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Parent topics
- Air warfare planning [r]: Add brief definition or description
- World War II [r]: (1931–1945) global war killing 53 million people, with the "Allies" (UK, US, Soviet Union) eventually halting aggressive expansion by the "Axis" (Nazi Germany and Japan). [e]
Subtopics
- B-17 Flying Fortress (bomber) [r]: Add brief definition or description
- B-24 Liberator (bomber) [r]: A U.S. designed heavy bomber, of the Second World War, with moderate payload and defenses but extremely long range; valued as an anti-submarine warfare and maritime patrol aircraft [e]
- B-25 Mitchell [r]: A U.S. Army Air Force medium bomber of the Second World War, especially noted for its unprecedented one-way mission in the Doolittle Raid, and, with major modifications, as a low-level attack aircraft against Japanese ships [e]
- B-26 [r]: World War II medium bomber, used for close air support and anti-shipping work as well as battlefield interdiction; often had unusually large gun equipment [e]
- B-29 Superfortress [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Mitsubishi G4M Betty [r]: Land-based, twin-engine Japanese Navy bomber with good performance and armament, but poor survivability when hit [e]
- C-47 [r]: The workhorse twin-engined Allied transport of the Second World War, called the Dakota in British service and the R4D by the U.S. Navy; military version of the DC-3 (airliner) [e]
- De Havilland Mosquito [r]: An extremely fast and flexible British aircraft, of plywood construction and with two engines, used as a light bomber, night fighter, special transport, and reconnaissance aircraft. [e]
- Eighth Air Force [r]: The organization currently "owning" the bombers, information operations, and most intelligence aircraft of the United States Air Force; it conducted strategic bombing against Germany in the Second World War [e]
- F2A Buffalo (fighter) [r]: Add brief definition or description
- F4F Wildcat (fighter) [r]: Competent but not outstanding United States Navy carrier-capable fighter of the Second World War [e]
- F6F Hellcat (fighter) [r]: High-performance United States Navy carrier-capable fighter of the Second World War, used primarily for air superiority but had some attack capability [e]
- F4U Corsair (fighter) [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Fifteenth Air Force [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Fw-190 (fighter) [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Hawker Hurricane [r]: The first monoplane fighter in British service, this aircraft, as opposed to the better-known Supermarine Spitfire, was the main killer of German bombers in the Battle of Britain; it moved afterwards to ground attack roles [e]
- Il-2 Stormovik [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Luftflotte II [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Luftflotte III [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Luftflotte V [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Luftwaffe [r]: Add brief definition or description
- H2S (military) [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Ju-87 Stuka (bomber) [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Ju-88 (bomber) [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Kamikaze [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Knickebein [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Avro Lancaster [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Kawanishi H6K Mavis (maritime patrol aircraft) [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Me-109 [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Me-110 [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Me-262 [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Norden bombsight [r]: Add brief definition or description
- P-47 Thunderbolt [r]: Add brief definition or description
- P-38 Lightning (fighter) [r]: Add brief definition or description
- P-51 Mustang (fighter) [r]: Add brief definition or description
- PBY Catalina (maritime patrol aircraft) [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Royal Air Force [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Royal Air Force Fighter Command [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Royal Air Force Bomber Command [r]: Add brief definition or description
- [[SBD Dauntless (bomber{]] [r]: [{{fullurl:SBD Dauntless (bomber{/Definition|action=edit&preload=Template%3ADef_preload}} Add brief definition or description]
- SB2C Helldiver (bomber) [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Supermarine Spitfire [r]: Add brief definition or description
- TBD Devastator (bomber) [r]: Add brief definition or description
- TBF Avenger (bomber) [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Hawker Typhoon (fighter) [r]: Add brief definition or description
- United States Army Air Corps [r]: Add brief definition or description
- United States Army Air Force [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Vickers Wellington (bomber) [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Aichi D3A1 Val (fighter) [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Mitsubishi A6M Zero (fighter) [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Aircraft carrier [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Autocannon [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Bomber aircraft [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Fighter aircraft [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Integrated air defense system [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Jet engine [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Machine gun [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Pilot training [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Radar [r]: Add brief definition or description
German code words
- Case White [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Operation Barbarossa [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Operation Mercury [r]: Add brief definition or description