United States aircraft production during World War II

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[edit] Total Production

Type of airplane	Total	1940¹	1941	1942	1943	1944	1945²
Grand total	295,959	3,611	18,466	46,907	84,853	96,270	45,852
Combat airplanes	200,443	1,771	8,395	24,669	53,183	74,564	37,861
Very heavy bombers	3,740	-	-	4	91	1,147	2,498
Heavy bombers	31,685	46	282	2,513	9,574	15,057	4,213
Medium bombers	21,461	52	762	4,040	7,256	6,732	2,619
Light bombers	39,986	453	2,617	5,954	11,848	12,376	6,738
Fighters	99,465	1,157	4,036	10,721	23,621	38,848	21,082
Reconnaissance	4,106	63	698	1,437	793	404	711
Support airplanes	95,516	1,840	10,071	22,238	31,670	21,706	7,991
Transports	23,900	164	525	1,887	6,913	9,925	4,486
Trainers	58,085	1,676	9,294	17,237	20,950	7,936	1,352
Communications	13,531	-	252	3,114	4,167	3,845	2,153

¹July-December ²January-August

[edit] Recipients of U.S. aircraft production

Type of airplane	Total	US Army Air Forces	US Navy-Marines	Other U.S.	British Empire	Soviet Union	Other nations
Grand total	295,959	158,880	73,711	3,714	38,811	14,717	6,126
Combat airplanes	200,443	99,487	56,695	8	27,152	13,929	3,172
Very heavy bombers	3,740	3,740	-	-	-	-	-
Heavy bombers	31,685	27,867	1,683	-	2,135	-	-
Medium bombers	21,461	11,835	4,693	8	3,247	1,010	638
Light bombers	39,986	7,779	20,703	-	8,003	3,021	480
Fighters	99,465	47,050	27,163	-	13,417	9,868	1,967
Reconnaissance	4,106	1,216	2,453	-	350	30	57
Support airplanes	95,516	59,939	17,016	3,706	11,659	788	2,954
Transports	23,900	15,769	2,702	267	3,789	703	670
Trainers	58,085	34,469	13,859	3	7,640	85	2,029
Communications	13,531	9,155	455	3,436	230	-	255

[edit] Source

Army Air Forces Statistical Digest (World War II), Aircraft and Equipment, Table 79