WW2 Navy Aircraft (1939-1945)

Aviation / Aerospace

Carrier warfare took center stage in the Pacific during World War 2 where the distance between battlefronts was often times vast.

There are a total of 125 WW2 Navy Aircraft (1939-1945) in the Military Factory. Entries are listed below in alphanumeric order (1-to-Z). Flag images indicative of country of origin and not necessarily the primary operator.

This listing includes carrierborne, shipborne, land-based navy, flying boat, and floatplane / seaplane aircraft of the war.

Aichi D3A (Val)

Carrier-Borne Bomber / Dive Bomber

001

1940

Aichi E13A (Jake)

Naval Reconnaissance Floatplane Aircraft

002

1941

Aichi E16A Zuiun (Paul)

Reconnaissance Floatplane / Dive Bomber Aircraft

003

1944

Aichi M6A Seiran

Submarine-Based Attack Floatplane Aircraft

004

1945

Arado Ar 196

Shipborne Reconnaissance Floatplane Aircraft

005

1939

Bell Model 22

Single-Seat, Single-Engine Carrierborne Fighter Proposal

006

1941

Bell XFL Airabonita

Carrierborne Interceptor

007

1940

Beriev Be-2 / MBR-2

Reconnaissance Flying Boat Aircraft

008

1935

Blackburn B.20

Flying Boat Prototype Aircraft

009

1940

Blackburn B.44

Floatplane Fighter Prototype

0010

1942

Blackburn B.48 / YA.1 (Firecrest)

Carrier-based Naval Strike Fighter Prototype Aircraft

0011

1947

Blackburn Ripon

Torpedo Bomber Aircraft

0012

1929

Blackburn Roc (B-25)

Navy Dive Bomber / Fighter Aircraft

0013

1939

Blohm and Voss Bv 138 Seedrache (Sea Dragon)

Reconnaissance Flying Boat Aircraft

0014

1940

Blohm and Voss Bv 142

Long-Range Transport / Maritime Patrol Aircraft

0015

1940

Blohm and Voss Bv 222 Wiking (Viking)

Long Range Reconnaissance / Transport Flying Boat

0016

1941

Blohm and Voss Bv 238

Flying Boat Aircraft

0017

1944

Blohm and Voss Bv P.111

Asymmetric Maritime Patrol / Long-Range Reconnaissance Aircraft Proposal

0018

1940

Blohm and Voss Ha 139

Seaplane / Floatplane Cargo Aircraft

0019

1937

Boeing 314 Clipper (C-98)

Long-Range Flying Boat Aircraft

0020

1939

Boeing F4B / P-12

Carrier-Borne Pursuit Fighter Biplane Aircraft

0021

1929

Boeing Model 376

Carrierborne Fighter Aircraft Proposal

0022

1943

Boeing Model 394

Carrierborne Lightweight Fighter Proposal

0023

1943

Boeing XF8B

Carrier-Based Long-Range Fighter Prototype

0024

1944

Brewster F2A (Buffalo)

Single-Seat, Single-Engine Monoplane Fighter

0025

1939

Brewster SB2A Buccaneer

Carrierborne Scout Bomber Aircraft

0026

1941

Brewster XSBA-1 / SBN-1

Carrier-Based Dive Bomber

0027

1941

CANT Z.501 Gabbiano (Gull)

Reconnaissance Flying Boat Aircraft

0028

1936

CANT Z.506 Airone (Heron)

Maritime Reconnaissance / Bomber Floatplane

0029

1936

Consolidated PB2Y Coronado

Maritime Reconnaissance / Bomber Flying Boat Aircraft

0030

1940

Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer

Long-Range Maritime Reconnaissance Aircraft

0031

1943

Consolidated PBY Catalina

Long-Range Maritime Patrol Flying Boat

0032

1936

Consolidated Vultee TBY Sea Wolf

Torpedo Bomber Aircraft

0033

1944

Consolidated XP4Y Corregidor

Maritime Patrol Aircraft / Flying Boat Aircraft

0034

1939

Curtiss SB2C Helldiver

Carrierborne Dive Bomber / Reconnaissance Aircraft

0035

1943

Curtiss SBC Helldiver

Naval Dive Bomber / Fighter Aircraft

0036

1938

Curtiss SC Seahawk

Scout Floatplane / Air-Sea Rescue Aircraft

0037

1944

Curtiss SO3C Seamew

Reconnaissance / Observation Floatplane

0038

1942

Curtiss SOC Seagull

Scout / Artillery Spotting Recoverable Biplane Floatplane

0039

1935

Curtiss XF14C

Carrier-Borne Fighter Prototype

0040

1944

Curtiss XF15C

Mixed-Propulsion Navy Fighter Prototype

0041

1945

de Havilland DH.103 Hornet / Sea Hornet

Twin-Engine Long-Range Fighter

0042

1946

de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito

Multirole Heavy Fighter / Fighter-Bomber Aircraft

0043

1942

Dornier Do 18

Maritime Reconnaissance Flying Boat Aircraft

0044

1938

Dornier Do 214 (P.192)

Long-Range Flying Boat / Transport Aircraft Proposal

0045

1943

Dornier Do 22

Reconnaissance / Bomber / Torpedo Floatplane Aircraft

0046

1938

Dornier Do 24

Reconnaissance / Transport / Search and Rescue Flying Boat

0047

1937

Douglas BTD Destroyer

Torpedo / Dive Bomber Aircraft

0048

1944

Douglas SBD Dauntless

Carrierborne Dive Bomber Aircraft

0049

1938

Douglas TBD Devastator

Navy Torpedo Bomber Aircraft

0050

1937

Douglas XTB2D Skypirate

Prototype Heavy Torpedo Bomber Aircraft

0051

1945

Fairey Albacore

Naval Torpedo Bomber Biplane Aircraft

0052

1940

Fairey Firefly

Carrier-Borne Fighter / Strike-Fighter Aircraft

0053

1943

Fairey Fulmar

Carrier-Borne Fighter / Fighter-Bomber

0054

1940

Fairey Seafox

Navy Reconnaissance Floatplane Aircraft

0055

1937

Fairey Spearfish

Torpedo / Dive Bomber Aircraft Prototype

0056

1945

Fiat Br.20 Cicogna (Stork)

Twin-Engine Medium Bomber Aircraft

0057

1936

Fiat Cr.20

All-Metal Single-Seat Biplane Fighter Aircraft

0058

1926

Fieseler Fi 167

Torpedo Bomber Biplane Aircraft

0059

1938

Fokker T.VIII

Maritime Patrol / Torpedo Bomber Floatplane Aircraft

0060

1939

Goodyear F2G Super Corsair

Carrier-based Low-Altitude, High-Performance Fighter Prototype

0061

1945

Grumman F3F

Carrier-based Biplane Fighter Aircraft

0062

1936

Grumman F4F Wildcat

Single-Seat, Single-Engine Carrierborne Monoplane Fighter Aircraft

0063

1940

Grumman F6F Hellcat

Carrierborne Fighter / Fighter-Bomber Aircraft

0064

1943

Grumman F8F Bearcat

Carrierborne Fighter / Interceptor Aircraft

0065

1945

Grumman Goose (G-21)

Multirole Flying Boat Aircraft

0066

1937

Grumman J2F Duck

Amphibious Floatplane Utility Aircraft

0067

1936

Grumman TBF Avenger

Carrier-Borne Torpedo Bomber Aircraft

0068

1942

Grumman XF5F Skyrocket

Shipborne Navy Fighter Prototype

0069

1940

Grumman XTB2F-1 (G-55)

Twin-Engine Carrierborne Navy Bomber Aircraft

0070

1945

Grumman XTSF-1 (G-66)

Twin-Seat, Twin-Engine Carrierborne Torpedo Bomber Proposal

0071

1945

Hawker Sea Fury / Fury

Carrierbased Fighter-Bomber Aircraft

0072

1945

Hawker Sea Hurricane

Carrier-Borne Fighter Aircraft

0073

1941

Heinkel He 115

Anti-Ship / Maritime Patrol Floatplane Aircraft

0074

1939

Heinkel He 51

Fighter / Floatplane / Ground Attack Aircraft

0075

1935

Heinkel He 59

Reconnaissance / Attack Floatplane Aircraft

0076

1935

Hughes H-4 Hercules (Spruce Goose)

Heavy-Lift Transport / Flying Boat Prototype

0077

1945

Junkers Ju 52

Tri-Motor Transport / Medium Bomber Aircraft

0078

1932

Kaiser-Fleetwings Model 47 (Squirt)

Carrierborne Mixed-Propulsion Attack Aircraft Proposal

0079

1944

Kawanishi H11K Soku (Blue Sky)

Heavy Flying Boat / Transport Proposal

0080

1946

Kawanishi H6K (Mavis)

Maritime Reconnaissance Flying Boat Aircraft

0081

1938

Kawanishi H8K (Emily)

Reconnaissance / Bomber Flying Boat Aircraft

0082

1942

Kawanishi K-200

Long-Range Jet-Powered Flying Boat Aircraft Proposal

0083

1946

Kawanishi N1K1 Kyofu (Rex)

Floatplane Fighter / Interceptor Aircraft

0084

1943

Latecoere 298

Torpedo Bomber Floatplane Aircraft

0085

1938

Letov S.328

Twin-Seat, Single-Engine Biplane Fighter Aircraft

0086

1934

Liore-et-Olivier LeO 25

Maritime Patrol Bomber / Floatplane Aircraft

0087

1928

Lockheed Hudson

Twin-Engine Multirole Aircraft

0088

1939

Loire-Nieuport LN.401/LN.411 (LN.40)

Carrierborne Dive Bomber Aircraft

0089

1939

Martin AM Mauler

Carrierborne Attack Aircraft

Carrierborne Single-Seat, Twin-Engine Attack Aircraft Proposal

0092

1943

Martin PBM Mariner

Maritime Reconnaissance Flying Boat Aircraft

0093

1941

Miles M.20

Low-Cost Monoplane Fighter Prototype

0094

1940

Mitsubishi A5M (Claude)

Carrier-borne Fighter Aircraft

0095

1937

Mitsubishi A6M Rei-sen (Zero)

Carrier-Borne Naval Fighter / Fighter-Bomber

0096

1940

Mitsubishi A7M Reppu (Sam)

Single-Seat, Single-Engine Carrier-Based Fighter Aircraft

0097

1945

Mitsubishi F1M (Pete)

Reconnaissance Biplane Floatplane Aircraft

0098

1941

Mitsubishi G4M (Betty)

Navy Land-Based Medium Bomber Aircraft

0099

1941

Nakajima A6M2-N (Rufe)

Fighter-Bomber / Interceptor Floatplane Aircraft

00100

1942

Nakajima B5N (Kate)

Carrier-Borne Torpedo Bomber Aircraft

00101

1941

Nakajima B6N Tenzan (Jill)

Carrier-Borne Torpedo Bomber Aircraft

00102

1943

Nakajima J5N Tenrai (Heavenly Thunder)

Prototype Heavy Fighter / Interceptor

00103

1944

North American B-25 Mitchell

Twin-Engine Medium Bomber Aircraft

00104

1941

Northrop N-3PB Nomad

Reconnaissance / Bomber Floatplane

00105

1941

Polikarpov Po-2 (Mule)

Single-Engine, Twin-Seat Multirole Biplane / Basic Trainer Aircraft

00106

1929

Ryan FR Fireball

Mixed-Power Fighter Aircraft

00107

1945

Saunders-Roe A.27 London

Reconnaissance Flying Boat Aircraft

00108

1936

Saunders-Roe A.36 Lerwick

Reconnaissance Flying Boat Aircraft

00109

1939

Short S25 Sunderland

Long-Range Maritime / Reconnaissance Flying Boat

00110

1938

Sikorsky S-43 (Baby Clipper)

Flying Boat / Amphibious Transport Aircraft

00111

1935

Stinson L-5 Sentinel

Light Reconnaissance / Observation / Liaison Military Aircraft

00112

1942

Supermarine Sea Otter

Amphibious Maritime Patrol Floatplane Aircraft

00113

1942

Supermarine Seafang

Naval Fighter Prototype Aircraft

00114

1946

Supermarine Seafire

Carrier-Borne Fighter / Fighter-Bomber / Reconnaissance Aircraft

00115

1942

Supermarine Stranraer

Reconnaissance Flying Boat Aircraft

00116

1937

Supermarine Walrus (Seagull)

Search and Rescue / Reconnaissance Amphibious Flying Boat Aircraft

00117

1935

Vought F4U Corsair

Carrier-Based Fighter / Fighter-Bomber / Night Fighter

00118

1942

Vought OS2U Kingfisher

Shipborne Reconnaissance / Scout Floatplane

00119

1940

Vought SB2U Vindicator

Single-Seat, Jet-Powered Carrierbased Fighter Aircraft Proposal

00121

1946

Vought VS-319

Carrierborne Attack Aircraft Proposal

00122

1941

Vultee XA-41

Dive Bomber / Low-Level Attack Aircraft

00123

1944

Yokosuka D4Y Suisei (Judy)

Carrier-Borne Dive Bomber Aircraft

00124

1942

Yokosuka E14Y (Glen)

Submarine-borne Reconnaissance Floatplane Aircraft

00125

1941

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