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The list of aircraft of World War II includes all of the aircraft used by countries which were at war during World War II from the period between when the country joined the war and the time the country withdrew from it, or when the war ended.
The Messerschmitt Me 323 Gigant ("Giant") was a German military transport aircraft of World War II.It was a powered variant of the Me 321 military glider and was the largest land-based transport aircraft to fly during the war.
Highest cargo capacity land-based World War II transport Martin JRM Mars: 23 Jun 1942: Flying boat: 7: 39.04 yards (35.70 meters) 66.71 yards (61.00 meters) 73.62 tons: 14.76 tons: Heaviest until the Junkers 390, Largest serial production flying boat Latécoère 631: 4 Nov 1942: Flying boat: 11: 47.57 yards (43.50 meters) 62.77 yards (57.40 ...
The largest bombers of World War I, the Zeppelin-Staaken Riesenflugzeuge of Germany, could carry a payload of up to 4,400 pounds (2,000 kg) of bombs; by the latter half of World War II, the Avro Lancaster (introduced in 1942) routinely delivered payloads of 14,000 pounds (6,400 kg) (and sometimes up to 22,000 lb (10,000 kg)) and had a range of ...
Pages in category "Lists of World War II aircraft" The following 27 pages are in this category, out of 27 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
WWII production count: 18,190. Aircraft type: Bomber. Country of origin: United States. The Consolidated B-24 Liberator heavy bomber was the most extensively manufactured American aircraft during ...
This is a list of aircraft sorted by maximum takeoff weight. Airplanes. MTOW = Maximum take-off weight, MLW = Maximum landing weight, TOR = Take-off run ...
It was among the fastest piston-engine aircraft ever built, and heavily armed with four 20mm M2 cannon and four 0.50 in (12.7 mm) Browning AN/M2 heavy machine guns, with hard points for bombs or a torpedo. Although Grumman designed and developed the aircraft during World War II, it entered service too late to see action before VJ Day.