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Rocket and Jet Aircraft

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Germany
Bachem Ba 139  Natter
Flugelrad V-1
Flugelrad V-2
DFS 194
Lippisch DM1
Lippisch P 13
Me 163 Variants
Me 328 A Pulse Jet Fighter
He 176
He 178
FW Flitzer

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United Kingdom
Gloster E28/39
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Gloster Meteor

USSR
​Sukhoi Su-5
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Jet Aircraft of World War II

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Germany

Experimental and test jet aircraft
  • Fieseler Fi 103 R - Piloted version of the V-1 flying bomb.
  • Focke-Wulf Ta 183 "Huckebein" fighter, never completed.
  • Heinkel He 178 - Pioneering first aircraft to fly under turbojet power, 27 August 1939.
  • Heinkel He 280 - World's first jet fighter, cancelled in favour of Me 262.
  • Heinkel He 343 - Four-engined jet bomber/recon/Zerstörer, design broadly based on the Arado Ar 234, not flown.
  • Henschel Hs 132 - Dive bomber. Factory overrun by Soviet forces before test flights could begin.
  • Horten Ho 229 - Flying wing fighter. also known as the Horten Ho IX or Gotha Go 229, a flying wing with turbojet engines.
  • Horten H.XVIII - Enlargement of the Ho 229's design, to make it a four jet engined bomber capable of reaching America.
  • Junkers Ju 287 - Multi-engine bomber design; proof-of-concept aircraft flying from 16 August 1944; factory and project captured by Soviets before definitive prototype built.
  • Junkers EF 132 – Advanced heavy bomber
  • Messerschmitt Me P.1101 - Experimental aircraft with ground-set variable-sweep wings. ~75% complete at conclusion of war, led to the Bell X-5 US experimental aircraft.
  • Lippisch P.13 - Tailless high-speed bomber, with fore-and-aft tandem propellers and two piston engines.
  • Lippisch P.13a - Experimental ramjet-powered delta wing interceptor with an engine powered by coal.
  • Lippisch P.13b - Further development of the P.13a.

Operational jet aircraft
  • Messerschmitt Me 163
  • Messerschmitt Me 262 - World's first operational jet-powered fighter aircraft
  • Heinkel He 162 - Second jet engined fighter aircraft to serve with the Luftwaffe.
  • Arado Ar 234 - World's first jet-powered bomber and reconnaissance aircraft.
  • Ar 234 "Blitz"
    • V-1  (Prototype)
    • B-2  (Bomber)
    • B-2N  (Night Fighter)
    • C-3  (4x BMW 003)
    • C-5  (Two Seat Cabin)
    • V-16  (Swept Wing / 2x BMW 003R)

Blohm & Voss
  • Bv 211
  • Bv 212
BMW
  • Flugelrad V-1
  • Flugelrad V-2
  • Fw 44  (Oestrich Motorjet)
DFS
  • 230 ( testbed / pulsejet )
Doblhoff
  • WNF (V1-V4)

Dornier (DFS)
  • Do 17 Z ( testbed / ramjet )
  • Do 217 E ( testbed / ramjet )
Dornier / Heinkel
  • Do 435/He 535

Fiesler
  • Fi 103 A-1 "Reichenberg"
  • Fi 103 V-1
Focke-Wulf
  • Fw 190  (Fw-1 Turbojet)
  • P.VII "Flitzer"
  • Ta 183 "Huckeben"
  • Fw 200 "Condor" (Fiesler Fi 103)
Heinkel
  • He 111  (testbed /Heinkel He S 011)
  • He 118  (testbed / Heinkel He S 3A)
  • He 176
  • He 178
  • V-1
  • V-2
  • He 280
  • V-3  (Heinkel He S 8A)
  • V-4  (4x Argus As 014 "pulesjet")
  • V-2  (Junkers Jumo 004)
  • V-9  (BMW 003 A-1)
  • He 162 "Volksjager"
  • A-2  (BMW 003)
  • A-8  (Junkers Jumo 004)
  • A-10  (2x Argus As 014 "pulesjets")
  • A-11  (1x Argus As 044 "pulesjet")
  • Heinkel He219  (BMW 003)
  • Heinkel He343
  • Heinkel He P.1078A
Henschel
  • Hs 130
  • Hs 132
Gotha
  • Go 145  (Argus VSR-9a pulse jet )
  • Go P.60
Horten/Gotha
  • Ho IX / Go 229
  • V-1 (unpowered)
  • V-2 / V-3
  • V-6  (Trainer)
Horten
  • Ho VII  (testbed / 1x Argus As 014 "pulesjets")
  • Ho XIIIa
  • Ho XVIII B2


Junkers
  • Ju 88  (testbed / BMW 003 & Junkers 004)
  • Ju EF 126
  • Ju EF 128
  • Ju 287
  • V-1
  • V-3 (A-1)
  • EF 131


Lippisch
  • P.11 "Delta VI"
  • DM-1


Messerchmitt
  • Me 110  (testbed / Junkers Jumo 004-A)
  • Me 163 and Variants "Komet" (testbed / Argus As 014 pulsejet)
  • Me 262 and Variants
  • Me P.1073 (Me 328)
  • Me P.1101


Skoda/Kauba
  • P.14


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Italy

Experimental and test jet aircraft
  • Campini Caproni CC.2 - First experimental Italian thermojet.
  • Reggiane Re.2007 - First Italian turbojet fighter design.

Jet aircraft projects
  • Campini Caproni C.A.183bis - Piston-thermojet engined high-altitude interceptor
  • Campini Caproni S.C.3 - Twin-jet high-altitude fighter/bomber
  • Campini Caproni S.C.5/6 - Ramjet-powered autogiro
  • Campini Caproni C.C.7 "Toscana" - Experimental thermojet bomber-recon plane

Caproni-Campin
  • CC-2(N 1)
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Reggiane
  • Re 2007
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Japan

Operational rocket aircraft
  • Kuugisho/Yokosuka MXY7 - "Ohka" Model 11 Type 22 Suicide Attacker - entered service as a kamikaze aircraft or suicide missile

Experimental and test jet aircraft
  • Nakajima J9Y - Kikka Turbojet Interceptor
  • Kawanishi "Baika" - Mk.I,II,III (Fieseler Fi-103 R derivation) Pulsejet Suicide Attacker
  • Kayaba "Katsudori" - Ramjet Interceptor
  • Nakajima "Toka" - Turbojet Suicide Attacker
  • Heinkel He 162 - A-2 (Tachikawa Ki-162?) Jet fighter Japanese version under license.

Cancelled before built
These were either cancelled projects or incomplete at end of war
  • Kugisho/Yokosuka MXY-9 - "Shuka" Rocket Interceptor operative training glider with turbojet
  • Nakajima Ki-201 - "Karyuu" turbojet interceptor/attack
  • Kawanishi K-200 - Six engined heavy turbojet flying boat
  • Yokosuka "Tenga" - Yokosuka P1Y/Ginga - "Frances" medium bomber converted to turbojet power, never completed
  • Kugisho/Yokosuka R2Y2 - "Keiun-Kai" turbojet Reconnaissance/Attack Aircraft
  • Mitsubishi J8M1 "Shusui" Rocket Intercepter
  • Mitsubishi J8M2 "Shusui" Model 21 Rocket Intercepter
  • Mitsubishi J8M3 "Shusui" Model 22 Rocket Intercepter
  • Mitsubishi Ki-200"Shusui" Rocket Intercepter
  • Rikugun Kokukosho/Mitsubishi Ki-202"Shusui-kai"Rocket Intercepter
  • Kuugisho/Yokosuka MXY7"Ohka" Model 11 Suicide Attacker
  • Mizuno "Shinryu" Type 1 Suicide Attack Rocket plane Glider
  • Mizuno "Sinryu" Type 2 Rocket plane Intercepter
  • Kyushu J7W2 "Shinden-kai" Turbojet Plane Intercepter

Kyushu
  • J7W1 "Shinden"
Yokosuka
  • P13Y "Ginga" (testbed Tsu-11)
  • Ohka 22
  • Ohka 43
Nakajima
  • Kikka
  • Kikka-K    (Trainer)
  • Ki 201 "Karyu"
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United kingdom

Experimental and test jet aircraft
  • Gloster E.28/39 - May 15, 1941 became the first jet engined aircraft to fly in the United Kingdom.

Operational jet aircraft
  • Gloster Meteor - First operational Allied fighter jet, entered Service July 27 1944.
  • De Havilland Vampire - The second jet engined aircraft commissioned by the RAF during WW II. Production aircraft entered service in April 1945.

Armstrong Whitworth
  • AW 52 E44/9
Avro
  • Lancaster (testbed AWX / Nean / Beryl)
Hawker
  • P.1040
De Havilland
  • DH 100 "Vampire"
  • Mk-I
  • Mk-II
  • "Sea Vampire" 10
  • DH 108 "Swallow"
Gloster
  • Gloster E28/39 "Whittle"
  • F 9/40 "Meteor"
  • Mk-I
  • DG 204/G  (2x Vickers F2)
  • Mk-II (2x H-1 Goblin)
  • Mk-III
  • Mk-IV
  • F1 "Trent"  (2x RB 50 "turoprop")
  • GA.1 / GA.2 "Ace"
Miles
  • M.52
  • M.3 "Falcon"
Saunders Roe
  • SRA-1
Vickers
  • Wellington  (Powerjet W.2/700)
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United States

Experimental and test
  • Bell XP-83 - redesigned P-59 for long-range escort fighter duties. Cancelled after two prototypes.
  • Consolidated Vultee XP-81 - mixed power. Two prototypes built, project cancelled due to poor flight performance.
  • Douglas XBTD-2 Destroyer - two prototypes modified with mixed propulsion. Cancelled due to poor performance.
  • McDonnell FH Phantom - prototype, saw limited production postwar.
  • Northrop XP-79 - prototype tested 5 July 1944, cancelled 1945.
Operational
  • Bell P-59 Airacomet - first United States Army Air Forces jet to fly, never saw operational service, contract terminated after 66 built.
  • Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star - first operational USAAF jet fighter in 1945, grounded due to problems until after the war.
  • Ryan FR Fireball - mixed prop and jet aircraft for US Navy, first flew on June 25, 1944, but never saw combat. 66 delivered.
Bell
         XP 59 "Airacomet"
    XP 83
Boeing
    B-17 "Fortress" (Republic JB-2 "Loon")
    B-29 "Super Fortress" (Republic JB-2 "Loon")
Chance Vought
    F6U-1 "Pirate"
Consolidated
    B-24 "Liberator" (Republic JB-2 "Loon" )
Coanda
    Turbine Airoplane (1910)
Convair
    XB 46
    XP 81
Curtiss
    XF 15 C-1
    XF-87  "Blackhawk"
Mc Donnell
    FH-1 "Phatom"
    XF2D-1 "Banshee"
    XF/XP-85 "Goblin"
Douglas
    XB 42 "Mixmaster"
    XB 43 "Jetmaster"
    XBTD-2 "Destroyer"
    D-558-1 "SkyStreak"
Grumman
    XTBF-3 "Avenger"
    XTB3F-1 "Guardian"
    XF9F-2 "Panther"
Lockheed
    L 133
    XP 80 L-140
    P 80A "Shooting Star"
Martin
    P4M-1 "Mercator"
North American
    P 51 "Mustang" (2x Ford PJ-31-1 pulesjets)
    FJ-1 "Fury"
    NA-140 (XP-86 "Sabre")
    XB 45 "Tornado"
Northrop
    JB-1/10 "Bat"
    XP 79 B 
    XB 35 B (XB 49)
    P 61 "Black Widow" (NACA ramjet)
Repubilc
    XP 84  "Thunder Jet"
    JB-2  "Loon"
Ryan
    FR-1  "Fireball"
    XF2 R-1   "Darkshark"

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USSR

Experimental jet aircraft
  • Lavochkin La-150 - Design started in summer of 1945. First flight, September 1946. Built around the Jumo 004 (RD-10) engine. 5 built.
  • Lavochkin La-152 - First flight, October 1946. Modifications of the 150 design. 3 built with various modifications.
  • Sukhoi Su-5 - Combined propeller/thermojet propulsion. 1 built, first flown 6 April 1945. Grounded after loss of piston engine.

Operational jet aircraft
  • Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-9 - First flew April 24, 1946. First true Russian turbojet.
  • Yakovlev Yak-15 - First flew April 24, 1946. Used Yak-3 fuselage and cockpit, mostly used as an introduction for pilots and ground-crew to jet aircraft.
  • Mikoyan-Gurevich I-250 - mixed power fighter using a thermojet and standard prop engine. 10-20 estimated built. Supplanted by pure jet aircraft.

Bereznyak/Isaiev
  1. BI-6
Borovkov/Florov
  1. I-207 "8" ( 2x DM-4 "ramjet" )
  1. Izdeliyed "D"
Gudkov
  1. Gu-VDR
Lavochkin
  1. La 3  ( 2x VDR-430 "ramjet" )
  1. La 7S (2x RD-13 "pulesjet" / 2x VDR-430 "ramjet")
  1. La 126  ( 2x RD-13 "pulesjet" )
  1. La 138  ( 2x VDR-430 "ramjet" )
  1. La 150
Mikoyan Gurevich
  1. Mig 13   (I-250 N)
  1. Mig 9   (I-300)
  1. Mig 15   (I-310)
Petlyakov
  1. Pe-2L
Polikarpov
  1. I-152DM (2x DM-2 "ramjet")
  1. I-153DM  (2x DM-4 "ramjet")
Sukhoi
  1. Shukoi Su-5
  1. Su 9
MK Tikhonravov
  1. 302
Tupolev
  1. Tu-2 L
Yakovlev
  1. Jak-7 PVRD  (2x DM-4C "ramjet")
  1. Jak 7R
  1. Jak 15
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Leduc
    010
Sud-Quest
  • So 6000 "Triton"
SAAB
    J-21 R
    J-29  "Tumman"
    201-202  91A "Safir
Varga
    RMI-1 X /H
Avia
    S-92.1 (PL-01)
 Rocket Aircraft
  • Arado E.381 Kleinstjäger Air launch Fighter 1944Project0 Carried by an Arado Ar 234
  • Bachem Ba 349 "Natter" Germany VTOL Fighter 1945 Production Point defence interceptor. Never saw action.
  • Bell X-1 USA Air launch Research 1947 Prototype First aircraft to break the sound barrier in level flight (Also conventional take off on one occasion).
  • Bereznyak-Isayev BI-1 USSR CTOL Fighter 1942
  • Cattaneo Magni RR Italy CTOL Research 1931 Prototype
  • Cheranovsky RP-1 USSR CTOL Research 1932 Prototype Test in 1933 ended in engine failure.
  • DFS 194 Germany CTOL Experimental 1940 Operational Tailless.
  • Focke-Wulf  Volksjäger Germany CTOL Fighter 1944 Project Three rocket-powered variants under construction at the end of hostilities.
  • Heinkel He 112R Germany Experimental 1937 Operational Rocket and piston engines.
  • Heinkel He 176 Germany CTOL Research 1939 Prototype
  • He P.1077 Julia Germany CTOL Fighter 1944 Project
  • Ju EF.127 WalliGermanyCTOLFighter1944Project
  • Korolyov RP-318 USSR CTOL Research 1940
  • Lavochkin La-7R USSR 1945 Rocket and piston engines.
  • Lippisch Ente Germany CTOL Research 1928 Prototype first rocket-powered aircraft
  • Messerschmitt Me 163 Germany CTOL Fighter 1941 ProductionTailless.
  • Messerschmitt Me 263 Germany CTOL Fighter 1944 also known as Ju 248, development of Me 163.
  • Messerschmitt P.1104 GermanyAir launch Fighter1944 Project
  • Mitsubishi J8M Japan CTOL Fighter 1945 Was to have been a licensed Messerschmitt Me 163 but the plans were lost so was only similar.
  • Mizuno Shinryu II Japan CTOL 1945 Project Second aircraft developed in Japan to use a canard design after the J7W1.
  • North American X-15 USA Air launch Research 1959 Operational Hypersonic. Later variants capable of sub-orbital space flight.
  • Northrop XP-79 USA CTOL Fighter1944 Prototype Flying wing. Converted to jet power for first and only flight.
  • Opel RAK.1 Germany CTOL Research 1929 Operational First rocket-powered aircraft.
  • Rikugun Ki-202 Japan CTOL Fighter 1945 Improved J8M/Ki-200 with the elongated fuselage.
  • Sombold So 344 Germany Air launch 1944 Project bomber box buster with a detachable explosive nose.
  • Sukhoi Su-7 USSR 1944 Sukhoi Su-6 with rocket and piston engines.
  • Yakovlev Yak-3RD USSR 1945 Prototype Modified Yakovlev Yak-3 with rocket and piston engines.
  • Yokosuka MXY7 Ohka Japan Air launch Attack 1945 Production Kamikaze aircraft.
  • Zeppelin Fliegende Panzerfaust Germany Air launch 1944 Project towed behind a Messerschmitt Me 109G
  • Zeppelin Rammer Germany Air launch Fighter 1944 Project designed to use the aerial ramming technique against Allied bombers
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