1942 in aviation

This is a list of aviation-related events from 1942:

Table of contents

1 Events 2 First flights 3 Entered service

Events

• Messerschmitt Me 262: first jet fighter, test-piloted by Fritz Wendel. Mass production starts later.

• January
  • 7 - Supermarine Seafire
• February
  • 27 - Blackburn Firebrand
• April
  • 24 - Miles Martinet prototype LR 241
• July
  • 5 - Avro York
  • 10 - A-26 Invader
• September
  • 2 - Hawker Tempest
  • 12 - Miles Messenger

• January
  • De Havilland Mosquito Mk II night-fighter with No. 157 Squadron RAF
  • Grumman TBF Avenger with Squadron VT-8 USN