<P> World War II was the first war in which jet aircraft participated in combat with examples being used on both sides of the conflict during the latter stages of the war . The first successful jet aircraft , the Heinkel He 178 , flew only five days before the start of the war , on 1 September 1939 . By the end of the conflict on 2 September 1945 Germany , the United Kingdom , and the United States had all used turbojet - powered fighter aircraft operationally while Japan had produced , but not used , motorjet - powered kamikaze aircraft , and had tested and ordered into production conventional jets . Italy and the Soviet Union had both tested motorjet aircraft which had turbines powered by piston engines and the latter had also equipped several types of conventional piston - powered fighter aircraft with auxiliary ramjet engines for testing purposes . Germany was the only country to use jet - powered bombers operationally during the war . </P>
<P> World War II was the first war in which jet aircraft participated in combat with examples being used on both sides of the conflict during the latter stages of the war . The first successful jet aircraft , the Heinkel He 178 , flew only five days before the start of the war , on 1 September 1939 . By the end of the conflict on 2 September 1945 Germany , the United Kingdom , and the United States had all used turbojet - powered fighter aircraft operationally while Japan had produced , but not used , motorjet - powered kamikaze aircraft , and had tested and ordered into production conventional jets . Italy and the Soviet Union had both tested motorjet aircraft which had turbines powered by piston engines and the latter had also equipped several types of conventional piston - powered fighter aircraft with auxiliary ramjet engines for testing purposes . Germany was the only country to use jet - powered bombers operationally during the war . </P>
when was the first jet plane used in war
when was the first jet plane used in war
World War II
World War II