World War II planes in cross-section (42 photos)

Category: Aviation, PEGI 0+
7 December 2016

Aviation of World War II in cross-sectional diagrams. Countries: USSR, Germany, USA,

Japan, UK.

P-38 Interceptor (USA)

Horten Ho IX (also Gotha Go 229) is an experimental jet aircraft developed in Germany during World War II.

Chance Vought F4U Corsair was a single-seat carrier-based fighter aircraft from World War II. (USA)

Dornier Do 17 (German: Dornier Do 17) is a German twin-engine medium bomber from Dornier during World War II. It was one of the main bombers of the Luftwaffe.

Hawker Sea Fury - British multi-role carrier-based fighter

The I-16 fighter, nicknamed the donkey, was created at the Polikarpov Design Bureau. THE USSR.

The Bristol Beaufighter is a two-seat heavy fighter, night fighter, also used as a light bomber and torpedo bomber.

The Short Stirling was the first British four-engine bomber of the Second World War. Serially produced since 1940.

Il-2 (according to NATO codification: Bark) is a Soviet attack aircraft during the Great Patriotic War, created at OKB-240 under the leadership of Sergei Vladimirovich Ilyushin. The most massive combat aircraft in history, more than 36 thousand were produced.

IL-2 cockpit

Do.335 is a heavy German fighter of the Second World War, quite often referred to under the name Pfeil (German: “Pfeil”, Arrow). The plane was more than a revolutionary design.

H6K is a flying boat, a four-engine parasol monoplane of all-metal construction. Developed under the direction of Shizuo Kikahura. (Japan)

The Junkers Ju 188 is a German medium bomber, a twin-engine all-metal monoplane. Created at the Junkers design bureau. (Germany)

The Pe-8 is a Soviet four-engine long-range heavy bomber during World War II.

Coast-based torpedo bomber "Type 1", "Mitsubishi" G4M - Japanese medium torpedo bomber of naval aviation during the Second World War. The Allied air force designation is "Betty".

The North American P-51 Mustang is an American single-seat long-range fighter aircraft of World War II.

The Grumman F6F Hellcat is a US carrier-based fighter aircraft of the Second World War.

The Messerschmitt Bf.109 is a single-engine piston low-wing fighter that was in service with the Luftwaffe and the Air Forces of various countries for almost 30 years.

The Yak-3 is a Soviet single-engine fighter aircraft. The Yak-3 aircraft was created in 1943 by a team headed by A. S. Yakovlev

Consolidated B-24 Liberator is an American heavy bomber from World War II, developed by Consolidated. The most popular bomber in aviation history.

The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress is the first production American all-metal heavy four-engine bomber.

Junkers Yu-87 "Stuka" (Russian nickname "laptezhnik", German Stuka = Sturzkampfflugzeug - dive bomber) - single-engine, two-seat (pilot and rear gunner) dive bomber and attack aircraft of the Second World War

Vickers Wellington - British twin-engine bomber, widely used in the first two years of World War II

The Avro 683 Lancaster was a British heavy four-engine bomber used by the Royal Air Force.

The Republic P-47 Thunderbolt was a World War II fighter-bomber, the largest single-engine fighter of its time.

The Supermarine Spitfire was a British fighter aircraft from World War II. Various modifications were used as a fighter, fighter-interceptor, high-altitude fighter, fighter-bomber and reconnaissance aircraft.

And those who fought on them

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