This table lists aircraft production during World War II for the major allied and axis powers:
Country | 1939 | 1940 | 1941 | 1942 | 1943 | 1944 | 1945 | Total | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
U.S. | 2,141 | 6,086 | 26,277 [1] | 47,836 | 85,898 | 96,318 | 49,761 [1] | 324,750 [1] | [2] [3] |
USSR | 10,382 [4] | 10,565 [4] | 15,735 [1] | 25,436 | 34,245 [1] | 40,246 [1] | 20,052 [1] | 157,261 [1] | |
UK | 7,940 | 15,049 | 20,094 | 23,672 | 26,263 | 26,461 | 12,070 | 131,549 | [2] [3] |
Germany | 8,295 | 10,826 | 11,776 | 15,596 [5] | 25,527 | 39,807 | 7,540 | 119,371 | [3] [6] [7] |
Japan | 4,467 | 4,768 | 5,088 | 8,861 | 16,693 | 28,180 | 8,263 | 76,320 | [3] |
Italy | 1,692 | 2,142 | 3,503 | 2,818 | 967 | - [lower-alpha 1] | - | 11,122 | [ citation needed ] |
France | 3,163 | 2,113 | - [lower-alpha 2] | - | - | - | - | 5,276 | [4] |
Total | 38,080 | 51,531 | 76,256 | 124,179 | 190,218 | 231,852 | 97,577 | 809,693 | |
A monoplane is a fixed-wing aircraft configuration with a single mainplane, in contrast to a biplane or other types of multiplanes, which have multiple planes.
Aerial warfare is the use of military aircraft and other flying machines in warfare. Aerial warfare includes bombers attacking enemy installations or a concentration of enemy troops or strategic targets; fighter aircraft battling for control of airspace; attack aircraft engaging in close air support against ground targets; naval aviation flying against sea and nearby land targets; gliders, helicopters and other aircraft to carry airborne forces such as paratroopers; aerial refueling tankers to extend operation time or range; and military transport aircraft to move cargo and personnel.
This is a list of aviation-related events from 1935:
This is a list of aviation-related events from 1940:
This is a list of aviation-related events from 1943:
This is a list of aviation-related events from 1939:
This is a list of aviation-related events from 1942:
This is a list of aviation-related events from 1946:
This is a list of aviation-related events from 1930:
This is a list of aviation-related events from 1932:
This is a list of aviation-related events from 1933:
This is a list of aviation-related events from 1922:
This is a list of aviation-related events from 1928:
This is a list of aviation-related events from 1917.
This is a list of aviation-related events from 1955.
Military production during World War II was the production or mobilization of arms, ammunition, personnel and financing by the belligerents of the war, from the occupation of Austria in early 1938 to the surrender and occupation of Japan in late 1945.
The Mitsubishi Ki-51 was a light bomber/dive bomber in service with the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II. It first flew in mid-1939. Initially deployed against Chinese forces, it proved to be too slow to hold up against the fighter aircraft of the other Allied powers. However, it performed a useful ground-attack role in the China-Burma-India theater, notably from airfields too rough for many other aircraft. As the war drew to a close, the Japanese began using them in kamikaze attacks. Total production was around 2,385 units.
Note: Not to be confused with the Austro-Hungarian Aviatik B.II series 32, 32.7 and 34 which were different aircraft.
The Martin-Handasyde Scout 1 was a British biplane aircraft of the early part of the First World War built by Martin-Handasyde Limited.