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Y1B-17 over Washington DC. #60 from the 96th Squadron. First YB-17 flew 2 December 1936. Although the prototype Boeing Model 299, NX13372, had crashed at Wright Field, Ohio, 30 October 1935, the Army had ordered thirteen Y1B-17 service test aircraft, serials 36-149–36-161. Prior to the model’s first flight, this designation was changed to YB-17. (The “-1-” in the original Y1B-17 designation indicated that the service test bombers were ordered using funding other than the normal appropriations for new aircraft.)
Seversky XP-41 Flew in 1939. Pratt & Whitney R-1830-19 engine with a two-speed supercharger
Curtiss XP-42 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-31 engine fitted with a longer, streamlined cowling and a large propeller spinner. Flew March 1939
Curtiss XP-46 Allison V-1710-39 V-12 engine
Republic XP-72 was an American prototype interceptor fighter developed as a progression of the P-47 Thunderbolt design. Pratt & Whitney R-4360 Wasp Major 28-cylinder air-cooled radial engine with a supercharger mounted behind the pilot and driven by an extension shaft from the engine. XP-72 flew for the first time on 2 February 1944
General Motors/Fisher XP-75 Eagle Flew November 1943 Powered by a V-3420-19 24-cylinder engine rated at 2,600 hp driving co-axial contra-rotating propellers
North American P-51H Mustang flew on February 3, 1945. Packard V-1650-9 (equivalent to the Rolls-Royce Merlin 100-series) with a two-speed, two-stage supercharger.
Vultee XP-54 Swoose Goose was a prototype fighter built by the Vultee Aircraft Company for the United States Army Air Forces.
McDonnell XP-67 "Bat" or "Moonbat" was a prototype for a twin-engine, long-range, single-seat interceptor aircraft for the United States Army Air Forces.
Bell XP-77 intended to be a small, light fighter Air-cooled 500 hp Ranger XV-770-9 12-cylinder engine with a supercharger Flew 1 April 1944
Northrop N-9M was an approximately one-third scale, 60-ft span all-wing aircraft used for the development of the full size, 172-ft wingspan Northrop XB-35 First Flight 27 December 1942
Bell P-59 Airacomet was a single-seat, twin jet-engine fighter aircraft First Flight 1 Oct 1942 This aircraft paved the way for later generations of U.S. turbojet-powered aircraft.
Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star was the first jet fighter used operationally by the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF)First Flight January 1944
North American XP-82 Twin Mustang is the last American piston-engine fighter ordered into production by the United States Air Force. First flight 15 June 1945
Consolidated B-32 Dominator (Consolidated Model 34) was an American heavy strategic bomber. First flight 7 September 1942. Single Tail B-24
"XB-26H", named the "Middle River Stump Jumper", a test article converted from a B-26G to evaluate the "bicycle" tandem landing gear scheme for the Boeing XB-47 and Martin XB-48 bombers.
In 1945 the enemy aircraft shipped to the United States were divided between the Navy and the Army Air Forces. General Hap Arnold ordered the preservation of one of every type of aircraft used by the enemy forces. The air force sent their aircraft to Wright Field. When the field could not handle additional aircraft, many were sent to Freeman Field, Seymour, Indiana.
FE-107 Messerschmitt Me.262A-1a Schwalbe
(WkNr 111711) was surrendered to Allied forces at Rhein-Main, Frankfurt, Germany, Mar 31 1945, by defecting Messerschmitt
test pilot Hans Fay who defected during a functional check flight from Hessenthal, east of Darmstadt rather than fly it to an operational unit, landing at Rhein-Main, Frankfurt. It was the first Me 262 to fall into Allied hands. The Me 262 was taken to Thourville, Rouen, France. Shipped to the USA aboard Manawaska Victory, and serialed FE-107.
Later re-serialed T2-711. Test flown by Flight Test Division, Wright Field, OH, it crashed following dual engine fires, near Route 68, Xenia, OH, Aug 20, 1945 and was destroyed. The pilot, Walter McCauley Jr parachuted to safety.
FE-112 Focke-Wulf TA-152H-0 (Werk Nr 150010) Previously USA 11. Foreign Equipment Branch, Technical Data Laboratory, Air Technical Service Command, Wright Field, Dayton, OH 1Aug45. Newark Field, NJ. Being assembled for delivery to Freeman Field 1Sep45.
Flown to Foreign Evaluation Center, Air Technical Service Command, Freeman Field, Seymour, IN. Transferred to
Wright Field, Ohio, to undergo extensive flight testing. Renumbered as T2-112.
Captured FW-190
Bachem Ba 349 Natter was a World War II German point-defence rocket-powered interceptor
Messerschmitt Me 410 Hornisse (Hornet) was a German heavy fighter and Schnellbomber used by the Luftwaffe during World War II.
ME-262
Junkers Ju 88 is a German World War II Luftwaffe twin-engined multirole combat aircraft. Junkers Aircraft and Motor Works (JFM) designed the plane in the mid-1930s as a so-called Schnellbomber ("fast bomber") that would be too fast for fighters of its era to intercept.
Henschel Hs 129 was a World War II ground-attack aircraft fielded by the German Luftwaffe. The aircraft saw combat in Tunisia and on the Eastern Front.
Heinkel He 219 Uhu ("Eagle-Owl") is a night fighter that served with the German Luftwaffe in the later stages of World War II.
Heinkel He 111 was a German bomber aircraft designed by Siegfried and Walter Günter at Heinkel Flugzeugwerke in 1934.
Heinkel He 162 Volksjäger (German, "People's Fighter"), the name of a project of the Emergency Fighter Program design competition, was a German single-engine, jet-powered fighter aircraft fielded by the Luftwaffe in World War II.
North American F-86 Sabre, sometimes called the "Sabrejet." The Sabre is best known as the United States' first swept-wing fighter that could counter the swept-wing Soviet MiG-15 in high-speed dogfights in the skies of the Korean War (1950–1953), fighting some of the earliest jet-to-jet battles in history. Considered one of the best and most important fighter aircraft in that war, the F-86 is also rated highly in comparison with fighters of other eras.
North American F-86D Sabre sometimes called the "Sabre Dog," was an American transonic jet all-weather interceptor. The F-86D had only 25 percent commonality with other Sabre variants, with a larger fuselage, a larger afterburning engine, and a distinctive nose radome.
YF-93 - Modified F-86 project to increase range as a penetration fighter.
Northrop F-89 Scorpion was an American all-weather, twin-engined interceptor aircraft built during the 1950s, the first jet-powered aircraft designed for that role from the outset to enter service.
The Navy desperately needed a high performance fighter to meet the challenge of the swept-wing MiG-15 encountered over Korea. Production of the F3H-1N was hastily ordered even before the first flight of the XF3H-1 prototype on 7 August 1951 by test pilot Robert Edholm.
Martin XB-51 was an American trijet ground-attack aircraft. It was designed in 1945 and made its maiden flight in 1949.
The XB-51 lost out in evaluation to the English Electric Canberra which - built by Martin - entered service as the Martin B-57 Canberra.
McDonnell XF-88 Voodoo was a long-range, twinjet fighter aircraft with swept wings designed for the United States Air Force. Although it never entered production, its design was adapted for the subsequent supersonic F-101 Voodoo.
Convair YF-102 Delta Dagger interceptor was a scaled-up version of the delta-wing XF-92A. The most prominent new feature of the modified vehicle was a longer fuselage with a pinched or "coke-bottle" waist, the first application of "Area rule" developed at NACA by Richard Whitcomb.
The Bell X-5 was the first aircraft capable of changing the sweep of its wings in flight. Two X-5s were built. The first was completed 15 February 1951, and the two aircraft made their first flights on 20 June and 10 December 1951.
North American F-107 is North American Aviation's entry in a United States Air Force tactical fighter-bomber design competition of the 1950s. The F-107 was based on the F-100 Super Sabre, but included many innovations and radical design features, notably the over-fuselage air intakes. The competition was eventually won by the Republic F-105 Thunderchief.
North American F-100 Super Sabre is an American supersonic jet fighter aircraft that served with the United States Air Force (USAF) from 1954 to 1971 and with the Air National Guard (ANG) until 1979. The first of the Century Series of USAF jet fighters, it was the first USAF fighter capable of supersonic speed in level flight.
The first F-5E flew on 11 August 1972
Northrop T-38 Talon is a two-seat, twinjet supersonic jet trainer. It was the world's first supersonic trainer and is also the most produced.
Convair F-106 Delta Dart was the primary all-weather interceptor aircraft of the United States Air Force from the 1960s through to the 1980s. Designed as the so-called "Ultimate Interceptor", it proved to be the last dedicated interceptor in U.S. Air Force service to date.
Convair B-58 Hustler, designed and produced by American aircraft manufacturer Convair, was the first operational bomber capable of Mach 2 flight.
North American Aviation XB-70 Valkyrie was the prototype version of the planned B-70 nuclear-armed, deep-penetration strategic bomber for the United States Air Force Strategic Air Command. Designed in the late 1950s by North American Aviation (NAA), the six-engined Valkyrie was capable of cruising for thousands of miles at Mach 3+ while flying at 70,000 feet
Y1B-17 over Washington DC. #60 from the 96th Squadron. First YB-17 flew 2 December 1936. Although the prototype Boeing Model 299, NX13372, had crashed at Wright Field, Ohio, 30 October 1935, the Army had ordered thirteen Y1B-17 service test aircraft, serials 36-149–36-161. Prior to the model’s first flight, this designation was changed to YB-17. (The “-1-” in the original Y1B-17 designation indicated that the service test bombers were ordered using funding other than the normal appropriations for new aircraft.)
Seversky XP-41 Flew in 1939. Pratt & Whitney R-1830-19 engine with a two-speed supercharger
Curtiss XP-42 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-31 engine fitted with a longer, streamlined cowling and a large propeller spinner. Flew March 1939
Curtiss XP-46 Allison V-1710-39 V-12 engine
Republic XP-72 was an American prototype interceptor fighter developed as a progression of the P-47 Thunderbolt design. Pratt & Whitney R-4360 Wasp Major 28-cylinder air-cooled radial engine with a supercharger mounted behind the pilot and driven by an extension shaft from the engine. XP-72 flew for the first time on 2 February 1944
General Motors/Fisher XP-75 Eagle Flew November 1943 Powered by a V-3420-19 24-cylinder engine rated at 2,600 hp driving co-axial contra-rotating propellers
North American P-51H Mustang flew on February 3, 1945. Packard V-1650-9 (equivalent to the Rolls-Royce Merlin 100-series) with a two-speed, two-stage supercharger.
Vultee XP-54 Swoose Goose was a prototype fighter built by the Vultee Aircraft Company for the United States Army Air Forces.
McDonnell XP-67 "Bat" or "Moonbat" was a prototype for a twin-engine, long-range, single-seat interceptor aircraft for the United States Army Air Forces.
Bell XP-77 intended to be a small, light fighter Air-cooled 500 hp Ranger XV-770-9 12-cylinder engine with a supercharger Flew 1 April 1944
Northrop N-9M was an approximately one-third scale, 60-ft span all-wing aircraft used for the development of the full size, 172-ft wingspan Northrop XB-35 First Flight 27 December 1942
Bell P-59 Airacomet was a single-seat, twin jet-engine fighter aircraft First Flight 1 Oct 1942 This aircraft paved the way for later generations of U.S. turbojet-powered aircraft.
Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star was the first jet fighter used operationally by the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF)First Flight January 1944
North American XP-82 Twin Mustang is the last American piston-engine fighter ordered into production by the United States Air Force. First flight 15 June 1945
Consolidated B-32 Dominator (Consolidated Model 34) was an American heavy strategic bomber. First flight 7 September 1942. Single Tail B-24
"XB-26H", named the "Middle River Stump Jumper", a test article converted from a B-26G to evaluate the "bicycle" tandem landing gear scheme for the Boeing XB-47 and Martin XB-48 bombers.
In 1945 the enemy aircraft shipped to the United States were divided between the Navy and the Army Air Forces. General Hap Arnold ordered the preservation of one of every type of aircraft used by the enemy forces. The air force sent their aircraft to Wright Field. When the field could not handle additional aircraft, many were sent to Freeman Field, Seymour, Indiana.
FE-107 Messerschmitt Me.262A-1a Schwalbe
(WkNr 111711) was surrendered to Allied forces at Rhein-Main, Frankfurt, Germany, Mar 31 1945, by defecting Messerschmitt
test pilot Hans Fay who defected during a functional check flight from Hessenthal, east of Darmstadt rather than fly it to an operational unit, landing at Rhein-Main, Frankfurt. It was the first Me 262 to fall into Allied hands. The Me 262 was taken to Thourville, Rouen, France. Shipped to the USA aboard Manawaska Victory, and serialed FE-107.
Later re-serialed T2-711. Test flown by Flight Test Division, Wright Field, OH, it crashed following dual engine fires, near Route 68, Xenia, OH, Aug 20, 1945 and was destroyed. The pilot, Walter McCauley Jr parachuted to safety.
FE-112 Focke-Wulf TA-152H-0 (Werk Nr 150010) Previously USA 11. Foreign Equipment Branch, Technical Data Laboratory, Air Technical Service Command, Wright Field, Dayton, OH 1Aug45. Newark Field, NJ. Being assembled for delivery to Freeman Field 1Sep45.
Flown to Foreign Evaluation Center, Air Technical Service Command, Freeman Field, Seymour, IN. Transferred to
Wright Field, Ohio, to undergo extensive flight testing. Renumbered as T2-112.
Captured FW-190
Bachem Ba 349 Natter was a World War II German point-defence rocket-powered interceptor
Messerschmitt Me 410 Hornisse (Hornet) was a German heavy fighter and Schnellbomber used by the Luftwaffe during World War II.
ME-262
Junkers Ju 88 is a German World War II Luftwaffe twin-engined multirole combat aircraft. Junkers Aircraft and Motor Works (JFM) designed the plane in the mid-1930s as a so-called Schnellbomber ("fast bomber") that would be too fast for fighters of its era to intercept.
Henschel Hs 129 was a World War II ground-attack aircraft fielded by the German Luftwaffe. The aircraft saw combat in Tunisia and on the Eastern Front.
Heinkel He 219 Uhu ("Eagle-Owl") is a night fighter that served with the German Luftwaffe in the later stages of World War II.
Heinkel He 111 was a German bomber aircraft designed by Siegfried and Walter Günter at Heinkel Flugzeugwerke in 1934.
Heinkel He 162 Volksjäger (German, "People's Fighter"), the name of a project of the Emergency Fighter Program design competition, was a German single-engine, jet-powered fighter aircraft fielded by the Luftwaffe in World War II.
North American F-86 Sabre, sometimes called the "Sabrejet." The Sabre is best known as the United States' first swept-wing fighter that could counter the swept-wing Soviet MiG-15 in high-speed dogfights in the skies of the Korean War (1950–1953), fighting some of the earliest jet-to-jet battles in history. Considered one of the best and most important fighter aircraft in that war, the F-86 is also rated highly in comparison with fighters of other eras.
North American F-86D Sabre sometimes called the "Sabre Dog," was an American transonic jet all-weather interceptor. The F-86D had only 25 percent commonality with other Sabre variants, with a larger fuselage, a larger afterburning engine, and a distinctive nose radome.
YF-93 - Modified F-86 project to increase range as a penetration fighter.
Northrop F-89 Scorpion was an American all-weather, twin-engined interceptor aircraft built during the 1950s, the first jet-powered aircraft designed for that role from the outset to enter service.
The Navy desperately needed a high performance fighter to meet the challenge of the swept-wing MiG-15 encountered over Korea. Production of the F3H-1N was hastily ordered even before the first flight of the XF3H-1 prototype on 7 August 1951 by test pilot Robert Edholm.
Martin XB-51 was an American trijet ground-attack aircraft. It was designed in 1945 and made its maiden flight in 1949.
The XB-51 lost out in evaluation to the English Electric Canberra which - built by Martin - entered service as the Martin B-57 Canberra.
McDonnell XF-88 Voodoo was a long-range, twinjet fighter aircraft with swept wings designed for the United States Air Force. Although it never entered production, its design was adapted for the subsequent supersonic F-101 Voodoo.
Convair YF-102 Delta Dagger interceptor was a scaled-up version of the delta-wing XF-92A. The most prominent new feature of the modified vehicle was a longer fuselage with a pinched or "coke-bottle" waist, the first application of "Area rule" developed at NACA by Richard Whitcomb.
The Bell X-5 was the first aircraft capable of changing the sweep of its wings in flight. Two X-5s were built. The first was completed 15 February 1951, and the two aircraft made their first flights on 20 June and 10 December 1951.
North American F-107 is North American Aviation's entry in a United States Air Force tactical fighter-bomber design competition of the 1950s. The F-107 was based on the F-100 Super Sabre, but included many innovations and radical design features, notably the over-fuselage air intakes. The competition was eventually won by the Republic F-105 Thunderchief.
North American F-100 Super Sabre is an American supersonic jet fighter aircraft that served with the United States Air Force (USAF) from 1954 to 1971 and with the Air National Guard (ANG) until 1979. The first of the Century Series of USAF jet fighters, it was the first USAF fighter capable of supersonic speed in level flight.
The first F-5E flew on 11 August 1972
Northrop T-38 Talon is a two-seat, twinjet supersonic jet trainer. It was the world's first supersonic trainer and is also the most produced.
Convair F-106 Delta Dart was the primary all-weather interceptor aircraft of the United States Air Force from the 1960s through to the 1980s. Designed as the so-called "Ultimate Interceptor", it proved to be the last dedicated interceptor in U.S. Air Force service to date.
Convair B-58 Hustler, designed and produced by American aircraft manufacturer Convair, was the first operational bomber capable of Mach 2 flight.
North American Aviation XB-70 Valkyrie was the prototype version of the planned B-70 nuclear-armed, deep-penetration strategic bomber for the United States Air Force Strategic Air Command. Designed in the late 1950s by North American Aviation (NAA), the six-engined Valkyrie was capable of cruising for thousands of miles at Mach 3+ while flying at 70,000 feet
