Statistics

Aircraft and Engine Production of Major Powers

 

Airframes Engines
Britain 55,093 41,034
France 67,982 85,317
Italy 20,000 38,000
Russia 4,700 n.a.
United States 15,000 41,000
Total Entente 162,775 205,351
     
Austria-Hungary 5,431 n.a.
Germany 47,637 40,449
Total Central Powers 53,068 40,449

 

Notes:

(1) United States only 21 months.

(2) The Aerodrome gives aircraft as France (67,987), Britain (58,144), and Germany (48,537).

Sources: Salamander Books, The Encyclopedia of Air Warfare, RAF Centre for Air Power Studies, The Aerodrome.

Last modified: 10 December 2022