List of jet aircraft of World War II
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This is a list of jet aircraft that were developed during the Second World War. Rockets and aircraft for which construction had not begun by the end of the war are excluded. Entries coloured in green were operational during the war. Production figures for aircraft used postwar include examples built after the war ended, of the same versions already flying during the war.
Aircraft
Aircraft | Origin | 1st Flight |
Date Operational |
# built |
Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Arado Ar 234 | Germany | June 1943 | August 1944 | 250+ | first jet bomber[1][2] |
Bell P-59 Airacomet | US | October 1942 | n/a | 66 | first USAAF jet to fly; used as trainer, production cancelled[3] |
Bell XP-83 | US | February 1945 | n/a | 2 | cancelled long-range escort fighter[4] |
Caproni Campini N.1 | Italy | August 1940 | n/a | 2 | first Italian thermojet[5] |
Consolidated Vultee XP-81 | US | February 1945 | n/a | 2 | cancelled mixed power fighter[6] |
de Havilland Vampire F.1 | UK | September 1943 | March 1946 | 244 | postwar production[7] |
Douglas XBTD-2 Destroyer | US | May 1944 | n/a | 2 | cancelled mixed power torpedo bomber[8][9] |
Douglas XB-43 Jetmaster | US | May 1946 | n/a | 2 | cancelled jet bomber[notes 1] |
Fieseler Fi 103R Reichenberg | Germany | September 1944 | n/a | 300 | ready for operations late 1944, not used[notes 2][10] |
Gloster E.28/39 | UK | April 1941 | n/a | 2 | engine testbed and first Allied jet to fly.[11] |
Gloster Meteor F.1 & F.3 | UK | March 1943 | July 1944 | 250 | first operational Allied jet & first jet on jet kill (over V-1 flying bomb).[12] |
Heinkel He 162 | Germany | December 1944 | February 1945 | 238+ | lightweight interceptor[13] |
Heinkel He 178 | Germany | August 1939 | n/a | 2 | jet engine testbed and first jet aircraft to fly |
Heinkel He 280 | Germany | September 1940 | n/a | 9 | first jet fighter to fly, cancelled |
Henschel Hs 132 | Germany | n/a | n/a | 4 | dive bomber, captured before flown |
Horten Ho 229 | Germany | December 1944 | n/a | 3 | fighter/bomber, first jet powered flying wing[14] |
Junkers Ju 287 V-1/2/3 | Germany | August 1944 | n/a | 1 | multi-engine bomber[15] |
Lockheed P-80A Shooting Star | US | January 1944 | January 1945 | 361 | first operational USAAF jet fighter[16] |
McDonnell FD Phantom | US | January 1945 | July 1947 | 62 | postwar production, designation changed April 1946 to FH.[17][18] |
Messerschmitt Me 262 | Germany | July 1942 | June 1944 | 1,433 | first operational jet fighter[19] |
Messerschmitt Me 328 | Germany | 1944 (early) | n/a | 9 | cancelled pulse jet fighter/bomber |
Messerschmitt P.1101 | Germany | n/a | n/a | 2 | captured before flown[20] |
Mikoyan-Gurevich I-250 & MiG-13 | USSR | March 1945 | n/a | 28 | mixed power thermojet fighter[21] |
Nakajima Kikka | Japan | August 1945 | n/a | 1 | jet interceptor, similar but smaller than Me 262[notes 3][22] |
Northrop XP-79B | US | September 1945 | n/a | 1 | cancelled after crash[23] |
Ryan FR Fireball | US | June 1944 | March 1945 | 66 | US Navy mixed power, never saw combat[24] |
Sukhoi Su-5 | USSR | April 1945 | n/a | 1 | cancelled mixed power thermojet fighter[25] |
Yokosuka MXY7 Model 22 | Japan | July 1945 | n/a | 50 | kamikaze thermojet version built but not used[notes 4] |
See also
- List of rocket aircraft
- List of fighter aircraft
- List of bomber aircraft
- List of aircraft of World War II
References
Notes
- ↑ Development began in 1944, at an advanced state of development when the war ended.
- ↑ Manned variant of V-1 flying bomb intended for suicide attacks against high value targets
- ↑ 22 additional Kikkas were near completion when the end of the war ended production.
- ↑ Jet engine powered version of rocket kamikaze "Ohka" Suicide Attacker, only three engines were available for the 50 airframes.
Citations
- ↑ Smith, 1984, pp.2, 8 & frontispiece
- ↑ Nohara, 1996, p.72
- ↑ Pelletier, 1992, pp.50-54
- ↑ Pelletier, 1992, pp.61-62
- ↑ Smith, 1941, p.c
- ↑ Ginter, 2007
- ↑ Harrison, 2000, pp.2, 8 & 14
- ↑ Kowalski, 1995, pp.42-43
- ↑ Francillon, 1979, pp.356-360
- ↑ Myhra, 2007, pp.3, 6
- ↑ Kershaw, 2004, pp.38, 54
- ↑ Butler, 2006, pp.15, 23, 26, 48 & 105
- ↑ Smith, 1986, pp.6, 12 & frontispiece
- ↑ Daprowski, 1991, pp.5
- ↑ Hitchcock, 1974
- ↑ Francillon, 1987, pp.235-243
- ↑ Ginter, 1981, pp.2 & 19
- ↑ Francillon, 1990, pp.65-67
- ↑ Baker, 1997, pp.7, 8, 31, 77, 111 & 128
- ↑ Myhra, 1999
- ↑ Gunston, 1999, pp.40-43
- ↑ Mikesh, 1979, pp.1 & 31
- ↑ Anderson, 1976, pp.76-78
- ↑ Ginter, 1995, p.3 & 45
- ↑ Antonov, 1996, pp.68-69
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