1936-1945
| Name of Bomber | Country of origin |
Year of first flight |
Retired/Status | Number built |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aero A.304 | Czechoslovakia | 1937 | retired | 700119000000000000019 |
| Aichi B7A torpedo bomber/dive bomber | Japan | 1942 | retired 1945 | 7002114000000000000114 |
| Aichi D3A dive bomber | Japan | 1938 | retired 1945 | 70031486000000000001,486 |
| Aichi M6A torpedo bomber | Japan | 1943 | retired 1945 | 700128000000000000028 |
| Airspeed Oxford light bomber/trainer | United Kingdom | 1937 | retired 1956 | 70038586000000000008,586 |
| Amiot 354 medium bomber | France | 1940 | retired | 700186000000000000086 ca. |
| Arado Ar 234 reconnaissance bomber | Nazi Germany | 1943 | retired 1945 | 7002210000000000000210 |
| Archangelski Ar-2 dive bomber | Soviet Union | 1940 | retired 1944 | 7002190000000000000190 |
| Armstrong Whitworth Albemarle bomber/transport | United Kingdom | 1940 | retired 1946 | 7002602000000000000602 |
| Armstrong Whitworth Whitley medium bomber/maritime patrol | United Kingdom | 1936 | retired 1945 | 70031814000000000001,814 |
| Avro Lancaster heavy bomber/maritime patrol | United Kingdom | 1941 | retired 1964 | 70037377000000000007,377 |
| Avro Lincoln heavy bomber | United Kingdom | 1944 | retired 1967 | 7002604000000000000604 |
| Avro Manchester heavy bomber | United Kingdom | 1939 | retired 1942 | 7002209000000000000209 |
| Beechcraft XA-38 Grizzly medium/attack bomber | United States | 1944 | retired prototype | 70002000000000000002 |
| Beriev Be-4 maritime patrol | Soviet Union | 1940 | retired | 700147000000000000047 |
| Blackburn Botha torpedo bomber | United Kingdom | 1938 | retired 1944 | 7002580000000000000580 |
| Blackburn Firebrand torpedo bomber/fighter | United Kingdom | 1942 | retired 1953 | 7002193000000000000193 |
| Blackburn Skua dive bomber | United Kingdom | 1937 | retired 1945 | 7002192000000000000192 |
| Bloch 131 reconnaissance bomber | France | 1936 | retired | 7002143000000000000143 |
| Bloch 174 reconnaissance bomber | France | 1939 | retired 1950 | 7002225000000000000225+ |
| Boeing B-29 Superfortress/Washington heavy bomber | United States | 1942 | retired 1960 | 70033970000000000003,970 |
| Boeing Model 306 heavy bomber | United States | n/a | abandoned 1935 project | 50000000000000000000 |
| Boeing XB-15 heavy bomber | United States | 1937 | retired prototype | 70001000000000000001 |
| Boeing XB-38 Flying Fortress heavy bomber | United States | 1943 | retired prototype | 70001000000000000001 |
| Boeing XB-39 Superfortress heavy bomber | United States | 1944 | retired prototype | 70001000000000000001 |
| Boeing XF8B fighter bomber | United States | 1944 | retired prototype | 70003000000000000003 |
| Boeing XPBB Sea Ranger maritime patrol bomber | United States | 1942 | retired prototype | 70001000000000000001 |
| Breguet 693 ground attack | France | 1938 | retired 1942 | 7002230000000000000230 |
| Brewster SB2A Buccaneer scout bomber | United States | 1941 | retired 1944 | 7002771000000000000771 |
| Bristol Beaufighter strike fighter/fighter bomber/torpedo bomber | United Kingdom | 1939 | retired 1960 | 70035928000000000005,928 |
| Bristol Beaufort torpedo bomber | United Kingdom | 1938 | retired 1944 | 70032129000000000002,129 |
| Bristol Buckingham medium bomber | United Kingdom | 1943 | retired | 7002119000000000000119 |
| Bristol Type 148 army cooperation | United Kingdom | 1937 | retired protoype | 70002000000000000002 |
| CAC Woomera light bomber | Australia | 1941 | retired prototype | 70002000000000000002 |
| CANSA FC.20bis land strike | Italy | 1941 | retired prototype | 70006000000000000006 ca. |
| CANT Z.1007 heavy bomber | Italy | 1937 | retired | 7002660000000000000660 |
| CANT Z.1018 medium bomber | Italy | 1939 | retired prototype | 700115000000000000015 |
| Caproni Ca.310 reconnaissance bomber | Italy | 1937 | retired 1948 | 7002312000000000000312 |
| Caproni Ca.311 reconnaissance bomber | Italy | 1939 | retired | 7002335000000000000335 |
| Caproni Ca.313 reconnaissance bomber | Italy | 1939 | retired | 7002271000000000000271 |
| Caproni Ca.314 torpedo bomber | Italy | 1939 | retired 1945 | 7002407000000000000407 |
| Caproni Ca.316 maritime patrol | Italy | 1940 | retired | 700114000000000000014 |
| Chetverikov ARK-3 maritime patrol | Soviet Union | 1936 | retired prototype | 70007000000000000007 |
| Chyetverikov MDR-3 patrol flying boat | Soviet Union | 1936 | retired prototype | 70002000000000000002 |
| Chetverikov MDR-6 maritime patrol | Soviet Union | 1937 | retired 1942 | 700127000000000000027 |
| Consolidated B-24 Liberator heavy bomber | United States | 1939 | retired 1968 | 700418482000000000018,482 |
| Consolidated B-32 Dominator heavy bomber | United States | 1942 | retired 1945 | 7002118000000000000118 |
| Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer patrol bomber | United States | 1943 | retired 1962 | 7002739000000000000739 |
| Consolidated PB2Y Coronado maritime patrol flying boat | United States | 1937 | retired 1945 | 7002217000000000000217 |
| Consolidated XP4Y Corregidor maritime patrol flying boat | United States | 1939 | retired prototype | 70001000000000000001 |
| Curtiss SB2C Helldiver/A-25 Shrike dive bomber | United States | 1940 | retired 1959 | 70037140000000000007,140 |
| Curtiss XBTC torpedo bomber | United States | 1945 | retired prototype | 70002000000000000002 |
| Curtiss XSB3C dive bomber | United States | n/a | abandoned 1941 project | 50000000000000000000 |
| DAR 10 light/reconnaissance bomber | Bulgaria | 1941 | retired prototype | 70002000000000000002 |
| De Havilland Mosquito medium bomber | United Kingdom | 1940 | retired 1960s | 70037781000000000007,781 |
| De Havilland Vampire fighter-bomber | United Kingdom | 1943 | retired 1979 | 70033268000000000003,268 |
| Dornier Do 24 maritime patrol | Nazi Germany | 1937 | retired 1967 | 7002279000000000000279 |
| Dornier Do 215 medium bomber | Nazi Germany | 1938 | retired 1944 | 7002105000000000000105 |
| Dornier Do 217 heavy bomber | Nazi Germany | 1938 | retired 1945 | 70031925000000000001,925 |
| Douglas A-1 Skyraider attack aircraft | United States | 1945 | retired 1985 | 70033180000000000003,180 |
| Douglas A-20 Havoc medium bomber | United States | 1939 | retired 1949 | 70037478000000000007,478 |
| Douglas A-26 Invader medium bomber | United States | 1942 | retired 1980 | 70032452000000000002,452 |
| Douglas XB-19 heavy bomber | United States | 1941 | retired prototype | 70001000000000000001 |
| Douglas XB-22 medium bomber | United States | n/a | abandoned project | 50000000000000000000 |
| Douglas B-23 Dragon medium bomber | United States | 1939 | retired | 700138000000000000038 |
| Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bomber | United States | 1940 | retired 1959 | 70035936000000000005,936 |
| Douglas BTD Destroyer torpedo bomber/dive bomber | United States | 1943 | retired 1945 | 700130000000000000030 |
| Douglas XTB2D Skypirate torpedo bomber | United States | 1945 | retired prototype | 70002000000000000002 |
| Fairey Albacore torpedo bomber | United Kingdom | 1938 | retired 1946 | 7002800000000000000800 |
| Fairey Barracuda torpedo/dive bomber | United Kingdom | 1940 | retired 1960s | 70032607000000000002,607 |
| Fairey Battle light bomber | United Kingdom | 1936 | retired 1949 | 70032185000000000002,185 |
| Fairey P.4/34 light bomber | United Kingdom | 1937 | retired protoype | 70002000000000000002 |
| Fiat Br.20 medium bomber | Italy | 1936 | retired 1945 | 7002500000000000000500+ |
| Fiat RS.14 maritime patrol | Italy | 1939 | retired | 7002188000000000000188 |
| Fieseler Fi 167 torpedo bomber | Nazi Germany | 1938 | retired | 700114000000000000014 |
| Focke-Wulf Fw 200 Condor maritime patrol/transport | Nazi Germany | 1937 | retired 1945 | 7002276000000000000276 |
| Focke-Wulf Fw 300 long range heavy bomber | Nazi Germany | n/a | abandoned 1941 project | 50000000000000000000 |
| Focke-Wulf Ta 400 long range heavy bomber | Nazi Germany | n/a | abandoned 1943 project | 50000000000000000000 |
| Fokker T.V torpedo bomber | Netherlands | 1938 | retired 1940 | 700116000000000000016 |
| Fokker T.VIII torpedo bomber | Netherlands | 1938 | retired 1943 | 700136000000000000036 |
| Grumman Avenger torpedo bomber | United States | 1941 | retired 1966 | 70039839000000000009,839 |
| Grumman AF Guardian anti-submarine aircraft | United States | 1945 | retired 1955 | 7002389000000000000389 |
| Grumman XTB2F torpedo bomber | United States | n/a | abandoned 1944 project | 50000000000000000000 |
| Hall XPTBH torpedo bomber | United States | 1937 | retired prototype | 70001000000000000001 |
| Handley Page Halifax heavy bomber | United Kingdom | 1939 | retired 1961 | 70036178000000000006,178 |
| Handley Page Hampden/Hereford medium bomber | United Kingdom | 1936 | retired 1945 | 70031430000000000001,430 |
| Handley Page Harrow bomber/transport | United Kingdom | 1936 | retired 1945 | 7002100000000000000100 |
| Hawker Hector Army cooperation aircraft | United Kingdom | 1936 | retired 1942 | 7002179000000000000179 |
| Hawker Henley light bomber/target tug | United Kingdom | 1937 | retired 1945 | 7002200000000000000200 |
| Hawker Typhoon fighter bomber | United Kingdom | 1940 | retired 1945 | 70033317000000000003,317 |
| Heinkel He 115 maritime patrol/torpedo bomber | Nazi Germany | 1937 | retired 1952 | 7002138000000000000138 |
| Heinkel He 177 heavy bomber | Nazi Germany | 1939 | retired 1945 | 70031169000000000001,169 |
| Heinkel He 274 heavy bomber | Nazi Germany | 1945 | retired prototype | 70002000000000000002 |
| Heinkel He 277 Amerika bomber | Nazi Germany | n/a | abandoned 1943 project | 50000000000000000000 |
| Henschel Hs 129 attack bomber | Nazi Germany | 1939 | retired 1945 | 7002865000000000000865 |
| Ilyushin Il-2 ground attack | Soviet Union | 1939 | retired 1954 | 700436183000000000036,183 |
| Ilyushin Il-4 medium bomber | Soviet Union | 1936 | retired 1945 ca. | 70035256000000000005,256 |
| Ilyushin Il-10 & Avia B-33 attack bomber | Soviet Union | 1944 | retired 1962 | 70036166000000000006,166 |
| Junkers Ju 88 medium bomber/dive bomber | Nazi Germany | 1936 | retired 1951 | 700415000000000000015,000 ca. |
| Junkers Ju 89 heavy bomber | Nazi Germany | 1937 | retired prototype | 70002000000000000002 |
| Junkers Ju 188 medium bomber | Nazi Germany | 1940 | retired 1951 | 70031234000000000001,234 |
| Junkers Ju 287 | Nazi Germany | 1944 | retired prototype | 70002000000000000002 |
| Junkers Ju 288 | Nazi Germany | 1940 | retired prototypes | 700122000000000000022 |
| Junkers Ju 290 maritime patrol/heavy bomber | Nazi Germany | 1942 | retired 1945 | 700165000000000000065 |
| Junkers Ju 388 reconnaissance bomber | Nazi Germany | 1943 | retired 1945 | 7002100000000000000100 ca. |
| Junkers Ju 488 | Nazi Germany | n/a | retired prototype | 70002000000000000002 |
| Junkers Ju 390 heavy bomber/maritime patrol/transport | Nazi Germany | 1943 | retired prototype | 70002000000000000002 |
| Kaiser-Fleetwings XBTK torpedo/dive bomber - prototype | United States | 1945 | retired prototype | 70005000000000000005 |
| Kharkov KhAI-5 light bomber | Soviet Union | 1936 | retired | 7002500000000000000500+ |
| Kawasaki Ki-32 light bomber | Japan | 1937 | retired 1942 | 7002854000000000000854 |
| Kawasaki Ki-48 light bomber | Japan | 1939 | retired 1952 | 70031997000000000001,997 |
| Kawasaki Ki-102 attack/assault bomber | Japan | 1944 | retired 1952 | 7002238000000000000238 |
| Kawanishi H6K maritime patrol flying boat | Japan | 1936 | retired 1945 | 7002215000000000000215 |
| Kawanishi H8K maritime patrol flying boat | Japan | 1941 | retired 1945 | 7002167000000000000167 |
| Kyushu Q1W maritime patrol | Japan | 1943 | retired 1945 | 7002153000000000000153 |
| LACAB GR.8 heavy bomber | Belgium | 1936 | retired prototype | 70001000000000000001 |
| Latécoère 298 floatplane torpedo bomber | France | 1936 | retired 1951 | 7002121000000000000121 |
| Latécoère 570 medium bomber | France | 1939 | retired prototype | 70001000000000000001 |
| Latécoère 611 maritime patrol flying boat | France | 1939 | retired prototype | 70001000000000000001 |
| Lioré et Olivier LeO 45 medium bomber | France | 1937 | retired 1957 | 7002561000000000000561 |
| Levasseur PL.107 torpedo bomber | France | 1937 | retired prototype | 70002000000000000002 |
| Lockheed Hudson medium bomber/maritime patrol | United States | 1938 | retired 1948 | 70032941000000000002,941 |
| Lockheed P2V Neptune maritime patrol | United States | 1945 | retired 1984 | 70031132000000000001,132 |
| Lockheed Ventura/Harpoon medium bomber/maritime patrol | United States | 1941 | retired 1974 | 70033010000000000003,010 |
| Lockheed XB-30 heavy bomber - project | United States | n/a | abandoned project | 50000000000000000000 |
| LWS-6 Zubr medium bomber | Poland | 1936 | retired 1942 | 700117000000000000017 |
| Macchi MC.99 maritime patrol | Italy | 1937 | retired prototype | 70001000000000000001 |
| Martin B-26 Marauder medium bomber | United States | 1940 | retired 1946 | 70035288000000000005,288 |
| Martin Baltimore medium bomber | United States | 1941 | retired 1949 | 70031575000000000001,575 |
| Martin PBM Mariner maritime patrol | United States | 1939 | retired 1964 | 70031285000000000001,285 |
| Martin Maryland medium bomber/reconnaissance bomber | United States | 1939 | retired 1945 | 7002450000000000000450 |
| Martin AM Mauler attack aircraft | United States | 1944 | retired 1953 | 7002151000000000000151 |
| Martin XB-27 heavy bomber | United States | n/a | abandoned project | 50000000000000000000 |
| Martin XB-33 Super Marauder heavy bomber | United States | n/a | abandoned project | 50000000000000000000 |
| Messerschmitt Me 262 fighter bomber | Nazi Germany | 1942 | retired 1957 | 70031430000000000001,430 |
| Messerschmitt Me 264 maritime patrol/heavy bomber | Nazi Germany | 1942 | retired prototype | 70003000000000000003 |
| Mitsubishi B5M torpedo bomber | Japan | 1937 | retired 1945 | 7002125000000000000125 ca. |
| Mitsubishi G4M heavy bomber | Japan | 1939 | retired 1945 | 70032435000000000002,435 |
| Mitsubishi Ki-21 heavy bomber | Japan | 1936 | retired 1945 | 70032064000000000002,064 |
| Mitsubishi Ki-30 light bomber | Japan | 1937 | retired 1945 | 7002704000000000000704 |
| Mitsubishi Ki-51 light bomber-dive bomber | Japan | 1939 | retired 1953 | 70032385000000000002,385 |
| Mitsubishi Ki-67 heavy bomber | Japan | 1941 | retired 1945 | 7002767000000000000767 |
| Nakajima B5N torpedo bomber | Japan | 1937 | retired 1945 | 70031150000000000001,150 ca. |
| Nakajima B6N torpedo bomber | Japan | 1941 | retired 1945 | 70031268000000000001,268 |
| Nakajima G5N heavy bomber | Japan | 1941 | retired prototype | 70006000000000000006 |
| Nakajima G8N heavy bomber | Japan | 1944 | retired prototype | 70004000000000000004 |
| Nakajima G10N heavy bomber | Japan | n/a | abandoned 1943 project | 50000000000000000000 |
| Nakajima Ki-19 heavy bomber | Japan | 1937 | retired prototype | 70004000000000000004 |
| Nakajima Ki-49 heavy bomber | Japan | 1939 | retired 1945 | 7002819000000000000819 |
| Nakajima LB-2 heavy bomber | Japan | 1936 | retired prototype | 70001000000000000001 |
| Naval Aircraft Factory SBN dive bomber | United States | 1936 | retired 1942 | 700131000000000000031 |
| North American A-27 attack | United States | 1940 | retired 1941 | 700110000000000000010 |
| North American T-6 Texan light attack | United States | 1940 | retired | 700415495000000000015,495 |
| North American XB-21 medium bomber | United States | 1936 | retired prototype | 70001000000000000001 |
| North American B-25 Mitchell medium bomber | United States | 1940 | retired 1979 | 70039984000000000009,984 |
| North American XB-28 medium bomber | United States | 1942 | retired prototype | 70002000000000000002 |
| Northrop N-3PB patrol bomber | United States | 1940 | retired 1943 | 700124000000000000024 |
| Petlyakov Pe-2 dive bomber | Soviet Union | 1939 | retired 1954 | 700411400000000000011,400 |
| Petlyakov Pe-8 heavy bomber | Soviet Union | 1936 | retired 1950s | 700193000000000000093 |
| Piaggio P.108 heavy bomber | Italy | 1939 | retired 1945 | 700135000000000000035 ca. |
| Piaggio P.133 heavy bomber | Italy | n/a | abandoned 1943 project | 50000000000000000000 |
| Potez 633 light bomber | France | 1937 | retired | 700160000000000000060 ca. |
| PZL.23 Karaś light bomber | Poland | 1936 | retired 1946 | 7002253000000000000253 |
| PZL.37 Los medium bomber | Poland | 1936 | retired 1944 | 7002120000000000000120+ |
| PZL.43 Karaś light bomber | Poland | 1937 | retired 1946 | 700152000000000000052 |
| Republic P-47 fighter-bomber | United States | 1941 | retired 1966 | 700415678000000000015,678 |
| Saab 17 dive bomber | Sweden | 1940 | retired 1968 | 7002323000000000000323 |
| Saab 18 medium bomber | Sweden | 1942 | retired 1959 | 7002245000000000000245 |
| Saro A.33 maritime patrol flying boat | United Kingdom | 1938 | retired prototype | 70001000000000000001 |
| Saro Lerwick maritime patrol flying boat | United Kingdom | 1938 | retired 1941 | 700121000000000000021 |
| Savoia-Marchetti SM.82 bomber/transport | Italy | 1939 | retired 1960 | 7002720000000000000720 |
| Savoia-Marchetti SM.84 medium bomber/torpedo bomber | Italy | 1940 | retired 1948 | 7002300000000000000300+ |
| Short Empire patrol flying boat (converted transport) | United Kingdom | 1936 | retired 1947 | 700142000000000000042 |
| Short Seaford patrol flying boat | United Kingdom | 1944 | retired 1948 | 700110000000000000010 |
| Short Shetland patrol flying boat | United Kingdom | 1944 | retired prototype | 70002000000000000002 |
| Short Stirling heavy bomber | United Kingdom | 1939 | retired 1946 | 70032383000000000002,383 |
| Short Sunderland patrol flying boat | United Kingdom | 1937 | retired 1967 | 7002777000000000000777 |
| Sukhoi Su-2 light bomber | Soviet Union | 1937 | retired 1942 | 7002910000000000000910 |
| Supermarine B.12/36 heavy bomber | United Kingdom | n/a | prototypes destroyed 1940 | 50000000000000000000 |
| Supermarine Stranraer patrol flying boat | United Kingdom | 1937 | retired 1946 | 700157000000000000057 |
| Supermarine Type 322 torpedo/dive bomber | United Kingdom | 1943 | retired prototype | 70002000000000000002 |
| Tachikawa Ki-36 army cooperation aircraft | Japan | 1938 | retired 1950s | 70031334000000000001,334 |
| Tachikawa Ki-74 long range bomber/reconnaissance aircraft | Japan | 1944 | retired prototype | 700116000000000000016 |
| Tupolev Tu-2 medium bomber | Soviet Union | 1941 | retired 1970s | 70032257000000000002,257 |
| Vickers Victory Bomber heavy bomber | United Kingdom | n/a | cancelled 1941 project | 50000000000000000000 |
| Vickers Warwick maritime patrol bomber | United Kingdom | 1939 | retired 1946 | 7002842000000000000842 |
| Vickers Wellington medium bomber | United Kingdom | 1936 | retired 1953 | 700411464000000000011,464 |
| Vickers Windsor heavy bomber | United Kingdom | 1943 | retired prototype | 70003000000000000003 |
| Vought F4U Corsair fighter-bomber | United States | 1940 | retired 1979 | 700412571000000000012,571 |
| Vought SB2U Vindicator/Chesapeake dive bomber | United States | 1936 | retired 1945 | 7002260000000000000260 |
| Vought TBU/Consolidated TBY Sea Wolf torpedo bomber | United States | 1941 | retired 1948 | 7002180000000000000180 |
| Vultee Vengeance dive bomber | United States | 1941 | retired 1945 | 70031528000000000001,528 |
| Westland Lysander army cooperation | United Kingdom | 1936 | retired 1948 | 70031786000000000001,786 |
| Yermolayev Yer-2 medium bomber | United Kingdom | 1940 | retired 1950 | 7002365000000000000365 ca. |
| Yokosuka D4Y dive bomber | Japan | 1940 | retired 1945 | 70032038000000000002,038 |
| Yokosuka P1Y fast bomber | Japan | 1943 | retired 1945 | 70031102000000000001,102 |
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