List of aircraft of the Royal Flying Corps
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Operational aeroplanes

  • Airco DH.1 and DH.1A
    Airco DH.1
    |-See also:-References:NotesCitationsBibliography* Grey, C. G. Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1919 . New York: Arco Publishing Company, 1969. ISBN 0-0001-890-1....

  • Airco DH.2
    Airco DH.2
    |-DH.2 aces:Distinguished pilots of the DH.2 included Victoria Cross winner Lanoe Hawker , who was the first commander of No 24 Squadron and ace Alan Wilkinson. The commander of No. 32 Squadron, Lionel Rees won the Victoria Cross flying the D.H.2 for single handedly attacking a formation of 10...

  • Airco DH.4
  • Airco DH.5
    Airco DH.5
    -Bibliography:* Bruce, J.M. Warplanes of the First World War, Vol. 1. London: MacDonald, 1965, pp. 128–132.* Jackson, A.J. De Havilland Aircraft since 1915. London: Putnam, 1962....

  • Airco DH.6
    Airco DH.6
    The Airco DH.6 was a British military trainer biplane used by the Royal Flying Corps during the First World War. Known by various nicknames, including the "Skyhook", the trainer became a widely used light civil aircraft in the postwar era....

  • Airco DH.9
    Airco DH.9
    The Airco DH.9 - also known after 1920 as the de Havilland DH.9 - was a British bomber used in the First World War...

  • Airco DH.9A
    Airco DH.9A
    The Airco DH.9A was a British light bomber designed and first used shortly before the end of the First World War. Colloquially known as the "Ninak" , it served on in large numbers for the Royal Air Force following the end of the war, both at home and overseas, where it was used for colonial...

  • Armstrong Whitworth F.K.3
    Armstrong Whitworth F.K.3
    -See also:...

  • Armstrong Whitworth F.K.8
    Armstrong Whitworth F.K.8
    The Armstrong Whitworth F.K.8 was a British two-seat general-purpose biplane built by Armstrong Whitworth during the First World War. The type served alongside the better known R.E.8 until the end of the war, at which point 694 F.K.8s remained on RAF charge....

  • Avro Type E and Es
    Avro 500
    -References:* Lewis. P British Aircraft 1809-1914. London: Putnam 1962* World Aircraft Information Files, File 889 Sheet 92 . London: BrightStar...

     also known as the Avro 500
    Avro 500
    -References:* Lewis. P British Aircraft 1809-1914. London: Putnam 1962* World Aircraft Information Files, File 889 Sheet 92 . London: BrightStar...

  • 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...

  • Blériot XI
    Blériot XI
    The Blériot XI is the aircraft in which, on 25 July 1909, Louis Blériot made the first flight across the English Channel made in a heavier-than-air aircraft . This achievement is one of the most famous accomplishments of the early years of aviation, and not only won Blériot a lasting place in...

  • Blériot XII
    Blériot XII
    -References:* Taylor M.J.H. Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation London: Studio Editions, 1989 p.161* Devaux, Jean and Michel Marani. "Les Douze Premiers Aéroplanes de Louis Blériot". Pegase No 54, May 1989....

  • Blériot XXI
  • Blériot Parasol Monoplane
  • Breguet Type III
    Breguet Type III
    This article is about the Breguet aircraft of 1910-1913. For the unrelated aircraft of the same designation flown in World War I, see Breguet Bre.4 and Breguet Bre.5.This article is about the Breguet aircraft of 1910-1913...

  • Bristol Boxkite
    Bristol Boxkite
    -Military operators:* Australian Flying Corps** Central Flying School AFC at Point Cook, Victoria.* Union Defence Forces - South African Air Force Kingdom of Spain* Royal Flying Corps* Royal Naval Air Service** No. 3 Squadron RFC-References:...

  • Bristol Coanda Monoplane
    Bristol-Coanda Monoplanes
    -External links:* *...

  • Bristol F.2B Fighter
  • Bristol Scout
    Bristol Scout
    The Bristol Scout was a simple, single seat, rotary-engined biplane originally intended as a civilian racing aircraft. Like other similar fast, light aircraft of the period - it was acquired by the RNAS and the RFC as a "scout", or fast reconnaissance type...

  • Bristol T.B.8
    Bristol TB.8
    -External links:...

  • Bristol M.1
    Bristol M.1
    |-See also:-External links:* * * * *...

  • Bristol Prier Monoplane
  • Caudron G.III
  • Cody V biplane
    Cody V biplane
    -References:*Bruce, J.M. The Aeroplanes of the Royal Flying Corps . London:Putnam, 1982. ISBN 0-370-30084-x.*"". Flight, 7 September 1912. pp. 808–809....

  • Curtiss JN 3
  • Curtiss JN 4
  • De Havilland DH.10 Ariens
  • Deperdussin TT Monoplane
    Deperdussin TT
    -References:* The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft , 1985, Orbis Publishing, Page 1434-See also:...

  • Farman III
    Farman III
    |-See also:-Bibliography:*Opdycke, Leonard E French Aeroplanes Before the Great War Atglen, PA: Schiffer 1999 ISBN 0 7643 0752 5-External links:**...

  • Farman Biplane
  • Farman F.40
  • Farman HF.20
  • Farman MF.7 Longhorn
    Farman MF.7
    |-See also:-External links:* Contemporary technical description of the MF.7 with photographs and drawings....

  • Farman MF.11 Shorthorn
  • Farman Type Militaire, 1910
  • FBA Type A
    FBA Type A
    -References:*...

  • Flanders F.4
    Flanders F.4
    The Flanders F.4 was a 1910s British experimental military two-seat monoplane aircraft designed and built by Howard Flanders as a development of the Flanders F.3.-Development:...

  • Grahame-White Type XV
    Grahame-White Type XV
    -External links:*...

  • Henry Farman Biplane
  • Handley Page O/100
  • Handley Page O/400
  • Howard-Wright Biplane
  • Martinsyde G.100
    Martinsyde G.100
    -See also:-References:* Aircraft of World War I, Kenneth Munson, 1967 Ian Allan ISBN 0-7110-0356-4-External links:* http://www.theaerodrome.com/aircraft/gbritain/martinsyde_g100.php* http://www.britishaircraft.co.uk/aircraftpage.php?ID=721...

  • Martinsyde S.1
    Martinsyde S.1
    -See also:-References:*Bruce, J.M. War Planes of the First World War: Volume One Fighters. London:Macdonald, 1965....

  • Martinsyde-Handasyde Monoplane
  • Morane-Saulnier G
  • Morane-Saulnier H
    Morane-Saulnier H
    -References:...

  • Morane-Saulnier Type BB
  • Morane-Saulnier I
  • Morane-Saulnier Type L
    Morane-Saulnier Type L
    -Bibliography:* Bruce, J.M. The Aeroplanes of the Royal Flying Corps . London:Putnam, 1982. ISBN 0 370 30084 x.* Green, William and Swanborough, Gordon. The Complete Book of Fighters. New York: Smithmark, 1994. ISBN 0-8317-3939-8....

  • Morane LA
  • Morane-Saulnier Type N Bullet
  • Morane-Saulnier V
    Morane-Saulnier V
    |-References:...

  • Morane-Saulnier Type P
  • Morane-Saulnier AC
  • Nieuport IV
    Nieuport IV
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     Monoplane
  • Nieuport 12
    Nieuport 12
    |-See also:...

  • Nieuport 16
  • Nieuport 17
    Nieuport 17
    |-Specifications :-See also:-Bibliography:* Bruce, Jack. "Those Classic Nieuports". Air Enthusiast Quarterly. Number Two, 1976. Bromley, UK:Pilot Press. pp. 137–153....

  • Nieuport 20
    Nieuport 12
    |-See also:...

  • Nieuport 21
    Nieuport 21
    |-See also:-Sources:* Keskinen, Kalevi; Partonen, Kyösti and Stenman, Kari: Suomen Ilmavoimat I 1918-27, 2005. ISBN 952-99432-2-9.* Donald, David: The Encyclopedia of World Aircraft, Aerospace Publishing, 1997. ISBN 1-85605-375-X....

  • Nieuport 23
  • Nieuport 24
  • Nieuport 27
  • Paulhan biplane
  • Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2, 2A, 2B, 2C, 2D, 2E
  • Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.3
    Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.3
    |-See also:-References:* Bruce J.M. The Aeroplanes of the Royal Flying Corps . London: Putnam, 1982. ISBN 0-370-30084-x.* Hare, Paul. The Royal Aircraft Factory. London: Putnam, 1990. ISBN 0-85177-843-7....

  • Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.8
    Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.8
    |-See also:-References:*Bruce, J.M. British Aeroplanes 1914-18. London:Putnam, 1957.*Bruce, J.M. The Aircraft of the Royal Flying Corps . London:Putnam, 1982. ISBN 0 370 30084 x....

  • Royal Aircraft Factory BE.12
  • Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.2
    Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.2
    The Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.2 was a two-seat pusher biplane that was operated as a day and night bomber and as a fighter aircraft by the Royal Flying Corps during the First World War...

  • Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.8
    Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.8
    |-See also:-References:NotesBibliography* Bruce, J.M. The Aeroplanes of the Royal Flying Corps . London: Putnam, 1982. ISBN 0-370-30084-X.* Bruce, J.M. British Aeroplanes 1914–18. London: Putnam, 1957....

  • Royal Aircraft Factory R.E.1
    Royal Aircraft Factory R.E.1
    The Royal Aircraft Factory R.E.1 was an experimental two-seat single-engined biplane from before World War I, intended to develop reconnaissance aircraft.-Design and development:...

  • Royal Aircraft Factory R.E.5
    Royal Aircraft Factory R.E.5
    |-See also:...

  • Royal Aircraft Factory R.E.7
    Royal Aircraft Factory R.E.7
    |-See also:-References:*...

  • Royal Aircraft Factory R.E.8
    Royal Aircraft Factory R.E.8
    The Royal Aircraft Factory R.E.8 was a British two-seat biplane reconnaissance and bomber aircraft of the First World War designed by John Kenworthy. Intended as a replacement for the vulnerable B.E.2, the R.E.8 was more difficult to fly, and was regarded with great suspicion at first in the Royal...

  • Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.2
    Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.2
    |-See also:-References:NotesBibliography*Bruce, J.M. British Aeroplanes 1914-18. London: Putnam, 1957.*Bruce, J.M. The Aeroplanes of the Royal Flying Corps . London: Putnam, 1982. ISBN 0-370-30084-X....

  • Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.4a
    Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.4a
    |-See also:-References:*Bruce, J.M. British Aeroplanes 1914-18. London:Putnam, 1957.*Bruce J.M. War Planes of the First World War: Volume Two Fighters. London:Macdonald, 1968. ISBN 0 356 01473 8....

  • 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...

  • Short 184
    Short Type 184
    |-Manufacturers:Source: Barnes and James#Brush Electrical Engineering Co. Ltd. #Frederick Sage & Co. Ltd. #J. Samuel White #Mann, Egerton & Co. Ltd. #Phoenix Dynamo Manufacturing Company #Robey & Co. Ltd. #S E Saunders Limited...

  • Short Type 820
  • Short Type 827
    Short Type 827
    |-See also:-External links:...

  • Short Bomber
    Short Bomber
    -See also:...

  • Short S.32 School Biplane
  • Short Tractor Biplane
  • Short S.62
  • Sopwith 1-1/2 Strutter
  • Sopwith 3-Seater
  • Sopwith 80 hp Biplane
  • Sopwith Baby
    Sopwith Baby
    -See also:...

  • 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 Pup
    Sopwith Pup
    The Sopwith Pup was a British single seater biplane fighter aircraft built by the Sopwith Aviation Company. It entered service with the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Service in the autumn of 1916. With pleasant flying characteristics and good maneuverability, the aircraft proved very...

  • 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...

  • Sopwith Tabloid
    Sopwith Tabloid
    |-See also:-References:* Bruce, J.M. "". Flight. 8 November 1957. pp. 733–736.* Bruce, J.M. "". Flight. 15 November 1957. pp. 765–766.* Bruce, J.M. "". Flight. 29 November 1957. pp. 845–848....

  • SPAD S.VII
    SPAD S.VII
    The SPAD S.VII was the first of a series of highly successful biplane fighter aircraft produced by Société Pour L'Aviation et ses Dérivés during the First World War. Like its successors, the S.VII was renowned as a sturdy and rugged aircraft with good climbing and diving characteristics...

  • Vickers Boxkite
  • Vickers FB 'Gun Carrier'
  • Vickers FB.5
  • Vickers F.B.12
    Vickers F.B.12
    |-See also:...

  • Vickers F.B.14
    Vickers F.B.14
    |-See also:-External links:*...

  • Vickers FB.19 Mk II
  • Voisin III
    Voisin III
    -Survivors and replicas:There is a Full-scale replica of the Voisin III La on display at the Pearson Air Museum in Vancouver, WA near Portland Oregon-References:* * archived from www.caedmon.n-yorks.sch.uk* archived from www.csd.uwo.ca...

  • Wight Converted Seaplane
    Wight Converted Seaplane
    The Wight Converted Seaplane was a British twin-float patrol seaplane produced by John Samuel White & Company Limited .-Design and development:...


Airships


Prototypes

  • Aeronautical Syndicate Valkyrie
  • Airco DH.3
    Airco DH.3
    -References:NotesBibliography* Donald, David, ed. The Encyclopedia of World Aircraft. Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada: Prospero Books, 1997, p. 118. ISBN 1-85605-375-X....

  • Armstrong Whitworth F.K.2
  • Armstrong Whitworth F.K.10
    Armstrong Whitworth F.K.10
    -See also:-External links:...

  • Avro 508
    Avro 508
    |-References:* "". Flight, 21 March 1914. pp. 295-297.*Jackson, A.J. Avro Aircraft since 1908. London:Putnam, 1990. ISBN 0-85177-834-8....

  • Avro 519
    Avro 519
    -External links:*...

  • Avro 521
    Avro 521
    -Bibliography:* William Green and Gordon Swanborough. The Complete Book of Fighters. Colour Library Direct, Godalming, UK: 1994. ISBN 1-85833-777-1.* Jackson, A.J. Avro Aircraft since 1908. London:Putnam, 1990. ISBN 0-85177-834-8....

  • Beatty-Wright Biplanes
  • Bristol G.B.75
    Bristol TB.8
    -External links:...

  • Bristol T.T.A.
  • Caproni Ca.1
  • Caudron G.4
    Caudron G.4
    |-References:*Donald, David . The Encyclopedia of World Aircraft. Leicester, UK: Blitz Editions, 1997. ISBN 1-85605-375-X.* Kalevi Keskinen, Kyösti Partonen, Kari Stenman: Suomen Ilmavoimat I 1918-27, 2005. ISBN 952-99432-2-9....

  • Caudron R.11
  • Curtiss C-1 Canada
    Curtiss C-1 Canada
    -References:* Bowers, Peter M. Curtiss Aircraft 1907–1947. London:Putnam, 1979. ISBN 0-370-10029-8.* Bruce, J.M. The Aeroplanes of the Royal Flying Corps . London:Putnam, 1982. ISBN 0-370-30084-x....

  • Dunne D.8
    Dunne D.8
    The Dunne D.8 of 1912 was one of a series of tailless swept wing biplanes, designed by J. W. Dunne to have inherent stability. One of the few built was the only Dunne aircraft to fly, albeit very briefly, with the Royal Flying Corps . Others were used by the US Signal Corps and United States Navy...

  • Grahame-White VII
  • Grahame-White VIII
  • Grahame-White Pusher Biplane
  • Grahame-White School Biplane
  • Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.9
    Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.9
    |-See also:-Bibliography:...

  • Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.4
  • Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.9
    Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.9
    -See also:-Bibliography:*Bruce, J.M. British Aeroplanes 1914-18. London:Putnam, 1957.*Bruce, J.M. War Planes of the First World War: Volume Two Fighters. London:Macdonald, 1968. ISBN 0 356 01473 8....

  • Royal Aircraft Factory N.E.1
    Royal Aircraft Factory N.E.1
    |-See also:-Notes: The Vickers-Crayford, although called the "rocket gun," was a lightweight single shot 40-mm gun that fired shells. It was officially known as the 1.59-inch Breech-Loading Vickers Q.F. Gun, Mk II.-References:...

  • SPAD S.XII
    SPAD S.XII
    -See also:-Bibliography:* Bruce, J.M. The Aeroplanes of the Royal Flying Corps . London:Putnam, 1982. ISBN 0 370 30084 x.* Davilla, James J., & Soltan, Arthur M., French Aircraft of the First World War. Stratford, Connecticut: Flying Machines Press, 1997. ISBN 0-9637110-4-0.*Green, William and...

  • Sage Type 2
    Sage Type 2
    |-See also:-References:*"". Flight, 24 July 1919. pp.971—975.*Bruce, J.M. British Aeroplanes 1914-18. London:Putnam, 1957.*Bruce, J.M. War Planes of the First World War: Volume Two Fighters. London:Macdonald, 1968. ISBN 0 356 01473 8....

  • Sopwith Hippo
    Sopwith Hippo
    |-See also:-Notes: Some sources suggest that, rather than a rebuilt first prototype, that the Hippo with reduced stagger was a new aircraft.-References:*Bruce, J.M. British Aeroplanes 1914-18. London:Putnam, 1957....

  • Sopwith Sparrow
  • Vickers E.S.1
    Vickers E.S.1
    |-See also:-Notes: Also sometimes called Vickers E.S.2, although contemporary reports all refer to these aircraft as E.S.1s.-References:* Andrews, C.F. and Morgan, E.B. Vickers Aircraft since 1908. London:Putnam, Second edition, 1988. ISBN 0 85177 815 1....

  • Vickers E.F.B.7
    Vickers E.F.B.7
    |-See also:-References:* Andrews, C.F. and Morgan, E.B. Vickers Aircraft since 1908. London:Putnam, Second edition, 1988. ISBN 0 85177 815 1....

  • Vickers Vampire
    Vickers Vampire
    -Bibliography:*Andrews, C.F and Morgan, E.B. Vickers Aircraft since 1908. London:Putnam, Second edition 1988. ISBN 0 85177 815 1.*Bruce, J.M. War Planes of the First World War: Volume Three Fighters. London:Macdonald, 1969. ISBN 356 01490 8....

  • Wright Biplanes

Captured Enemy Aircraft

  • Albatros D.III
    Albatros D.III
    The Albatros D.III was a biplane fighter aircraft used by the Imperial German Army Air Service and the Austro-Hungarian Air Service during World War I. The D.III was flown by many top German aces, including Manfred von Richthofen, Ernst Udet, Erich Löwenhardt, Kurt Wolff, and Karl Emil Schäfer...

  • Fokker D.VII
    Fokker D.VII
    The Fokker D.VII was a German World War I fighter aircraft designed by Reinhold Platz of the Fokker-Flugzeugwerke. Germany produced around 3,300 D.VII aircraft in the summer and autumn of 1918. In service, the D.VII quickly proved itself to be a formidable aircraft...

  • Fokker Dr.I
    Fokker Dr.I
    The Fokker Dr.I Dreidecker was a World War I fighter aircraft built by Fokker-Flugzeugwerke. The Dr.I saw widespread service in the spring of 1918...

  • Friedrichshafen G.III
    Friedrichshafen G.III
    |-See also:-References and notes:*The Complete Encyclopedia of Flight 1848-1939 by John Batchelor and Malcom V. Lowe*Grosz, Peter M.: Windsock Datafile 65 Friedrichshafen G.III / G.IIIa, Berkhamsted 1997, ISBN 0-948414-97-9-External links:*...

  • Gotha G.V
  • Halberstadt CL.II
    Halberstadt CL.II
    |-See also:-Bibliography:*Angelucci, Enzo . World Encyclopedia of Military Aircraft. London: Jane's, 1981. ISBN 0 7106 0148 4.*Gray, Peter and Thetford, Owen. German Aircraft of the First World War. London: Putnam, 1962....

  • Halberstadt D.III
  • Hannover CL.II
  • Rumpler C.IV
    Rumpler C.IV
    -See also:-Bibliography:* Gray, Peter and Thetford, Owen. German Aircraft of the First World War. London, Putnam, 1962.* Munson, Kenneth. Aircraft of World War I. London: Ian Allan, 1967. ISBN 07110 0356 4....


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