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UNITED KINGDOM - NAVAL AVIATION

deck airplanes

1. Tabloid reconnaissance airplane (1914)

2. Scout reconnaissance airplane (1915)

3. Sopwith type 9901 (Pup) fighter (1917)

4. Sopwith type 9700 (1½-strutter) reconnaissance airplane - bomber (1917)

5. Sopwith 2F.1 fighter (Camel) (1917)

6. Beardmore SB.3 fighter (1918)

7. Sopwith T.1 Cockoo torpedo bomber (1918)

8. Fairey III reconnaissance airplane - bomber (1918)

9. Panther reconnaissance airplane (1919)

10. Mars fighter (1920)

11. Plover fighter (1922)

12. Walrus reconnaissance plane (1922)

13. Bison reconnaissance plane (1923)

14. Blackburn reconnaissance plane (1923)

15. Dart torpedo bomber (1923)

16. Flycatcher fighter (1923)

17. Ripon torpedo bomber (1929)

18. Walrus / Seagull amphibious reconnaissance plane (1930)

19. Nimrod fighter (1931)

20. Osprey fighter - reconnaissance plane (1932)

21. Seal reconnaissance plane - bomber (1933)

22. Baffin torpedo bomber (1934)

23. Shark torpedo bomber - reconnaissance plane (1935)

24. Swordfish torpedo bomber - reconnaissance plane (1936)

25. Sea Gladiator fighter (1938)

26. Skua fighter - diving bomber (1938)

27. Roc fighter (1939)

28. Albacore torpedo bomber - reconnaissance plane (1940)

29. Fulmar fighter (1940)

30. Sea Hurricane fighter (1941)

31. Seafire fighter (1942)

32. Martlet / Wildcat fighter (1940 / 1942)

33. Barracuda torpedo bomber - reconnaissance plane (1943)

34. Tarpon / Avenger torpedo bomber (1942 / 1943)

35. Corsair fighter (1942 / 1943)

36. Gannet / Hellcat fighter (1943 / 1943)

37. Firefly fighter-bomber / ASW plane (1943)

38. Sea Otter amphibious reconnaissance / rescue plane (1943)

39. Sea Mosquito fighter - torpedo bomber (1944)

40. Firebrand fighter - torpedo bomber (1945)

41. Sea Hornet fighter - bomber (1947)

42. Sea Fury fighter - bomber (1947)

43. Attacker fighter - bomber (1951)

44. Skyraider AEW radar warning plane (1949 / 1952)

45. Sea Hawk fighter - bomber (1953)

46. Wyvern fighter - torpedo bomber (1953)

47. Sea Venom fighter (1954)

48. Sea Devon cargo plane (1955)

49. Gannet ASW plane (1955)

50. Scimitar fighter - bomber (1958)

51. Sea Vixen fighter (1959)

52. Buccaneer attacker (1961)

53. Harrier / Sea Harrier VSTOVL fighter - attacker (1967)

54. Phantom fighter - bomber (1969)

seaplanes

1. Short 166 reconnaissance seaplane (1913)

2. Short 827 reconnaissance seaplane (1913)

3. Short 830 reconnaissance seaplane (1914)

4. Schneider seaplane fighter (1914)

5. Baby reconnaissance seaplane (1915)

6. Short 184 torpedo bomber - reconnaissance seaplane (1915)

7. Short 225 torpedo bomber (1916)

8. Short 310 torpedo bomber - reconnaissance seaplane (1916)

9. Campania reconnaissance seaplane (1917)

10. Fairey III reconnaissance seaplane (1918)

11. Walrus / Seagull reconnaissance seaplane / amphibious (1931)

12. Osprey fighter - reconnaissance seaplane (1932)

13. Seal reconnaissance seaplane (1933)

14. Shark reconnaissance seaplane - torpedo bomber (1935)

15. Swordfish torpedo bomber - reconnaissance seaplane (1936)

16. Seafox reconnaissance seaplane (1937)

17. Kingfisher reconnaissance seaplane (1940 / 1942)

18. Sea Otter reconnaissance / rescue amphibious plane (1943)

19. Seamew reconnaissance seaplane (1942 / 1943)

helicopters

1. Hoverfly rescue helicopter (1944 / 1945)

2. Dragonfly rescue helicopter (1950)

3. Sycamore cargo helicopter (1951)

4. Whirlwind rescue / ASW helicopter (1959)

5. Belvedere cargo helicopter (1960)

6. Wessex cargo / ASW helicopter (1961)

7. Wasp ASW helicopter (1963)

8. Sea King ASW / cargo / early warning helicopter (1970)

9. Gazelle attack helicopter (1974)

10. Lynx ASW / attack helicopter (1977)

11. Merlin ASW / cargo helicopter (1998)

12. Chinook cargo helicopter (1998)

13. Apache attack helicopter (2004)

lineage table of deck planes

aircraft weapons

 

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