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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 [r]: Add brief definition or description
• B-24 [r]: World War II U.S. heavy bomber, of greater range but lesser defense than the B-17. Used against Germany, but also for antisubmarine warfare and patrol in the Pacific. ^[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 [r]: Early WWII Marine and Navy fighter, only marginally survivable against the Japanese ^[e]
• F4F Wildcat [r]: U.S. Navy carrier-based air superiority fighter early in WWII; could be credible against the Mitsubishi A6M Zero when flown by a skilled pilot, but still had disadvantages as well as advantages. ^[e]
• F6F Hellcat [r]: Principal and dominant World War II United States Navy carrier-based air superiority fighter, with some capability for fighter-bomber missions. ^[e]
• F4U Corsair [r]: U.S. Navy and Marine Corps fighter aircraft with excellent performance as a air superiority fighter and fighter-bomber, of WWII, operating both from carriers and Marine airfields, that served as a close air support aircraft into the Korean 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]
• 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 [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Ju-88 [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 [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 [r]: Add brief definition or description
• P-51 Mustang [r]: Add brief definition or description
• PBY Catalina [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 [r]: Add brief definition or description
• SB2C Helldiver [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Supermarine Spitfire [r]: Add brief definition or description
• TBD Devastator [r]: Add brief definition or description
• TBF Avenger [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
• Vickers Wellington [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Aichi D3A1 Val [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Mitsubishi A6M Zero [r]: Add brief definition or description

Other related topics

• 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