Gordon Swanborough has written:

'Military transports and training aircraft of the world' -- subject(s): Military Airplanes, Transport planes

'United States military aircraft since 1909' -- subject(s): History, Military Aeronautics, Military Airplanes

'Combat aircraft of the world' -- subject(s): Military Airplanes

'United States military aircraft since 1908' -- subject(s): Military Aeronautics, Military Airplanes

'North American' -- subject(s): North American airplanes (Military aircraft), Rockwell airplanes (Civil aircraft)

'World's airliner registrations' -- subject(s): Airplanes, Registers

'Military aircraft of the world' -- subject(s): Military Airplanes

'British Aircraft at War, 1939-45'

'Civil aircraft of the world' -- subject(s): Private planes, Transport planes

Leonard Bridgman has written:

'Jane's Fighting Aircraft of World War II'

'The clouds remember' -- subject(s): World War, 1914-1918, Airplanes, Military, Aerial operations, History, Military Airplanes

Trevor Nevitt Dupuy has written:

'The Military history of world war II' -- subject(s): Accessible book

'The Military history of world war II' -- subject(s): Accessible book

'The military history of World War II' -- subject(s): Protected DAISY

'Triumphs and Tragedies in the East, 1915-17'

'The military history of World War II' -- subject(s): Protected DAISY

Many military aircraft were produced in 1942 during World War II including drones, gliders, liasons, pursuits/fighters, observation, reconnaissance and many more.

For a list of specific planes produced, see the related link for US military aircraft from 1942-1948.

Someone who drops from an aircraft by parachute is known as a skydiver or paratrooper. They were used extensively by the military during World War II.