American aircraft in World War II

In the Second World War a large number participated American aircraft. Most of them are listed here:

Fighter planes

Single-engine fighters

• Boeing P-26 peashooter
• Curtiss P-36 Hawk
• Bell P-39 Airacobra
• Curtiss P-40 Warhawk
• Republic P-47 Thunderbolt
• North American P-51 Mustang
• Bell P-63 Kingcobra

Multi-engine fighters

• Lockheed P-38 Lightning
• Northrop P-61 Black Widow

Bomb planes

Light bombers

• Martin A-30 Baltimore
• Douglas A-20 Boston
• Douglas A-26 Invader

Medium bombers

• North American B-25 Mitchell
• Martin B-26 Marauder
• Lockheed B-34, B-37 Lexington / Ventura
• Martin 167 Maryland (supplied to French and British Air Forces only)

Heavy bombers

• Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress
• Consolidated B-24 Liberator
• Boeing B-29 Superfortress
• Consolidated B-32 Dominator

Transport planes and gliders

Transport aircraft

• Douglas C-32, C-33, C-34, C-39 (DC-2)
• Curtiss C-46 Commando
• Douglas C-47 Skytrain (Dakota)
• Douglas C-54 Skymaster
• Lockheed C-57, C-60, R5O Lodestar
• Consolidated C-87 Liberator

Glider

• Waco CG-4A (Hadrian)

Training and liaison aircraft

• Noorduyn C-64 Norseman
• Piper L-4 Grasshopper

Naval aircraft

Reconnaissance aircraft

• Consolidated PBY Catalina
• Consolidated PB2Y Coronado
• Consolidated PB4Y Privateer
• Curtiss SC-1 Seahawk
• Lockheed PV-1 Ventura, PV-2 Harpoon

Fighter planes

• Brewster F2A Buffalo
• Chance Vought F4U Corsair
• Grumman F4F Wildcat
• Grumman F6F Hellcat
• Grumman F7F Tigercat - no more combat use in World War II
• Grumman F8F Bearcat - no more combat use in World War II

Torpedo aircraft

• Douglas TBD Devastator
• Grumman TBF Avenger

Dive bomb planes

• Vought SB2U Vindicator
• Douglas SBD Dauntless
• Curtiss SB2C Helldiver

Trial samples and prototypes

• Bell P-59 Airacomet
• Bell XP-77
• Lockheed P-80

See also

• Air War in World War II