| FAA | Fleet Air Arm (Royal Navy) |
|---|---|
| HMAS | His Majesty's Australian Ship (Royal Australian Navy) |
| HMNZS | His Majesty's New Zealand Ship (Royal New Zealand Navy) |
| HMS | His Majesty's Ship (Royal Navy) |
| RAAF | Royal Australian Air Force |
| RAN | Royal Australian Navy |
| RFA | Royal Fleet Auxiliary |
| RN | Royal Navy |
| RNZAF | Royal New Zealand Air Force |
| VB | Bombing Squadron |
| VCS | Cruiser Scouting Squadron |
| VF | Fighting Squadron |
| VJ | Utility Squadron |
| VMD | Marine Reconnaissance Squadron |
| VMF | Marine Fighting Squadron |
| VMSB | Marine Scout Bombing Squadron |
| VO | Observation Squadron |
| VR | Transport Squadron |
| VS | Scouting Squadron |
| VT | Torpedo Squadron |
| United States | |
|---|---|
| U.S. Navy | |
| F4F | Grumman F4F Wildcat |
| FM | General Motors FM Wildcat |
| OS2U | Vought OS2U Kingfisher |
| OS2N | Naval Aircraft Factory OS2N Kingfisher |
| P2Y | Consolidated P2Y (no nickname) |
| PBM | Martin PBM Mariner |
| PBO | Lockheed PBO Hudson |
| PBY | Consolidated PBY Catalina |
| PB2Y | Consolidated PB2Y Coronado |
| PB4Y-1 | Consolidated PB4Y-1 Liberator |
| PB4Y-2 | Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer |
| PV-1 | Lockheed PV-1 Ventura |
| R3D | Douglas R3D (no nickname) |
| R4C | Curtiss R4C Condor |
| R4D | Douglas R4D Skytrain |
| SBD | Douglas SBD Dauntless |
| SOC | Curtiss SOC Seagull |
| SON | Naval Aircraft Factory SON Seagull |
| TBD | Douglas TBD Devastator |
| TBF | Grumman TBF Avenger |
| TBM | General Motors TBM Avenger |
| XPBS | Sikorsky XPBS flying boat |
| U.S. Army Air Forces | |
| A-24 | Douglas A-24 Dauntless (Army variant of SBD) |
| A-28 | Lockheed A-28 Hudson (Army variant of PBO) |
| A-29 | Lockheed A-29 Hudson (Army variant of PBO) |
| B-17 | Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress |
| B-18 | Douglas B-18 Bolo |
| B-24 | Consolidated B-24 Liberator (Army variant of PB4Y) |
| B-25 | North American B-25 Mitchell |
| B-26 | Martin B-26 Marauder |
| B-29 | Boeing B-29 Superfortress |
| C-87 | Consolidated C-87 Liberator (cargo variant of B-24) |
| LB-30 | Consolidated LB-30 Liberator (export variant of B-24) |
| P-35 | Seversky P-35 (no nickname) |
| P-36 | Curtiss P-36 Hawk |
| P-39 | Bell P-39 Airacobra |
| P-40 | Curtiss P-40 Kittyhawk/Warhawk |
| P-51 | North American P-51 Mustang |
| P-400 | Bell P-400 Airacobra (export P-39) |
| Foreign | |
| British/Commonwealth | |
| Catalina | Consolidated PBY Catalina |
| Hudson | Lockheed Hudson (export variant of PBO) |
| Swordfish | Fairey Swordfish torpedo/strike aircraft |
| Vildebeest | Vickers Vildebeest torpedo/strike aircraft |
| Dutch | |
| Brewster B-339 | Export variant of F2A Buffalo |
| DO-24 | Dornier 24 flying boat |
| German | |
| AR-196 | Arado AR 196 floatplane |
| HE-111 | Heinkel HE 111 medium/torpedo bomber |
| HE-115 | Heinkel HE 115 floatplane |
| JU-87 | Junkers JU 88 dive bomber |
| JU-88 | Junkers JU 88 medium bomber |
| Italian | |
| SM-79 | Savoia-Marchetti SM 79 medium/torpedo bomber |
| 1939 | 1940 | 1941 | 1942 | 1943 | 1944 | 1945 |
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