During World War II, there were over 276,000 aircrafts manufactured in the U.S. In the following I will be discussing about the development and advancement of the U.S. aircrafts during and after World War II. There were many types of aircrafts used for different reasons. Specific ones were bombers, fighters, and transporters.
The Wright brothers were the ones that invented the airplanes. The Wright brothers sold and manufactured many materials to the allied forces. The most famous plane that was used to drop the bomb on Japan was the B-29 Superfortress (World War 2 Planes). This was the first bomber plane to enter service. Also, B-29 was the heaviest aircraft built during World War 2. This was only used in the Pacific Ocean where the long range was necessary (Hansen, Ole Steen. The Story of Flight/ Military Aircraft of WWII. Ontario: Cabtree, 2003. Print). This plane had high altitudes and was capable to target Tokyo. August
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They brought supplies to troops and carried injured soldiers to hospitals that are more equipped to their severe injury. Transport aircrafts also, carried secret agents, weapons, and explosives to army bases. Many times, the supplies were never found because of how low the level they were dropping them (Hansen, Ole Steen. The Story of Flight/ Military Aircraft of WWII. Ontario: Cabtree, 2003. Print).
The Beechcraft Model 18 as the C-45 was designed to transport civilians. 9,000 Model 18 aircrafts were built. The production of the C-45 was from 1937 to 1970. It had a low wing span and had a Pratt & Whitney R-985 Wasp Junior piston engine of 450 horsepower. The maximum speed was around 225 mph with a cruse speed of 211 mph. The standard crew was two pilots and up to 9 passengers. The U.S. Army Air Corps placed order of over 1.300 C-45F which is a seven-seat passenger. Other models were the C-45A through the C-45H. After the war, 900 C-45 were constructed into C-45G and C-45H autopilots