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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]

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• B-17 [r]: Add brief definition or description
• B-25 [r]: World War II U.S. medium bomber, used on the one-way mission of the Doolittle raid ^[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 [r]: Very heavy bomber, by Second World War standards, that carried out U.S. strategic bombing against Japan ^[e]
• 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]
• Fifteenth Air Force [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Fw-190 [r]: Heavy and high-performance German fighter and fighter-bomber, introduced in the latter part of WWII. ^[e]
• 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]
• 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]: The German Air Force, both the current and WWII organization; the current usage includes the forces after German unification ^[e]
• Ju-82 Stuka [r]: German WWII dive bomber that gave excellent close air support in the early blitzkriegs, but was too slow to survive in the Battle of Britain and against later fighters ^[e]
• Ju-88 [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Avro Lancaster [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
• P-47 [r]: Add brief definition or description
• P-38 [r]: Add brief definition or description
• P-51 [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
• Supermarine Spitfire [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Hawker Typhoon [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
• United States Air Force [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Aichi D3A1 Val [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Mitsubishi A6M Zero [r]: Add brief definition or description