List of jet aircraft of World War II
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This is a list of jet aircraft that flew or were about to fly during the Second World War:
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[edit] Allies
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United Kingdom
[edit] Experimental and test jet aircraft
- Gloster E.28/39 - May 15, 1941 became the first jet engined aircraft to fly in the United Kingdom, and the very first jet aircraft flown by any of the Allies of World War II.
[edit] Operational jet aircraft
- Gloster Meteor - First operational Allied fighter jet, entered Service July 27, 1944.
- De Havilland Vampire - production aircraft entering service in April 1945.
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United States
[edit] Experimental and test jet aircraft
- Northrop XP-79B "Flying Ram" - prototype tested 5 July 1944, project cancelled 1945.
- XP-81 "Silver Bullet" - Mixed power. Two prototypes built, project cancelled due to poor flight performance and war ended
- McDonnell XFH-1 Phantom - Prototype of the FH-1 Phantom
- XP-83 "Airacomet II" - Redesigned P-59 for long-range escort fighter duties. Cancelled after two prototypes.
- Douglas XBTD-2 Destroyer - Modifed BTD Destroyer, mixed propulsion, two prototypes built. Cancelled due to poor performance.
[edit] Operational jet aircraft
- P-59 Airacomet - First USAAF jet to fly, never saw operational service, only 66 built before contract terminated
- Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star - in early 1945 it became the first operational jet fighter used by the United States Army Air Forces
- Ryan FR-1 Fireball - US Navy production, mixed prop and jet aircraft, first flew on June 25, 1944. 66 units delivered.
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Soviet Union
[edit] Experimental jet aircraft
- Lavochkin La-150 - Design started in summer of 1945. First flight, September 1946. Built around the Jumo 004 (RD-10) engine. 5 built.
- Lavochkin La-152 - First flight, October 1946. Modifications of the 150 design. 3 built with various modifications.
- Sukhoi Su-5 - Combined propeller/thermojet propulsion. 1 built, first flown 6 April 1945. Grounded after loss of piston engine.
- Sukhoi Su-7-Development of Sukhoi Su-6 with mixed propulsion. Destroyed in 1945 in airshow.
[edit] Operational jet aircraft
- Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-9 - First flew April 24, 1946. First true Russian turbojet.
- Yakovlev Yak-15 - First flew April 24, 1946. Used Yak-3 fuselage and cockpit, mostly used as an introduction for pilots and ground-crew to jet aircraft.
- Mikoyan-Gurevich I-250 - mixed power fighter using a thermojet and standard prop engine. 10-20 estimated built. Supplanted by pure jet aircraft.
[edit] Axis
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Germany
[edit] Experimental and test jet aircraft
- Fieseler Fi 103 R - piloted version of the V-1 flying bomb.
- Focke-Wulf Ta 183 "Huckebein" fighter, never completed.
- Heinkel He 178 - Pioneering first aircraft to fly under turbojet power, 27 August 1939.
- Heinkel He 280 - world's first jet fighter, cancelled in favour of Me 262.
- Heinkel He 343 - four-engined jet bomber/recon/Zerstörer, design broadly based on the Arado Ar 234, not flown.
- Henschel Hs 132 - Dive bomber. Factory overrun by Soviet forces before test flights could begin.
- Horten Ho 229 - Flying wing fighter.
- Horten H.XVIII - an enlargement of the Ho 229's design, to make it a four jet engined bomber capable of reaching America.
- Junkers Ju 287 - Multi-engine bomber design; proof-of-concept aircraft flying from 16 August 1944; factory and project captured by Soviets before definitive prototype built.
- Messerschmitt Me P.1101 - experimental aircraft with ground-set variable-sweep wings. ~75% complete at conclusion of war, led to the Bell X-5 US experimental aircraft.
- Lippisch P.13 - tailless high-speed bomber, with fore-and-aft tandem propellers and two piston engines.
- Lippisch P.13a - experimental ramjet-powered delta wing interceptor with an engine powered by coal
- Lippisch P.13b - further development of the P.13a
[edit] Operational jet aircraft
- Messerschmitt Me 262 - the world's first jet-powered fighter aircraft to enter operations.
- Heinkel He 162 - second jet engined fighter aircraft to serve with the Luftwaffe
- Arado Ar 234 - the world's first operational jet-powered bomber and reconnaissance aircraft.
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Italy
[edit] Experimental and test jet aircraft
- Campini Caproni CC.2 - First experimental Italian thermojet.
- Reggiane Re.2007 - First Italian turbojet fighter design.
[edit] Jet aircraft projects
- Campini Caproni C.A.183bis - piston-thermojet engined high-altitude interceptor
- Campini Caproni S.C.3 - twin-jet high-altitude fighter/bomber
- Campini Caproni S.C.5/6 - ramjet-powered autogiro
- Campini Caproni C.C.7 "Toscana" - experimental thermojet bomber-recon plane
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Japan
[edit] Operational rocket aircraft
- Kuugisho/Yokosuka MXY7 - "Ohka" Model 11 Type 22 Suicide Attacker - entered service as a kamikaze aircraft or suicide missile
[edit] Experimental and test jet aircraft
- Nakajima J9Y - Turbojet Interceptor
- Kawanishi "Baika" - Mk.I,II,III (Fieseler Fi-103 R derivation) Pulsejet Suicide Attacker
- Kayaba "Katsudori" - Ramjet Interceptor
- Nakajima "Toka" - Turbojet Suicide Attacker
- Heinkel He 162 - A-2 (Tachikawa Ki-162?) Jet fighter Japanese version under license.
[edit] Cancelled before built
These were either cancelled projects or incomplete at end of war
- Kugisho/Yokosuka MXY-9 - "Shuka" Rocket Interceptor operative training glider with turbojet
- Nakajima Ki-201 - "Karyuu" turbojet interceptor/attack
- Kawanishi K-200 - six engined turbojet flying boat
- Yokosuka "Tenga" - Yokosuka P1Y/Ginga - "Frances" medium bomber converted to turbojet power, never completed
- Kugisho/Yokosuka R2Y2 - "Keiun-Kai" turbojet Reconnaissance/Attack Aircraft
