A small plane that has guns and small bombs in them to use against the enemy is called fighter planes.
I would say at this time, the US has the most fighter planes.
A fighter plane in world war 2 is much like what a modern fighter plane is today. These planes are aircraft designed with the intention of shooting down other planes. Planes like the American P-51 Mustang, German ME-109 and Japanese Zero were designed to be as fast and maneuverable as possible while having offensive weapons like machine guns and armor to protect the pilot. They would fly missions to take control of the sky by shooting down the enemies planes.
The second generation of fighter planes were jet fighters with no missiles or complicated avionics.
England during the 1st and 2nd world wars needed rapid fighter planes to shoot down the enemies bombers and to dual with the enemies fighter planes.
A26 fighter plane made by Douglas Aircraft, Long Beach, California
In the 1920's, fighter planes cost about 50,000 per plane to produce. However, some were as expensive as 1.5 million dollars to produce.
By 1917, the allies develope the Sopwith-Camel, an excellent fighter plane. Their fighting technique was to engage in aerial "dogfights" or duels, manoeuvering their light planes to dive on the enemy from the rear.
One of the tiniest fighter planes of WWII; the ME-109. Over 33,000 were produced!
It was mostly named after the bird of prey, as many fighter planes have been; for example, the Hawker Sea Hawk.
The ZERO was the main Japanese fighter plane during world war two, for both the Navy and Air Force.
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