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Type
Aircraft Model
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Summary
Aircraft were used at sea in WW1 and rose to prominence in WW2. Both naval and land aircraft were of importance to naval history.
Data Source Document
Population
194
Coverage
Most of the important aircraft of WW2 have been entered. Armament, engine manufacturers and activities are still to come.
Categorised By
Into - Total: 194 Indexed below, Comparable at 100
Aircraft Class
Sea Plane: 40
Wheeled: 153
Aircraft Role
Dive Bomber: 29
Fighter: 64
Ground Attack: 19
Heavy Bomber: 13
Medium Bomber: 29
Night Fighter: 1
Patrol: 12
Reconnaissance: 45
Torpedo Bomber: 23
Aircraft Feature
Amphibian: 6
Biplane: 41
Coupled Engines: 1
Dive Brakes: 24
Fixed Undercarriage: 16
Folding Wings: 5
Inverted Gull Wing: 2
Jettisonable Float: 1
Push Pull: 1
Pusher: 2
Rear Engine: 2
Tricycle Undercarriage: 6
Twin Floats: 7
Twin Tail Booms: 3
Twin Tail Fins: 16
Wooden: 3
Maritime Country
British: 49
Dutch: 2
French: 12
German: 19
Italian: 11
Japanese: 35
Polish: 1
Russian: 15
Swedish: 1
United States: 49
Decade
1910s: 7
1920s: 10
1930s: 71
1940s: 95
1950s: 4
1960s: 1
War Year
1914-1915: 1
1915-1916: 2
1916-1917: 1
1917-1918: 2
1918-1919: 1
1939-1940: 1
1940-1941: 19
1941-1942: 21
1942-1943: 15
1943-1944: 17
1944-1945: 12
1945-1946: 1
Aircraft Model
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