Fighter Planes with lowest Production Rate

[kaki3152]

Just an off-beat topic, but I immediately thought of the Regianne Re-2005 production which only amounted to 48 airframes. Also, the Westland Whirlwind only had 112 or so examples.

[Franek Grabowski]

Hawker Tornado.

[Doug Stankey]

How about the Fw 187? with only 3 pre-production examples plus a few prototypes. Its amazing that there is actually a hard cover book on this type!

[Franek Grabowski]

I do not think that anything can beat Tornado record!

[Kutscha]

The Hawker Tornado never got past prototype stage.

The Ta152H with some 67 a/c including prototypes.

[Graham Boak]

The lowest rate is obviously zero, but as there was more than one Hawker Tornado it surely is possible to find a fighter with only a single prototype - there is a French fighter that springs to mind - one built, one kill, so beat that! The SNCAO 200.

However, I think the question was really aimed at aircraft that did go into production. The problem is made more murky by the German habit of a specifically pre-production batch: these should really be included. I suggest, without looking the numbers up, that the He 112 had a low total production run, and the He 100 even lower. You could look at the Welkin, which were fewer than the Whirlwind.

[Franek Grabowski]

There was one production Tornado built, actually. Sorry, I do not remember the serial.

[Graham Boak]

R7936.