WWII Allied aircraft

Thank you all. I realise it is a massive job to do. I think i am going to have to rely on compiling from various sources.

I read somewhere just in terms of captured enamy aircraft the allies tested something like 110 of them. The war prizes book will help me there i feel.

“There are as mentioned a lot of individual websites, listing aircraft from individual nations”

Sorry, not mentioned by me. I’ve offered just three, of which only the private ADF/RAAF, RNZAF and RCAF lists aim to be complete national type and serial lists. The RAAF list appears to include impressments, but whether captured a/c are represented is unclear.

The original question asked for a “definitive” allied forces set specifically incl captured a/c, and presumably Air, Navy & Army & civil etc impressments. And that may well be a worthwhile long-term aim.

Sadly, a links page of some sites of varying or unknown coverage, completeness, quality, authorship in differing languages and of unknown life expectancy is only going to be a rough bodge up at best. “Definitive set” sounds more like a Citizendium task, to me.

On a more upbeat note, the ADF site with its Army, RAAF and RNZAF lists (a quality effort under regular maintenance) is secure for the long term, with annual copies in PANDORA, the Aus online archive http://pandora.nla.gov.au/tep/37618

Don Clark
www.211squadron.org

I must have misread your post.

A Citizendium project would be fantastic.

But it would mean a lot of work for a management group. I would like to think, that someone out there have the time to arrange such a task, but its a huge job.

There are as mentioned a lot of individual websites, listing aircraft from individual nations. Maybe a first step would be to make a link portal to those pages, so they can be accessed from one proper and well maintained page (none of that yellow text on blue background type stuff).

Jeez, I knew I was suggesting something which would entail a lot of research but had forgotten just how many coutries constituted ‘Allies’ at the time. If he starts now his great great grandchildren might just about live long enough to complete it.

I would imagine there is somewhere though I have no idea where you would find it. Are you looking for a list of types and which countries they were operated by, or just a list of the types used? I fear you may have to try and track down records by country and consolidate them into a single list yourself.