United States Army Air Forces Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Growth, aircraft=== {{Main article|United States aircraft production during World War II}} {| class="wikitable" |- |+USAAF aircraft types by year<ref name="aafsd84">''AAF Statistical Digest'', Table 84 β Airplanes on Hand in the AAF, by Type and Principal Model</ref> |-style= !Type of aircraft !31 December 1941 !31 December 1942 !31 December 1943 !31 December 1944 !31 August 1945 !Date of maximum size |- | '''Grand total''' ||align=center|12,297 || align=center|33,304||align=center|64,232||align=center|72,726||align=center|63,715||July 1944 (79,908) |-style="background: #eeeeee;" | '''Combat aircraft'''||align=center|4,477||align=center|11,607||align=center|27,448||align=center|41,961||align=center|41,163||May 1945 (43,248) |- |Very heavy bombers||align=center|-||align=center|3||align=center|91||align=center|977||align=center|2,865||August 1945 (2,865) |- |[[Heavy bomber]]s||align=center|288||align=center|2,076||align=center|8,027||align=center|12,813||align=center|11,065||April 1945 (12,919) |- |[[Medium bomber]]s||align=center|745||align=center|2,556||align=center|4,370||align=center|6,189||align=center|5,384||October 1944 (6,262) |- |[[Light bomber]]s||align=center|799||align=center|1,201||align=center|2,371||align=center|2,980||align=center|3,079||September 1944 (3,338) |- |[[Fighter aircraft]]||align=center|2,170||align=center|5,303||align=center|11,875||align=center|17,198||align=center|16,799||May 1945 (17,725) |- |[[Reconnaissance aircraft]]||align=center|475||align=center|468||align=center|714||align=center|1,804||align=center|1,971||May 1945 (2,009) |-style="background: #eeeeee;" |'''Support aircraft'''||align=center|7,820||align=center|21,697||align=center|36,784||align=center|30,765||align=center|22,552||July 1944 (41,667) |- |[[Military transport aircraft]]||align=center|254||align=center|1,857||align=center|6,466||align=center|10,456||align=center|9,561||December 1944 (10,456) |- |[[Trainer aircraft]]||align=center|7,340||align=center|17,044||align=center|26,051||align=center|17,060||align=center|9,558||May 1944 (27,923) |- |Communications<ref group=n>Includes liaison and rotary wing aircraft</ref>||align=center|226||align=center|2,796||align=center|4,267||align=center|3,249||align=center|3,433||December 1943 (4,267) |} Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page