World War II Planes

By HsiaoLott
  • Airforce grows

    Airforce grows

    Roosevelt enlarges airforce
  • Period: to

    Aviation Innovations

  • World War II

    World War II

    WWII begins
  • Engines

    Engines

    First turbo-engine used
  • B-24 Innovations

    B-24 Innovations

    First mass produced aircraft
  • B-17 Flying Fortress

    B-17 Flying Fortress

    Improved bombing aircraft
  • Attack on Pearl Harbor

    Attack on Pearl Harbor

    Japan attacks Pearl Harbor
  • USA Enters

    USA Enters

    USA declares war on Japan
  • Air Offensive

    Air Offensive

    First American air offensive in WWII
  • B-29 Innovations

    B-29 Innovations

    Increased range and bomb load
  • Atomic Bombs

    Atomic Bombs

    August 6-9
    B-29s drop atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
  • Kamikazes

    Kamikazes

    First Kamikaze attack
  • Sound Barrier

    Sound Barrier

    Sound barrier broken by Chuck Yeager
  • Rockets

    Rockets

    First rocket launch

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