List of bomber aircraft
Appearance
List of bomber aircraft organized by era and manufacturer. A bomber is a military aircraft designed to attack ground or sea targets.
Bomber types
- Amerika Bomber - very long range German World War 2 bomber intended to attack cities in North America from Europe and return.
- Army cooperation aircraft or Scout bomber - also carries out tactical reconnaissance in addition to bombing, are also known as reconnaissance bomber or close support aircraft. Overlaps with observation category.
- Bomber-transport - aircraft that combine the functions of a transport and a bomber. Primarily used from the 1920s into the early 1940s.
- Counter-insurgency aircraft - light attack bombers used against guerrillas. Many were converted trainers.
- Dive bomber - bomber specially strengthened to allow attacks from a near vertical dive - used only from mid-1930s until late 1940s. German designation was Sturzkampfflugzeug often shortened to Stuka.
- Fighter-bomber - fighter that have a limited ability to attack ground targets. May be obsolete as fighters.
- General purpose aircraft - British 1920s and 1930s term for a multi-role aircraft used for light bombing, observation, training and sometimes as a fighter.
- Ground attack - also known as attack bombers, shturmovik and schlachtflugzeug - light and medium bombers used in a tactical role. Often armoured against ground fire.
- Heavy bomber - subjective description of size compared to contemporary types - definition varies by country and era, and reclassification as larger aircraft enter service is common. The German World War I designations grossflugzeuge (large aircraft) and riesenflugzeuge (giant aircraft) are analogous.
- Interdictor - bombers designed to attack targets behind the enemy front lines, with the intention of preventing forces and material reaching the battlefront.
- Level bomber - opposite of a dive bomber, aircraft flies at a constant altitude while dropping bombs. Term only current during the late 1930s and early 1940s
- Light bomber - subjective description of size compared to contemporary types - definition varies by country and era, and in general used from the 1920s to 1950s. Often single or two seat single engine propeller powered aircraft.
- Master Bomber - marked targets with smoke and flares during World War 2 for other bombers to aim for. Sometimes referred to as a Pathfinder.
- Medium bomber - subjective description of size compared to contemporary types - definition varies by country and era.
- Minelayer - aircraft used to deploy minefields - can be nearly any type of bomber.
- Night Bomber - bomber designed for making attacks at night when intercepting fighters are at a disadvantage.
- Maritime reconnaissance/Maritime patrol/Patrol bomber - used to control sealanes - can usually attack ships and in later examples, submarines. Most modern examples are converted transports.
- Schnellbomber - German designation for high speed bomber, used speed to avoid interception, however increases in speed of intercepting fighter usually made these obsolete quickly.
- Stealth bomber - bomber designed and equipped to make detection by radar and infra-red devices difficult.
- Strategic bomber - bomber used to destroy targets having a long term strategic impact - such as industrial production or transportation networks.
- Strike fighter - similar to ground attack or fighter-bomber and may have minimal air to air combat capabilities.
- Tactical bomber - bomber used to destroy targets in direct support of ground operations.
- Torpedo bomber - bomber whose primary weapon is a torpedo. First examples appeared during World War I, term rare since the 1960s when other weapons became available and reduced specialization. Related types include torpedo-fighter (similar to fighter bomber) and torpedo-dive bomber.
- Ural bomber - early 1930s German long range bomber program.
- V bomber - series of 3 heavy strategic jet bombers produced by the British in the 1950s.
1918 and before
Name of Bomber | Country of origin |
Year of first flight |
Retired/Status | Number built |
---|---|---|---|---|
AEG G.I | ![]() |
1915 | retired prototype | 1 |
AEG G.II | ![]() |
1915 | retired | 20 ca. |
AEG G.III | ![]() |
1915 | retired | 25 |
AEG G.IV | ![]() |
1916 | retired 1918 | 320 |
AEG G.V | ![]() |
1918 | retired 1918 | 151 |
AEG N.I night bomber | ![]() |
1918 | retired 1918 | 37 |
AEG R.I | ![]() |
1916 | retired prototype | 1 |
Airco DH.3 heavy bomber | ![]() |
1916 | retired prototype | 2 |
Airco DH.4 | ![]() |
1916 | retired | 6,295 |
Airco DH.9 | ![]() |
1917 | retired | 4,091 |
Airco DH.9A | ![]() |
1918 | retired | 1,997 |
Airco DH.10 heavy bomber | ![]() |
1918 | retired | 258 |
Albatros C.III | ![]() |
1915 | retired 1918 | 2,271[notes 1] |
Albatros C.VII/N.I | ![]() |
1916 | retired 1918 | 600+ |
Albatros G.I | ![]() |
1916 | retired prototype | 1 |
Albatros G.II | ![]() |
1916 | retired prototype | 1 |
Albatros G.III | ![]() |
1915 | retired 1918 | 45 |
Armstrong Whitworth F.K.8 | ![]() |
1916 | retired | 1,650 |
Avro 504 | ![]() |
1913 | retired | 8,970[notes 1] |
Avro 523 Pike | ![]() |
1916 | retired prototype | 2 |
Avro 529 long range bomber | ![]() |
1917 | retired prototype | 2 |
Avro 533 Manchester | ![]() |
1918 | retired prototype | 3 |
Beardmore W.B.1 | ![]() |
1917 | retired prototype | 1 |
Beardmore W.B.VI torpedo bomber | ![]() |
n/a | cancelled project | 0 |
Blackburn Blackburd torpedo bomber | ![]() |
1918 | retired prototype | 3 |
Blackburn Kangaroo maritime patrol/heavy bomber | ![]() |
1918 | retired 1929 | 20 |
Bleriot XI | ![]() |
1909 | retired | 100+ |
Breguet Bre.4 | ![]() |
1914 | retired | 100 ca. |
Breguet Bre.5 & 6 | ![]() |
1915 | retired | 50+ |
Breguet 14 | ![]() |
1916 | retired | 7,800 |
Breguet 16 night bomber | ![]() |
1918 | retired | 200 ca. |
Bristol Braemar heavy bomber | ![]() |
1918 | retired prototype | 2 |
Bristol TB.8 | ![]() |
1913 | retired | 54 |
Caudron G.4 | ![]() |
1915 | retired | 1,421 |
Caudron R.4 | ![]() |
1915 | retired | 249 |
Caproni Ca.1 heavy bomber | ![]() |
1914 | retired | 162 |
Caproni Ca.2 heavy bomber | ![]() |
1915 | retired | 9 |
Caproni Ca.3 heavy bomber | ![]() |
1916 | retired | 509 |
Caproni Ca.4 heavy bomber | ![]() |
1917 | retired | 38 |
Caproni Ca.5 heavy bomber | ![]() |
1917 | retired | 664 |
Curtiss Model H patrol flying boat | ![]() |
1917 | retired | 478 |
Curtiss HS patrol flying boat | ![]() |
1917 | retired | 1,178 |
Curtiss F5L patrol flying boat | ![]() |
1918 | retired | 227 |
DFW R.I | ![]() |
1916 | retired prototype | 1 |
DFW R.II | ![]() |
1918 | retired prototype | 2 |
DFW R.III | ![]() |
n/a | cancelled project | 0 |
Fairey Campania patrol floatplane | ![]() |
1917 | retired | 62 |
Fairey III reconnaissance/light bomber | ![]() |
1917 | retired 1941 | 964 |
Farman F.50 night bomber | ![]() |
1918 | retired 1922 | 100+ |
Felixstowe F.2 patrol flying boat | ![]() |
1917 | retired | 175 |
Felixstowe F.3 patrol flying boat | ![]() |
1917 | retired | 182 |
Felixstowe F.5 patrol flying boat | ![]() |
1918 | retired | 53 |
Felixstowe Fury patrol flying boat | ![]() |
1918 | retired prototype | 1 |
Fokker K.I | ![]() |
1915 | retired prototype | 1 |
Friedrichshafen FF.41 | ![]() |
1917 | retired | 9 |
Friedrichshafen G.I heavy bomber | ![]() |
1915 | retired prototype | 1 |
Friedrichshafen G.II heavy bomber | ![]() |
1916 | retired 1918 | 35 |
Friedrichshafen G.III heavy bomber | ![]() |
1917 | retired 1918 | 338 |
Friedrichshafen G.IV heavy bomber | ![]() |
1918 | retired prototype | 1 |
Friedrichshafen G.V heavy bomber | ![]() |
1918 | retired prototype | 1 |
Gotha G.I heavy bomber | ![]() |
1915 | retired 1917 | 20 |
Gotha G.II heavy bomber | ![]() |
1916 | retired 1917 | 11 |
Gotha G.III heavy bomber | ![]() |
1916 | retired 1917 | 25 |
Gotha G.IV heavy bomber | ![]() |
1916 | retired 1918 | 230 |
Gotha G.V heavy bomber | ![]() |
1917 | retired 1918 | 205 |
Gotha G.VI heavy bomber | ![]() |
1918 | retired prototype | 2 |
Gotha GL.VII heavy bomber | ![]() |
1918 | retired 1918 | 20 ca. |
Gotha G.VIII heavy bomber | ![]() |
1918 | retired prototype | 1 |
Gotha G.IX heavy bomber | ![]() |
1918 | retired 1918 | 90 ca. |
Gotha G.X heavy bomber | ![]() |
1918 | retired prototype | 2 |
Grahame-White Ganymede heavy bomber | ![]() |
1919 | retired prototype | 1 |
Handley Page Type O heavy bomber | ![]() |
1915 | retired 1921 | 600 |
Handley Page V/1500 heavy bomber | ![]() |
1918 | retired | 41 |
Kennedy Giant heavy bomber | ![]() |
1917 | retired prototype | 1 |
Linke-Hofmann R.I heavy bomber | ![]() |
1917 | retired prototype | 4 |
Martin MBT/MT | ![]() |
1918 | retired | 20 |
Martinsyde G.100 and 102 "Elephant" | ![]() |
1915 | retired 1917 | 271 |
Morane-Saulnier S heavy bomber | ![]() |
1915 | retired prototype | 1 |
Morane-Saulnier T heavy bomber | ![]() |
1916 | retired | 90 |
Morane-Saulnier TRK heavy bomber | ![]() |
1916 | retired prototype | 1 |
Nieuport 15 | ![]() |
1916 | retired prototype | 2+ |
Nieuport 18 and 19 | ![]() |
n/a | cancelled project | 0 |
Norman Thompson N.T.4 patrol flying boat | ![]() |
1916 | retired 1918 | 26 |
Paul Schmitt Type 6 | ![]() |
1914 | retired 1917 | 10 ca. |
Paul Schmitt Type 7 | ![]() |
1915 | retired 1917 | 150 ca. |
Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2 | ![]() |
1912 | retired 1919 | 3,500 ca. |
Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.2 | ![]() |
1914 | retired 1918 | 1,939 |
Royal Aircraft Factory R.E.5 | ![]() |
1914 | retired 1915 | 24 |
Royal Aircraft Factory R.E.7 | ![]() |
1915 | retired 1917 | 230 |
Royal Aircraft Factory R.E.8 | ![]() |
1916 | retired 1919 | 4,077 |
Rumpler G.I, II & III heavy bomber | ![]() |
1915 | retired | 220 |
Rumpler Taube | ![]() |
1910 | retired | 263+ |
Sablatnig N.I night bomber | ![]() |
1918 | retired prototype | 1 |
Short Bomber heavy bomber | ![]() |
1915 | retired 1917 | 83 |
Short N.2B floatplane bomber | ![]() |
1917 | retired prototype | 2 |
Short Shirl torpedo bomber | ![]() |
1918 | retired prototype | 4 |
Short Type 81 floatplane patrol bomber | ![]() |
1913 | retired 1915 | 9 |
Short Type 166 floatplane patrol bomber | ![]() |
1916 | retired | 26 |
Short Type 184 floatplane patrol bomber | ![]() |
1915 | retired 1933 | 936 |
Short Type 320 floatplane patrol bomber | ![]() |
1916 | retired 1919 | 127 |
Short Type 827 & 830 floatplane patrol bomber | ![]() |
1914 | retired | 136 |
Siemens-Schuckert R.I heavy bomber | ![]() |
1915 | retired prototype | 1 |
Siemens-Schuckert R.II heavy bomber | ![]() |
1915 | retired prototype | 1 |
Siemens-Schuckert R.III heavy bomber | ![]() |
1915 | retired prototype | 1 |
Siemens-Schuckert R.IV heavy bomber | ![]() |
1916 | retired prototype | 1 |
Siemens-Schuckert R.V heavy bomber | ![]() |
1916 | retired prototype | 1 |
Siemens-Schuckert R.VI heavy bomber | ![]() |
1916 | retired prototype | 1 |
Siemens-Schuckert R.VII heavy bomber | ![]() |
1917 | retired prototype | 1 |
Siemens-Schuckert R.VIII heavy bomber | ![]() |
n/a | retired prototype | 2 |
Siemens-Schuckert R.IX heavy bomber | ![]() |
n/a | cancelled project | 0 |
Sikorsky Ilya Muromets heavy bomber | ![]() |
1913 | retired 1922 | 85+ |
Sopwith 1½ Strutter | ![]() |
1915 | retired | 5,639 |
Sopwith B.1 | ![]() |
1917 | retired prototype | 2 |
Sopwith Cuckoo torpedo bomber | ![]() |
1918 | retired 1923 | 232 |
Sopwith Rhino | ![]() |
1918 | retired prototype | 2 |
Sopwith Special torpedo seaplane Type C torpedo bomber | ![]() |
1914 | retired prototype | 1 |
Sopwith Type 860 torpedo bomber | ![]() |
1914 | retired | 22 |
Vickers Vimy heavy bomber | ![]() |
1917 | retired 1933 | 239 |
Voisin III | ![]() |
1914 | retired 1918 | 800+ |
Voisin V | ![]() |
1915 | retired | 350 ca. |
Voisin VIII | ![]() |
1916 | retired | 1,100 ca. |
Voisin X | ![]() |
1917 | retired 1923 | 900 ca. |
Voisin XI | ![]() |
1918 | retired | 10 ca. |
Voisin XII | ![]() |
1918 | retired prototype | 1 |
Wight Seaplane floatplane patrol bomber | ![]() |
1915 | retired 1917 | 52 |
Zeppelin-Lindau Rs.I patrol flying boat | ![]() |
n/a | prototype destroyed | 1 |
Zeppelin-Lindau Rs.II patrol flying boat | ![]() |
1916 | retired prototype | 1 |
Zeppelin-Lindau Rs.III patrol flying boat | ![]() |
1917 | retired prototype | 1 |
Zeppelin-Lindau Rs.IV patrol flying boat | ![]() |
1918 | retired prototype | 1 |
Zeppelin-Staaken VGO.I heavy bomber | ![]() |
1915 | crashed Dec. 1915 | 1 |
Zeppelin-Staaken VGO.II heavy bomber | ![]() |
1915 | retired prototype | 1 |
Zeppelin-Staaken VGO.III/R.III heavy bomber | ![]() |
1915 | retired prototype | 1 |
Zeppelin-Staaken R.IV heavy bomber | ![]() |
1915 | retired prototype | 1 |
Zeppelin-Staaken R.V heavy bomber | ![]() |
1917 | retired prototype | 1 |
Zeppelin-Staaken R.VI heavy bomber | ![]() |
1916 | retired 1919 | 18 |
Zeppelin-Staaken R.VII heavy bomber | ![]() |
1917 | retired prototype | 1 |
Zeppelin-Staaken R.XV heavy bomber | ![]() |
1918 | retired prototype | 3 |
Zeppelin-Staaken R.XVI heavy bomber | ![]() |
1918 | retired prototype | 3 |
1919-1935
Name of Bomber | Country of origin |
Year of first flight |
Retired/Status | Number built |
---|---|---|---|---|
Aero A.11 reconnaissance bomber | ![]() |
1925 | retired 1940 | 440 |
Aero A.12 reconnaissance bomber | ![]() |
1923 | retired | 93 |
Aero A.24 | ![]() |
1924 | retired prototype | 1 |
Aero A.30 | ![]() |
1927 | retired | 20 |
Aero A.42 | ![]() |
1929 | retired prototype | 2 |
Aero A.100 reconnaissance bomber | ![]() |
1933 | retired 1942 | 44 |
Aero A.101 reconnaissance bomber | ![]() |
1934 | retired | 143 |
Aichi D1A dive bomber | ![]() |
1934 | retired 1942 | 590 |
Airco DH.11 | ![]() |
1919 | retired prototype | 1 |
Amiot 143M medium bomber | ![]() |
1931 | retired 1944 | 138 |
ANF Les Mureaux 110 reconnaissance bomber | ![]() |
1931 | retired 1940 | 285 |
Armstrong Whitworth Atlas reconnaissance/light bomber | ![]() |
1925 | retired 1942 | 478 |
Armstrong Whitworth A.W.19 | ![]() |
1934 | retired prototype | 1 |
Armstrong Whitworth AW.23 heavy bomber | ![]() |
1935 | retired prototype | 1 |
Avro Aldershot long range day/night bomber | ![]() |
1921 | retired 1925 | 17 |
Avro Anson light bomber/maritime coastal patrol | ![]() |
1935 | retired 1968 | 11,020[notes 1] |
Avro Antelope 2 seat day bomber | ![]() |
1928 | retired prototype | 1 |
Bellanca 77-140 medium bomber | ![]() |
1934 | retired 1942 | 4 |
Beriev MBR-2 maritime patrol flying boat | ![]() |
1931 | retired | 1,365[notes 2] |
Blackburn B-3 torpedo bomber | ![]() |
1932 | retired prototype | 2 |
Blackburn B-7 dive bomber | ![]() |
1934 | retired prototype | 1 |
Blackburn Baffin torpedo bomber | ![]() |
1932 | retired 1941 | 97 |
Blackburn Beagle torpedo bomber | ![]() |
1928 | retired prototype | 2 |
Blackburn Cubaroo torpedo bomber | ![]() |
1924 | retired prototype | 2 |
Blackburn Dart torpedo bomber | ![]() |
1921 | retired 1933 | 126 |
Blackburn Iris maritime patrol flying boat | ![]() |
1926 | retired 1934 | 5 |
Blackburn Perth maritime patrol flying boat | ![]() |
1933 | retired 1938 | 4 |
Blackburn Ripon torpedo bomber | ![]() |
1926 | retired 1944 | 92 |
Blackburn Shark torpedo bomber | ![]() |
1933 | retired 1945 | 269 |
Blackburn Velos torpedo bomber | ![]() |
1925 | retired 1936 | 22 |
Blériot 127 heavy bomber | ![]() |
1926 | retired 1934 | 44 |
Bloch MB.200 heavy bomber | ![]() |
1933 | retired 1941 | 332 |
Boeing YB-9 | ![]() |
1931 | retired 1935 | 7 |
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomber | ![]() |
1935 | retired 1968 | 12,731 |
Bolkhovitinov DB-A heavy bomber | ![]() |
1935 | retired | 14 |
Boulton & Paul Bolton heavy bomber | ![]() |
1922 | retired prototype | 1 |
Boulton Paul Bourges heavy bomber | ![]() |
1919 | retired prototype | 3 |
Boulton Paul Bodmin heavy bomber | ![]() |
1924 | retired prototype | 2 |
Boulton & Paul Bugle heavy bomber | ![]() |
1923 | retired | 7 |
Boulton Paul P.32 night bomber | ![]() |
1931 | retired prototype | 1 |
Boulton Paul Sidestrand heavy bomber | ![]() |
1926 | retired 1936 | 20 |
Boulton Paul Overstrand heavy bomber | ![]() |
1933 | retired 1941 | 28 |
Breda A.8 night bomber | ![]() |
1927 | retired prototype | 1 |
Breda A.14 night bomber | ![]() |
1928 | retired prototype | 1 |
Breda Ba.46 bomber/transport | ![]() |
1934 | retired prototype | 1 |
Breda Ba.64 attack bomber | ![]() |
1934 | retired 1939 | 42 |
Breda Ba.65 ground attack | ![]() |
1935 | retired 1941 | 218 |
Breda Ba.88 ground attack | ![]() |
1935 | retired 1941 | 149 |
Breguet 19 reconnaissance/bomber | ![]() |
1922 | retired 1945 | 2,700+ |
Breguet 270 Series reconnaissance/bomber | ![]() |
1929 | retired 1939 | 227+ |
Breguet 521 patrol flying boat | ![]() |
1933 | retired 1944 | 34 |
Bristol Berkeley heavy bomber | ![]() |
1925 | retired prototype | 3 |
Bristol Blenheim medium bomber | ![]() |
1935 | retired 1956 | 4,422 |
Bristol Bombay heavy bomber/transport | ![]() |
1935 | retired 1944 | 50 |
CAMS 33 patrol flying boat | ![]() |
1923 | retired | 20 |
CAMS 37 patrol flying boat | ![]() |
1926 | retired 1942 | 332[notes 2] |
CAMS 55 patrol flying boat | ![]() |
1928 | retired 1941 | 112 |
CANT Z.501 patrol flying boat | ![]() |
1934 | retired 1950 | 200+ |
CANT Z.506 patrol floatplane | ![]() |
1935 | retired 1959 | 325+ |
Caproni A.P.1 attack bomber | ![]() |
1934 | retired 1942 | 56 ca. |
Caproni Ca.73 heavy bomber/transport | ![]() |
1924 | retired 1934 | unk. |
Caproni Ca.90 heavy bomber | ![]() |
1929 | retired prototype | 1 |
Caproni Ca.101 bomber/transport | ![]() |
1928 | retired | unk |
Caproni Ca.111 reconnaissance bomber | ![]() |
1932 | retired | 148 |
Consolidated P2Y patrol flying boat | ![]() |
1929 | retired 1941 | 78 |
Consolidated PBY Catalina maritime patrol flying boat/amphibian | ![]() |
1935 | retired 1980s | 4,051 ca. |
Curtiss A-3/A-4 Falcon attack/light bomber | ![]() |
1924 | retired 1937 | 155 |
Curtiss A-8 attack/light bomber | ![]() |
1931 | retired 1939 | 13 |
Curtiss A-12 Shrike attack/light bomber | ![]() |
1933 | retired 1942 | 46 |
Curtiss XA-14 attack/light bomber | ![]() |
1935 | retired prototype | 1 |
Curtiss A-18 Shrike attack/light bomber | ![]() |
1935 | retired 1943 | 13 |
Curtiss B-2 Condor heavy bomber | ![]() |
1929 | retired 1934 | 13 |
Curtiss BF2C Goshawk fighter-bomber | ![]() |
1933 | retired 1949 | 166 |
Curtiss CS torpedo bomber | ![]() |
1923 | retired | 83 |
Curtiss SBC Helldiver dive bomber | ![]() |
1935 | retired 1943 | 257 |
Curtiss T-32 Condor II bomber/transport | ![]() |
1933 | retired | 45 |
de Havilland DH.14 Okapi heavy day bomber | ![]() |
1919 | retired prototype | 3 |
de Havilland DH.27 Derby heavy day bomber | ![]() |
1922 | retired prototype | 2 |
de Havilland DH.65 Hound 2 seat day bomber | ![]() |
1926 | retired prototype | 1 |
de Havilland DH.72 heavy night bomber | ![]() |
1931 | retired prototype | 1 |
Dornier Do N | ![]() |
1928 | retired | 26 |
Dornier Do 11 heavy bomber | ![]() |
1932 | retired 1936 | 372 |
Dornier Do 17 medium bomber | ![]() |
1934 | retired 1952 | 2,139 |
Dornier Do 22 torpedo bomber | ![]() |
1935 | retired 1945 | 30 ca. |
Dornier Do 23 heavy bomber | ![]() |
1934 | retired | 282 |
Douglas DT torpedo bomber | ![]() |
1921 | retired | 90 |
Douglas B-18 Bolo medium bomber | ![]() |
1935 | retired 1946 | 350 |
Douglas TBD Devastator torpedo bomber | ![]() |
1935 | retired 1944 | 130 |
Douglas Y1B-7 heavy bomber | ![]() |
1931 | retired prototype | 8 |
Fairey Fawn reconnaissance/light bomber | ![]() |
1923 | retired 1929 | 75 |
Fairey Ferret | ![]() |
1925 | retired prototype | 3 |
Fairey Fox light bomber | ![]() |
1925 | retired 1945 | |
Fairey G.4/31 | ![]() |
1934 | retired prototype | 1 |
Fairey Gordon 2 seat day bomber | ![]() |
1931 | retired 1941 | 186 |
Fairey Hendon heavy bomber | ![]() |
1930 | retired 1939 | 15 |
Fairey Seal | ![]() |
1930 | retired 1943 | 91 |
Fairey Swordfish torpedo bomber | ![]() |
1934 | retired 1946 | 2,391 |
Farman F.60 Goliath heavy bomber | ![]() |
1919 | retired prototype | 3 |
Farman F.140 Super Goliath night bomber | ![]() |
1924 | retired 1930 | 9 |
Farman F.150 heavy bomber | ![]() |
1926 | retired prototype | 1+ |
Farman F.160 heavy bomber | ![]() |
1928 | retired | 250 |
Farman F.220 heavy bomber | ![]() |
1932 | retired | 80 ca.[notes 2] |
Fiat BR | ![]() |
1919 | retired | 250+ |
Fiat BRG | ![]() |
1931 | retired prototype | 1 |
Fieseler Fi 98 dive bomber | ![]() |
1935 | retired prototype | 1 |
Focke-Wulf Fw 42 medium bomber | ![]() |
n/a | abandoned project | 0 |
Fokker C.V light reconnaissance bomber | ![]() |
1924 | retired 1945 | 955 |
Fokker C.X light reconnaissance bomber | ![]() |
1934 | retired 1958 | 71 |
Fokker T.IV maritime patrol torpedo bomber | ![]() |
1927 | retired 1942 | 33 |
Fokker XB-8 heavy bomber | ![]() |
1929 | retired prototype | 7 |
Gloster Goral | ![]() |
1927 | retired prototype | 1 |
Gloster TSR.38 | ![]() |
1932 | retired prototype | 1 |
Great Lakes BG dive bomber | ![]() |
1933 | retired 1941 | 61 |
Grigorovich TB-5 heavy bomber | ![]() |
1931 | retired prototype | 1 |
Handley Page H.P.19 Hanley torpedo bomber | ![]() |
1922 | retired prototype | 3 |
Handley Page H.P.24 Hyderabad heavy bomber | ![]() |
1925 | retired 1933 | 44 |
Handley Page H.P.25 Hendon torpedo bomber | ![]() |
1924 | retired prototype | 6 |
Handley Page H.P.28 Handcross heavy bomber | ![]() |
1924 | retired prototype | 3 |
Handley Page H.P.31 Harrow torpedo bomber | ![]() |
1926 | retired prototype | 2 |
Handley Page H.P.33 Hinaidi heavy bomber | ![]() |
1927 | retired | 36 |
Handley Page H.P.34 Hare high altitude day bomber | ![]() |
1928 | retired prototype | 1 |
Handley Page H.P.43 heavy bomber/transport | ![]() |
1932 | retired prototype | 1 |
Handley Page H.P.46 torpedo bomber | ![]() |
1932 | retired prototype | 1 |
Handley Page H.P.47 gp/torpedo bomber | ![]() |
1934 | retired prototype | 1 |
Handley Page H.P.50 Heyford heavy bomber | ![]() |
1930 | retired 1941 | 125 |
Handley Page H.P.51 heavy bomber/transport | ![]() |
1935 | retired prototype | 1 |
Hawker Audax Army cooperation aircraft | ![]() |
1931 | retired 1945 | 700+ |
Hawker Hardy general purpose biplane | ![]() |
1934 | retired 1941 | 48 |
Hawker Hart | ![]() |
1928 | retired 1943 | 992 |
Hawker Hind 2 seat day bomber | ![]() |
1935 | retired 1957 | 528 |
Hawker Horsley/Dantorp | ![]() |
1925 | retired 1940 | 124 |
Heinkel He 45 | ![]() |
1931 | retired | 512 |
Heinkel He 50 dive bomber | ![]() |
1931 | retired 1944 | 78 |
Heinkel He 59 torpedo bomber | ![]() |
1931 | retired 1944 | 142 |
Heinkel He 70 schnell bomber | ![]() |
1932 | retired 1954 | 324[notes 2] |
Heinkel He 111 heavy bomber | ![]() |
1935 | retired 1958 | 6,508[notes 2] |
Henschel Hs 123 dive bomber | ![]() |
1935 | retired 1945 | 250 ca. |
Hiro G2H heavy bomber | ![]() |
1933 | retired | 8 |
Hiro H1H maritime patrol flying boat | ![]() |
1927 | retired | 65 |
Hiro H2H maritime patrol flying boat | ![]() |
1930 | retired | 17 |
Hiro H4H maritime patrol flying boat | ![]() |
1931 | retired | 47 |
Huff-Daland XB-1 heavy bomber | ![]() |
1927 | retired prototype | 1 |
Ilyushin DB-3 heavy bomber | ![]() |
1935 | retired | 1,528 |
Junkers A 35 reconnaissance bomber | ![]() |
1926 | retired prototype | 186 |
Junkers Ju 52 bomber/transport | ![]() |
1930 | retired 1982 | 4,845[notes 2] |
Junkers Ju 86 reconnaissance bomber | ![]() |
1934 | retired 1958 | 900 ca.[notes 2] |
Junkers Ju 87 dive bomber | ![]() |
1935 | retired 1945 | 6,500 ca. |
Junkers K 37 heavy bomber | ![]() |
1927 | retired prototype | 2 |
Junkers R 42/JuG-1 bomber/transport | ![]() |
1924 | retired | 52 |
Junkers K 43 bomber/transport | ![]() |
1926 | retired prototype | 2,000+[notes 2] |
Junkers K 47 dive bomber | ![]() |
1929 | retired | 23 |
Kalinin K-7 heavy bomber | ![]() |
1933 | retired prototype | 1 |
Kawanishi E7K light/reconnaissance bomber | ![]() |
1933 | retired 1943 | 533 |
Kawasaki Ki-3 light bomber | ![]() |
1933 | retired | 243 |
Keystone B-3 light bomber | ![]() |
1929 | retired 1940 | 36 |
Keystone B-4 heavy bomber | ![]() |
1930 | retired | 30 |
Keystone B-5 heavy bomber | ![]() |
1929 | retired | 30 |
Keystone B-6 heavy bomber | ![]() |
1931 | retired | 44 |
Latécoère 290 floatplane torpedo bomber | ![]() |
1931 | retired 1940 | 35 |
Latécoère 302 flying boat torpedo bomber | ![]() |
1931 | retired prototype | 3 |
Latécoère 381 maritime patrol flying boat | ![]() |
1930 | retired prototype | 3 |
Latécoère 521 & 523 maritime patrol flying boat | ![]() |
1935 | retired prototype | 4 |
Latécoère 550 floatplane torpedo bomber | ![]() |
1933 | retired prototype | 1 |
Latécoère 582 floatplane torpedo bomber | ![]() |
1935 | retired prototype | 1 |
Letov Š-6 reconnaissance/light bomber | ![]() |
1923 | retired | 35 |
Letov Š-16 reconnaissance/light bomber | ![]() |
1926 | retired | 89 |
Letov Š-28, 128, 228, 328, 428 & 528 | ![]() |
1929 | retired 1944 | 470 |
Letov Š-33 | ![]() |
1930 | retired prototype | 1 |
Levasseur PL.2 torpedo bomber | ![]() |
1922 | retired 1932 | 11 |
Levasseur PL.7 torpedo bomber | ![]() |
1928 | retired 1940 | 46 |
Levasseur PL.14 torpedo bomber | ![]() |
1929 | retired 1937 | 30 |
Levasseur PL.15 torpedo bomber | ![]() |
1932 | retired 1940 | 17 |
Linke-Hofmann R.II heavy bomber | ![]() |
1919 | retired prototype | 2 |
Lioré et Olivier LeO H-13 heavy night bomber | ![]() |
1922 | retired 1931 | 30 |
Lioré et Olivier LeO 20 heavy night bomber | ![]() |
1927 | retired 1939 | 363 ca. |
Lioré et Olivier LeO 25 heavy bomber | ![]() |
1928 | retired 1944 | 97 |
Loire 70 maritime patrol flying boat | ![]() |
1933 | retired 1940 | 8 |
Martin B-10 & related heavy bomber | ![]() |
1932 | retired 1949 | 342 |
Martin NBS-1 night bomber | ![]() |
1920 | retired 1929 | 130 |
Martin T3M torpedo bomber | ![]() |
1926 | retired 1932 | 124 |
Martin T4M torpedo bomber | ![]() |
1927 | retired 1938 | 155 |
Mitsubishi 1MT torpedo bomber | ![]() |
1922 | retired | 20 |
Mitsubishi 2MB1 light bomber | ![]() |
1926 | retired | 48 |
Mitsubishi 3MT5 torpedo bomber | ![]() |
1932 | retired | 11 |
Mitsubishi B1M torpedo bomber | ![]() |
1923 | retired | 443 |
Mitsubishi B2M torpedo bomber | ![]() |
1929 | retired | 206 |
Mitsubishi G1M heavy bomber | ![]() |
1934 | retired prototype | 1 |
Mitsubishi G3M attack bomber | ![]() |
1935 | retired 1945 | 1,048 |
Mitsubishi Ki-1 heavy bomber | ![]() |
1932 | retired 1937 | 118 |
Mitsubishi Ki-2 heavy bomber | ![]() |
1933 | retired | 187 |
Mitsubishi Ki-20 heavy bomber | ![]() |
1932 | retired | 6 |
Nakajima E4N light/reconnaissance bomber floatplane | ![]() |
1930 | retired | 153 |
Nakajima E8N light/reconnaissance bomber floatplane | ![]() |
1934 | retired | 755 |
Nakajima Ki-4 light/reconnaissance bomber | ![]() |
1933 | retired 1943 | 516 |
Nieuport London night bomber | ![]() |
1920 | retired prototype | 2 |
Nieuport-Delage NiD 30B heavy bomber | ![]() |
n/a | abandoned project | 0 |
Northrop A-17 light bomber | ![]() |
1935 | retired 1958 | 446 |
Northrop BT dive bomber | ![]() |
1935 | retired 1941 | 55 |
Parnall G.4/31 general purpose bomber | ![]() |
1935 | retired prototype | 1 |
Parnall Pike reconnaissance bomber | ![]() |
1927 | retired prototype | 1 |
Parnall Possum heavy bomber | ![]() |
1923 | retired prototype | 2 |
Polikarpov R-5 reconnaissance bomber | ![]() |
1928 | retired 1944 | 5,170+ |
Polikarpov R-Z reconnaissance bomber | ![]() |
1935 | retired | 1,031 |
Polikarpov TB-2 heavy bomber | ![]() |
1930 | retired prototype | 1 |
Potez 15 reconnaissance bomber | ![]() |
1921 | retired | 545 |
Potez 25 fighter/bomber | ![]() |
1924 | retired | 4,000 ca. |
Potez 540 reconnaissance bomber | ![]() |
1933 | retired 1943 | 271 |
Saro London maritime patrol | ![]() |
1934 | retired 1941 | 31 |
Saunders Severn maritime patrol flying boat | ![]() |
1930 | retired prototype | 1 |
Saunders Valkyrie maritime patrol flying boat | ![]() |
1926 | retired prototype | 1 |
Savoia-Marchetti S.55 flying boat patrol/torpedo bomber | ![]() |
1924 | retired 1939 | 200+[notes 2] |
Savoia-Marchetti S.59 flying boat maritime patrol | ![]() |
1925 | retired 1942 | 240+ |
Savoia-Marchetti SM.78 flying boat maritime patrol | ![]() |
1932 | retired 1942 | 49 |
Savoia-Marchetti SM.79 heavy bomber | ![]() |
1934 | retired 1959 | 1,350 |
Savoia-Marchetti SM.81 bomber/transport | ![]() |
1934 | retired 1950 | 535 |
Short Knuckleduster maritime patrol flying boat | ![]() |
1933 | retired prototype | 1 |
Short Rangoon maritime patrol flying boat | ![]() |
1930 | retired 1935 | 6 |
Short Sarafand maritime patrol flying boat | ![]() |
1932 | retired prototype | 1 |
Short Singapore maritime patrol flying boat | ![]() |
1934 | retired 1942 | 37 |
SIAI S.16 flying boat | ![]() |
1919 | retired 1942 | 242 ca. |
Siddeley-Deasy Siniai | ![]() |
1921 | retired prototype | 1 |
Supermarine Nanok torpedo bomber flying boat | ![]() |
1927 | retired prototype | 1 |
Supermarine Scapa maritime patrol flying boat | ![]() |
1932 | retired prototype | 1 |
Supermarine Southampton maritime patrol flying boat | ![]() |
1925 | retired | 84 |
Supermarine Stranraer maritime patrol flying boat | ![]() |
1934 | retired 1946 | 57 |
Tarrant Tabor heavy bomber | ![]() |
1919 | retired prototype | 1 |
Tupolev SB medium bomber | ![]() |
1934 | retired 1950 | 6,945 |
Tupolev TB-1 heavy bomber | ![]() |
1925 | retired 1948 | 218 |
Tupolev TB-3 heavy bomber | ![]() |
1930 | retired 1945 | 819 |
Tupolev TB-4/ANT-16 heavy bomber | ![]() |
1933 | retired prototype | 1 |
Tupolev TB-6 heavy bomber | ![]() |
n/a | abandoned project | 0 |
Vickers Type 207 torpedo bomber | ![]() |
1933 | retired prototype | 1 |
Vickers Type 253 general purpose/light bomber | ![]() |
1934 | retired prototype | 1 |
Vickers Valentia bomber/transport | ![]() |
1934 | retired 1944 | 82 |
Vickers Valiant general purpose/light bomber | ![]() |
1927 | retired prototype | 1 |
Vickers Valparaiso light bomber | ![]() |
1923 | retired 1942 | 28 |
Vickers Vanox heavy bomber | ![]() |
1929 | retired prototype | 1 |
Vickers Vincent and Vildebeest torpedo bomber | ![]() |
1928 | retired 1944 | 406 |
Vickers Virginia heavy bomber | ![]() |
1922 | retired 1941 | 124 |
Vickers Vixen general purpose/light bomber | ![]() |
1923 | retired | 20 |
Vickers Wellesley general purpose/light bomber | ![]() |
1935 | retired 1944 | 177 |
Vultee V-11 attack bomber | ![]() |
1935 | retired | 224 |
Weiss WM-21 Sólyom light reconnaissance bomber | ![]() |
1937 | retired 1945 | 128 |
Westland PV-3 torpedo bomber | ![]() |
1931 | retired prototype | 1 |
Westland Wallace general purpose/reconnaissance bomber | ![]() |
1931 | retired 1943 | 172 |
Westland Wapiti general purpose/reconnaissance bomber | ![]() |
1927 | retired 1944 | 585 |
Westland Witch general purpose/reconnaissance bomber | ![]() |
1928 | retired prototype | 1 |
Witteman-Lewis XNBL-1 (Barling Bomber) heavy bomber | ![]() |
1923 | retired prototype | 1 |
Yokosuka B3Y torpedo bomber | ![]() |
1933 | retired | 129 |
Yokosuka B4Y torpedo bomber | ![]() |
1935 | retired 1943 | 205 |
Yokosuka E1Y light/reconnaissance bomber floatplane | ![]() |
1923 | retired | 320 |
Zeppelin-Staaken R.XIV heavy bomber | ![]() |
1919 | retired prototype | 3 |
1936-1945
Name of Bomber | Country of origin |
Year of first flight |
Retired/Status | Number built |
---|---|---|---|---|
Aero A.304 | ![]() |
1937 | retired | 19 |
Aichi B7A torpedo bomber/dive bomber | ![]() |
1942 | retired 1945 | 114 |
Aichi D3A dive bomber | ![]() |
1938 | retired 1945 | 1,486 |
Aichi M6A torpedo bomber | ![]() |
1943 | retired 1945 | 28 |
Airspeed Oxford light bomber/trainer | ![]() |
1937 | retired 1956 | 8,586 |
Amiot 354 medium bomber | ![]() |
1940 | retired | 86 ca. |
Arado Ar 234 reconnaissance bomber | ![]() |
1943 | retired 1945 | 210 |
Archangelski Ar-2 dive bomber | ![]() |
1940 | retired 1944 | 190 |
Armstrong Whitworth Albemarle bomber/transport | ![]() |
1940 | retired 1946 | 602 |
Armstrong Whitworth Whitley medium bomber/maritime patrol | ![]() |
1936 | retired 1945 | 1,814 |
Avro Lancaster heavy bomber/maritime patrol | ![]() |
1941 | retired 1964 | 7,377 |
Avro Lincoln heavy bomber | ![]() |
1944 | retired 1967 | 604 |
Avro Manchester heavy bomber | ![]() |
1939 | retired 1942 | 209 |
Beechcraft XA-38 Grizzly medium/attack bomber | ![]() |
1944 | retired prototype | 2 |
Beriev Be-4 maritime patrol | ![]() |
1940 | retired | 47 |
Blackburn Botha torpedo bomber | ![]() |
1938 | retired 1944 | 580 |
Blackburn Firebrand torpedo bomber/fighter | ![]() |
1942 | retired 1953 | 193 |
Blackburn Skua dive bomber | ![]() |
1937 | retired 1945 | 192 |
Bloch 131 reconnaissance bomber | ![]() |
1936 | retired | 143 |
Bloch 174 reconnaissance bomber | ![]() |
1939 | retired 1950 | 225+ |
Boeing B-29 Superfortress/Washington heavy bomber | ![]() |
1942 | retired 1960 | 3,970 |
Boeing Model 306 heavy bomber | ![]() |
n/a | abandoned 1935 project | 0 |
Boeing XB-15 heavy bomber | ![]() |
1937 | retired prototype | 1 |
Boeing XB-38 Flying Fortress heavy bomber | ![]() |
1943 | retired prototype | 1 |
Boeing XB-39 Superfortress heavy bomber | ![]() |
1944 | retired prototype | 1 |
Boeing XF8B fighter bomber | ![]() |
1944 | retired prototype | 3 |
Boeing XPBB Sea Ranger maritime patrol bomber | ![]() |
1942 | retired prototype | 1 |
Breguet 693 ground attack | ![]() |
1938 | retired 1942 | 230 |
Brewster SB2A Buccaneer scout bomber | ![]() |
1941 | retired 1944 | 771 |
Bristol Beaufighter strike fighter/fighter bomber/torpedo bomber | ![]() |
1939 | retired 1960 | 5,928 |
Bristol Beaufort torpedo bomber | ![]() |
1938 | retired 1944 | 2,129 |
Bristol Buckingham medium bomber | ![]() |
1943 | retired | 119[notes 1] |
Bristol Type 148 army cooperation | ![]() |
1937 | retired prototype | 2 |
CAC Woomera light bomber | ![]() |
1941 | retired prototype | 2 |
CANSA FC.20bis land strike | ![]() |
1941 | retired prototype | 6 ca. |
CANT Z.1007 heavy bomber | ![]() |
1937 | retired | 660 |
CANT Z.1018 medium bomber | ![]() |
1939 | retired prototype | 15 |
Caproni Ca.310 reconnaissance bomber | ![]() |
1937 | retired 1948 | 312 |
Caproni Ca.311 reconnaissance bomber | ![]() |
1939 | retired | 335 |
Caproni Ca.313 reconnaissance bomber | ![]() |
1939 | retired | 271 |
Caproni Ca.314 torpedo bomber | ![]() |
1939 | retired 1945 | 407 |
Caproni Ca.316 maritime patrol | ![]() |
1940 | retired | 14 |
Chetverikov ARK-3 maritime patrol | ![]() |
1936 | retired prototype | 7 |
Chyetverikov MDR-3 patrol flying boat | ![]() |
1936 | retired prototype | 2 |
Chetverikov MDR-6 maritime patrol | ![]() |
1937 | retired 1942 | 27 |
Consolidated B-24 Liberator heavy bomber | ![]() |
1939 | retired 1968 | 18,482[notes 2] |
Consolidated B-32 Dominator heavy bomber | ![]() |
1942 | retired 1945 | 118 |
Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer patrol bomber | ![]() |
1943 | retired 1962 | 739 |
Consolidated PB2Y Coronado maritime patrol flying boat | ![]() |
1937 | retired 1945 | 217[notes 2] |
Consolidated XP4Y Corregidor maritime patrol flying boat | ![]() |
1939 | retired prototype | 1 |
Curtiss SB2C Helldiver/A-25 Shrike dive bomber | ![]() |
1940 | retired 1959 | 7,140 |
Curtiss XBTC torpedo bomber | ![]() |
1945 | retired prototype | 2 |
Curtiss XSB3C dive bomber | ![]() |
n/a | abandoned 1941 project | 0 |
DAR 10 light/reconnaissance bomber | ![]() |
1941 | retired prototype | 2 |
De Havilland Mosquito medium bomber | ![]() |
1940 | retired 1960s | 7,781[notes 3] |
De Havilland Vampire fighter-bomber | ![]() |
1943 | retired 1979 | 3,268[notes 3] |
Dornier Do 24 maritime patrol | ![]() |
1937 | retired 1967 | 279 |
Dornier Do 215 medium bomber | ![]() |
1938 | retired 1944 | 105 |
Dornier Do 217 heavy bomber | ![]() |
1938 | retired 1945 | 1,925[notes 3] |
Douglas A-1 Skyraider attack aircraft | ![]() |
1945 | retired 1985 | 3,180 |
Douglas A-20 Havoc medium bomber | ![]() |
1939 | retired 1949 | 7,478[notes 3] |
Douglas A-26 Invader medium bomber | ![]() |
1942 | retired 1980 | 2,452 |
Douglas XB-19 heavy bomber | ![]() |
1941 | retired prototype | 1 |
Douglas XB-22 medium bomber | ![]() |
n/a | abandoned project | 0 |
Douglas B-23 Dragon medium bomber | ![]() |
1939 | retired | 38[notes 2] |
Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bomber | ![]() |
1940 | retired 1959 | 5,936 |
Douglas BTD Destroyer torpedo bomber/dive bomber | ![]() |
1943 | retired 1945 | 30 |
Douglas XTB2D Skypirate torpedo bomber | ![]() |
1945 | retired prototype | 2 |
Fairey Albacore torpedo bomber | ![]() |
1938 | retired 1946 | 800 |
Fairey Barracuda torpedo/dive bomber | ![]() |
1940 | retired 1960s | 2,607 |
Fairey Battle light bomber | ![]() |
1936 | retired 1949 | 2,185 |
Fairey P.4/34 light bomber | ![]() |
1937 | retired prototype | 2 |
Fiat Br.20 medium bomber | ![]() |
1936 | retired 1945 | 500+ |
Fiat RS.14 maritime patrol | ![]() |
1939 | retired | 188 |
Fieseler Fi 167 torpedo bomber | ![]() |
1938 | retired | 14 |
Focke-Wulf Fw 200 Condor maritime patrol/transport | ![]() |
1937 | retired 1945 | 276[notes 2] |
Focke-Wulf Fw 300 long range heavy bomber | ![]() |
n/a | abandoned 1941 project | 0 |
Focke-Wulf Ta 400 long range heavy bomber | ![]() |
n/a | abandoned 1943 project | 0 |
Fokker T.V torpedo bomber | ![]() |
1938 | retired 1940 | 16 |
Fokker T.VIII torpedo bomber | ![]() |
1938 | retired 1943 | 36 |
Grumman Avenger torpedo bomber | ![]() |
1941 | retired 1966 | 9,839 |
Grumman AF Guardian anti-submarine aircraft | ![]() |
1945 | retired 1955 | 389[notes 4] |
Grumman XTB2F torpedo bomber | ![]() |
n/a | abandoned 1944 project | 0 |
Hall XPTBH torpedo bomber | ![]() |
1937 | retired prototype | 1 |
Handley Page Halifax heavy bomber | ![]() |
1939 | retired 1961 | 6,178[notes 2] |
Handley Page Hampden/Hereford medium bomber | ![]() |
1936 | retired 1945 | 1,430 |
Handley Page Harrow bomber/transport | ![]() |
1936 | retired 1945 | 100[notes 2] |
Hawker Hector Army cooperation aircraft | ![]() |
1936 | retired 1942 | 179 |
Hawker Henley light bomber/target tug | ![]() |
1937 | retired 1945 | 200 |
Hawker Typhoon fighter bomber | ![]() |
1940 | retired 1945 | 3,317 |
Heinkel He 115 maritime patrol/torpedo bomber | ![]() |
1937 | retired 1952 | 138 |
Heinkel He 177 heavy bomber | ![]() |
1939 | retired 1945 | 1,169 |
Heinkel He 274 heavy bomber | ![]() |
1945 | retired prototype | 2 |
Heinkel He 277 Amerika bomber | ![]() |
n/a | abandoned 1943 project | 0 |
Henschel Hs 129 attack bomber | ![]() |
1939 | retired 1945 | 865 |
Ilyushin Il-2 ground attack | ![]() |
1939 | retired 1954 | 36,183 |
Ilyushin Il-4 medium bomber | ![]() |
1936 | retired 1945 ca. | 5,256 |
Ilyushin Il-10 & Avia B-33 attack bomber | ![]() |
1944 | retired 1962 | 6,166 |
Junkers Ju 88 medium bomber/dive bomber | ![]() |
1936 | retired 1951 | 15,000 ca.[notes 3] |
Junkers Ju 89 heavy bomber | ![]() |
1937 | retired prototype | 2 |
Junkers Ju 188 medium bomber | ![]() |
1940 | retired 1951 | 1,234 |
Junkers Ju 287 | ![]() |
1944 | retired prototype | 2 |
Junkers Ju 288 | ![]() |
1940 | retired prototypes | 22 |
Junkers Ju 290 maritime patrol/heavy bomber | ![]() |
1942 | retired 1945 | 65 |
Junkers Ju 388 reconnaissance bomber | ![]() |
1943 | retired 1945 | 100 ca. |
Junkers Ju 488 | ![]() |
n/a | retired prototype | 2 |
Junkers Ju 390 heavy bomber/maritime patrol/transport | ![]() |
1943 | retired prototype | 2 |
Kaiser-Fleetwings XBTK torpedo/dive bomber - prototype | ![]() |
1945 | retired prototype | 5 |
Kharkov KhAI-5 light bomber | ![]() |
1936 | retired | 500+ |
Kawasaki Ki-32 light bomber | ![]() |
1937 | retired 1942 | 854 |
Kawasaki Ki-48 light bomber | ![]() |
1939 | retired 1952 | 1,997 |
Kawasaki Ki-102 attack/assault bomber | ![]() |
1944 | retired 1952 | 238 |
Kawanishi H6K maritime patrol flying boat | ![]() |
1936 | retired 1945 | 215 |
Kawanishi H8K maritime patrol flying boat | ![]() |
1941 | retired 1945 | 167 |
Kyushu Q1W maritime patrol | ![]() |
1943 | retired 1945 | 153 |
LACAB GR.8 heavy bomber | ![]() |
1936 | retired prototype | 1 |
Latécoère 298 floatplane torpedo bomber | ![]() |
1936 | retired 1951 | 121 |
Latécoère 570 medium bomber | ![]() |
1939 | retired prototype | 1 |
Latécoère 611 maritime patrol flying boat | ![]() |
1939 | retired prototype | 1 |
Lioré et Olivier LeO 45 medium bomber | ![]() |
1937 | retired 1957 | 561 |
Levasseur PL.107 torpedo bomber | ![]() |
1937 | retired prototype | 2 |
Lockheed Hudson medium bomber/maritime patrol | ![]() |
1938 | retired 1948 | 2,941 |
Lockheed P2V Neptune maritime patrol | ![]() |
1945 | retired 1984 | 1,132 |
Lockheed Ventura/Harpoon medium bomber/maritime patrol | ![]() |
1941 | retired 1974 | 3,010 |
Lockheed XB-30 heavy bomber - project | ![]() |
n/a | abandoned project | 0 |
LWS-6 Zubr medium bomber | ![]() |
1936 | retired 1942 | 17 |
Macchi MC.99 maritime patrol | ![]() |
1937 | retired prototype | 1 |
Martin B-26 Marauder medium bomber | ![]() |
1940 | retired 1946 | 5,288 |
Martin Baltimore medium bomber | ![]() |
1941 | retired 1949 | 1,575 |
Martin PBM Mariner maritime patrol | ![]() |
1939 | retired 1964 | 1,285 |
Martin Maryland medium bomber/reconnaissance bomber | ![]() |
1939 | retired 1945 | 450 |
Martin AM Mauler attack aircraft | ![]() |
1944 | retired 1953 | 151 |
Martin XB-27 heavy bomber | ![]() |
n/a | abandoned project | 0 |
Martin XB-33 Super Marauder heavy bomber | ![]() |
n/a | abandoned project | 0 |
Messerschmitt Me 262 fighter bomber | ![]() |
1942 | retired 1957 | 1,430 |
Messerschmitt Me 264 maritime patrol/heavy bomber | ![]() |
1942 | retired prototype | 3 |
Mitsubishi B5M torpedo bomber | ![]() |
1937 | retired 1945 | 125 ca. |
Mitsubishi G4M heavy bomber | ![]() |
1939 | retired 1945 | 2,435[notes 2] |
Mitsubishi Ki-21 heavy bomber | ![]() |
1936 | retired 1945 | 2,064 |
Mitsubishi Ki-30 light bomber | ![]() |
1937 | retired 1945 | 704 |
Mitsubishi Ki-51 light bomber-dive bomber | ![]() |
1939 | retired 1953 | 2,385 |
Mitsubishi Ki-67 heavy bomber | ![]() |
1941 | retired 1945 | 767 |
Nakajima B5N torpedo bomber | ![]() |
1937 | retired 1945 | 1,150 ca. |
Nakajima B6N torpedo bomber | ![]() |
1941 | retired 1945 | 1,268 |
Nakajima G5N heavy bomber | ![]() |
1941 | retired prototype | 6 |
Nakajima G8N heavy bomber | ![]() |
1944 | retired prototype | 4 |
Nakajima G10N heavy bomber | ![]() |
n/a | abandoned 1943 project | 0 |
Nakajima Ki-19 heavy bomber | ![]() |
1937 | retired prototype | 4 |
Nakajima Ki-49 heavy bomber | ![]() |
1939 | retired 1945 | 819 |
Nakajima LB-2 heavy bomber | ![]() |
1936 | retired prototype | 1 |
Naval Aircraft Factory SBN dive bomber | ![]() |
1936 | retired 1942 | 31 |
North American A-27 attack | ![]() |
1940 | retired 1941 | 10 |
North American T-6 Texan light attack | ![]() |
1940 | retired | 15,495[notes 1] |
North American XB-21 medium bomber | ![]() |
1936 | retired prototype | 1 |
North American B-25 Mitchell medium bomber | ![]() |
1940 | retired 1979 | 9,984 |
North American XB-28 medium bomber | ![]() |
1942 | retired prototype | 2 |
Northrop N-3PB patrol bomber | ![]() |
1940 | retired 1943 | 24 |
Petlyakov Pe-2 dive bomber | ![]() |
1939 | retired 1954 | 11,400 |
Petlyakov Pe-8 heavy bomber | ![]() |
1936 | retired 1950s | 93 |
Piaggio P.108 heavy bomber | ![]() |
1939 | retired 1945 | 35 ca. |
Piaggio P.133 heavy bomber | ![]() |
n/a | abandoned 1943 project | 0 |
Potez 633 light bomber | ![]() |
1937 | retired | 60 ca. |
PZL.23 Karaś light bomber | ![]() |
1936 | retired 1946 | 253 |
PZL.37 Los medium bomber | ![]() |
1936 | retired 1944 | 120+ |
PZL.43 Karaś light bomber | ![]() |
1937 | retired 1946 | 52 |
Republic P-47 fighter-bomber | ![]() |
1941 | retired 1966 | 15,678[notes 3] |
Saab 17 dive bomber | ![]() |
1940 | retired 1968 | 323 |
Saab 18 medium bomber | ![]() |
1942 | retired 1959 | 245 |
Saro A.33 maritime patrol flying boat | ![]() |
1938 | retired prototype | 1 |
Saro Lerwick maritime patrol flying boat | ![]() |
1938 | retired 1941 | 21 |
Savoia-Marchetti SM.82 bomber/transport | ![]() |
1939 | retired 1960 | 720 |
Savoia-Marchetti SM.84 medium bomber/torpedo bomber | ![]() |
1940 | retired 1948 | 300+ |
Short Empire patrol flying boat (converted transport) | ![]() |
1936 | retired 1947 | 42[notes 2] |
Short Seaford patrol flying boat | ![]() |
1944 | retired 1948 | 10 |
Short Shetland patrol flying boat | ![]() |
1944 | retired prototype | 2 |
Short Stirling heavy bomber | ![]() |
1939 | retired 1946 | 2,383[notes 2] |
Short Sunderland patrol flying boat | ![]() |
1937 | retired 1967 | 777 |
Sukhoi Su-2 light bomber | ![]() |
1937 | retired 1942 | 910 |
Supermarine B.12/36 heavy bomber | ![]() |
n/a | prototypes destroyed 1940 | 0 |
Supermarine Stranraer patrol flying boat | ![]() |
1937 | retired 1946 | 57 |
Supermarine Type 322 torpedo/dive bomber | ![]() |
1943 | retired prototype | 2 |
Tachikawa Ki-36 army cooperation aircraft | ![]() |
1938 | retired 1950s | 1,334 |
Tachikawa Ki-74 long range bomber/reconnaissance aircraft | ![]() |
1944 | retired prototype | 16 |
Tupolev Tu-2 medium bomber | ![]() |
1941 | retired 1970s | 2,257 |
Vickers Victory Bomber heavy bomber | ![]() |
n/a | cancelled 1941 project | 0 |
Vickers Warwick maritime patrol bomber | ![]() |
1939 | retired 1946 | 842 |
Vickers Wellington medium bomber | ![]() |
1936 | retired 1953 | 11,464 |
Vickers Windsor heavy bomber | ![]() |
1943 | retired prototype | 3 |
Vought F4U Corsair fighter-bomber | ![]() |
1940 | retired 1979 | 12,571 |
Vought SB2U Vindicator/Chesapeake dive bomber | ![]() |
1936 | retired 1945 | 260 |
Vought TBU/Consolidated TBY Sea Wolf torpedo bomber | ![]() |
1941 | retired 1948 | 180 |
Vultee Vengeance dive bomber | ![]() |
1941 | retired 1945 | 1,528 |
Westland Lysander army cooperation | ![]() |
1936 | retired 1948 | 1,786 |
Yermolayev Yer-2 medium bomber | ![]() |
1940 | retired 1950 | 365 ca. |
Yokosuka D4Y dive bomber | ![]() |
1940 | retired 1945 | 2,038 |
Yokosuka P1Y fast bomber | ![]() |
1943 | retired 1945 | 1,102 |
1946-current
Name of Bomber | Country of origin |
Year of first flight |
Retired/Status | Number built |
---|---|---|---|---|
Aermacchi MB-326 light attack aircraft | ![]() |
1957 | operational | 650[notes 1] |
Aermacchi MB-339 light attack aircraft | ![]() |
1976 | operational | 213+[notes 1] |
Aero L-159 Alca light attack aircraft | ![]() |
1997 | operational | 72 |
Avro Shackleton maritime patrol | ![]() |
1949 | retired 1990 | 185[notes 4] |
Avro Vulcan strategic bomber | ![]() |
1952 | retired 1984 | 136 |
BAC Jet Provost trainer/light attack | ![]() |
1954 | retired 1993 | 741[notes 1] |
BAC Strikemaster strike | ![]() |
1967 | operational | 146 |
BAC TSR-2 tactical strike/reconnaissance | ![]() |
1964 | retired prototype | 1 |
Beriev Be-6 maritime patrol | ![]() |
1949 | retired 1990s | 123 |
Beriev Be-10 maritime patrol | ![]() |
1956 | retired 1968 | 28 |
Beriev Be-12 maritime patrol | ![]() |
1960 | operational | 143 |
Boeing B-47 Stratojet strategic bomber | ![]() |
1947 | retired 1977 | 2,032 |
Boeing B-50 Superfortress strategic bomber | ![]() |
1947 | retired 1965 | 370 |
Boeing B-52 Stratofortress strategic bomber | ![]() |
1952 | operational | 744 |
Boeing XB-54 strategic bomber | ![]() |
n/a | abandoned 1948 project | 0 |
Boeing P-8 Poseidon maritime patrol | ![]() |
2009 | operational | 15+ |
Boeing XB-56 strategic bomber | ![]() |
n/a | abandoned 1950 project | 0 |
Boeing XB-59 strategic bomber | ![]() |
n/a | abandoned 1952 project | 0 |
Breguet Alizé anti-submarine aircraft | ![]() |
1956 | retired 2000 | 89 |
Breguet Atlantique maritime patrol | ![]() |
1961 | operational | 115 |
Breguet Taon lightweight fighter-bomber | ![]() |
1957 | retired prototype | 2 |
Breguet Vultur attack aircraft | ![]() |
1951 | retired prototype | 2 |
Blackburn B-48 Firecrest strike fighter | ![]() |
1947 | retired prototype | 3 |
Blackburn Buccaneer attack aircraft | ![]() |
1958 | retired 1994 | 206 |
British Aerospace Harrier II attack aircraft | ![]() |
1985 | retired 2011 | 143 |
Canadair CL-41 Tebuan light ground attack aircraft | ![]() |
1960 | retired 1986 | 20 |
Canadair CP-107 Argus maritime patrol | ![]() |
1957 | retired 1982 | 33 |
CASA CN-235MPA maritime patrol | ![]() |
1983 | operational | |
Cessna A-37 Dragonfly light attack aircraft | ![]() |
1963 | operational | 577 |
Convair B-36 heavy bomber | ![]() |
1946 | retired 1959 | 384 |
Convair B-58 Hustler strategic bomber | ![]() |
1956 | retired 1970 | 116 |
Convair XB-46 heavy bomber | ![]() |
1947 | retired prototype | 1 |
Convair YB-60 heavy bomber | ![]() |
1952 | retired prototype | 2 |
Dassault/Dornier Alpha Jet attack aircraft | ![]() ![]() |
1973 | retired 1997 | 480[notes 1] |
Dassault-Breguet Super Étendard attack aircraft | ![]() |
1974 | operational | 85 |
Dassault Mirage IV strategic bomber | ![]() |
1959 | retired 2005 | 66 |
Dassault Mirage 2000N/2000D nuclear strike/strike | ![]() |
1986 | operational | 161 |
Dassault Ouragan fighter bomber | ![]() |
1949 | retired 1992 | 567 |
de Havilland Venom fighter bomber | ![]() |
1949 | retired 1983 | 1,431[notes 3] |
Dornier Do 28 maritime reconnaissance | ![]() |
1959 | retired 1994 | 10 |
Dornier Do 228 maritime reconnaissance | ![]() |
1981 | operational | 270[notes 2] |
Douglas A2D Skyshark attack aircraft | ![]() |
1950 | retired prototype | 8 |
Douglas A-3 Skywarrior strategic bomber | ![]() |
1956 | retired 1991 | 282 |
Douglas A-4 Skyhawk attack aircraft | ![]() |
1954 | operational | 2,960 |
Douglas B-66 Destroyer tactical bomber | ![]() |
1954 | retired 1973 | 72 |
EADS-CASA C295MP maritime patrol | ![]() |
1997 | operational | 86[notes 2] |
Embraer EMB 312 Tucano light attack aircraft | ![]() |
1980 | operational | 624 |
Embraer EMB 314 Super Tucano light attack aircraft | ![]() |
1999 | operational | 158 |
English Electric Canberra bomber and reconnaissance | ![]() |
1949 | retired 2008 | 949 |
Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II attack aircraft | ![]() |
1972 | operational | 716 |
Fairey Gannet maritime attack aircraft | ![]() |
1949 | retired 1978 | 348 |
Fiat G.91 attack aircraft | ![]() |
1956 | retired 1995 | 770 |
Fiat G.91Y attack aircraft | ![]() |
1966 | retired 1998 | 67 |
FMA IA 58 Pucará light attack aircraft | ![]() |
1969 | operational | 150+ |
Fokker F-27 maritime maritime patrol | ![]() |
1955 | operational | |
Fouga CM.170 Magister light attack aircraft | ![]() |
1952 | operational | 929 |
General Dynamics F-111 fighter-bomber | ![]() |
1967 | retired 2010 | 563 |
Grumman A-6 Intruder attack aircraft | ![]() |
1960 | retired 1997 | 693 |
Grumman F9F Panther fighter-bomber | ![]() |
1947 | retired 1969 | 1,382 |
Grumman OV-1 Mohawk light attack | ![]() |
1959 | operational | 380 |
Grumman S-2 Tracker anti-submarine aircraft | ![]() |
1952 | operational | 1,284 |
HAL HF-24 Marut fighter-bomber | ![]() |
1961 | retired 1985 | 147 |
HAL HJT-16 Kiran trainer/light attack | ![]() |
1964 | operational | 190 |
Handley Page Victor strategic bomber | ![]() |
1952 | retired 1993 | 86 |
Harbin H-5 medium bomber | ![]() ![]() |
1948 | operational | 319+ |
Harbin SH-5 maritime patrol flying boat | ![]() |
1976 | operational | 6 |
Hawker Hunter fighter bomber | ![]() |
1967 | operational | 278 |
Hawker Siddeley Harrier attack aircraft | ![]() |
1974 | retired 2006 | 900 |
Hawker-Siddeley Hawk attack aircraft | ![]() |
1974 | operational | 900+[notes 1] |
Hawker-Siddeley Nimrod maritime patrol | ![]() |
1967 | retired 2011 | 51 |
Hispano HA-200 light attack | ![]() |
1955 | retired 1984 | 200[notes 1] |
I.Ae. 24 Calquin tactical bomber | ![]() |
1946 | retired 1960 | 101 |
Ilyushin Il-28 medium bomber | ![]() |
1948 | operational | 6,316 |
Ilyushin Il-38 maritime patrol | ![]() |
1967 | operational | 58 |
Ilyushin Il-54 medium bomber | ![]() |
1955 | retired prototype | 2 |
Kawasaki P-1 maritime patrol | ![]() |
2007 | prototype | 4 |
Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk stealth attack aircraft | ![]() |
1981 | retired 2008 | 64 |
Lockheed P-3 Orion/CP-140 Aurora/Arcturus maritime patrol | ![]() |
1959 | operational | 757 |
Lockheed S-3 Viking anti-submarine aircraft | ![]() |
1972 | operational | 188 |
Martin B-57 Canberra reconnaissance bomber | ![]() |
1953 | retired | 403[notes 5] |
Martin P4M Mercator maritime patrol | ![]() |
1946 | retired 1960 | 21 |
Martin P5M Marlin maritime patrol | ![]() |
1948 | retired 1967 | 285 |
Martin P6M SeaMaster strategic bomber | ![]() |
1955 | retired 1959 | 12 |
Martin XB-48 medium bomber | ![]() |
1947 | retired prototype | 2 |
Martin XB-51 attack bomber | ![]() |
1949 | retired prototype | 2 |
McDonnell Douglas A-12 Avenger II attack aircraft | ![]() |
n/a | abandoned 1983 project | 0 |
McDonnell Douglas AV-8B Harrier II attack aircraft | ![]() |
1978 | operational | 323 |
McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II fighter-bomber | ![]() |
1958 | operational | 5,195[notes 3] |
McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet fighter/attack aircraft | ![]() |
1978 | operational | 1,480 |
Mikoyan MiG-27 attack aircraft | ![]() |
1970 | operational | 1,075 |
Morane-Saulnier Epervier attack aircraft | ![]() |
1958 | retired prototype | 2 |
Myasishchev M-4 strategic bomber | ![]() |
1953 | retired 1994 | 93 |
Myasishchev M-50 strategic bomber prototype | ![]() |
1959 | retired prototype | 2 |
Nanchang Q-5 attack aircraft | ![]() |
1965 | operational | 1,300 |
North American A-5 Vigilante reconnaissance bomber | ![]() |
1958 | retired 1980 | 156 |
North American AJ/A-2 Savage nuclear attack bomber | ![]() |
1948 | retired 1964 | 143 |
North American B-45 Tornado reconnaissance bomber | ![]() |
1947 | retired 1959 | 143 |
North American Rockwell OV-10 Bronco light attack | ![]() |
1965 | operational | 370 |
North American T-28 Trojan light attack | ![]() |
1949 | retired 1994 | 1,948 |
North American XA2J Super Savage bomber | ![]() |
1952 | retired prototype | 1 |
North American XB-70 Valkyrie strategic bomber prototype | ![]() |
1964 | retired prototype | 2 |
Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit stealth bomber | ![]() |
1989 | operational | 21 |
Northrop YA-9 attack aircraft | ![]() |
1972 | retired prototype | 2 |
Northrop YB-35 heavy bomber | ![]() |
1946 | retired prototype | 4 |
Northrop YB-49 heavy bomber | ![]() |
1947 | retired prototype | 4 |
PAK DA | ![]() |
n/a | project | 0 |
Panavia Tornado interdictor/strike | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
1974 | operational | 992[notes 3] |
Percival Provost trainer/light attack | ![]() |
1950 | retired 1969 | 461[notes 1] |
Piper PA-48 Enforcer counter-insurgency/attack aircraft | ![]() |
1971 | retired prototype | 4 |
PZL I-22 Iryda trainer/light attack | ![]() |
1985 | retired 1996 | 17 |
Republic F-84 Thunderjet fighter-bomber | ![]() |
1946 | retired 1973 | 7,524 |
Republic F-84F Thunderstreak fighter-bomber | ![]() |
1954 | retired 1991 | 3,428 |
Republic F-105 Thunderchief fighter-bomber | ![]() |
1955 | retired 1984 | 833 |
Rockwell B-1 Lancer strategic bomber | ![]() |
1974 | operational | 104 |
Saab 105 light attack aircraft | ![]() |
1963 | operational | 192[notes 1] |
Saab Safari counter-insurgency/light attack aircraft | ![]() |
1969 | operational | 462 ca.[notes 1] |
SEPECAT Jaguar ground attack/strike | ![]() ![]() |
1968 | operational | 543 |
Shin Meiwa PS-1 maritime patrol flying boat | ![]() |
1967 | retired 1989 | 21 |
Short Seamew maritime attack aircraft | ![]() |
1953 | retired 1957 | 26 |
Short Sperrin strategic bomber | ![]() |
1951 | retired prototype | 2 |
Short Sturgeon reconnaissance bomber | ![]() |
1946 | retired prototypes | 28 |
SNCASE Baroudeur lightweight fighter-bomber | ![]() |
1953 | retired prototype | 5 |
Soko G-4 Super Galeb light attack aircraft | ![]() |
1978 | operational | 91[notes 1] |
Soko J-22 Orao & IAR-93 attack aircraft | ![]() ![]() |
1974 | operational | 410 |
Sud Aviation Vautour attack/bomber | ![]() |
1958 | retired 1979 | 149[notes 3] |
Sukhoi Su-7 fighter-bomber | ![]() |
1955 | operational | 1,847 |
Sukhoi Su-17 fighter-bomber | ![]() |
1966 | operational | 2,867 |
Sukhoi Su-24 attack aircraft | ![]() |
1967 | operational | 1,400 ca. |
Sukhoi Su-25 attack aircraft | ![]() |
1975 | operational | 1,024 |
Sukhoi Su-34 fighter-bomber | ![]() |
1990 | operational | 22 |
Sukhoi T-4 strategic bomber prototype | ![]() |
1972 | retired prototype | 1 |
Tupolev Tu-4 strategic bomber | ![]() |
1947 | retired 1988 | 847 |
Tupolev Tu-14 light/torpedo bomber | ![]() |
1949 | retired 1959 | 150 ca. |
Tupolev Tu-16 strategic bomber | ![]() |
1952 | retired 1993 | 1,509 |
Tupolev Tu-22 medium bomber | ![]() |
1962 | operational | 311 |
Tupolev Tu-22M strategic bomber | ![]() |
1969 | operational | 497 |
Tupolev Tu-85 strategic bomber | ![]() |
1951 | retired prototype | 2 |
Tupolev Tu-95 strategic bomber | ![]() |
1952 | operational | 500+ |
Tupolev Tu-142 maritime patrol | ![]() |
1968 | operational | 100 |
Tupolev Tu-160 strategic bomber | ![]() |
1981 | operational | 35 |
Vickers Valiant strategic bomber | ![]() |
1951 | retired 1965 | 107 |
LTV A-7 Corsair II attack aircraft | ![]() |
1965 | operational | 1,569 |
Xian H-6 medium bomber | ![]() |
1959 | operational | 162+ |
Xian H-8 | ![]() |
1978 | retired prototype | 1 |
Xian JH-7 fighter-bomber | ![]() |
1988 | operational | 114+ |
Yakovlev Yak-26 tactical bomber | ![]() |
1956 | retired prototype | 10 |
Yakovlev Yak-28 reconnaissance/tactical bomber | ![]() |
1958 | retired 1992 | 1,180 |
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Production figure includes trainers
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t Production figure includes aircraft used as transports
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Production figure includes fighters or other non-bomber variants
- ^ a b Production figure includes AEW variant
- ^ Production figure includes reconnaissance variants