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aircraft, and had tested and ordered into production conventional jets. Italy and the Soviet Union had both tested motorjet aircraft which had turbines powered by piston engines and the latter had also equipped several types of conventional piston-powered fighter aircraft with auxiliary
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participated in combat with examples being used on both sides of the conflict during the latter stages of the war. The first successful jet aircraft, the
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First operational jet fighter as fighter and fighter-bomber, with night-fighter, bomber, and reconnaissance versions trialled.
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This list includes only aircraft powered by turbine engines, either on their own or as part of mixed-power arrangements.
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First operational US jet fighter. Four deployed during the war, two seeing limited service in Italy, but no combat.
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Secret Gadgets and Strange Gizmos: High-Tech (and Low-Tech) Innovations of the U.S. Military
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23 additional Kikkas were near completion when the end of the war ended production.
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The Horten Flying Wing in World War II - The History and Development of the Ho 229
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engines for testing purposes. Germany was the only country to use jet-powered
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A captured Messerschmitt Me 262, the most numerous jet fighter of World War II
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Cancelled jet engine addition to conventional radial engine torpedo bomber
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First operational Allied jet. First jet to down another jet aircraft (a
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From Pearl Harbor to V-J Day: The American Armed Forces in World War II
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The History of North American Small Gas Turbine Aircraft Engines
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OKB Sukhoi: A History of the Design Bureau and its Aircraft
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Air Combat 1945: The Aircraft of World War II's Final Year
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Gloster Meteor - Britain's celebrated first generation jet
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Postwar production, designation changed April 1946 to FH.
1916:. Aero Detail. Vol. 16. Tokyo: Dai Nippon Kaiga Co. 1744:. The American Ways Series. Chicago: Ivan R. Dee Inc. 149:. Few ever flew. Night fighter tested operationally. 1385:. Leicester, England: Midland Publishing (Aerofax). 3129: 2888: 2830: 2724: 2696: 2670: 2642: 2621: 2590: 2491: 2449: 2423: 2337: 1461:. South Yorkshire, England: Pen & Sword Books. 1782:(in German). Bonn, Germany: Bernard & Graefe. 1761:Jet Pioneers: Gloster and the Birth of the Jet Age 279:Cancelled turboprop and turbojet powered fighter. 1014:For instance, the first French jet aircraft, the 1540:McDonnell Douglas Aircraft since 1920, Volume II 1763:. Gloucestershire, England: Sutton Publishing. 906:US Navy mixed power fighter, never saw combat. 1836:Leyes, Richard A.; William A. Fleming (1999). 2062: 1738:James, Clayton D.; Anne Sharpe Wells (1995). 8: 1780:Ernst Heinkel – Pionier der Schnellflugzeuge 1049: 1047: 1912:Nohara, Shigeru; Masatsugu Shiwaku (1996). 1818:"The History of Japan's First Jet Aircraft" 1677:The Osprey encyclopedia of Russian aircraft 1634:Green, William; Gordon Swanborough (1994). 1421:The Encyclopedia of Weapons of World War II 1278:Baker, 1997, pp.7, 8, 31, 77, 111 & 128 2894: 2827: 2814: 2768: 2334: 2323: 2319: 2306: 2085: 2069: 2055: 2047: 1989:Smith, J. Richard; Eddie J. Creek (1986). 1970:Smith, J. Richard; Eddie J. Creek (1984). 1459:Sound Barrier: The Rocky Road to Mach 1.0+ 875:Target drone based on Gorgon III missile. 91: 1958:. London: Aero Club of the United Kingdom 1824:. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution 1619:. Osceola, WI: Motorbooks International. 1442:. Hinckley, England: Midland Publishing. 1197:Butler, 2006, pp.15, 23, 26, 48 & 105 1935:. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press. 1638:. Godalming, England: Salamander Books. 1543:. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute press. 1522:. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press. 1501:Germany's Secret Weapons of World War II 1206:Smith, 1986, pp.6, 12 & frontispiece 1018:, was clandestinely designed during the 935:Cancelled mixed power motorjet fighter. 632:Testbed for multi-engine bomber design. 56:while Japan had produced, but not used, 2029:World War II in Europe: An Encyclopedia 1598:Ryan FR-1 Fireball and XF2R-1 Darkshark 1381:Antonov, Vladimir; et al. (1996). 1368:. Hawthorne, CA: Northrop Corporation. 1089:Smith, 1984, pp.2, 8 & frontispiece 1043: 1007: 723:US Navy pulsejet-powered target drone. 404:Manned version of the pulsejet powered 1950:Smith, G. Geoffrey (4 December 1941). 1679:. Oxford, England: Osprey Publishing. 1799:Douglas XSB2D-1 & BTD-1 Destroyer 1660:. London: Putnam Aeronautical Books. 1615:Gordon, Yefim; Bill Sweetman (1992). 986:List of World War II military gliders 570:First jet fighter to fly, cancelled. 145:First jet bomber but used mostly for 7: 2549:Douglas / McDonnell Douglas 1797:Kowalski, Bob; Steve Ginter (1995). 1438:Butler, Phil; Buttler, Tony (2006). 508:Cheap mass-production interceptor ( 1816:Lee, Russell (28 September 2016). 1366:Northrop – An Aeronautical History 991:List of rotorcraft of World War II 599:Fighter/bomber, first jet powered 184:jet to fly, used as trainer only. 25: 2012:. 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Dieter (1999). 1314:Mikesh, 1979, pp.1 & 31 1251:Ginter, 1981, pp.2 & 19 1020:German occupation of France 638:Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star 40:was the first war in which 3207: 2027:Zabecki, David T. (1999). 1855:Mikesh, Robert C. (1979). 1332:Ginter, 1995, p.3 & 45 1260:Francillon, 1990, pp.65–67 541:First jet aircraft to fly 3186:World War II jet aircraft 2897: 2826: 2813: 2778: 2767: 2613:Four-engined jet aircraft 2333: 2322: 2318: 2305: 2095: 2084: 1991:Heinkel He 162 Volksjager 1560:Consolidated Vultee XP-81 1482:Schiffer Military History 1116:Pelletier, 1992, pp.61–62 1107:Pelletier, 1992, pp.50–54 437:Engine testbed and first 256:Consolidated Vultee XP-81 94: 1933:Bell Aircraft Since 1935 1893:Nijboer, Donald (2015). 1694:Harrison, W. A. (2000). 1476:Daprowski, H.P. (1991). 1423:. 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Index

List of World War II jet aircraft
Right side view of aMesserschmitt 262 jet fighter captured by the United States Army Air Forces on the ground.
World War II
jet aircraft
Heinkel He 178
turbojet
fighter aircraft
motorjet
kamikaze
ramjet
bombers
Rocket-powered aircraft
end of the war
Arado Ar 234
reconnaissance
Bell P-59 Airacomet
USAAF
Bell XP-83
escort fighter
Caproni Campini N.1
motorjet
Consolidated Vultee XP-81
Curtiss XF15C
de Havilland Vampire
VE Day
Douglas XBTD-2 Destroyer
Fieseler Fi 103R Reichenberg
V-1 flying bomb
Gloster E.28/39
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