List of aircraft of the Canadian Air Force
Encyclopedia
This is a list of aircraft of Canada's air forces. Aircraft are listed for the following periods:
  • the period 1914–1915 when the Canadian Aviation Corps
    Canadian Aviation Corps
    Canadian Aviation Corps was an early attempt to create an air force for Canada at the beginning of the First World War. The unit was created in 1914 and was attached to the Canadian Expeditionary Force. The CAC had a maximum strength of three personnel and one aircraft which was delivered but...

     was created at the beginning of the First World War;
  • the period 1918–1920 when Canada attempted to create the Canadian Air Force in Europe during the First World War;
  • the period 1920–1924 when its air force was also known as the Canadian Air Force
    Canadian Air Force (1920–1924)
    The Canadian Air Force which was formed in 1920, was one of Canada's early attempts at forming an air force. When the Air Board was formed in 1919 to manage Canadian aviation, one of its responsibilities was air defence; the CAF was formed to meet this responsibility...

    ;
  • the period from 1924–1968 when the air force was known as the Royal Canadian Air Force
    Royal Canadian Air Force
    The history of the Royal Canadian Air Force begins in 1920, when the air force was created as the Canadian Air Force . In 1924 the CAF was renamed the Royal Canadian Air Force and granted royal sanction by King George V. The RCAF existed as an independent service until 1968...

    , and
  • the current post-1968 period under the unified Canadian Armed Forces, when its air force was designated Canadian Forces Air Command
    Canadian Forces Air Command
    The Royal Canadian Air Force , formerly Canadian Forces Air Command, is one of three environmental commands of the Canadian Forces...

    and later renamed to the original historic name Royal Canadian Air Force.


The list does not include aircraft flown by Canadian pilots serving in the Royal Flying Corps
Royal Flying Corps
The Royal Flying Corps was the over-land air arm of the British military during most of the First World War. During the early part of the war, the RFC's responsibilities were centred on support of the British Army, via artillery co-operation and photographic reconnaissance...

 or Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force
The Royal Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Formed on 1 April 1918, it is the oldest independent air force in the world...

 squadrons, only those serving in purely Canadian units.

RAF-Style Designations

  • Airco DH4 - World War I biplane
    Biplane
    A biplane is a fixed-wing aircraft with two superimposed main wings. The Wright brothers' Wright Flyer used a biplane design, as did most aircraft in the early years of aviation. While a biplane wing structure has a structural advantage, it produces more drag than a similar monoplane wing...

     bomber
    Bomber
    A bomber is a military aircraft designed to attack ground and sea targets, by dropping bombs on them, or – in recent years – by launching cruise missiles at them.-Classifications of bombers:...

  • Airco DH9a - World War I bomber
    Bomber
    A bomber is a military aircraft designed to attack ground and sea targets, by dropping bombs on them, or – in recent years – by launching cruise missiles at them.-Classifications of bombers:...

  • Airspeed Horsa
    Airspeed Horsa
    The Airspeed AS.51 Horsa was a British World War II troop-carrying glider built by Airspeed Limited and subcontractors and used for air assault by British and Allied armed forces...

     - WW2 troop carrier glider
    Glider aircraft
    Glider aircraft are heavier-than-air craft that are supported in flight by the dynamic reaction of the air against their lifting surfaces, and whose free flight does not depend on an engine. Mostly these types of aircraft are intended for routine operation without engines, though engine failure can...

  • Airspeed Oxford
    Airspeed Oxford
    The Airspeed AS.10 Oxford was a twin-engine aircraft used for training British Commonwealth aircrews in navigation, radio-operating, bombing and gunnery during the Second World War.-Design and development:...

     - Inter-War utility aircraft (navigation, bombing, radio)
  • Armstrong Whitworth Atlas
    Armstrong Whitworth Atlas
    |-See also:-External links:* *...

     - Inter-War Observation biplane
    Biplane
    A biplane is a fixed-wing aircraft with two superimposed main wings. The Wright brothers' Wright Flyer used a biplane design, as did most aircraft in the early years of aviation. While a biplane wing structure has a structural advantage, it produces more drag than a similar monoplane wing...

  • Armstrong Whitworth Siskin
    Armstrong Whitworth Siskin
    The Armstrong Whitworth Siskin was a British biplane single-seat fighter aircraft of the 1920s produced by Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft. The Siskin was one of the first new RAF fighters to enter service after the First World War; it was noted for its aerobatic qualities.-Design and development:The...

     - Inter-War single seat biplane fighter
    Fighter
    Fighter or The Fighter may refer to:*Warrior, a person skilled in combat*Soldier, someone in the army*Fighter aircraft, a warplane designed to destroy or damage enemy warplanes in air-to-air combatFilms...

  • Auster AOP6 - World War II air observation aircraft
  • Avro 504
    Avro 504
    The Avro 504 was a World War I biplane aircraft made by the Avro aircraft company and under licence by others. Production during the War totalled 8,970 and continued for almost 20 years, making it the most-produced aircraft of any kind that served in World War I, in any military capacity, during...

     - World War I biplane
    Biplane
    A biplane is a fixed-wing aircraft with two superimposed main wings. The Wright brothers' Wright Flyer used a biplane design, as did most aircraft in the early years of aviation. While a biplane wing structure has a structural advantage, it produces more drag than a similar monoplane wing...

     Trainer
  • Avro 616 Avian - Inter-War light utility aircraft
  • Avro 621 Tutor - Inter-War biplane
    Biplane
    A biplane is a fixed-wing aircraft with two superimposed main wings. The Wright brothers' Wright Flyer used a biplane design, as did most aircraft in the early years of aviation. While a biplane wing structure has a structural advantage, it produces more drag than a similar monoplane wing...

     trainer
  • Avro 626 - Inter-War/World War II biplane
    Biplane
    A biplane is a fixed-wing aircraft with two superimposed main wings. The Wright brothers' Wright Flyer used a biplane design, as did most aircraft in the early years of aviation. While a biplane wing structure has a structural advantage, it produces more drag than a similar monoplane wing...

     trainer
  • Avro Anson
    Avro Anson
    The Avro Anson is a British twin-engine, multi-role aircraft that served with the Royal Air Force, Fleet Air Arm and numerous other air forces prior to, during, and after the Second World War. Named for British Admiral George Anson, it was originally designed for maritime reconnaissance, but was...

     - multi-role utility/trainer aircraft
  • Avro Lancaster
    Avro Lancaster
    The Avro Lancaster is a British four-engined Second World War heavy bomber made initially by Avro for the Royal Air Force . It first saw active service in 1942, and together with the Handley Page Halifax it was one of the main heavy bombers of the RAF, the RCAF, and squadrons from other...

     - World War II heavy bomber
  • Avro Lincoln
    Avro Lincoln
    The Avro Type 694, better known as the Avro Lincoln, was a British four-engined heavy bomber, which first flew on 9 June 1944. Developed from the Avro Lancaster, the first Lincoln variants were known initially as the Lancaster IV and V, but were renamed Lincoln I and II...

     - World War II bomber prototype
  • Avro 552 Viper - biplane
  • Avro Wright - modified Avro 504
  • Barkley-Grow T8P-1
    Barkley-Grow T8P-1
    |-References:NotesBibliography* Gerritmas, Joop and Hazewinkel Harm. "The Barkley-Grow T8P-1." AAHS Journal 50 , 2005.* Taylor, J.H. Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions, 1989, p. 121. ISBN 0-51710-316-8....

     - Light twin similar to Beechcraft Expediter
  • Beechcraft Expeditor - Light twin utility and trainer aircraft
  • Beechcraft Mentor - Single engine flight trainer
  • Bellanca Pacemaker
    Bellanca Pacemaker
    The Pacemaker name was applied to a number of related Bellanca aircraft in the 1920s and 30s:* Bellanca CH-200 Pacemaker* Bellanca CH-300 Pacemaker* Bellanca 31-40 and 31-42 Pacemaker Senior* Bellanca 300W Pacemaker* Bellanca E Pacemaker...

  • Blackburn Shark
    Blackburn Shark
    -Bibliography:* Mason, Francis K. The British Bomber since 1914. London: Putnam Aeronautical Books, 1994. ISBN 0-85177-861-5.* Shores, Christopher, Brian Cull and Yasuho Izawa. Bloody Shambles:Volume One:The Drift to War to the Fall of Singapore. London:Grub Street, 1992. ISBN 0-948817-50-X.*...

     - Inter-War Single Engine Biplane Torpedo Bomber
  • Boeing 247D - Large Twin Engine Transport
  • Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress - World War II 4 engine monoplane bomber and maritime reconnaissance aircraft
  • Brewster Bermuda - World War II Single Engine Dive Bomber.
  • Bristol Beaufort
    Bristol Beaufort
    The Bristol Beaufort was a British twin-engined torpedo bomber designed by the Bristol Aeroplane Company, and developed from experience gained designing and building the earlier Blenheim light bomber....

     - Twin engine monoplane torpedo bomber and strike aircraft
  • Bristol Blenheim
    Bristol Blenheim
    The Bristol Blenheim was a British light bomber aircraft designed and built by the Bristol Aeroplane Company that was used extensively in the early days of the Second World War. It was adapted as an interim long-range and night fighter, pending the availability of the Beaufighter...

     - Twin engine monoplane medium/light bomber
  • Bristol Fairchild Bolingbroke
    Bristol Fairchild Bolingbroke
    The Bristol Fairchild Bolingbroke was a maritime patrol aircraft used by the Royal Canadian Air Force during the Second World War. Built by Fairchild-Canada, it was a variant of the Bristol Blenheim Mk IV bomber.-Design and development:...

     Canadian version of Blenheim bomber
  • Bristol Fighter
    Bristol Fighter
    Bristol Fighter may refer to:*Bristol F.2 Fighter aircraft*Bristol Beaufighter aircraft*Bristol Fighter , an automobile by Bristol Cars...

     World War I two-seat biplane fighter
  • Bristol Freighter
    Bristol Freighter
    The Bristol Type 170 Freighter was a British twin-engine aircraft designed and built by the Bristol Aeroplane Company as both a freighter and airliner, although its best known use is as an air ferry to carry cars and their passengers over relatively short distances.-Design and development:The...

     Post World War II Twin engine shoulder-wing monoplane with nose clamshell doors
  • Burgess-Dunne Pre-World War I tailless biplane mounted on floats
  • Canadair C-5 variant of Canadair North Star
  • Canadair North Star
    Canadair North Star
    The Canadair North Star was a 1940s Canadian development of the Douglas C-54 / DC-4 aircraft. Instead of radial piston engines found on the Douglas design, Canadair employed Rolls-Royce Merlin engines in order to achieve a 35 mph faster cruising speed. The prototype flew on 15 July 1946 and...

     C-54/DC-4 re-engined with RR Merlins and built in Canada
  • Canadair CL-13 Sabre single seat jet fighter
  • Canadair CL-30 Silver Star two seat jet trainer
  • Canadair CL-66 Cosmopolitan twin engine transport
  • Canadian Vickers Vancouver Inter-war
  • Canadian Vickers Vanessa
    Canadian Vickers Vanessa
    |-References:NotesBibliography* Molson, Ken M. and Harold A. Taylor. Canadian Aircraft Since 1909. Stittsville, Ontario: Canada's Wings, Inc., 1982. ISBN 0-920002-11-0.-External links:*...

     Inter-war
  • Canadian Vickers Varuna
    Canadian Vickers Varuna
    |-See also:...

     Inter-war
  • Canadian Vickers Vedette
    Canadian Vickers Vedette
    -References:NotesCitationsBibliography* Milberry, Larry. Aviation in Canada. Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson Ltd., 1979. ISBN 0-07-082778-8.* Molsen, Kenneth M. "The Canadian Vickers Vedette." Canadian Aeronautics and Space Journal, October 1964....

     Inter-war Biplane Amphibian/Seaplane used for Forestry and Fisheries patrols
  • Canadian Vickers Velos Inter-war
  • Canadian Vickers Vigil
    Canadian Vickers Vigil
    |-References:* *...

     Inter-war
  • Canadian Vickers Vista
    Canadian Vickers Vista
    -References:**...

     Monoplane variant of Vedette
    Canadian Vickers Vedette
    -References:NotesCitationsBibliography* Milberry, Larry. Aviation in Canada. Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson Ltd., 1979. ISBN 0-07-082778-8.* Molsen, Kenneth M. "The Canadian Vickers Vedette." Canadian Aeronautics and Space Journal, October 1964....

  • Cessna Crane World War II Light twin engine monoplane trainer
  • Consolidated Catalina/Canso World War II monoplane seaplane used for maritime patrol
  • Consolidated Courier
  • Consolidated B-24 Liberator World War II 4 engine heavy bomber used as a Maritime Patrol, closed Atlantic Gap
  • Consolidated Privateer Variant of Liberator
  • Curtiss HS2L
  • Curtiss Canuck World War I Biplane Trainer, Canadian variant of US JN-4 Jenny.
  • Curtiss Kittyhawk
  • Curtiss Seamew
  • Curtiss Tomahawk
  • Curtiss-Reid Rambler
    Curtiss-Reid Rambler
    |-References:NotesBibliography* Molson, Ken M. and Harold A. Taylor. Canadian Aircraft Since 1909. Stittsville, Ontario: Canada's Wings, Inc., 1982. ISBN 0-920002-11-0....

     Inter-War Biplane
  • de Havilland Comet
    De Havilland Comet
    The de Havilland DH 106 Comet was the world's first commercial jet airliner to reach production. Developed and manufactured by de Havilland at the Hatfield, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom headquarters, it first flew in 1949 and was a landmark in aeronautical design...

  • de Havilland Dragonfly
    De Havilland Dragonfly
    -References:*The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft . London: Orbis Publishing.*Hayes, P & King, B. de Havilland biplane transports. Coulsden: Gatwick Aviation Society ISBN 0 95304132 8...

  • de Havilland Fox Moth
    De Havilland Fox Moth
    |-References:NotesBibliography* Hotson, Fred W. The de Havilland Canada Story. Toronto: CANAV Books, 1983. ISBN 0-07-549483-3.* Jackson, A. J. British Civil Aircraft 1919-1972: Volume II. London: Putnam , 1988. ISBN 0-85177-813-5....

  • de Havilland Hawk Moth
  • de Havilland Hornet Moth
  • de Havilland Mosquito
    De Havilland Mosquito
    The de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito was a British multi-role combat aircraft that served during the Second World War and the postwar era. It was known affectionately as the "Mossie" to its crews and was also nicknamed "The Wooden Wonder"...

     World War II Twin Engined Medium/Heavy Bomber noted for lack of defensive armament
  • de Havilland Moth
    De Havilland Moth
    The de Havilland Moths were a series of light aircraft, sports planes and military trainers designed by Geoffrey de Havilland. In the late 1920s and 1930s they were the most common civil aircraft flying in Britain and during that time every light aircraft flying in the UK was commonly referred to...

  • de Havilland Puss Moth
    De Havilland Puss Moth
    |-See also:-References:* Jackson, A.J. British Civil Aircraft since 1919 . London, Putnam, 1974. ISBN 0-370-10010-7-External links:*...

  • de Havilland Sea Hornet
  • de Havilland Tiger Moth
    De Havilland Tiger Moth
    The de Havilland DH 82 Tiger Moth is a 1930s biplane designed by Geoffrey de Havilland and was operated by the Royal Air Force and others as a primary trainer. The Tiger Moth remained in service with the RAF until replaced by the de Havilland Chipmunk in 1952, when many of the surplus aircraft...

  • de Havilland Vampire
    De Havilland Vampire
    The de Havilland DH.100 Vampire was a British jet-engine fighter commissioned by the Royal Air Force during the Second World War. Following the Gloster Meteor, it was the second jet fighter to enter service with the RAF. Although it arrived too late to see combat during the war, the Vampire served...

     Early Jet Fighter distinguished by its pod and boom layout
  • de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk
    De Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk
    The de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk is a tandem, two-seat, single-engined primary trainer aircraft which was the standard primary trainer for the Royal Canadian Air Force, Royal Air Force and several other air forces through much of the post-Second World War years...

     Post World War II Two Seat Monoplane Primary Trainer
  • Douglas Boston
  • Douglas Dakota
  • Douglas Digby
  • Douglas O-2BS
  • Fairchild 51 Inter-War High Wing Single Engine Monoplane most commonly used as a Bush Plane
  • Fairchild 71
    Fairchild 71
    -Bibliography:* Donald, David, ed. The Encyclopedia of World Aircraft. Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada: Prospero Books, 1997. ISBN 1-85605-375-X.* Milberry, Larry. Aviation In Canada. Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson Ltd., 1979. ISBN 0-07-082778-8....

     Inter-War High Wing Single Engine Monoplane most commonly used as a Bush Plane
  • Fairchild Argus Inter-War High Wing Single Engine Monoplane
  • Fairchild Cornell Primary Trainer
  • Fairchild FC-2L Razorback
  • Fairchild KR-34
    Fairchild KR-34
    -References:* The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft , 1985, Orbis Publishing, Page 1674...

     Inter-War Light Utility Biplane
  • Fairchild Super 71
    Fairchild Super 71
    -Bibliography:* Bourgeois-Doyle, Richard I. Her Daughter the Engineer: The Life of Elsie Gregory MacGill. Ottawa: NRC Research Press, 2008. ISBN 978-0-660-19813-2....

  • Fairey Albacore
    Fairey Albacore
    The Fairey Albacore was a British single-engine carrier-borne biplane torpedo bomber built by Fairey Aviation between 1939 and 1943 for the Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm and used during the Second World War. It had a three-man crew and was designed for spotting and reconnaissance as well as delivering...

     World War II Torpedo Bomber to have replaced Fairy Swordfish
  • Fairey Battle
    Fairey Battle
    The Fairey Battle was a British single-engine light bomber built by the Fairey Aviation Company in the late 1930s for the Royal Air Force. The Battle was powered by the same Rolls-Royce Merlin piston engine that gave contemporary British fighters high performance; however, the Battle was weighed...

     Unsuccessful World War II Bomber used as a Trainer in Canada
  • Fairey IIIC Inter-War Biplane Floatplane
  • Fairey Swordfish
    Fairey Swordfish
    The Fairey Swordfish was a torpedo bomber built by the Fairey Aviation Company and used by the Fleet Air Arm of the Royal Navy during the Second World War...

     World War II Torpedo Bomber Biplane famous for finding the Bismark
    Bismark
    Bismark is a town in the Stendal district, in the historic Altmark region of northern Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is situated approx. west of Stendal....

  • Fleet Fawn
    Fleet Fawn
    In the 1930s, Fleet Aircraft manufactured a series of single-engined, two-seat training aircraft, based on US designs. The Fleet Model 7B and Model 7C, known respectively as Fawn I and Fawn II were purchased by the RCAF as primary trainers...

     World War II Biplane Primary Trainer
  • Fleet Finch
    Fleet Finch
    -See also:* List of British Commonwealth Air Training Plan facilities in Canada -Bibliography:* Molson, Ken M. and Taylor, Harold A. Canadian Aircraft Since 1909. Stittsville, Ontario: Canada's Wings, Inc., 1982. ISBN 0-920002-11-0.* Page, Ron D. and Cumming, William. Fleet: The Flying Years. Erin,...

     World War II Biplane Primary Trainer
  • Fleet Fort
    Fleet Fort
    -References:NotesBibliography* Holmes, Tony. Jane's Vintage Aircraft Recognition Guide. London: Harper Collins, 2005. ISBN 0-0071-9292-4.* Molson, Ken M. and Taylor, Harold A. Canadian Aircraft Since 1909. Stittsville, Ontario: Canada's Wings, Inc., 1982. ISBN 0-920002-11-0.* Page, Ron D. and...

     World War II Monoplane Intermediate Trainer used for Radio Training
  • Fleet Freighter Twin Engine Biplane Bush Plane
  • Fokker Super Universal
    Fokker Super Universal
    |-References:NotesBibliography* Dierikx, Marc. Fokker: A Transatlantic Biography. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1997. ISBN 1-56098-735-9....

  • Ford Trimotor
    Ford Trimotor
    The Ford Trimotor was an American three-engined transport plane that was first produced in 1925 by the companies of Henry Ford and that continued to be produced until June 7, 1933. Throughout its time in production, a total of 199 Ford Trimotors were produced...

  • General Aircraft Hotspur
  • Gloster Meteor
    Gloster Meteor
    The Gloster Meteor was the first British jet fighter and the Allies' first operational jet. It first flew in 1943 and commenced operations on 27 July 1944 with 616 Squadron of the Royal Air Force...

  • Grumman Goblin
  • Grumman G-21 Goose
  • Handley Page Hampden
    Handley Page Hampden
    The Handley Page HP.52 Hampden was a British twin-engine medium bomber of the Royal Air Force serving in the Second World War. With the Whitley and Wellington, the Hampden bore the brunt of the early bombing war over Europe, taking part in the first night raid on Berlin and the first 1,000-plane...

  • Handley Page Harrow
    Handley Page H.P.54 Harrow
    |-See also:-Bibliography:* Barnes, C.H. Handley Page Aircraft since 1907. London: Putnam Publishing, 1987. ISBN 0-85177-803-8.* Clayton, Donald C. Handley Page, an Aircraft Album. Shepperton, Surrey, UK: Ian Allan Ltd., 1969. ISBN 0-7110-0094-8....

  • Handley Page Halifax
    Handley Page Halifax
    The Handley Page Halifax was one of the British front-line, four-engined heavy bombers of the Royal Air Force during the Second World War. A contemporary of the famous Avro Lancaster, the Halifax remained in service until the end of the war, performing a variety of duties in addition to bombing...

  • Hawker Audax
  • Hawker Hart
    Hawker Hart
    The Hawker Hart was a British two-seater biplane light bomber of the Royal Air Force , which had a prominent role during the RAF's inter-war period. The Hart was designed during the 1920s by Sydney Camm and built by Hawker Aircraft...

  • Hawker Hind
    Hawker Hind
    -See also:-Bibliography:* Crawford, Alex. Hawker Hart Family. Redbourn, Hertfordshire, UK: Mushroom Model Publications Ltd., 2008. ISBN 83-89450-62-3....

  • Hawker Hurricane
    Hawker Hurricane
    The Hawker Hurricane is a British single-seat fighter aircraft that was designed and predominantly built by Hawker Aircraft Ltd for the Royal Air Force...

  • Hawker Tempest
    Hawker Tempest
    The Hawker Tempest was a British fighter aircraft primarily used by the Royal Air Force in the Second World War. The Tempest was an improved derivative of the Hawker Typhoon, and one of the most powerful fighter aircraft used during the war....

  • Hawker Tomtit
    Hawker Tomtit
    -Bibliography:*Jackson, J.J. British Civil Aircraft 1919-72: Volume II. London: Putnam and Company, 1973. ISBN 0-85177-813-5* Mason, Francis K. Hawker Aircraft since 1920. London: Putnam & Company, 3rd revised edition 1991. ISBN 0-85177-839-9....

  • Hawker Typhoon
    Hawker Typhoon
    The Hawker Typhoon was a British single-seat fighter-bomber, produced by Hawker Aircraft. While the Typhoon was designed to be a medium-high altitude interceptor, and a direct replacement for the Hawker Hurricane, several design problems were encountered, and the Typhoon never completely satisfied...

  • Keystone Puffer
  • Lockheed 212
  • Lockheed Model 10 Electra
    Lockheed Model 10 Electra
    The Lockheed Model 10 Electra was a twin-engine, all-metal monoplane airliner developed by the Lockheed Aircraft Corporation in the 1930s to compete with the Boeing 247 and Douglas DC-2...

  • Lockheed Hudson
    Lockheed Hudson
    The Lockheed Hudson was an American-built light bomber and coastal reconnaissance aircraft built initially for the Royal Air Force shortly before the outbreak of the Second World War and primarily operated by the RAF thereafter...

  • Lockheed Lodestar
    Lockheed Lodestar
    The Lockheed Model 18 Lodestar was a passenger transport aircraft of the World War II era.-Design and development:The prototype of the Lockheed Model 18, which first flew in 1939, was constructed from one of a batch of Lockheed Model 14 Super Electras which had been returned to the manufacturer by...

  • Lockheed Ventura
    Lockheed Ventura
    The Lockheed Ventura was a bomber and patrol aircraft of World War II, used by United States and British Commonwealth forces in several guises...

  • McDonnell-Douglas CF-101 Voodoo
  • Martin Baltimore
    Martin Baltimore
    The Martin 187 Baltimore was a two-engined light attack bomber built by the Glenn L. Martin Company in the United States, originally ordered by the French in May 1940 as a follow-up to the earlier Martin Maryland, then in service in France. With the fall of France, the production series was...

  • Martinsyde F6
  • Noorduyn Norseman
    Noorduyn Norseman
    The Noorduyn Norseman is a Canadian single-engine bush plane designed to operate from unimproved surfaces. Norseman aircraft are known to have been registered and/or operated in 68 countries throughout the world and also have been based and flown in the Arctic and Antarctic regions.-Design and...

  • North American B-25 Mitchell
    B-25 Mitchell
    The North American B-25 Mitchell was an American twin-engined medium bomber manufactured by North American Aviation. It was used by many Allied air forces, in every theater of World War II, as well as many other air forces after the war ended, and saw service across four decades.The B-25 was named...

  • North American NA-26
  • North American NA-44
  • North American P-51 Mustang
  • North American Harvard
  • North American Yale
  • Northrop Delta
    Northrop Delta
    The Northrop Delta was an American single-engined passenger transport aircraft of the 1930s. Closely related to Northrop's Gamma mail plane, 13 were produced by the Northrop Corporation, followed by 19 aircraft built under license by Canadian Vickers Limited....

  • Northrop Nomad
  • Percival Prentice
    Percival Prentice
    |-See also:-References:NotesBibliography* Ellison, Norman H. Percivals Aircraft . Chalford, Stroud, UK: Chalford Publishing Company, 1997. ISBN 0-7524-0774-0....

  • Piasecki H-21A and 44A
  • Pitcairn Mailwing
  • Schweizer 2-33
  • Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5
    Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5
    The Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5 was a British biplane fighter aircraft of the First World War. Although the first examples reached the Western Front before the Sopwith Camel and it had a much better overall performance, problems with its Hispano-Suiza engine, particularly the geared-output H-S...

    a
  • Sikorsky H-5
    Sikorsky H-5
    The Sikorsky H-5, is a helicopter built by Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, formerly used by the United States Air Force, and its predecessor, the United States Army Air Forces, as well as the United States Navy and United States Coast Guard The Sikorsky H-5, (aka R-5, S-51, HO3S-1, or Horse) (R-5...

  • Sopwith Camel
    Sopwith Camel
    The Sopwith Camel was a British First World War single-seat biplane fighter introduced on the Western Front in 1917. Manufactured by Sopwith Aviation Company, it had a short-coupled fuselage, heavy, powerful rotary engine, and concentrated fire from twin synchronized machine guns. Though difficult...

  • Sopwith Dolphin
  • Sopwith Snipe
    Sopwith Snipe
    The Sopwith 7F.1 Snipe was a British single-seat biplane fighter of the Royal Air Force . It was designed and built by the Sopwith Aviation Company during the First World War, and came into squadron service a few weeks before the end of that conflict, in late 1918.The Snipe was not a fast aircraft...

  • Stearman Kaydet
  • Stinson Voyager
  • Supermarine Spitfire
    Supermarine Spitfire
    The Supermarine Spitfire is a British single-seat fighter aircraft that was used by the Royal Air Force and many other Allied countries throughout the Second World War. The Spitfire continued to be used as a front line fighter and in secondary roles into the 1950s...

  • Supermarine Stranraer
    Supermarine Stranraer
    |-Surviving aircraft:A single intact Stranraer, 920/CF-BXO, survives in the collection of the Royal Air Force Museum London. This aircraft was built in 1940, one of 40 built by Canadian Vickers. In service with the Royal Canadian Air Force, it flew with several squadrons, on anti-submarine patrols,...

  • Supermarine Walrus
    Supermarine Walrus
    The Supermarine Walrus was a British single-engine amphibious biplane reconnaissance aircraft designed by R. J. Mitchell and operated by the Fleet Air Arm . It also served with the Royal Air Force , Royal Australian Air Force , Royal Canadian Air Force , Royal New Zealand Navy and Royal New...

  • Taylorcraft Auster
    Taylorcraft Auster
    The Taylorcraft Auster was a British military liaison and observation aircraft produced by the Taylorcraft Aeroplanes Limited company during the Second World War.-Design and development:...

     Mk. IV and V - World War II observation and liaison (Squadron Hack) aircraft, manufactured in England
  • Vickers Viking
    Vickers Viking
    -References:NotesBibliography* Andrews, C.F. and E.B. Morgan. Vickers Aircraft since 1908. London: Putnam, 1988. ISBN 0-85177-815-1.* London, Peter. British Flying Boats. Stroud, UK: Sutton Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0-7509-2695-3....

  • Vickers Wellington
    Vickers Wellington
    The Vickers Wellington was a British twin-engine, long range medium bomber designed in the mid-1930s at Brooklands in Weybridge, Surrey, by Vickers-Armstrongs' Chief Designer, R. K. Pierson. It was widely used as a night bomber in the early years of the Second World War, before being displaced as a...

  • Waco AQC-6
  • Waco CG-15
  • Waco Hadrian
  • Waco PG-2A
  • Westland Lysander
    Westland Lysander
    The Westland Lysander was a British army co-operation and liaison aircraft produced by Westland Aircraft used immediately before and during the Second World War...

  • Westland Wapiti
    Westland Wapiti
    The Westland Wapiti was a British two-seat general purpose military single-engined biplane of the 1920s. It was designed and built by Westland Aircraft Works to replace the Airco DH.9A in Royal Air Force service....


Modern-Style Designations

  • CIM-10 Bomarc missile
  • CL-13 Sabre fighter
  • CF-100 Canuck
  • CF-101 Voodoo
    CF-101 Voodoo
    The CF-101 Voodoo was an all-weather interceptor aircraft operated by the Royal Canadian Air Force and Canadian Forces between 1961 and 1984. They were manufactured by the McDonnell Aircraft Corporation of St. Louis, Missouri for the United States Air Force , and later sold to Canada...

  • CF-104 Starfighter
    Canadair CF-104
    The Canadair CF-104 Starfighter was a modified version of the Lockheed F-104 Starfighter supersonic fighter aircraft built in Canada by Canadair under licence...

  • CF-105 Arrow
    CF-105 Arrow
    The Avro Canada CF-105 Arrow was a delta-winged interceptor aircraft, designed and built by Avro Aircraft Limited in Malton, Ontario, Canada, as the culmination of a design study that began in 1953...

  • CC-106 Yukon
  • CP-107 Argus
  • CC-108 Caribou
    De Havilland Canada DHC-4 Caribou
    The de Havilland Canada DHC-4 Caribou is a Canadian-designed and produced specialized cargo aircraft with short takeoff and landing capability...

  • CC-109 Cosmopolitan
    Canadair CL-66
    -See also:-References:NotesBibliography* Molson, Ken M. and Harold A. Taylor. Canadian Aircraft Since 1909. Stittsville, Ontario: Canada's Wings, Inc., 1982. ISBN 0-920002-11-0....

  • CSR-110 Albatross
  • CT-111 Firefly
    Slingsby T-67 Firefly
    The Slingsby T67 Firefly, originally produced as the Fournier RF-6, is a two-seat aerobatic training aircraft, built by Slingsby Aviation in Kirkbymoorside, Yorkshire, England...

  • CH-112 Nomad
  • CH-113 Labrador
    CH-113 Labrador
    |-See also:-External links:* * * *...

     utility helicopter
  • CT-114 Tutor jet trainer
  • CC-115 Buffalo
  • CF-116 Freedom Fighter
    CF-116 Freedom Fighter
    The Canadair CF-5 was the Canadair licensed-built version of the American Northrop F-5 Freedom Fighter aircraft primarily for the Canadian Forces. The CF-5 was upgraded periodically throughout its service career in Canada...

  • CC-117 Falcon
  • CH-118 Iroquois
  • CC-119 Flying Boxcar
  • CO-119 Bird Dog
    Cessna L-19 Bird Dog
    The Cessna L-19/O-1 Bird Dog was a liaison and observation aircraft. It was the first all-metal fixed-wing aircraft ordered for and by the United States Army since the U.S. Army Air Forces separated from the Army in 1947, becoming its own branch of service, the U.S. Air Force. The Bird Dog had a...

  • CO-119 L-82
    Cessna 182
    The Cessna 182 Skylane is an American four-seat, single-engine, light airplane, built by Cessna of Wichita, Kansas. It has the option of adding two child seats, installed in the baggage area....

  • CT-120 Chipmunk
  • CP-121 Tracker
    S-2 Tracker
    The Grumman S-2 Tracker was the first purpose-built, single airframe anti-submarine warfare aircraft to enter service with the US Navy. The Tracker was of conventional design with twin engines, a high wing and tricycle undercarriage. The type was exported to a number of navies around the world...

     maritime patrol aircraft
  • CP-122 Neptune
  • CSR-123 Otter
    De Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter
    The de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter is a single-engined, high-wing, propeller-driven, STOL aircraft developed by de Havilland Canada. It was conceived to be capable of performing the same roles as the earlier and highly successful Beaver, but was overall a larger aircraft.-Design and...

  • CH-124 Sea King
    CH-124 Sea King
    The Sikorsky CH-124 Sea King is a twin-engined anti-submarine warfare helicopter designed for shipboard use. The Canadian variant is based on the US Navy's SH-3 and has been continuously in service with the Royal Canadian Navy and Canadian Forces since 1963.-Design and development:The advent of...

     ASW/SAR helicopter
  • CH-125 Workhorse/Shawnee
  • CH-126 Choctaw
  • CH-127 - Vertol Model 44
  • CT-128 Expeditor
  • CC-129 Dakota
    C-47 Skytrain
    The Douglas C-47 Skytrain or Dakota is a military transport aircraft that was developed from the Douglas DC-3 airliner. It was used extensively by the Allies during World War II and remained in front line operations through the 1950s with a few remaining in operation to this day.-Design and...

  • CC-130 Hercules
    C-130 Hercules
    The Lockheed C-130 Hercules is a four-engine turboprop military transport aircraft designed and built originally by Lockheed, now Lockheed Martin. Capable of using unprepared runways for takeoffs and landings, the C-130 was originally designed as a troop, medical evacuation, and cargo transport...

  • CX-131 Dynavert
    Canadair CL-84
    The Canadair CL-84 "Dynavert", designated by the Canadian Forces as the CX-131, was a V/STOL turbine tilt-wing monoplane designed and manufactured by Canadair between 1964 and 1972. Only four of these experimental aircraft were built with three entering flight testing...

  • CC-132 Dash 7
  • CT-133 Silver Star
    Canadair T-33
    |-See also:-References:NotesBibliography* "Canada's Fab Four". Air Forces Monthly. Stamford, Lincolnshire, UK: Key Publishing Limited, August, 2003. ISSN 0955-7091....

  • CT-134 Musketeer
    CT-134 Musketeer
    |-See also:-External links:*...

  • CH-135 Twin Huey utility helicopter
  • CH-136 Kiowa utility helicopter
  • CC-137 Husky
    CC-137 Husky
    |-See also:-Bibliography:* Bowers, Peter M. Boeing Aircraft since 1916. London: Putnam, 1989. ISBN 0-85177-804-6.* Stachiw, Anthony L. Boeing CC137 . St. Catharine's, Ontario, Canada: Vanwell Publishing Ltd., 2004. ISBN 1-55125-079-9....

  • CC-138 Twin Otter
  • CH-139 Jet Ranger
  • CP-140 Aurora
    CP-140 Aurora
    The Lockheed CP-140 Aurora is a maritime patrol aircraft operated by the Royal Canadian Air Force. The aircraft is based on the Lockheed P-3 Orion airframe, but mounts the electronics suite of the S-3 Viking...

     reconnaissance/maritime patrol aircraft
  • CT-142 Dash 8
  • CH-143 BK-117
  • CC-144 Challenger
  • CT-145 Super King Air
    Beechcraft Super King Air
    The Beechcraft Super King Air family is part of a line of twin-turboprop aircraft produced by the Beech Aircraft Corporation . The King Air line comprises a number of model series that fall into two families: the Model 90 series, Model 100 series , Model 200 series and Model 300 series...

  • CH-146 Griffon
    CH-146 Griffon
    The Bell CH-146 Griffon is the Canadian military variant of the Bell 412EP, a multi-use utility helicopter. The CH-146 is used in a wide variety of roles, including aerial firepower, reconnaissance, search and rescue and aero-mobility tasks....

  • CH-47D Chinook
    CH-47 Chinook
    The Boeing CH-47 Chinook is an American twin-engine, tandem rotor heavy-lift helicopter. Its top speed of 170 knots is faster than contemporary utility and attack helicopters of the 1960s...

  • CH-148 Cyclone
  • CH-149 Cormorant
    CH-149 Cormorant
    The AgustaWestland CH-149 Cormorant is the Canadian Forces designation for the AgustaWestland AW101 , a helicopter used for air-sea rescue in Canada...

  • CC-150 Polaris
    CC-150 Polaris
    -External links:* *...

  • CT-155 Hawk
  • CT-156 Harvard II
  • CC-177 Globemaster III
    C-17 Globemaster III
    The Boeing C-17 Globemaster III is a large military transport aircraft. Developed for the United States Air Force from the 1980s to the early 1990s by McDonnell Douglas, the C-17 is used for rapid strategic airlift of troops and cargo to main operating bases or forward operating bases throughout...

  • CF-188 Hornet
    CF-18 Hornet
    The McDonnell Douglas CF-18 Hornet is a Royal Canadian Air Force fighter aircraft, based on the American McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet fighter. In 1980, the F/A-18 was selected as the winner of the New Fighter Aircraft competition, and a production order was awarded...

     modern Multirole fighter aircraft
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