Between October 8 and 14, 1943, the Eighth Air Force flew 1,342 heavy bomber sorties, losing a total of 152 bombers (11.3 percent), with another 6 percent receiving heavy damage. During the entire month of October, the Eighth lost a total of 214 heavy bombers, almost 10 percent of the total number dispatched. Lost and damaged planes constituted The initial models, known as the B-52A and B-52B, were followed by more advanced versions such as the B-52C, B-52D and up to the B-52H. These early variants laid the foundation for the later models that would come to define the B-52 bomber program. Nearly 13,000 B-17 Flying Fortress bombers were built by the U.S. for World War II. After this weekend’s deadly crash at a Texas airshow, only nine of the historic planes remain airworthy. Six 1940–1950. Number built. 7,781 [3] The de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito is a British twin-engined, multirole combat aircraft, introduced during the Second World War. Unusual in that its airframe was constructed mostly of wood, it was nicknamed the "Wooden Wonder", [4] or "Mossie". [5] Lord Beaverbrook, Minister of Aircraft Production, nicknamed it 1941–1945 [1] Number built. 36,183 [2] Developed into. Ilyushin Il-10. The Ilyushin Il-2 ( Russian: Илью́шин Ил-2) is a ground-attack plane that was produced by the Soviet Union in large numbers during the Second World War. The word shturmovík ( Cyrillic: штурмовик), the generic Russian term for a ground-attack aircraft The bomber was assembled at plants in Baltimore, Maryland, and Omaha, Nebraska. The B-26 saw extensive service during World War II. First used in the Pacific Theater in early 1942, it was also used in the Mediterranean Theater and in Western Europe. A total of 5,288 Marauders were built between 1941 and 1945. The bomber’s official readiness rate is 47 percent, compared to 75 percent and 58 percent respectively for the older B-52 and B-1 bombers. The flying branch has 63 1980s-vintage B-1s and 76 B When production ceased, a total of 382 B-36 Peacemakers had been built, plus one XC-99 and two YB-60, for a total of 385 aircraft of all variants. Four B-36 were selected for preservation, along with the cargo version of the B-36, the XC-99. Two —YB-60 heavy bombers of modified B-36, design were also built in test-configuration, but this project was discontinued. Throughout, the B-36 “family” of aircraft were safe planes, generally considered easily manageable for pilots and comfortable for crews. The B-36 compiled one of the best safety records of any bomber ever built. The B-36 Peacemaker was the largest land-based bomber in the world. Built by Convair (Consolidated-Vultee Aircraft Corporation) in Fort Worth, Texas, for the Air Force, the aircraft had a wingspan of 230 feet, was 163 feet long, and powered by six Pratt & Whitney R-4360 Wasp Major 28-cylinder radial engines, with the propellers 19 feet in diameter. 194wF.