Fighter Aircraft Chronology WWII:
'31 - B 34 (Avia 534) first flight
Aug '31 - P.11/I first flight
Mar '32 - Model 248 (P-26) first flight
Jun '32 - D.500 first flight
Nov '32 - He 49a first flight
Feb '33 - He 49B first flight
May '33 - He 51A-0 first flight
Jun '33 - P.11a first production flight
Aug '33 - B 534 first flight; C.R.32 first flight
Oct '33 - I-15/TsKB-3 first flight; XF2F-1 first flight
Dec '33 - I-16 first flight (20,000 built); P-26A first delivered
Jan '34 - P-26A first production flight
Jun '34 - P-26A final delivery
Jul '34 - He 51A-1 service delivery
fall '34 - I-16-1 delivery begins
Sep '34 - Gloster SS 37 (Gladiator) prototype first flight
Jan '35 - P-26B first flight; F2F-1 first delivered
Feb '35 - A5M first flight
Mar '35 - XF3F-1 first flight
May '35 - Curtis Model 75 first flight
Jun '35 - P-26B first delivery; XF3F-1 final delivery (3 total) summer '35 - He 112 V1 completed
Jul '35 - I-15-5 production begins
Aug '35 - MS 405 first flight; SEV-1XP first flight fall '35 - I-15-4 delivey begins
Sep '35 - Bf 109 V1 first flight; F2F-1 final delivery
Nov '35 - Hurricane first flight; He 112 V2 completed
Dec '35 - He 112 V3 delivered
Jan '36 - F3F-1 delivery begins
Feb '36 - P-26C first delivery
Mar '36 - Fokker D.XXI first flight; Curtis Model 75B first flight; Vought V-141 first flight
Spring '36 - A5M enters service (1094 built)
April '36 - Potez 630 first flight
May '36 - Bf 110V-1 first flight
Jun '36 - 600 Hurricane I ordered; Bloch MB-150 attempted first flight (failed); Gladiator I first flight; XF3F-2 first flight
Sep '36 - F3F-1 final delivery (54 built)
Oct '36 - Ki-27 first flight
Nov '36 - Bf 109B-0 first flight
Jan '37 - Gladiator Mk I enters service (527 built in three Mks); Bf 109 V4,5,6 enter service with Legion Condor in Spain; Y1P-36 first delivery; XF3F-1 delivery begins
Feb '37 - G.50 first flight; Blackburn Skua first flight; Bf 109B-1 deliveries begin; Y1P-36 first flight
Mar '37 - Sea Gladiator first service deliveries; Fokker G.1 first flight; P-26C final delivery spring '37 - Fw 187 V1 first flight
Apr '37 - YP-37 first flight
Jun '37 - Vought V-143 first flight
Summer '37 - Bf 109B-2 deliveries begin
Jul '37 - P-35 delivery begins; He 112VB-0 (V9) first flight
Aug '37 - Boulton Pau Defiant first flight; Bf 110A-0 first pre-production delivered
Sep '37 - XF4F-2 Þrst þight (1 built); XFM-1 Airacuda first flight; XNF-1 (navalised P-35) first flight
Oct '37 - Hurricane Mk I delivered; Bloch MB-150 first flight
Dec '37 - Hurricane Mk I enters Squadron service; M.C. 200 first flight
Jan '38 - Fokker D.XXI service deliveries begin (Dutch); He 100 V1 first flight
Feb '38 - Potez 630 enters production (1100+ built); MS 405 production first flight
Spring '38 - Bf 109C-1/2 deliveries begin; Bf 109D-1 deliveries begin; He 112B-0 12 delivered to Japan
April '38 - P-36A delivered
May '38 - MS 406 first flight; CR 42 first flight; Curtis H-75A1 ordered by France; Fokker G.1 service
deliveries begin; F3F-2 final delivery
Jun '38 - Fokker D.XXI service deliveries begin (Finland, 38 delivered)
Jun '38 - Spitfire Mk I enters service; Model 75M delivery begins Summer '38 - Bf 109 V14 (Bf 109E) first
flight; Fw 187A-9 delivered (3 built)
Jul '38 - He 112B-0 temporarily assigned to III/JG 132; Bf 110B-1 delivery begins (45 built)
Aug '38 - Bloch MB-151 first flight; P-35 final delivery; He 100B-0 (V4) delivered; Me 209 V1 first flight
Oct '38 - XP-40 delivered (1 built); D.520 first flight; Westland Whirlwind first flight (112 built); CW-21
first flight
Nov '38 - Blackburn Skua enters service (190 built); one P-36B converted from P-36A; Model 75Q
delivery begins
Dec '38 - XF2A-1 delivered (1 built); MS 406 enters Squadron service (1081 built); Blackburn Roc first
flight (136 built); Bloch MB-152 first flight; Potez 63.11 first flight; P-36C delivery begins;
F3F-3 delivery begins late '38 - IAR.80 first flight
Jan '39 - G.50 begins operational evaluation in Spain; Ki-43 first flight; Ki-45 first flight (Ha-20 engine);
MS 406 production first flight; Bf 110C-0 pre-production begins service trials
Feb '39 - Bf 109E-1 enters service; Bf 110C-0 pre-production first flight; XF4F-3 first flight
Mar '39 - I-22/Lagg-3 first flight; XP-41 first flight; XP-42 first flight; MS 406 deliveries begin; Ki-27b
service delivery begins; He 100 V6 and V7 delivered; He 100 V8 sets airspeed record of 463.92
Apr '39 - XP-39 delivered (1 built); 47 of 61 P-36A in US grounded due to problems; Bf 110C-1 begins
operational service; Blackburn Roc service deliveries begin; A6M first flight; Me 209 sets
airspeed record of 469.22 mph
Spring '39 - CR 42 enters service; He 112B-0 delivered to Romania
May '39 - Re.2000 first flight; 100 H-75A1 have been completed by France; F3F-3 final delivery; Me 209
V4 delivered
Jun '39 - F2A-1 delivered (11 built); Fw 190 V1 (BMW 139) first flight summer '39 - He 100D-0 first flight
Jul '39 - XF2A-2 delivered (1 built); Bristol Beaufighter first flight; first production Defiant flight
Aug '39 - XP-38 delivered (1 built)
Sep '39 - Me 210V-1 first flight; Vultee 48 (P-66 Vanguard) first flight
Oct '39 - Tornado first flight; C.R.32 final delivery; M.C.200 service deliveries begin (1,151 built)
Nov '39 - XP-39B delivered (1 converted)
Winter '39 - Bf 109E-3 production begins
Dec '39 - Bloch MB-155 first flight; Defiant first service delivery; A5M final delivery; A6M2 first flight
Jan '40 - B-239 delivered (44 built); I-26 prototype delivered (Yak); Fairy Fulmar first flight; Mosquito
prototype first flight
Feb '40 - Typhoon first flight; D.520 service deliveries begin (740 built); Mohawk III (Model H-75A-3)
delivery begins; F4F-3 delivery begins (285 built); EP-106 (P-35A) delivery begins (60 delivered
to Sweden)
Mar '40 - Mig-1 first flight; Mohawk IV (Model 75A-4) delivery begins; XF5F-1 first flight
Apr '40 - B239B delivered (40 built); last Sea Gladiator deliveries
May '40 - Buffalo I delivered (170 built); XF4U-1 Þrst þight (1 built); Boulton Paul Defiant enters service
(1064 built); Beaufighter Mk I first production flight; Fairy Fulmar first service deliveries;
XFL-1 (navalised P-39) first flight; Martlet I first flight; He 100D-0 delivered to Japan (3)
Jun '40 - P-40 delivered (200 built); Fairy Fulmar enters service (602 built); Hurricane II first flight;
Westland Whirlwind service deliveries begin; Pe-2 first flight; XFM1-1B first delivery; CW-21B
first delivery; XF4F-5 first flight
Summer '40 - Bf 109E-4 production begins
Jul '40 - Martlet I delivered (81 built); XF4F-5 delivered (2 built); Re.2001 first flight; Beaufighter Mk I
service deliveries begin; Ki-45 first flight (Ha-25 engine); A6M1 service delivery begins; two
squadrons pre-production A6M sent to China; Ki-27 final delivery; XF4F-5 delivered to
USN (2 built); Bf 110C-4 begins operational service
Aug '40 - F4F-3 delivered (285 built); Hurricane Mk II enters service; M.C. 202 first flight ; Ki-44 first
flight; Bf 109 E-7 enters service; XF1M-1A first delivery
fall '40 - Do 17Z night fighter conversions begin
Sep '40 - YP-38 delivered (13 built); YP-39 delivered (13 built); P-40A (Tomahawk I/Ia/Ib) delivered (140
built); F2A-2 delivered (43 built); Bristol Beaufighter Mk I enters service (5562 built of all
marks); first YP-43 delivered to USAAC; G.50bis first flight; Mig-1 first production flight;
Martlet I final delivery; He 280 first unpowered flight; Ju 88C-2 in service with I/NJG 2
Oct '40 - Tomahawk IIa delivered (110 built); NA-73X (Mustang) delivered (1 built); P-40 final delivery
Nov '40 - XF4F-6 delivered (1 built); I-26 pre-production aircraft delivered; first deliveries of Fw 190A-0;
Bf 109F-1 deliveries begin
Dec '40 - 64 I-26 delivered by end of month
late '40 - Lagg-1 first production flight; Do 215B-5 enters operational service
Jan '41 - P-39C delivered (20 built); P-40B delivered (131 built)
Feb '41 - XP-46A first flight; XP-50 first flight; P-35A final delivery (60 built)
Mar '41 - P-40C delivered (193 built); B-339D delivered (72 built); Martlet II delivered (100 built);
Martlett III delivered (30 built); SpitÞre V entered service; Bf 109F-1/2 enters service with JG 2;
first six Fw 190A-0 delivered for service testing; Ki-60 first flight; Ki-43-I first production
flight; F4F-3A delivery begins; Do 217E-1 enters service as night fighter; Mig-3 enters service
Apr '41 - P-39D delivered (863 built); Bf 109F-1/2 enters service with JG 26; Me 210A-0 first flight; Me
262V-1 first flight (piston engine); He 280 first powered flight; Ju 88C-6 arrives in the Med for
I/NJG 2
May '41 - Tomahawk IIb delivered (930 built); YP-47 Þrst þight (1 built); XF4F-4 delivered (1 built); first
production Typhoon delivered; Mosquito F.II first flight; Mig-3 first flight; F4F-3A final
delivery (95 built); NA-73 (XP-51) first flight
Jun '41 - P-38 delivered (30 built); P-39D-2 delivered; F2A-3 delivered (108 built); 399 I-26 delivered by
Barbarossa; Fw 190A-1 deliveries begin (100 built by October '41); A6M3 begins testing; P-40D
delivered (all 23 that month); P-43 delivery begins
Jul '41 - P-38D delivered (36 built); P-400 delivered (675 built) most to USAAF or USSR; P-40D delivered
(22 built); Fw 190A-1 began equipping JG 26; RAF receives 5 Mohawk IV; M.C.202 service
deliveries begin
Aug '41 - P-40G delivered (44 built); P-40E delivered (820 built); Kittihawk I delivered (560 built);
Mustang I delivered (620 built); Fw 190A-2 deliveries begin (124 built by end of year, 400 plus
total); Me 163V-1 first powered flight; P-38D final delivery; Pe-2 first flight
Fall '41 - Yak-1M supplants Yak-1 in production; Do 217J conversions begin; Ju 88C-4 delivery begins
Sep '41 - XF2A-4 delivered (1 built); P-43A delivered; Typhoon I begins service with 56 and 609
Squadrons at Duxford (3330 built); first Ki-45 production flight; Ki-44 begins service trials;
XP-60 first flight; Vultee 48C (P-66) first flight
Oct '41 - P-38E delivered (210 built)
Nov '41 - XP-40F delivered (1 built plus 1 YP-40F); M.C. 202 enters service; XP-55 first flight; F4F-4
delivery begins (1169 built); P-38E final delivery
Winter '41 - Yak-7a enters limited service; Mig-3 enters service
Dec '41 - P-322 (P-38) for Britiain (143 built), no turbo-supercharger or handed engines; P-39F delivered
(229 built); Kittihawk Ia delivered (1500 built); P-47B delivered (17 built); I-26 designation
changed to Yak-1; Re.2001 enters service; Fairy Firefly first flight; Ki-61 first flight; N1K1
(George) first flight; last Westland Whirlwind deliveries; A6M2-N first flight (floatplane); F4F-7
first flight; Me 163 pre-production begins
late '41 - final Mig-3 delivery, IAR.80 first production flight
early '42 - final I-16-24 delivery; Do 217J-1 delivery begins
Jan '42 - P-40F delivered (1311 built); Kittihawk II delivered (350 built); F4F-7 delivered (21 built);
A6M2-K first flight (2 seat trainer); M-82 re-engined Lagg-3 first flight; Ki-44-I begins production
(44 built - a,b,c variants)
Feb '42 - P-38F delivered (527 built); J2M (Jack) first flight (476 built of all types); Ki-43-IIa first flight;
XP-39E first flight
Mar '42 - last B-439 delivered (20 built); last P-43A delivered; P-43A1 production begins for China
(actually to keep Farmindale active); J2M first flight; P-70 first delivered; P-38F final delivery;
P-51A delivery begins; P-47B delivery begins; Do 217J-1 operational testing begins
Apr '42 - M.C. 205 first flight; G.55 first flight; Bf 109G-2 enters service with JG 2; Me 210A last
deliveries; Vultee Model 48C (P-66) final delivery (129 given to China, 15 kept as trainers);
Me 163B V1 completed
Spring '42 - Fw 190A-3 enters production
May '42 - P-40K delivered (800 built); XP-61 Þrst þight (2 built); Re.2005 first flight?; N1K first flight (89
built); Mosquito Mk II enters service (466 built); Bf 109G-1 enters service with JG 2; CA-12
Boomerang first flight; Ki-44-Ia first production flight; Lagg-3 production terminated;
Bf110G-2 delivery begins
Jun '42 - P-38G delivered (1082 built); F6F-1 Þrst þight (2 built); Ki-43-IIb first flight; La-5 first
production flight; final Lagg-3 delivery; Yak-7DI first flight; F4U-1 first flight summer '42 -
Do 217J-2 replaces Do 217J-1 in production; Bf 110G-4 delivery begins
Jul '42 - P-39K delivered (210 built); P-39L delivered (250 built); P-51(Mustang Ia) delivered (150 built);
F4F-4B (Martlet IV) delivered (220 built); XF6F-3 Þrst þight (1 built); Yak-7D entered trials;
Spitfire Mk IX entered service; Me 262V-3 first flight; Do 217N first flight; Me 309 V1
first flight
Aug '42 - FM-1 Þrst þight (1060 built); Typhoon I enters service as fighter-bomber (3330 built); CA-12
first delivery (105 built plus 95 CA-13 and 45 CA-19); first production Firefly F.I; K-61-I service
deliveries begin; Yak-9m first flight; Ki-45 KAI begins service; Ki-44-II pre-production begins;
N1K1 begins service trials
Sep '42 - P-47C delivered (602 delivered); Ki-44-I entered service (40 built); Tempest V first flight;
Re.2005 first flight; P-70 final delivery; P-38H delivery begins; A-36 first flight
Oct '42 - P-40K-10 delivered (500 built, long fuselage); P-47G delivered (Curtis, 354 built); A-36A
delivered (500 built); F4U-1 delivered; M.C. 205 delivered (200 built, plus 112 after armistice);
Ki-44-II entered service; J2M2 begins production; XP-59A first flight; F6F-3 first flight
Nov '42 - P-39M delivered (240 built); P-39N built (500 built); P-40M first flight; Kittihawk III delivered
(595 built); Yak-9 (Yak-7D development) entered service around Stalingrad; Seafire Ib enters
service (150 built, plus 400 IIc); XP-49 first flight; He 219V-1 first flight; M.C.205N first
flight?; Ki-43-IIa enters production; P-40K final delivery; XP-60A first flight; Vought V-173
first flight
Winter '42 - La-5FN first production flight; Do 217N-1 enters operational service
Dec '42 - Martlet V delivered (311 built); XF4F-8 delivered (2 built); F4U-2 delivered (32 built); F6F-3
delivery begins (4156 built); Me 410V-1 first flight; final Ki-27 delivery; Kawanishi X-1
(N1K1-J) first flight; F4F-4 final delivery; F4F-7 final delivery
Jan '43 - P-40L delivered (700 built); XP-54 first flight; P-40M delivered (600 built); XP-60C first flight
Feb '43 - P-47D delivered (6313 built D-1 to D-23); last Fulmar Mk II delivered; Tempest I first flight;
Ki-61-I service deliveries begin; Ki-43-I production ends; FG-1A (Goodyear F4U-1) delivery
begins (1704 built)
Mar '43 - P-38H delivered (601 built); P-40N-1 delivered (400 built); P-51A delivered (Mustang II) (310
built); Hurricane Mk IV entered service; Gloster Meteor first flight; Mosquito Mk XII enters
service (97 built); Ki-84 first flight; XF6F-3 delivered to USN Spring '43 - J1N1 night fighter
conversions begin; Do 217N-2 enters production
Apr '43 - XF6F-4 delivered (1 built); Seafire III enters production (1100 plus built); M.C. 205 enters
service; Fw 190A-5 enters production; Ki-61-I enters combat in New Guinea; Ki-84 first flight;
P-40L final delivery; YP-61 delivered; F3A-1 (Brewster F4U-1) delivery begins
May '43 - P-39Q delivered (4905 built); P-40N-5 delivered (1100 built); P-51B-1 delivered (1988 built);
XP-63 delivered (2 built); XP-63A delivered (1 built); Re.2005 enters service (29 built); He 219
pre-production deliveries begin; XP-60E first flight
Jun '43 - Yak-3 delivered in limited numbers; G.55 enters service (130 built); Ki-44-III first flight (1,225
Ki-44 built of all models); Fw 190A-6 enters production; first production Tempest V flight;
Tempest II first flight; La-7 first production flight; YP-59A first flight; XP-62 first flight; XP-55
first flight; Ta 154 V1 first flight; He 219A-0 begins operational testing
Jul '43 - He 219A-2 completed
Aug '43 - P-40N-10 delivered (100 built); P-51C delivered (1750 built); YP-61 delivered (13 built); Me
163B first flight; Mosquito NF.XIII first flight; Ki-61-II first flight; A6M5 first flight; Ki-84-Ia
first production flight; J1N1-S begins production; XP-51G first flight
Fall '43 - Ki-96 first flight; Me 328 unpowered flight tests
Sep '43 - P-38J delivered (2970 built); P-40N-15 delivered (377 built); P-40N-20 delivered (1523 built);
FM-2 delivered (4437 built plus 340 Martlet VI); F6F-3N built (229 built); XP-56 first flight;
Me 310 first flight
Oct '43 - P-61A delivered (200 built); P-63A delivered (1725 built); Fairy Firefly enters service; Ki-84
begins service trials; Do 335 V1 first flight; He 219A-2 delivered
Nov '43 - He 219A-1 production deliveries begin; XP-75 first flight; XP-47J first flight; Ta 154A-0 first
flight
Dec '43 - N1K2-J first flight; J2M2 service delivery begins; Ki-44-IIb first flight; XF7F-1 first flight;
Ki-61-II first flight; Ki-64 first flight
early '44 - La-9 first flight
Jan '44 - P-40N-25 delivered (499 built); P-51D-1 delivered (8056 delivered D-1 to D-30); XF6F-2 first
flight (1 delivered); F6F-3E delivered (18 built); Yak-9u first flight; Ki-61-Ic begins production;
XP-80 first flight; XP-67 first flight; Ju 388J (V2) first flight; Spitfire F.MkXIV enters service.
Feb '44 - Mosquito Mk XIII enters service (270 built); XP-51F first flight; XP-72 first flight
Mar '44 - final N1K1 delivery; A6M5a delivery begins; F6F-3 final delivery; F6F-5 first flight; He 219A-5
delivered
Apr '44 - P-40N-30 delivered (500 built); P-47D-25 delivered (6289 built, D-25 to D-40); XF4U-3
delivered (2 built); F6F-5 Þrst þight (7868 built); Tempest enters service (800 plus built); Ki-84
second pre-production run begins; Ki-84-I operational service begins; F7F-1 delivery begins
Spring '44 - Yak-3 enters large scale production; Ju 88G-1 begins production
May '44 - F4U-4X Þrst þight (2 converted); A7M first flight; Me 163B-1 first delivered to Luftwaffe;
Me 262A-0 first delivered for testing; Beaufighter Mk 21 (Australia) first flight; Tempest VI first
flight; J2M5 first flight; J2M5 begins testing; XP-77 first flight; XFG-2 first flight; BV 40 first
flight; Do 335A-0 pre-production delivery begins; Ju 88G-1 begins operational service
Jun '44 - P-38L delivered (3923 built); N1K2-J enters production; XP-58 first flight; Me 262A service with
first experimental combat unit (EK 262); P1Y1-S night fighter conversions begin; Ki-102a first
flight (15 delivered); N1K2-J begins production; YP-60E first flight; XP-80A first flight; XFR-1
first flight (piston engine only); F3A-1 final delivery (735 built); Ta 154A-1 first production
flight; La-7 enters service
Jul '44 - P-40N-35 delivered (500 built); P-61B delivered (450 built); XF6F-6 Þrst þight (2 built); Gloster
Meteor Mk I enters service; Ta-152H first flight; D.H. 103 Hornet first flight; Me 163 first combat
vs USAAF
Summer '44 - Yak-3 enters service in quantity; Ki-108 flight trials
Aug '44 - Fw 190D-9 deliveries begin (650-700 built); Ki-109 first flight; XF8F-1 first flight; P-59A first
flight (20 built); P-61B delivery begins (450 built); Ta 154 program cancelled; Me 263A-1
unpowered flight trials
fall '44 - Ki-109 first flight; Do 335A-1 enters production (none delivered before factory captured)
Sep '44 - P-47N delivered (826 built); XF4U-4 delivered (5 built); first Me 262A squadron service (8/ZG
26); last Hurricane deliveries; Ki-46-III-Kai night fighter conversions begin; Ki-61-II production
begins; A6M5c first flight; Fury first flight (Centaurus engine); XP-75A first flight; Do 335A-0
service trials begin
Oct '44 - P-40N-40 delivered (216 built); A7M2 (Sam) first flight (9 prototypes and 1 production model
built); Bf 109K-4 deliveries begin (700 built); pre-production Ta-152H-0's delivered for service
testing; Tempest II first production flight; F7F-1 final delivery (500 built); F7F-2N delivery
begins (65 built) Ki-43-II production ends
Nov '44 - Ki-83 first flight; Ta-152H-1 deliveries begin (34 delivered by years end); A6M6c first prototype
built; Fury first flight (RR Griffon engine); XF8B-1 first flight; P-40N final delivery
Dec '44 - P-47M delivered (130 built); P-63C delivered (1427 built); F4U-4 delivered (2357 built);
Ta-152C-0 flight testing begins; He 162 first flight; M.C.200 final deliveries; Ki-43-IIIa first
flight; Ki-44-III production ends; P-59B first flight; F8F-1 delivery begins
late '44 / early '45 - La-11 first flight
Jan '45 - He 162 service deliveries begin; XFD-1 first flight
Feb '45 - P-38M delivered (75 converted from L); P-51H delivered (555 built); Ki-100-1 first flight (396
built of all types); D.H. 103 Hornet first service delivery; Sea Fury first flight; XP-83 first flight;
XP-81 first flight; XF15C-1 first flight; P-80A delivery begins
Mar '45 - conversion of Ki-61-II to Ki-100 begins; XF8B-1 first delivered (3 built); F7F-3 delivery begins;
FR-1 delivery begins (66 built)
Apr '45 - Ki-87 first flight; Ki-93 first flight; A6M8 prototype completed; navalised D.H. 103 Hornet first
flight; XP-51J first flight; XP-82 first flight
May '45 - P-63E delivered (13 built); Seafire Mk XV entered service (390 built); Ki-100-II entered
production; first production Firefly FR.4; Ki-100-Ib entered production; Ki-100-II first flight
summer '45 - La-11 service delivery begins
Jul '45 - P-61C delivered (41 built); J8M1 first flight (blew up); Ki-106 begins flight trials; XP-47H first
flight
Aug '45 - J7W first flight; Ki-94 first flight; Nakajima Kikka first flight; P-59B service delivery begins (30
built); FM-2 final delivery; F7F-2N final delivery
Sep '45 - Seafire Mk XVII entered service (232 built); last Beaufighter deliveries from UK; final P-47N
delivery
Oct '45 - last Beaufighter deliveries from Australia; P-82B first flight
Nov '45 - final Typhoon deliveries; final F6F-5 delivery
Mar '46 - P-82B delivery begins; F4U-4 final delivery
Jun '46 - F7F-3 final delivery (189 built)
Feb '46 - F8F-1B delivery begins
Sep '46 - F7F-4N delivery begins; XP-79 first flight
Oct '46 - Sea Hornet deliveries begin
Nov '46 - F7F-4N final delivey (13 built)
Dec '46 - F7F final delivery; P-80A final delivery
Oct '47 - F8F-2 delivery begins
Nov '47 - F4U-5 delivery begins
Apr '49 - F8F-2 final delivery
Aug '49 - F8F-1 final delivery (765 built)
Nov '50 - Hornet NF.21 final delivery
Sep '51 - F4U-5N final delivery
Jun '52 - Hornet FR.4 final delivery
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Compiled by Gregory W Shaw gwshaw@uswest.net
