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USAAF The United States Army Air Forces (USAAF or AAF) was the major land-based aerial warfare service component of the United States Army and ''de facto'' aerial warfare service branch of the United States during and immediately after World War II ...
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USN The United States Navy (USN) is the maritime service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. It is the largest and most powerful navy in the world, with the estimated tonnage o ...
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United States Coast Guard

* Consolidated PBY-5 Catalina - ''Amphibian flying boat'' * Curtiss SOC-4 Seagull - ''Floatplane'' * Douglas RD-4 Dolphin - ''Flying boat'' * Fairchild J2K - ''Liaison'' *
Grumman JF-2 Duck The Grumman JF "Duck" was an American single-engine amphibious biplane built by Grumman for the United States Navy during the 1930s. The J2F Duck was an improved version of the JF, with its main difference being a longer float.Allen 1983, p. 4 ...
- ''Amphibian floatplane'' * Grumman J2F-4 Duck - ''Amphibian floatplane'' *
Grumman JRF Goose The Grumman G-21 Goose is an amphibious flying boat designed by Grumman to serve as an eight-seat "commuter" aircraft for businessmen in the Long Island area. The Goose was Grumman's first monoplane to fly, its first twin-engined aircraft, and i ...
- ''Amphibian flying boat'' * Grumman J4F Widgeon - ''Amphibian flying boat'' *
Hall PH The Hall PH was an American flying boat of the 1930s. It was a twin-engined biplane, developed from the Naval Aircraft Factory PN and could hence trace its lineage back to the Felixstowe flying boats of World War I. The PH was purchased in small ...
- ''Flying boat'' * R5O-1 - ''Executive transport'' * Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3 - ''Trainer'' * Vultee SNV - ''Trainer''


United States Navy

* Aeronca LNR - ''Observation/liaison/trainer'' *
Beechcraft SNB Navigator The Beechcraft Model 18 (or "Twin Beech", as it is also known) is a 6- to 11-seat, twin-engined, low-wing, tailwheel light aircraft manufactured by the Beech Aircraft Corporation of Wichita, Kansas. Continuously produced from 1937 to November ...
- ''Trainer'' *
Beechcraft JRB The Beechcraft Model 18 (or "Twin Beech", as it is also known) is a 6- to 11-seat, twin-engined, low-wing, tailwheel light aircraft manufactured by the Beech Aircraft Corporation of Wichita, Kansas. Continuously produced from 1937 to November ...
- ''Transport'' *
Beechcraft GB Traveler The Beechcraft Model 17 Staggerwing is an American biplane with an atypical negative wing stagger (the lower wing is farther forward than the upper wing). It first flew in 1932. Development At the height of the Great Depression, aircraft ...
- ''Transport'' * Bell XTDL Airacobra - ''Fighter'' * Bell XF2L Airacomet - ''Jet fighter'' * Boeing PB Flying Fortress - ''Heavy bomber'' * Boeing P2B Superfortress - ''Heavy bomber'' * Boeing 314 Clipper - ''Impressed flying boat transport'' *
Boeing XF8B The Boeing XF8B (Model 400) was a single-engine aircraft developed by Boeing during World War II to provide the United States Navy with a long-range shipboard fighter aircraft. The XF8B was intended for operation against the Japanese home islan ...
- ''Prototype carrier-based fighter-bomber'' *
Boeing XPBB Sea Ranger The Boeing XPBB-1 Sea Ranger (Boeing 344) was a prototype twin-engined flying boat patrol bomber built for the United States Navy. The order for this aircraft was canceled, to free production capacity to build the Boeing B-29, and only a singl ...
- ''Flying boat/patrol bomber'' *
Brewster F2A Buffalo The Brewster F2A Buffalo is an American fighter aircraft which saw service early in World War II. Designed and built by the Brewster Aeronautical Corporation, it was one of the first U.S. monoplanes with an arrestor hook and other modificatio ...
- ''Carrier-based fighter'' * Brewster SBA/Naval Aircraft Factory SBN - ''Carrier-based scout bomber/trainer'' * Brewster SB2A Buccaneer - ''Carrier-based scout bomber'' *
Budd RB-1 Conestoga The Budd RB-1 Conestoga was a twin-engine, stainless steel cargo aircraft designed for the United States Navy during World War II by the Budd Company of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Although it did not see service in a combat theater, it pioneer ...
- ''Transport'' *
Cessna JRC The Cessna AT-17 Bobcat or Cessna Crane is a twin-engine advanced trainer aircraft designed and made in the United States, and used during World War II to bridge the gap between single-engine trainers and larger multi-engine combat aircraft. The ...
- ''Transport'' * Consolidated PB4Y-1 Liberator - ''Patrol bomber'' *
Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer The Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer is an American World War II and Korean War era Maritime patrol aircraft, patrol bomber of the United States Navy derived from the Consolidated B-24 Liberator. The Navy had been using B-24s with only minor modif ...
- ''Patrol bomber'' * Consolidated PBY/PBN Catalina - ''Seaplane patrol bomber'' *
Consolidated PB2Y Coronado The PB2Y Coronado is a large flying boat patrol bomber designed by Consolidated Aircraft, and used by the US Navy during World War II in bombing, antisubmarine, and transport roles. Obsolete by the end of the war, Coronados were quickly taken o ...
- ''Flying boat/patrol bomber'' *
Consolidated XP4Y Corregidor The Consolidated XP4Y Corregidor (company Model 31) was an American twin-engined long-range maritime patrol flying boat built by Consolidated Aircraft for the United States Navy. Only one was built and a production order for 200 was cancelled. ...
- ''Flying boat/patrol bomber'' *
Culver TDC The Culver Cadet is an American two-seat light monoplane aircraft, also as a radio-controlled drone, produced by the Culver Aircraft Company. Design and development The aircraft designer Al Mooney developed an improved version of the Culver Dart ...
- ''Radio-controlled drone'' * Culver TD2C - ''Radio-controlled drone'' *
Curtiss F11C Goshawk The Curtiss F11C Goshawk was an American naval biplane fighter aircraft that saw limited success. It was part of a long line of Curtiss Hawk airplanes built by the Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company for the American military. Design and develo ...
- ''Biplane fighter'' * Curtiss R5C Commando - ''Transport'' *
Curtiss XF14C The Curtiss XF14C was an American naval fighter aircraft. It was developed by Curtiss-Wright in response to a request by the United States Navy in 1941 to produce a new shipboard high-performance fighter aircraft. Design and development In 19 ...
- ''Prototype carrier-based fighter'' *
Curtiss SBC Helldiver The Curtiss SBC Helldiver was a two-seat scout bomber and dive bomber built by the Curtiss-Wright Corporation. It was the last military biplane procured by the United States Navy. Delivered in 1937, it became obsolete even before World War II ...
- ''Carrier-based scout bomber'' *
Curtiss SB2C Helldiver The Curtiss SB2C Helldiver is a dive bomber developed by Curtiss-Wright during World War II. As a carrier-based bomber with the United States Navy (USN), in Pacific theaters, it supplemented and replaced the Douglas SBD Dauntless. A few surviv ...
- ''Carrier-based dive bomber'' *
Curtiss SOC Seagull The Curtiss SOC Seagull was an American single-engined scout observation seaplane, designed by Alexander Solla of the Curtiss-Wright Corporation for the United States Navy. The aircraft served on battleships and cruisers in a seaplane configurati ...
- ''Observation aircraft'' *
Curtiss SO3C Seamew The Curtiss SO3C Seamew was developed by the Curtiss-Wright Corporation as a replacement for the SOC Seagull as the United States Navy's standard floatplane scout. Curtiss named the SO3C the ''Seamew'' but in 1941 the US Navy began calling it b ...
- ''Observation aircraft'' *
Curtiss SC Seahawk The Curtiss SC Seahawk was a scout seaplane designed by the Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company for the United States Navy. The existing Curtiss SO3C Seamew and Vought OS2U Kingfisher were gradually replaced by the Seahawk in the late stages o ...
- '' ASW aircraft'' * Curtiss SNC Falcon - ''Trainer'' * Douglas BD Havoc - ''Attack bomber'' * Douglas BTD Destroyer - ''Carrier-based torpedo bomber'' *
Douglas A-26 Invader The Douglas A-26 Invader (designated B-26 between 1948 and 1965) is an American twin-engined light bomber and ground attack aircraft. Built by Douglas Aircraft Company during World War II, the Invader also saw service during several major Col ...
- ''Attack bomber'' * Douglas RD Dolphin - ''Amphibian flying boat transport'' * Douglas R2D - ''Transport'' * Douglas R3D - ''Transport'' *
Douglas R4D The Douglas C-47 Skytrain or Dakota (Royal Air Force, RAF, Royal Australian Air Force, RAAF, Royal Canadian Air Force, RCAF, Royal New Zealand Air Force, RNZAF, and South African Air Force, SAAF designation) is a airlift, military transport ai ...
- ''Transport'' * Douglas R5D - ''Transport'' *
Douglas SBD Dauntless The Douglas SBD Dauntless is a World War II American naval scout plane and dive bomber that was manufactured by Douglas Aircraft from 1940 through 1944. The SBD ("Scout Bomber Douglas") was the United States Navy's main carrier-based scout/div ...
- ''Carrier-based dive bomber'' *
Douglas TBD Devastator The Douglas TBD Devastator was an American torpedo bomber of the United States Navy. Ordered in 1934, it first flew in 1935 and entered service in 1937. At that point, it was the most advanced aircraft flying for the Navy and possibly for any na ...
- ''Carrier-based torpedo bomber'' * Fairchild JK - ''Liaison'' * Fairchild J2K/GK - ''Liaison/trainer'' *
Goodyear FG Corsair The Vought F4U Corsair is an American fighter aircraft which saw service primarily in World War II and the Korean War. Designed and initially manufactured by Vought, Chance Vought, the Corsair was soon in great demand; additional production co ...
- ''Carrier-based fighter/bomber'' *
General Motors FM Wildcat A general officer is an officer of high rank in the armies, and in some nations' air forces, space forces, and marines or naval infantry. In some usages the term "general officer" refers to a rank above colonel."general, adj. and n.". OED O ...
- ''Carrier-based fighter'' *
Great Lakes BG The Great Lakes BG was an American carrier-based dive bomber of the 1930s. Designed and built by the Great Lakes Aircraft Company of Cleveland, Ohio, 61 were used by the United States Navy and United States Marine Corps from 1934 to 1940. De ...
- ''Target drone (withdrawn as carrier bomber)'' *
Grumman F3F The Grumman F3F was a biplane fighter aircraft produced by the Grumman aircraft for the United States Navy during the mid-1930s. Designed as an improvement on the F2F, it entered service in 1936 as the last biplane to be delivered to any Ameri ...
- ''Carrier-based fighter'' *
Grumman F4F Wildcat The Grumman F4F Wildcat is an American carrier-based fighter aircraft that entered service in 1940 with the United States Navy, and the British Royal Navy where it was initially known as the Martlet. First used by the British in the North Atlant ...
- ''Carrier-based fighter'' *
Grumman XF5F Skyrocket The Grumman XF5F Skyrocket was a prototype twin-engined shipboard fighter interceptor. The United States Navy ordered one prototype, model number G-34, from Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation on 30 June 1938; its designation was XF5F-1. T ...
- ''Carrier-based prototype fighter'' *
Grumman F6F Hellcat The Grumman F6F Hellcat is an American carrier-based fighter aircraft of World War II. Designed to replace the earlier F4F Wildcat and to counter the Japanese Mitsubishi A6M Zero, it was the United States Navy's dominant fighter in the second ha ...
- ''Carrier-based fighter'' *
Grumman F7F Tigercat The Grumman F7F Tigercat is a heavy fighter aircraft that served with the United States Navy (USN) and United States Marine Corps (USMC) from late in World War II until 1954. It was the first twin-engine fighter to be deployed by the USN. Whil ...
- ''Carrier-based fighter'' * Grumman F8F Bearcat - ''Carrier-based fighter'' *
Grumman JRF Goose The Grumman G-21 Goose is an amphibious flying boat designed by Grumman to serve as an eight-seat "commuter" aircraft for businessmen in the Long Island area. The Goose was Grumman's first monoplane to fly, its first twin-engined aircraft, and i ...
- ''Flying boat'' * Grumman J4F Widgeon - ''Flying boat'' *
Grumman JF Duck The Grumman JF "Duck" was an American single-engine amphibious biplane built by Grumman for the United States Navy during the 1930s. The J2F Duck was an improved version of the JF, with its main difference being a longer float.Allen 1983, p. ...
- ''Amphibian shipboard spotter'' *
Grumman J2F Duck The Grumman J2F Duck (company designation G-15) is an American single-engine amphibious biplane. It was used by each major branch of the U.S. armed forces from the mid-1930s until just after World War II, primarily for utility and air-sea resc ...
- ''Amphibian shipboard spotter'' * Grumman TBF/TBM Avenger - ''Carrier-based torpedo-bomber'' * Howard GH/NH Nightingale - ''Liaison/ambulance aircraft'' *
Interstate TDR The Interstate TDR was an early unmanned combat aerial vehicle — referred to at the time as an " assault drone" — developed by the Interstate Aircraft and Engineering Corporation during the Second World War for use by the United States Nav ...
- ''Assault drone'' *
Lockheed JO The Lockheed Model 12 Electra Junior, more commonly known as the Lockheed 12 or L-12, is an eight-seat, six-passenger all-metal twin-engine transport aircraft of the late 1930s designed for use by small airlines, companies, and wealthy private ind ...
- ''Transport/gunnery trainer'' *
Lockheed R2O Electra The Lockheed Model 10 Electra is an American twin-engined, all-metal monoplane airliner developed by the Lockheed Aircraft Corporation in the 1930s to compete with the Boeing 247 and Douglas DC-2. The type gained considerable fame as one was ...
- ''Transport'' * Lockheed R5O Lodestar - ''Transport'' *
Lockheed PBO The Lockheed Hudson is a light bomber and coastal reconnaissance aircraft built by the American Lockheed Aircraft Corporation. It was initially put into service by the Royal Air Force shortly before the outbreak of the Second World War and prim ...
- ''Patrol bomber'' *
Lockheed PV-1 Ventura The Lockheed Ventura is a twin-engine medium bomber and patrol bomber of World War II. The Ventura first entered combat in Europe as a bomber with the RAF in late 1942. Designated PV-1 by the United States Navy (US Navy), it entered combat in ...
- ''Patrol bomber'' *
Lockheed PV-2 Harpoon The Lockheed Ventura is a twin-engine medium bomber and patrol bomber of World War II. The Ventura first entered combat in Europe as a bomber with the RAF in late 1942. Designated PV-1 by the United States Navy (US Navy), it entered combat in ...
- ''Patrol bomber'' *
Lockheed FO The Lockheed P-38 Lightning is an American single-seat, twin piston-engined fighter aircraft that was used during World War II. Developed for the United States Army Air Corps by the Lockheed Corporation, the P-38 incorporated a distinctive twi ...
-1 - ''Fighter'' * Martin JM Marauder - ''Medium bomber'' *
Martin JRM Mars The Martin JRM Mars is a large, four-engined cargo transport flying boat designed and built by the Martin Company for the United States Navy during World War II. It was the largest Allied flying boat to enter production, although only seven ...
- ''Transport flying boat'' *
Martin M-130 The Martin M-130 was a commercial flying boat designed and built in 1935 by the Glenn L. Martin Company in Baltimore, Maryland, for Pan American Airways. Three were built: the '' China Clipper'', the ''Philippine Clipper'' and the '' Hawaii Cli ...
- ''Impressed flying boat'' *
Martin PBM Mariner The Martin PBM Mariner was an American patrol bomber flying boat of World War II and the early Cold War era. It was designed to complement the Consolidated PBY Catalina and PB2Y Coronado in service. A total of 1,366 PBMs were built, with the fir ...
- ''Flying boat'' * Martin PB2M Mars - ''Prototype patrol flying boat'' *
Naval Aircraft Factory N3N The Naval Aircraft Factory N3N was an American tandem-seat, open cockpit, primary training biplane aircraft built by the Naval Aircraft Factory (NAF) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, during the 1930s and early 1940s. Development and design Built t ...
- ''Trainer'' *
Naval Aircraft Factory TDN The Naval Aircraft Factory TDN was an early unmanned combat aerial vehicle - referred to at the time as an "flying bomb, assault drone" - developed by the United States Navy's Naval Aircraft Factory during the Second World War. Developed and test ...
- ''Assault drone'' * North American NJ-1 - ''Trainer'' *
North American PBJ Mitchell The North American B-25 Mitchell is an American medium bomber that was introduced in 1941 and named in honor of Major General William "Billy" Mitchell, a pioneer of U.S. military aviation. Used by many Allied air forces, the B-25 served in ...
- ''Medium/anti-ship bomber'' * North American SNJ - ''Trainer'' * North American ETF-51D - ''Fighter'' *
Northrop BT-1 The Northrop BT was an American two-seat, single-engine monoplane dive bomber built by the Northrop Corporation for the United States Navy. At the time, Northrop was a subsidiary of the Douglas Aircraft Company. While unsuccessful in its own r ...
- ''Dive bomber (withdrawn 1944)'' * Piper LNP - ''Training glider'' * Piper NE - ''Observation/liaison aircraft'' *
Pratt-Read LNE The Pratt-Read TG-32 was a 1940s American military training glider, designed and built by the Gould Aeronautical Division of the piano manufacturer Pratt, Read & Company of Deep River, Connecticut, for the United States Navy. The Pratt-Read gli ...
- ''Training glider'' *
Ryan FR Fireball The Ryan FR Fireball was an American mixed-power ( piston and jet-powered) fighter aircraft designed by Ryan Aeronautical for the United States Navy during World War II. It was the Navy's first aircraft with a jet engine. Only 66 aircraft we ...
- ''Carrier-based mixed-propulsion fighter'' *
Ryan NR Recruit The Ryan STs were a series of two seat, low-wing monoplane aircraft built in the United States by the Ryan Aeronautical Company. They were used as sport aircraft, as well as trainers by flying schools and the militaries of several countries ...
- ''Trainer'' *
Schweizer LNS The Schweizer SGS 2-8 is an American two-seat, mid-wing, strut-braced, training glider built by Schweizer Aircraft of Elmira, New York.Said, Bob: ''1983 Sailplane Directory, Soaring Magazine'', pages 26. Soaring Society of America, November 1983. ...
- ''Training glider'' * Sikorsky HNS - ''Helicopter'' *
Sikorsky HO2S The Sikorsky H-5 (initially designated R-5 and also known as S-48, S-51 and by company designation VS-327Fitzsimons, Bernard, (general editor). ''Illustrated Encyclopedia of 20th Century Weapons and Warfare'' (London: Phoebus, 1978), Volume 20, ...
- ''Helicopter'' * Sikorsky HO3S - ''Helicopter'' *
Sikorsky JRS The Sikorsky S-43 (sometimes referred to as the Baby Clipper) was a 1930s American twin-engine amphibious flying boat monoplane produced by Sikorsky Aircraft. Design and development The S-43 first flew in 1935, and was a smaller version of the S ...
- ''Transport amphibian'' * Sikorsky JR2S - ''Impressed transport flying boat'' *
Sikorsky XPBS-1 The Sikorsky VS-44 was a large four- engined flying boat built in the United States in the early 1940s by Sikorsky Aircraft. Based on the XPBS-1 patrol bomber, the VS-44 was designed primarily for the transatlantic passenger market, with a capa ...
- ''Patrol flying boat'' *
Stearman N2S The Stearman (Boeing) Model 75 is a biplane formerly used as a military trainer aircraft, of which at least 10,626 were built in the United States during the 1930s and 1940s. Stearman Aircraft became a subsidiary of Boeing in 1934. Widely known ...
- ''Trainer'' * Stinson OY Sentinel - ''Observation/liaison aircraft'' * Stinson R3Q - ''Trainer/utility aircraft'' * Spartan NP - ''Trainer'' *
Taylorcraft LNT The Taylorcraft L-2 Grasshopper is an American observation and liaison aircraft built by Taylorcraft Aircraft, Taylorcraft for the United States Army Air Forces in World War II. Design and development In 1941 the United States Army Air Forces ...
- ''Observation/liaison aircraft'' *
Timm N2T Tutor The Timm N2T Tutor is an American training monoplane built by the Timm Aircraft Corporation for the United States Navy as the N2T-1. Design and development The Timm S-160 (or Timm PT-160K) was a conventional tandem open-cockpit monoplane trai ...
- ''Trainer'' *
Vought F4U Corsair The Vought F4U Corsair is an American fighter aircraft which saw service primarily in World War II and the Korean War. Designed and initially manufactured by Chance Vought, the Corsair was soon in great demand; additional production contracts ...
- ''Carrier-based fighter'' *
Vought O3U Corsair The Vought O2U Corsair was a 1920s biplane scout and observation aircraft. Developed by Vought Corporation, the O2U was ordered by the United States Navy (USN) in 1927. Powered by a 400 hp (298 kW) Pratt & Whitney R-1340 engine, it in ...
- ''Scout'' *
Vought OS2U Kingfisher The Vought OS2U Kingfisher is an American catapult-launched observation floatplane. It was a compact mid-wing monoplane, with a large central float and small stabilizing floats. Performance was modest because of its low-powered engine. The OS2U ...
- ''Observation aircraft'' *
Vought SBU The Vought SBU-1 Corsair was a two-seat, all-metal biplane dive bomber built by Vought Aircraft Company of Dallas, Texas for the US Navy. Its design was based upon the F3U-1 two-seat fighter that was abandoned when the Navy decided not to obta ...
- ''Carrier-based dive bomber (withdrawn 1943)'' *
Vought SB2U Vindicator The Vought SB2U Vindicator is an American carrier-based dive bomber developed for the United States Navy in the 1930s, the first monoplane in this role. Vindicators still remained in service at the time of the Battle of Midway, but by 1943, all h ...
- ''Carrier-based dive bomber'' * Vought TBU Sea Wolf/Consolidated TBY Sea Wolf - ''Carrier-based torpedo-bomber'' *
Vought V-173 The Vought V-173 "Flying Pancake" was an American experimental test aircraft built as part of the Vought XF5U program during World War II. Both the V-173 and the XF5U featured an unorthodox "all-wing" design consisting of flat, somewhat disk-sha ...
- ''Experimental aircraft'' * Vultee SNV - ''Trainer'' * Waco LRW - ''Troop glider'' *
Waco YKS-7 The Waco Standard Cabin series is a range of American single-engine 4–5 seat fabric covered cabin biplanes produced by the Waco Aircraft Company beginning in 1931 with the QDC and continuing until 1942 when production ended for the VKS-7F.Brandl ...
- ''Transport/liaison''


United States Marine Corps

Marine Corps Aircraft 1913 - 1965
Accessdate:Sept 2014 * Allied Aviation XLRA - ''Transport flying-boat glider'' *
Brewster F2A Buffalo The Brewster F2A Buffalo is an American fighter aircraft which saw service early in World War II. Designed and built by the Brewster Aeronautical Corporation, it was one of the first U.S. monoplanes with an arrestor hook and other modificatio ...
- ''Fighter'' * Consolidated PBY Catalina - ''Patrol bomber'' *
Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer The Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer is an American World War II and Korean War era Maritime patrol aircraft, patrol bomber of the United States Navy derived from the Consolidated B-24 Liberator. The Navy had been using B-24s with only minor modif ...
- ''Patrol bomber'' * Curtiss R5C Commando - ''Transport'' *
Curtiss SBC Helldiver The Curtiss SBC Helldiver was a two-seat scout bomber and dive bomber built by the Curtiss-Wright Corporation. It was the last military biplane procured by the United States Navy. Delivered in 1937, it became obsolete even before World War II ...
- ''Dive bomber'' *
Curtiss SB2C Helldiver The Curtiss SB2C Helldiver is a dive bomber developed by Curtiss-Wright during World War II. As a carrier-based bomber with the United States Navy (USN), in Pacific theaters, it supplemented and replaced the Douglas SBD Dauntless. A few surviv ...
- ''Dive bomber'' * Douglas BD Havoc - ''Attack/medium bomber/target tug'' * Douglas RD Dolphin - ''Amphibian transport'' * Douglas R3D - ''Transport'' * Douglas R4D Skytrain - ''Transport'' * Douglas R5D Skymaster - ''Transport'' *
Douglas SBD Dauntless The Douglas SBD Dauntless is a World War II American naval scout plane and dive bomber that was manufactured by Douglas Aircraft from 1940 through 1944. The SBD ("Scout Bomber Douglas") was the United States Navy's main carrier-based scout/div ...
- ''Dive bomber'' *
Grumman F4F Wildcat The Grumman F4F Wildcat is an American carrier-based fighter aircraft that entered service in 1940 with the United States Navy, and the British Royal Navy where it was initially known as the Martlet. First used by the British in the North Atlant ...
- ''Fighter'' *
Grumman F6F Hellcat The Grumman F6F Hellcat is an American carrier-based fighter aircraft of World War II. Designed to replace the earlier F4F Wildcat and to counter the Japanese Mitsubishi A6M Zero, it was the United States Navy's dominant fighter in the second ha ...
- ''Fighter/night fighter'' *
Grumman JRF Goose The Grumman G-21 Goose is an amphibious flying boat designed by Grumman to serve as an eight-seat "commuter" aircraft for businessmen in the Long Island area. The Goose was Grumman's first monoplane to fly, its first twin-engined aircraft, and i ...
- ''Amphibian transport'' * Grumman TBF Avenger - ''Torpedo bomber'' *
Lockheed JO The Lockheed Model 12 Electra Junior, more commonly known as the Lockheed 12 or L-12, is an eight-seat, six-passenger all-metal twin-engine transport aircraft of the late 1930s designed for use by small airlines, companies, and wealthy private ind ...
-2 - ''Transport'' * Lockheed R5O Lodestar - ''Transport'' * Lockheed PV-1 Ventura - ''Ppatrol bomber'' * Martin JM Marauder - ''Attack/medium bomber/target tug'' *
North American PBJ Mitchell The North American B-25 Mitchell is an American medium bomber that was introduced in 1941 and named in honor of Major General William "Billy" Mitchell, a pioneer of U.S. military aviation. Used by many Allied air forces, the B-25 served in ...
- ''Attack/medium bomber'' * North American SNJ - ''Trainer'' * Northrop F2T Black Widow - ''Night fighter'' *
Pratt-Read LNE The Pratt-Read TG-32 was a 1940s American military training glider, designed and built by the Gould Aeronautical Division of the piano manufacturer Pratt, Read & Company of Deep River, Connecticut, for the United States Navy. The Pratt-Read gli ...
- ''Training glider'' *
Schweizer LNS The Schweizer SGS 2-8 is an American two-seat, mid-wing, strut-braced, training glider built by Schweizer Aircraft of Elmira, New York.Said, Bob: ''1983 Sailplane Directory, Soaring Magazine'', pages 26. Soaring Society of America, November 1983. ...
- ''Training glider'' * Stinson OY Sentinel - ''Observation/liaison aircraft'' *
Vought F4U Corsair The Vought F4U Corsair is an American fighter aircraft which saw service primarily in World War II and the Korean War. Designed and initially manufactured by Chance Vought, the Corsair was soon in great demand; additional production contracts ...
- ''Fighter bomber/night fighter'' *
Vought SB2U Vindicator The Vought SB2U Vindicator is an American carrier-based dive bomber developed for the United States Navy in the 1930s, the first monoplane in this role. Vindicators still remained in service at the time of the Battle of Midway, but by 1943, all h ...
- ''Dive bomber''


United States Army Air Forces/Corps

* Aeronca L-3 - ''Observation/liaison aircraft'' * Airspeed Oxford - ''Trainer'' * Avro Anson, Avro AT-20 Anson - ''Trainer'' * Beechcraft XA-38 Grizzly - ''Prototype attack bomber'' * Beechcraft C-45 Expeditor - ''Transport/trainer'' * Beechcraft AT-10 Wichita - ''Advanced trainer'' * Bell YFM-1 Airacuda - ''Interceptor'' * Bell P-39 Airacobra - ''Fighter'' * Bell P-59 Airacomet - ''Jet fighter'' * Bell P-63 Kingcobra - ''Fighter'' * Bell XP-77 - ''Prototype lightweight fighter'' * Boeing P-26 Peashooter - ''Fighter'' * Boeing XB-15, Boeing XB-15/XC-105 - ''Long-range bomber/transport'' * Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress - ''Heavy bomber'' * Boeing B-29 Superfortress - ''Heavy bomber'' * Boeing-Stearman PT-17 Kaydet - ''Primary trainer'' * Boulton Paul Defiant - ''Trainer/target tug'' * Brewster F2A Buffalo, Brewster 339C/D Buffalo - ex-Dutch KNIL-ML ''fighter'' * Bristol Beaufighter - ''Fighter'' * Budd C-93 Conestoga - ''Transport'' * Cessna AT-17, Cessna AT-8/AT-17/UC-78 - ''Advanced trainer/light transport'' * Consolidated B-24 Liberator - ''Heavy bomber'' * Consolidated B-32 Dominator - ''Heavy bomber'' * Consolidated OA-10 Catalina - Army PBY ''flying boat/patrol bomber'' * Consolidated Vultee XP-81 - ''Fighter'' * Vultee XA-41 - ''Prototype ground attack aircraft'' * Culver Cadet, 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'' * Curtiss-Wright C-76 Caravan - ''Transport'' * Curtiss O-52 Owl - ''Observation aircraft'' * Curtiss P-36 Hawk - ''Fighter'' * Curtiss XP-37 - ''Prototype fighter'' * Curtiss P-40 Warhawk, Curtiss P-40 Warhawk/Kittyhawk/Tomahawk - ''Fighter'' * Curtiss XP-46 - ''Prototype fighter'' * Curtiss-Wright XP-55 Ascender - ''Prototype fighter'' * Curtiss YP-60 - ''Fighter'' * Curtiss XP-62 - ''Prototype fighter'' * Curtiss A-25 Shrike Army SB2C - ''Dive bomber'' * de Havilland Mosquito, de Havilland F-8 Mosquito - ''Reconnaissance aircraft'' * Douglas A-20 Havoc - ''Attack bomber'' *
Douglas A-26 Invader The Douglas A-26 Invader (designated B-26 between 1948 and 1965) is an American twin-engined light bomber and ground attack aircraft. Built by Douglas Aircraft Company during World War II, the Invader also saw service during several major Col ...
- ''Attack bomber'' * Douglas XB-42 Mixmaster, Douglas XA/XB-42 Mixmaster - ''Prototype bomber'' * Douglas B-18 Bolo - ''ASW/medium bomber'' * Douglas XB-19, Douglas XBLR-2/XB-19 - ''Prototype heavy bomber'' * Douglas B-23 Dragon - ''Medium bomber'' * Douglas C-32 - ''Transport'' * Douglas C-47 Skytrain - ''Transport'' * Douglas C-54 Skymaster - ''Transport'' * Douglas C-110 - ex-Dutch Douglas DC-5 ''transport'' * Douglas O-31 - ''Observation aircraft'' * Douglas O-43 - ''Observation aircraft'' * Douglas O-46 - ''Observation aircraft'' * Douglas A-24 Dauntless - Army SBD ''dive bomber'' * Grumman OA-9 Goose - Army JRF ''flying boat'' * Grumman OA-14 Widgeon - Army J4F ''patrol aircraft'' * Fairchild 24, Fairchild UC-61/86 Argus - ''Liaison aircraft/trainer'' * Fairchild AT-21 Gunner - ''Advanced/gunnery trainer'' * Fairchild PT-19, Fairchild PT-19/23/23 - ''Primary trainer'' * Avro Anson, Federal AT-20 - Avro Anson, Ansons purchased for Lend-Lease as ''bomber trainer'' * Fisher XP-75 Eagle - ''Prototype fighter'' * Fleetwings BT-12 - ''Basic trainer'' * Howard DGA-15, Howard UC-70 Nightingale - ''Liaison aircraft'' * Interstate L-6 Grasshopper - ''Observation/liaison aircraft'' * Lockheed UC-101 Vega - ''Executive transport'' * Lockheed Model 9 Orion, Lockheed UC-85 Orion - ''Executive transport'' * Lockheed Model 10 Electra, Lockheed C-36/Model 10 Electra - ''Transport'' * Lockheed Model 12 Electra Junior, Lockheed C-40/Model 12 Electra Junior - ''Transport/gunnery trainer'' * Lockheed Model 18 Lodestar, Lockheed C-56/C-57/C-59/C-60/C-66/C-104 Lodestar - ''Transport'' * Lockheed A-29 Hudson - ''Patrol bomber'' * Lockheed C-69 Constellation - ''Transport'' * Lockheed Ventura, Lockheed B-34/B-37 Lexington - ''Medium bomber'' * Lockheed P-38 Lightning - ''Fighter'' * Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star - ''Jet fighter'' * Martin A-30 Baltimore - Lend-lease ''attack bomber'' * Martin B-10/Martin B-12 - ''Medium bombers'' * Martin B-26 Marauder - ''Medium bomber'' * McDonnell XP-67 - ''Prototype fighter'' * Noorduyn C-64 Norseman - ''Transport'' * North American A-36 Apache, 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 - ''Observation aircraft'' * North American P-51 Mustang - ''Fighter'' * North American P-64 - ''Fighter/advanced trainer'' * North American F-82 Twin Mustang - ''Fighter'' * Northrop A-17, Northrop A-13/A-16/A-17/A-33 - ''Attack aircraft'' * Northrop XP-56 Black Bullet - ''Prototype fighter'' * Northrop P-61 Black Widow - ''Night fighter'' * Northrop XP-79 - ''Prototype interceptor'' * Piper L-4 Grasshopper - ''Observation/liaison aircraft'' * Republic P-43 Lancer - ''Fighter'' * Republic P-47 Thunderbolt - ''Fighter'' * Republic XP-72 - ''Prototype fighter'' * Ryan PT-16/Ryan PT-22 Recruit, PT-22 Recruit - ''Primary trainer'' * St. Louis YPT-15 - ''Primary trainer'' * Seversky AT-12 Guardsman - ''Advanced trainer'' * Seversky BT-8 - ''Basic trainer'' * Seversky P-35 - ''Fighter'' * Sikorsky R-4 & Sikorsky R-6, R-6 - Hoverfly ''helicopters'' * Sikorsky R-5 - ''Helicopter'' * Stinson Reliant, Stinson UC-81/AT-19 Reliant - ''Trainer'' * Stinson L-1 Vigilant, Stinson O-49/L-1 Vigilant - ''Observation/liaison aircraft'' * Stinson L-5 Sentinel, Stinson O-62/L-5 Sentinel - ''Liaison aircraft'' * Supermarine Spitfire - ''Fighter/reconnaissance'' * Taylorcraft L-2, Taylorcraft O-57/L-2 Grasshopper - ''Observation/liaison aircraft'' * Vultee A-31 Vengeance, Vultee A-31/A-35 Vengeance - ''Dive bomber'' * Vultee BT-13 Valiant, Vultee BT-13/BT-15 Valiant - ''Basic trainer'' * Vultee XP-54 - ''Prototype fighter'' * Vultee P-66 Vanguard - ''Fighter'' * Waco CG-3 - ''Troop glider'' * Waco CG-4 - ''Troop glider'' * Waco PT-14 - ''Primary trainer'' * Westland Lysander - ''Pater''


Captured

*Mitsubishi A6M Zero - ''Test aircraft for weak spots'' *Mitsubishi J2M - ''Tested for its max speeds'' *Nakajima Ki-43 *Nakajima Ki-44 *Kawasaki Ki-45 *Kawasaki Ki-61 *Focke-Wulf Fw 190 *Messerschmitt Bf 109


See also

* List of aircraft of World War II * Military aircraft of the United States


References

United States military-related lists, World War II Aircraft United States in World War II-related lists, Aircraft Lists of World War II aircraft, United States {{DEFAULTSORT:Aircraft of the United States during World War II