The Fighter Aircraft of WW II

By aerofan · Sunday, October 9th, 2011

When you think of WW II fighter aircraft, you might think about the P-38, F8F Hellcat, Mitsubishi Zero or the Focke-Wulf Fw 190 but there were many other fighter aircraft flown in World War II. Here is a complete list of those aircraft, along with the names and flags of the countries that used them.

Avia B-534 (Pre-war; Slovakia, Bulgaria)
Bell P-39 Airacobra (1941; United States, Soviet Union)
Bell P-63 Kingcobra (1942; United States, Soviet Union)
Bloch MB.151 (Pre-war; France, Greece)
Bloch MB.152 (1939; France, Romania)
Boeing P-12 (1930; United States, Philippines, Thailand)
Boeing P-26 Peashooter (1933; United States, China, Philippines, Guatemala)
Brewster Buffalo (1939; United States, Finland, Netherlands, New Zealand, United Kingdom, Australia)
Bristol Beaufighter (1940; United Kingdom, Australia
Bristol Blenheim ( France, United Kingdom )
Boulton Paul Defiant (1939; England, Canada, and Poland)
Blackburn Roc (1939; England)
Curtiss Hawk 75 (Pre-war; United States, Finland, France, India, Thailand, United Kingdom, Netherlands)
CAC Boomerang ( Australia)
Curtiss P-40 Tomahawk/Kittyhawk/Warhawk (1939; United States, Australia, Canada, China, New Zealand, South Africa,United Kingdom)
Curtiss P-60 (United States)
Curtiss-Wright CW-21 (1939; United States, China, Netherlands)
de Havilland Mosquito (1941; United Kingdom, Canada)
de Havilland Vampire (1945; United Kingdom)
Dewoitine D.520 (1940; France, Bulgaria, Belgium)
Dornier Do 335 (1944; Germany)
Fairey Firefly (1941; United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, Netherlands, Thailand)
Fairey Fox (Pre-war; United Kingdom, Belgium)
Fiat CR.42 (Pre-war; Italy, Belgium, Hungary)
Fiat G.50 (Italy, Finland, NDH)
Fiat G.55 (1943; Italy)
Focke-Wulf Fw 190 (1941; Germany
Fokker D.XXI (Pre-war; Netherlands, Finland)
Fokker G.I (Pre-war; Netherlands)
Gloster Gladiator (Pre-war; United Kingdom, Finland, Norway, Belgium)
Gloster Meteor (1944; United Kingdom)
Grumman/General Motors F4F/FM Wildcat (1940; United States, United Kingdom)
Grumman F6F Hellcat (1943; United States, United Kingdom)
Grumman F8F Bearcat (United States, United Kingdom)
Hawker Hurricane (1937; United Kingdom, Canada, Finland, India, New Zealand, Belgium)
Hawker Typhoon (1940; United Kingdom)
Hawker Tempest (1944; United Kingdom, New Zealand)
Heinkel He 112 (Pre-war; Germany, Romania)
Heinkel He 162 (1945; Germany)
Heinkel He 219 (1943; night fighter; Germany)
IAR 80 (1942; Romania Romania)
Ikarus IK 2 (1933; Kingdom of Yugoslavia, NDH)
Junkers Ju 88 (1940 as a night fighter; Germany)
Kawanishi N1K-J (1944; Japan)
Kawasaki Ki-45 (1942; Japan)
Kawasaki Ki-61 (1943; Japan)
Kawasaki Ki-100 (1945; Japan)
Kawasaki Ki-102 (1945; Japan)
Lavochkin LaGG-1 (Pre-war; Soviet Union)
Lavochkin LaGG-3 (1941; Soviet Union)
Lavochkin La-5 (1941; Soviet Union)
Lavochkin La-7 (1941; Soviet Union)
Lockheed P-38 Lightning (1941; United States)
Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star (1945; United States)
Macchi MC.200 (1939; Italy)
Macchi MC.202 (1941; Italy)
Macchi MC.205 (1943; Italy)
MÁVAG Héja (1941; Hungary)
Messerschmitt Bf 109 (Pre-war; Germany, Kingdom of Yugoslavia , Bulgaria, Finland, Hungary, Romania, Italy)
Messerschmitt Bf 110 (Pre-war; Germany)
Messerschmitt Me 163 (1943; Germany)
Messerschmitt Me 262 (1944; Germany)
MiG-1 (1940; Soviet Union)
MiG-3 (1941; Soviet Union)
Mitsubishi A6M Zero (1940; Japan)
Mitsubishi J2M (Japan)
Mitsubishi F1M (Japan)
Morane-Saulnier M.S.406 (1939; France, Finland)
Nakajima A6M2-N (1942; Japan)
Nakajima Ki-27 (Pre-war; Japan, Thailand)
Nakajima Ki-43 (1941; Japan, Thailand)
Nakajima Ki-44 Japan
Nakajima Ki-84 (1943; Japan)
North American P-51 Mustang (1942; United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia)
North American P-64 (NA-68) United States)
Northrop P-61 Black Widow (1944; United States)
Polikarpov I-15 (Pre-war; Soviet Union)
Polikarpov I-16 (Pre-war; Soviet Union, China)
PZL P.7 (Pre-war; Poland)
PZL P.11 (Pre-war; Poland, Romania)
PZL P.24 (Pre-war;Greece, Romania)
Reggiane Re.2000 (Italy, Hungary)
Reggiane Re.2001 Italy
Reggiane Re.2005 (1943; Italy)
Republic P-43 Lancer (China, United States)
Republic P-47 Thunderbolt (1942; United States)
Rogozarski IK-3 (Kingdom of Yugoslavia)
Ryan FR Fireball (1945; United States)
Supermarine Seafire ( United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, India, New Zealand, South Africa)
Supermarine Spitfire (1938; United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, India, New Zealand, South Africa)
Seversky P-35 United States)
VL Myrsky (1943; Finland)
Vought F4U Corsair ( United States, United Kingdom, New Zealand)
Vought Goodyear F2G Corsair (1945;United Kingdom, New Zealand)
Vultee P-66 Vanguard ( United States, China)
Westland Whirlwind (1940; United Kingdom)
Yakovlev Yak-1 (1940; Soviet Union)
Yakovlev Yak-3 (1943; Soviet Union)
Yakovlev Yak-7 (1942; Soviet Union)
Yakovlev Yak-9 (1942; Soviet Union)