List of jet aircraft of World War II

List of jet aircraft of World War II

This is a list of jet aircraft that flew or were about to fly during the Second World War:

Allies

UK

Experimental and test jet aircraft

* Gloster E.28/39 - May 15 1941 became the first jet engined aircraft to fly in the United Kingdom.

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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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
* 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.

Operational jet aircraft

* P-59 Airacomet - First USAAF jet to fly, never saw operational service, only 30 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.

USSR

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.

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.

Axis

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Experimental and test jet aircraft

*Fiesler 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 - jet bomber, not flown.
* Henschel Hs 132 - Dive bomber. Factory overrun by Soviet forces before test flights could begin.
* Horten Ho 229 - Flying wing fighter.
* Horten Ho XVIII - a redesign on the Ho 229 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.

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.

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Experimental and test jet aircraft

* Campini Caproni CC.2 - First experimental Italian thermojet.
* Reggiane Re.2007 - First Italian turbojet fighter design.

JPN

Operational jet aircraft

* Ohka - Kamikaze aircraft

Experimental and test jet aircraft

* Nakajima J9Y - Turbojet Interceptor
* Kuugisho/Yokosuka MXY7 - "Ohka" Model 11 Type 22 Suicide Attacker - did not enter service
* 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.

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


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