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This table lists aircraft production during World War II for the major allied and axis powers:

Country 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 Total Ref
U.S. 2,141 6,086 26,277[1] 47,836 85,898 96,318 49,761[1] 324,750[1] [2][3]
USSR 10,382 10,565 15,735[1] 25,436 34,245[1] 40,246[1] 20,052[1] 157,261[1]
UK 7,940 15,049 20,094 23,672 26,263 26,461 12,070 131,549 [2][3]
Germany 8,295 10,826 11,776 15,596[4] 25,527 39,807 7,540 119,371 [3][5]
Japan 4,467 4,768 5,088 8,861 16,693 28,180 8,263 76,320 [3]
Italy 1,692 2,142 3,503 2,818 967 -[a] - 11,122
France 3,163 2,113 -[b] - - - - 5,276
Total 38,080 51,531 76,256 124,179 190,218 231,852 97,577 809,693

See also

Further reading

  • Angelucci, Enzo. Complete Book of World War II Combat Aircraft (1988) 414pp
  • Angelucci, Enzo. The Rand McNally Encyclopedia Of Military Aircraft, 1914-1980 (1988) 546pp; includes production data
  • Harrison, Mark, ed. The economics of World War II: six great powers in international comparison (Cambridge University Press, 2000)
  • Wilson, Stewart. Aircraft of World War II (Aerospace Publications, 1988), with photos, production data, service histories, countries of origin, and specifications for most World War II fighters, bombers and cargo planes.

Notes

  1. ^ Italy capitulated in 1943
  2. ^ France capitulated in 1940

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h The World War II Data Book
  2. ^ a b "Out-Producing the Enemy: American Production During WWII" (PDF). National World War II Museum. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
  3. ^ a b c d Craven, Wesley Frank (1984) [1955]. The Army Air Forces in World War II, Volume 6, Men and Planes. University of Chicago Press/Office of Air Force History. p. 350. ISBN 0-912799-03-X.
  4. ^ https://apps.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a421958.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  5. ^ Zeitlin, Jonathan (1995). "Flexibility and Mass Production at War: Aircraft Manufacture in Britain, the United States, and Germany, 1939-1945". Technology and Culture. 36 (1): 46–79. doi:10.2307/3106341. ISSN 0040-165X. JSTOR 3106341.
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