World War II aircraft production
Encyclopedia
This table lists aircraft
production during World War II
by country and year.
See Also:
Military aircraft
A military aircraft is any fixed-wing or rotary-wing aircraft that is operated by a legal or insurrectionary armed service of any type. Military aircraft can be either combat or non-combat:...
production during World War II
Military production during World War II
Military production during World War II was a critical component to military performance during WWII. Over the course of the war, the Allied countries outproduced the Axis countries in most categories of weapons.-Gross domestic product :...
by country and year.
Country | 1939 | 1940 | 1941 | 1942 | 1943 | 1944 | 1945 | Total |
U.S. United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district... |
2,141 | 6,086 | 19,433 | 47,836 | 85,898 | 96,318 | 46,001 | 303,713 |
Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate... |
8,295 | 10,826 | 12,401 | 15,409 | 24,807 | 40,593 | 7,540 | 119,871 |
USSR | 10,382 | 10,565 | 15,735 | 25,436 | 34,900 | 40,300 | 20,900 | 158,218 |
UK United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages... |
7,940 | 15,049 | 20,094 | 23,672 | 26,263 | 26,461 | 12,070 | 131,549 |
Japan Japan Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south... |
4,467 | 4,768 | 5,088 | 8,861 | 16,693 | 28,180 | 8,263 | 76,320 |
Italy Italy Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and... |
~18,000 | |||||||
Canada Canada Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean... |
16,431 | |||||||
Total | 33,225 | 47,294 | 72,751 | 121,214 | 188,561 | 231,852 | 94,774 | 789,671 |
See Also:
- German aircraft production during World War IIGerman aircraft production during World War IIThe following is a list of aircraft production by Germany during World War II by type and year. Note that some figures may not be accurate, and it is not comprehensive. Aircraft variants of different roles are listed separately...
- United States aircraft production during World War IIUnited States aircraft production during World War II-Total Production:¹July-December²January-August-Recipients of U.S. aircraft production:...