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This table lists aircraft production during World War II for the major allied and axis powers:
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Country | 1939 | 1940 | 1941 | 1942 | 1943 | 1944 | 1945 | Total | Ref |
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U.S. | 2,141 | 6,086 | 26,277[1] | 47,836 | 85,898 | 96,318 | 49,761[1] | 324,750[1] | [2][3] |
USSR | 10,382[4] | 10,565[4] | 15,735[1] | 25,436 | 34,245[1] | 40,246[1] | 20,052[1] | 157,261[1] | |
UK | 7,940 | 15,049 | 20,094 | 23,672 | 26,263 | 26,461 | 12,070 | 131,549 | [2][3] |
Germany | 8,295 | 10,826 | 11,776 | 15,596[5] | 25,527 | 39,807 | 7,540 | 119,371 | [3][6][7] |
Japan | 4,467 | 4,768 | 5,088 | 8,861 | 16,693 | 28,180 | 8,263 | 76,320 | [3] |
Italy | 1,692 | 2,142 | 3,503 | 2,818 | 967 | -[a] | - | 11,122 | [citation needed] |
France | 3,163 | 2,113 | -[b] | - | - | - | - | 5,276 | [4] |
Total | 38,080 | 51,531 | 76,256 | 124,179 | 190,218 | 231,852 | 97,577 | 809,693 |
See also
- Air warfare of World War II
- List of military aircraft operational during World War II
- German aircraft production during World War II
- United States aircraft production during World War II
- List of aircraft of the United Kingdom in World War II
Notes
- ^ Italy capitulated in 1943
- ^ France capitulated in 1940
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h The World War II Data Book
- ^ a b "Out-Producing the Enemy: American Production During WWII" (PDF). National World War II Museum. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
- ^ a b c d Craven, Wesley Frank (1984) [1955]. The Army Air Forces in World War II, Volume 6, Men and Planes. University of Chicago Press/Office of Air Force History. p. 350. ISBN 0-912799-03-X.
- ^ a b c Overy 2016, p. 55.
- ^ United States Strategic Bombing Surveys (PDF). Air University Press. October 1987. ISBN 1-58566-018-3.
- ^ Zeitlin, Jonathan (1995). "Flexibility and Mass Production at War: Aircraft Manufacture in Britain, the United States, and Germany, 1939-1945". Technology and Culture. 36 (1): 46–79. doi:10.2307/3106341. ISSN 0040-165X. JSTOR 3106341.
- ^ "German Aircraft Production during WW2". The American War Library. Archived from the original on 2004-02-25.
Bibliography
- Angelucci, Enzo. Complete Book of World War II Combat Aircraft (1988) 414pp
- Angelucci, Enzo. The Rand McNally Encyclopedia Of Military Aircraft, 1914-1980 (1988) 546pp; includes production data
- Harrison, Mark, ed. The economics of World War II: six great powers in international comparison (Cambridge University Press, 2000)
- Overy, Richard (2016). The Origins of the Second World War. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-20470-1.
- Wilson, Stewart. Aircraft of World War II (Aerospace Publications, 1988), with photos, production data, service histories, countries of origin, and specifications for most World War II fighters, bombers and cargo planes.
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