US Aircraft Designation List

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This page provides a list of US aircraft designations of some important categories.

Used abbreviations:

USN US Navy
USMC US Marine Corps
USAF/USAAF US Air Force / US Army Air Force
USAAS/USAAC US Army Air Service / US Army Air Corps

Pursuit fighters of the USAAS, USAAC, USAAF and Fighters of the USAF till 1962

Code

Type

Comments

Pic

Model(s)

P-1

Curtiss P-1 Hawk

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Curtiss P-1A Hawk, Curtiss P-1B Hawk

P-2

Curtiss P-2 Hawk

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Variant of the Curtiss P-1

Curtiss P-2 Hawk

P-3

Curtiss P-3 Hawk

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Variant of the Curtiss P-1

XP-4

Boeing XP-4

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Also the Hawk series included an XP-4

P-5

Curtiss P-5 Superhawk

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Variant of the Curtiss P-1

P-6

Curtiss P-6 Hawk

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P6E Hawk, P6E Hawk

XP-7

Boeing XP-7

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XP-8

Boeing XP-8

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XP-9

Boeing XP-9

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XP-10

Curtiss XP-10

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P-11

Curtiss P-11

P-12

Boeing P-12

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see also the Navy version F4B

Boeing P-12 E

XP-13

Thomas-Morse XP-13 Viper

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XP-14

Thomas-Morse XP-14

XP-15

Boeing XP-15

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P-16

Berliner-Joyce P-16

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XP-17

Curtiss XP-17 Hawk

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Variant of the Curtiss P-1

XP-18

Curtiss XP-18

XP-19

Curtiss XP-19

YP-20

Curtiss YP-20

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XP-21

Curtiss XP-21 Hawk

Variant of the Curtiss P-1

XP-22

Curtiss XP-22

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XP-23

Curtiss XP-23

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YP-24

Detroit-Lockheed YP-24

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Y1P-25

Consolidated Y1P-25

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Variant of the Consolidated P-30

P-26

Boeing P-26

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P26 Peashooter, P26 Peashooter, P26 Peashooter, P26 Peashooter, P26 Peashooter, P26 Peashooter

YP-27

Consolidated YP-27

Variant of the Consolidated P-30

Y1P-28

Consolidated Y1P-28

Variant of the Consolidated P-30

P-29

Boeing P-29

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P-30

Consolidated P-30

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XP-31

Curtiss XP-31

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XP31 Swift

XP-32

Boeing XP-32

XP-33

Consolidated XP-33

Variant of the Consolidated P-30

XP-34

Wedell-Williams XP-34

P-35

Seversky P-35

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P35A, P35

P-36

Curtiss P-36 Hawk

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Curtiss Hawk 75

Curtiss Hawk 75, Curtiss Hawk 75, Curtiss Hawk 75 M/N/O, Curtiss Hawk 75 P36A, Curtiss Hawk 75A, Curtiss Hawk 75 Free French

YP-37

Curtiss YP-37

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Variant of the Curtiss P-36

XP37

P-38

Lockheed P-38 Lightning

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P38, Lightning P-322 I, P38J Droop Snoot, P-38 M/J Lightning

P-39

Bell P-39 Airacobra

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Base type P39 P-39 Cobra II Racer, P-39Q Airacobra

P-40

Curtiss P-40

Warhawk, Tomahawk, Kittyhawk

Base type P40 P40B Tomahawk Flying Tiger, P40B Tomahawk, P40 Kittyhawk, P40 Tomahawk Soviet Navy, P40 Warhawk Skull, P40E Warhawk Aleutian Tigers, P40E Warhawk Aleutian Tigers, P40E Kittyhawk, P40EA Klimov, P40E Warhawk, P40M Warhawk, P40N Warhawk Roosters, P40N Warhawk

XP-41

Seversky XP-41

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XP-42

Curtiss XP-42

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Variant of the Curtiss P-36

XP42

P-43

Republic P-43 Lancer

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P43 Lancer

P-44

Republic P-44 Rocket

Proposed development of P-43; not built

P-45

Bell P-45

Renamed Bell P-39C

XP-46

Curtiss XP-46

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Variant of the Curtiss P-40

P-47

Republic P-47 / F-47 Thunderbolt

Base type P47 P47, P47D, P47D, P47D, P47D, P47D-30, P47D-30, P47M

XP-48

Douglas XP-48

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XP-49

Lockheed XP-49

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Variant of the P-38

XP-50

Grumman XF5F Skyrocket

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Variant of the Grumman XF5F

XF5F-1 Skyrocket

P-51

North American P-51 / F-51 Mustang

Base type P51

XP-52

Bell XP-52

XP-53

Curtiss XP-53

Variant of the Curtiss P-46

XP-54

Vultee XP-54 Swoose Goose

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XP54 Swoose Goose

XP-55

Curtiss-Wright XP-55

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XP-56

Northrop XP-56 Black Bullet

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XP56 Black Bullet II

XP-57

Tucker XP-57

XP-58

Lockheed XP-58 Chain Lightning

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P-59

Bell P-59

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YP59 Airacomet

YP-60

Curtiss X/YP-60

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Modelle 90 und 95, modifizierte Entwürfe der P-40D, nur Prototypen

P-61

Northrop P-61 Black Widow

P61B Black Widow

XP-62

Curtiss XP-62

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P-63

Bell P-63 Kingcobra

P63 Kingcobra

P-64

North American P-64 Torito

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Refer to The NA-16 and her variants

XP-65

Grumman XP-65

Variant of the XP-50, none built

P-66

Vultee P-66 Vanguard

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Vultee Vanguard V48, P66 Vanguard

XP-67

McDonnell XP-67 Moonbat

XP67 Moonbat

XP-68

Vultee XP-68

XP-69

Republic XP-69

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P-70

Douglas P-70

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Variant of the Douglas A-20

P70

XP-71

Curtiss XP-71

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XP-72

Republic XP-72

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Variante der P-47 mit R-4360 Motor. Inoffizieller Name Ultra Bolt. Die finale Version sollte die Flächen der P-47N haben. ⁽⁴⁵⁶⁾

XP-73

Hughes XP-73

P-75

Fisher P-75 Eagle

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P75A Eagle, XP-75 Eagle

XP-76

Bell XP-76

Temporary name of the P-39E before named P-63

XP-77

Bell XP-77

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XP77

XP-78

North American XP-78

XP-79

Northrop XP-79

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XP79

P-80

Lockheed P-80 / F-80

Base type P80

XP-81

Convair XP-81

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XP-81

P-82

North American P-82 / F-82 Twin Mustang

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F82 Twin Mustang

XP-83

Bell XP-83

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XP-84

Republic F-84

Base type F84 F84F Thunderstreak, F84G Thunderbirds

XF-85

McDonnell XF-85 Goblin

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XF85 Goblin

F-86

North American F-86 Sabre

Die F-86 wurde auf Basis der FJ Fury mit vereinfachten Anforderungen ab Frühjahr 1945 entwickelt. Den Durchbruch besserer Leistung alls Fury/P-80/P-84 erreichte der Entwurf aber erst durch Verwendung des Flügelprofils der Me 262 HG II.

Base type F86 F86 Sabre Richthofen

XF-87

Curtiss XP-87 / XF-87 Blackhawk

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XP-87 Blackhawk

XF-88

McDonnell XF-88

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F-89

Northrop F-89

F89 D, F89J

XF-90

Lockheed XF-90

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XF90

XF-91

Republic XF-91

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XF-92

Convair XF-92

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XF92 Dart

YF-93

North American F-93

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Variant of the North American F-86

F-94

Lockheed F-94 Starfire

F-94C-1-LO Starfire, F94 B Starfire

YF-95

North American YF-95

Variant of the North American F-86

YF-96

Republic YF-96

Original designation of the F-84F

F-97

Lockheed F-97

Variant of the Lockheed F-94

XF-98

AIM-26 Falcon

Variant of the AIM-26 Falcon

XF-99

Bomarc

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Variant of the Bomarc

F-100

North American F-100 Super Sabre

F100 D Super Sabre, F-100 C Super Sabre, F-100 C Super Sabre (Boxscale)

F-101

McDonnell F-101 Voodoo

F101 Voodoo

F-102

Convair F-102 Delta Dagger

F102 A Delta Dagger

XF-103

Republic XF-103

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F-104

Lockheed F-104 Starfighter

F104S, CF104, N104RB, F104 diverse, F104G, F104G

F-105

Republic F-105 Thunderchief, Wild Weasel

F105G Wild Weasel, F105 Thunderbirds

F-106

Convair F-106 Delta Dart

F106 Delta Dart

F-107

North American F-107

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F107

XF-108

North American XF-108

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XF-109

Bell XF-109

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Die Bezeichnung F-109 wurde nie offiziell vergeben. Zeitweise wurden die Ryan X-13, McDonnel F-101 und zuletzt die Bell D188A als XF-109 bezeichnet.⁽⁵⁰³⁾

F-110

McDonnell F-110 Phantom

First designation of the McDonnell F-4

F-111

General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark