki-51 (Sonia) ... 1944
Mitsubishi Ki-67 Hiryu (Peggy) The Mitsubishi-designed Ki-67 Hiryu (translated to "flying dragon" and dubbed "Peggy" by the Allies) is oft-regarded as the b... 1938
Morane-Saulnier MS 405 / 406 The Morane-Saulnier M.S.406 was a single engine, piston-powered, single-seat fighter appearing just before the outbreak of ho... 1941
Nakajima B5N (Kate) By 1941, the B5N series of torpedo bombers were considered the best of their type anywhere in the world. The system was initi... 1942
Nakajima B6N Tenzan (Jill) The Nakajima B6N Tenzan (translating to "heavenly mountain") series was a capable torpedo bomber fielded by the Imperial Japa... 1945
Nakajima G8N Renzan (Rita) The Nakajima G8N Renzan (or "Mountain Range" - codenamed "Rita" by the Allies) was a heavy bomber design put forth by the Nak... 1942
Nakajima J1N Gekkou (Irving) The Nakajima J1N1-S series was a dedicated nightfighting aircraft based on the J1N1 Gekko ("moonlight") reconnaissance aircra... 1945
Nakajima Ki-115 Tsurugi The Nakajima Ki-115 Tsuguri ("Sword") was a simplistic single-seat, single-engine suicide fighter aircraft development undert... 1937
Nakajima Ki-27 (Nate / Abdul) The Nakajima Ki-27 "Nate" (known early on as "Abdul") was a successful low-monoplane, all-metal with stressed skin fighter de... 1942
Nakajima Ki-43 Hayabusa (Oscar) By 1937, it became apparent to the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) that a more modern replacement for the Nakajima Ki-27 was nee... 1941
Nakajima Ki-44 Shoki (Tojo) The Nakajima Ki-44 Shoki (meaning "Demon Queller" and codenamed "Tojo" by the Allies) was a single engine monoplane intercept... 1941
Nakajima Ki-49 Donryu (Helen) The Nakajima Ki-49 Donryu (meaning "storm dragon" and codenamed "Helen" by the Allies) heavy bomber was intended as a replace... 1944
Nakajima Ki-84 Hayate (Frank) Out of the many fine fighters available to the Japanese Army in the closing months of World War 2, none were of greater impor... 1942
North American A-36 Apache (Invader) The A-36 Apache was a United States Army version of the successful North American P-51 Mustang piston-engine fighter. The ori... 1940
North American B-25 Mitchell The North American B-25 Mitchell series of medium bombers went on to become one of the classic American aircraft designs to e... 1940
North American P-51 / F-51 Mustang The North American P-51 Mustang proved an invaluable addition to the Allied cause in the latter half of World War 2. The syst... 1936
North American T-6 Texan The T-6 Texan was and is a world famous single-engine aircraft primarily known for its use as a trainer. A product of the Nor... 1941
Northrop N-1M ... 1942
Northrop N-9M ... 1943
Northrop P-61 / F-61 Black Widow The Northrop P-61 Black Widow became the United States' first aircraft specifically designed from the outset as a platform de... 1943
Northrop XP-56 Black Bullet The XP-56 "Black Bullet" was designed by the Northrop company to an Army Air Corps proposal known as the R-40C. The XP-56 sto... 1945
Northrop XP-79 The concept of the flying wing had been around since the dawn of flight and made more so intriguing throughout the 1920s and ... 1946
Northrop YB-35 ... 1941
OQ-2A Aerial Target ... 1940
Petlyakov Pe-2 The Petlyakov Pe-2 began arriving in small numbers on the East Front in the summer of 1941. The system owed its pedigree from... 1941
Petlyakov Pe-3 ... 1942
Piaggio P.108 The Piaggio P.108 was a multi-faceted airframe developed to fulfill a variety of roles for the Italians during World War 2. S... 1941
Piper L-4 Grasshopper The Piper L-4 Grasshopper evolved from the successful Piper Cub series that took to the air as early as 1930. By 1941, the US... 1934
Polikarpov I-15 (Chaika) The Polikarpov I-15 was a biplane fighter aircraft designed and produced by the Soviet Union during the inter-war years. She ... 1935
Polikarpov I-16 The Polikarpov I-16 fighter proved to be quite the little aggressor before and throughout the Second World War. Initially see... 1929
Polikarpov Po-2 (Mule) ... 1938
Potez 630 / 631 ... 1934
PZL P.11 ... 1936
PZL.23 Karas The PZL.23 "Karas" (meaning "the crucian carp") series of aircraft was a conventional - yet outdated - monoplane light bomber... 1943
Reggiane Re.2000 Sagittaro (Archer) The Reggiane 2000 series of aircraft was very reminiscent of American interwar designs appearing between 1930 and 1940. The R... 1941
Reggiane Re.2001 Falco (Falcon) ... 1943
Reggiane Re.2002 Ariete (Ram) ... 1942
Republic P-47 / F-47 Thunderbolt While much of the romance of World War 2 dogfighting often heads in the direction of the USAAF's North American P-51 Mustang ... 1946
Republic XF-12 Rainbow During World War 2, the Republic Aviation name was primarily tied to the excellent P-47 "Thunderbolt" fighter-bomber which pr... 1944
Republic XP-72 Super Thunderbolt The XP-72 Wasp Major Thunderbolt was intended to be an "ultimate" design of the highly successful P-47 Thunderbolt fighter-bo... 1940
Rogozarski IK-3 When covering the range of topics concerning aviation in World War 2, it becomes accepted practice to overlook the developmen... 1945
Ryan FR Fireball The Ryan FR Fireball fighter was something of a unique creation in the annals of US Navy aviation. The fighter fielded two ... 1945
Saab J 21 The Saab 21 series of fighter aircraft was of a most unique design - in more ways then one. The system was drawn up to a 1941... 1936
Saro A27 London The Saro London borrowed much from the British flying boat designs peppering the 1920s and, in many ways, her retirement was ... 1939
Saro A36 Lerwick ... 1934
Savoia-Marchetti SM.79 Sparviero (Sparrowhawk) The Savoia-Marchetti SM.79 Sparviero series of tri-engined bombers was the best bomber for the Italian Axis power in the Seco... 1935
Savoia-Marchetti SM.81 Pipistrello (Bat) The Savoia-Marchetti SM.81 Pipistrello ("Bat") served primarily with the Regia Aeronautica throughout the 1930s and 1940s. Th... 1941
Savoia-Marchetti SM-84 ... 1937
Seversky P-35 ... 1940
Short Stirling The gangly-looking Short Sterling formed the backbone of heavy bomber groups for the RAF from the Battle of Britain on throug... 1937
Short Sunderland The Short Sunderland was the premiere flying boat of British military aviators during World War 2. Oft regarded as one of the... 1935
Sikorsky S-43 ... 1933
Stinson Reliant ... 1940
Sukhoi Su-1 / Su-3 The Su-1 (and related Su-3) fighter aircraft were short-lived prototype developments of the Soviet Sukhoi concern - essential... 1941
Sukhoi Su-2 The Sukhoi Su-2 was the first aircraft design of Pavel Sukhoi and became a two-seat light bomber fielded by the Soviet Air Fo... 1942
Supermarine Seafire When the land-based Hawker Hurricane was successfully converted into the carrier-based "Sea Hurricane", thought was given to ... 1938
Supermarine Spitfire The Supermarine Spitfire the legendary British fighter aircraft developed prior to World War 2. The type earned its status as... 1937
Supermarine Stranraer The Supermarine Stranraer was the final evolution of the Supermarine Southampton which debuted in March of 1925. The original... 1936
Supermarine Walrus ... 1940
Tucker XP-57 (Peashooter) ... 1936
Tupolev SB-2 The Tupolev SB-2 (the "SB" in the designation standing for "skorostnoi bombardirovschik" meaning "fast bomber") was a light-t... 1942
Tupolev Tu-2 (Bat) Russian aviation engineer Andrei Tupolev would lend his surname to a plethora of Soviet-era aircraft after founding his Tupol... 1937
Vickers Wellesley ... 1938
Vickers Wellington The Vickers-produced Wellington medium-class bomber was a principle bomber of the Royal Air Force at the start of the Second ... 1943
VL Myrsky (Storm) Prior to its war with the Soviets, Finnish authorities were contemplating an indigenous fighter design to stock its fledgling... 1942
Vought F4U Corsair The F4U Corsair series of aircraft was one of the finer fighter developments of the Second World War, primarily seeing combat... 1940
Vought OS2U Kingfisher The OS2U Kingfisher was a product of the Vought aircraft firm, appearing initially as the VS.310 design to which the United S... 1937
Vought SB2U Vindicator ... 1941
Vultee A-35 Vengeance The A-35 Vengeance was a dive bomber produced by the Vultee Aircraft Company and resulted in over a thousand examples being u... 1939
Vultee BT-13 Valiant The BT-13 Valiant was a stellar trainer aircraft used for basic flight training and for blind instrument training throughout ... 1943
Vultee XP-54 Swoose Goose The Vultee XP-54 was one of the more distinct aircraft creations designed during World War 2. Produced through the essentiall... 1945
Vultee XP-81 The Consolidated Vultee XP-81 was a proposed long-range, high-altitude fighter design that was to be the answer for bomber es... 1944
Westland Welkin With its origins in the Westland Whirlwind, the Westland Welkin (meaning "Vault of Heaven") was a twin-engined fighter design... 1940
Westland Whirlwind The Westland Whirlwind was a most capable design that might have seen even better service numbers were it not for the choice ... 1940
Yakovlev Yak-1 (Krasavyets) Often overshadowed by its contemporaries in the West (to include the Supermarine Spitfire, North American P-51 Mustang, Messe... 1944
Yakovlev Yak-3 The Yakovlev Yak-3 was a further development of the Yak-1 series of fighters (detailed elsewhere on this site) and was well r... 1943
Yakovlev Yak-9 (Frank) In line with other classic wartime fighters of World War 2, the Yakovlev-produced Yak-9 was another excellent piston-engine a... 1942
Yokosuka D4Y Suisei (Judy) The Yokosuka D4Y Suisei (translating to "Comet" and nicknamed "Judy" by the Allies) was a capable dive bomber serving the Imp... 1945
Yokosuka MXY7-K1 Ohka (Cherry Blossom) The Yokosuka MXY7 Ohka (translated to "Cherry Blossom") was a single-seat, pilot-guided suicide fighter proposed and produced...
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