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The United States helped turn wartime <a href=\"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/allies-vs-axis-most-produced-war-planes-of-ww2\/\">Allied warplane production decisively against the Axis powers<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/how-many-american-aircraft-produced-lost-ww2\/\">US built and (lost) countless thousands of aircraft<\/a>. 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