List of jet aircraft of World War II

Messerschmitt Me 262, the most numerous jet fighter of World War II, in flight

This is a list of jet aircraft that were developed during the Second World War. Rockets and aircraft for which construction had not begun by the end of the war are excluded. Entries coloured in green were operational during the war. Production figures for aircraft used postwar include examples built after the war ended, of the same versions already flying during the war.

Aircraft

Aircraft	Origin	1st Flight	Date Operational	Number built	Notes
Arado Ar 234	Germany	000000001943-06-01-0000June 1943	000000001944-08-01-0000August 1944	7002250000000000000♠250+	first jet bomber^[1]^[2]
Bell P-59 Airacomet	US	000000001942-10-01-0000October 1942	n/a	7001660000000000000♠66	first USAAF jet to fly; used as trainer, production cancelled^[3]
Bell XP-83	US	000000001945-02-01-0000February 1945	n/a	7000200000000000000♠2	cancelled long-range escort fighter^[4]
Caproni Campini N.1	Italy	000000001940-08-01-0000August 1940	n/a	7000200000000000000♠2	first Italian thermojet^[5]
Consolidated Vultee XP-81	US	000000001945-02-01-0000February 1945	n/a	7000200000000000000♠2	cancelled mixed power fighter^[6]
de Havilland Vampire F.1	UK	000000001943-09-01-0000September 1943	000000001946-03-01-0000March 1946	7002244000000000000♠244	postwar production^[7]
Douglas XBTD-2 Destroyer	US	000000001944-05-01-0000May 1944	n/a	7000200000000000000♠2	cancelled mixed power torpedo bomber^[8]^[9]
Douglas XB-43 Jetmaster	US	000000001946-05-01-0000May 1946	n/a	7000200000000000000♠2	cancelled jet bomber^{[notes 1]}
Fieseler Fi 103R Reichenberg	Germany	000000001944-09-01-0000September 1944	n/a	7002300000000000000♠300	ready for operations late 1944, not used^{[notes 2]}^[10]
Gloster E.28/39	UK	000000001941-04-01-0000April 1941	n/a	7000200000000000000♠2	engine testbed and first Allied jet to fly.^[11]
Gloster Meteor F.1 & F.3	UK	000000001943-03-01-0000March 1943	000000001944-07-01-0000July 1944	7002250000000000000♠250	first operational Allied jet and first jet to shoot down another jet aircraft (a V-1 flying bomb).^[12]
Heinkel He 162	Germany	000000001944-12-01-0000December 1944	000000001945-02-01-0000February 1945	7002238000000000000♠238+	inexpensive interceptor for mass production ^[13]
Heinkel He 178	Germany	000000001939-08-01-0000August 1939	n/a	7000200000000000000♠2	jet engine testbed and first jet aircraft to fly
Heinkel He 280	Germany	000000001940-09-01-0000September 1940	n/a	7000900000000000000♠9	first jet fighter to fly, cancelled
Henschel Hs 132	Germany	n/a	n/a	7000400000000000000♠4	dive bomber, captured before flown
Horten Ho 229	Germany	000000001944-12-01-0000December 1944	n/a	7000300000000000000♠3	fighter/bomber, first jet powered flying wing^[14]
Junkers Ju 287	Germany	000000001944-08-01-0000August 1944	n/a	7000100000000000000♠1	testbed for multi-engine bomber design ^[15]
Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star	US	000000001944-01-01-0000January 1944	000000001945-01-01-0000January 1945	7002361000000000000♠361	first operational USAAF jet fighter (as YP-80A)^[16]
McDonnell FD Phantom	US	000000001945-01-01-0000January 1945	000000001947-07-01-0000July 1947	7001620000000000000♠62	postwar production, designation changed April 1946 to FH.^[17]^[18]
Messerschmitt Me 262	Germany	000000001942-07-01-0000July 1942	000000001944-06-01-0000June 1944	7003143300000000000♠1,433	first operational jet fighter^[19]
Messerschmitt Me 328	Germany	000000001944-01-01-00001944 (early)	n/a	7000900000000000000♠9	cancelled pulse jet fighter/bomber
Messerschmitt P.1101	Germany	n/a	n/a	7000200000000000000♠2	captured before flown^[20]
Mikoyan-Gurevich I-250 & MiG-13	USSR	000000001945-03-01-0000March 1945	n/a	7001280000000000000♠28	mixed power thermojet fighter^[21]
Nakajima Kikka	Japan	000000001945-08-01-0000August 1945	n/a	7000100000000000000♠1^{[notes 3]}	jet interceptor, similar but smaller than Me 262 ^[22]
Northrop XP-79B	US	000000001945-09-01-0000September 1945	n/a	7000100000000000000♠1	cancelled after crash^[23]
Ryan FR Fireball	US	000000001944-06-01-0000June 1944	000000001945-03-01-0000March 1945	7001660000000000000♠66	US Navy mixed power, never saw combat^[24]
Sukhoi Su-5	USSR	000000001945-04-01-0000April 1945	n/a	7000100000000000000♠1	cancelled mixed power thermojet fighter^[25]
Yokosuka MXY7 Model 22	Japan	000000001945-07-01-0000July 1945	n/a	7001500000000000000♠50	kamikaze thermojet version built but not used^{[notes 4]}
Mitsubishi J8M (or Ki-200)	Japan	000000001945-07-01-0000July 1945	n/a	7000900000000000000♠9	based on the German Me-163.

References

Notes

↑ Development began in 1944, at an advanced state of development when the war ended.
↑ Manned variant of V-1 flying bomb intended for suicide attacks against high value targets
↑ 22 additional Kikkas were near completion when the end of the war ended production.
↑ Jet engine powered version of rocket kamikaze "Ohka" Suicide Attacker, only three engines were available for the 50 airframes.

Citations

↑ Smith, 1984, pp.2, 8 & frontispiece
↑ Nohara, 1996, p.72
↑ Pelletier, 1992, pp.50-54
↑ Pelletier, 1992, pp.61-62
↑ Smith, 1941, p.c
↑ Ginter, 2007
↑ Harrison, 2000, pp.2, 8 & 14
↑ Kowalski, 1995, pp.42-43
↑ Francillon, 1979, pp.356-360
↑ Myhra, 2007, pp.3, 6
↑ Kershaw, 2004, pp.38, 54
↑ Butler, 2006, pp.15, 23, 26, 48 & 105
↑ Smith, 1986, pp.6, 12 & frontispiece
↑ Daprowski, 1991, pp.5
↑ Hitchcock, 1974
↑ Francillon, 1987, pp.235-243
↑ Ginter, 1981, pp.2 & 19
↑ Francillon, 1990, pp.65-67
↑ Baker, 1997, pp.7, 8, 31, 77, 111 & 128
↑ Myhra, 1999
↑ Gunston, 1999, pp.40-43
↑ Mikesh, 1979, pp.1 & 31
↑ Anderson, 1976, pp.76-78
↑ Ginter, 1995, p.3 & 45
↑ Antonov, 1996, pp.68-69

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