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 WWII Aircraft Manufacturing Sites

The purpose of this grouping of related pages is to document which aviation company in WWII built what aircraft and at which location.  We are still in the process of refining data and gathering information on aircraft and manufactures as it is found.  The original source and backbone for WWII Aircraft Manufacturing Sites comes from the Special Studies -Buying Aircraft:  Materiel Procurement for the Army Air Forces by Irving Brinton Holley, Jr. at the Center for Military History of the United States Army.

Goodyear at Akron Futon Airport - Both Corsairs and Airships were built at this site.  Today it is owned by
Lockheed-Martin. The building to the left of the Airdock is where 3,940 Corsairs were assembled. 

The bulk of the information presented is in regards to the manufacture of fixed wing aircraft in the United States where the aircraft companies are listed in alphabetical order.  The corresponding cross reference shows details which company built what aircraft at which locations.  This includes Canadian locations as the Canadian aircraft industry was not only building aircraft for the Common Wealth but license built American aircraft for use by both the USAAF and US Navy.  Canadian built Helldivers were part of the US Navy aerial attack force that sank the Yamato.

Also included is information on engine, propeller, airship and glider manufacture, along with photos of some of the manufacturing plants as they still exist today.  Below are some total numbers.  For more information and detail see the individual pages.

 

Year	1940	1941	1942	1943	1944	1945	Total
US Aircraft Production	6,019	19,433	47,836	85,898	96,318	47,717	303,221
US Engine Production	22,667	58,181	138,089	227,116	256,911	109,650	812,614

 

Company	Total Aircraft Built	USAAF	US Navy/USMC	Comments
North American	41,839	41,839	0	Records do not show any aircraft going to the US Navy.  The SNJs and PBJs must have been contracted through the USAAF.
Douglas	30,980	25,569	5,411
Consolidated-Vultee	30,830	27,534	3,296
Curtiss	26,637	19,703	6,934
Lockheed	19,077	17,148	1,929
Boeing	17,532	17,241	291
Grumman	17,448	0	17,448
Republic	15,663	15,663	0
Eastern (GM)	13,449	0	13,449
Bell	12,942	12,941	1
Martin	8,983	7,711	1,272
Chance Vought	7,896	0	7,896
Beech	7,430	7,430	0
Ford	6,792	6,792	0
Fairchild	6,380	6,080	300
Piper	5,941	5,611	330
Cessna	5,359	5,359	0
Goodyear	3,940	0	3,940
Aeronca	2,434	2,434	0
Taylor	1,940	1,940	0
Brewster	1,897	0	1,897
Ryan Aeronautical Corp.	1,586	1,440	146
Howard	832	349	483
Globe Aircraft Corp.	600	600	0
Naval Air Factory	421	0	421
St. Louis Aircraft Corp.	363	363	0
Columbia	319	0	319
Timm	260	0	260
Interstate	259	259	0
Nash-Kelvinator Corp.	201	201	0
Spartan Aircraft Corp	201	0	291
Sikorsky Aircraft	151	151	0
Bellanca	39	39	0
McDonnell	32	31	1
Fleetwings	25	25	0
Rearwin Aircraft	25	25	0
Culver	19	19	0
Universal Aircraft	19	19	0
Budd	17	0	17
Fisher Body	14	14	0
G&A Aircraft Corp.	7	7	0
Kellett Autogiro Corp.	7	7	0
Waco	6	6	0
Higgins Aircraft, Inc	2	2	0
Platt-LePage Aircraft Corp.	2	2	0
Engineering and Research Corp.	1	1	0
Hughes	1	0	1