List of military aircraft of the United States (1909-1919)
Encyclopedia
This list of military aircraft of the United States (1909–1919) includes prototype, pre-production and operational types operated by the United States Army
United States Army
The United States Army is the main branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for land-based military operations. It is the largest and oldest established branch of the U.S. military, and is one of seven U.S. uniformed services...

 and United States Navy
United States Navy
The United States Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven uniformed services of the United States. The U.S. Navy is the largest in the world; its battle fleet tonnage is greater than that of the next 13 largest navies combined. The U.S...

 during the period prior to and during World War I
World War I
World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...

, prior to the establishment of a numerical designation system. During this period, aircraft used by the U.S. military forces were referred to by their manufacturers' designations.

For Army and Air Force aircraft designated after 1919, see List of military aircraft of the United States. For U.S. Navy and Marine Corps aircraft post 1922, see List of military aircraft of the United States (naval).

Army Signal Corps, August 2, 1909 to April 6, 1917

  • Wright Brothers Model A - Wright Company
    Wright Company
    The Wright Company was the commercial aviation business venture of the Wright Brothers, established by them in 1909 in conjunction with several prominent industrialists from New York and Detroit with the intention of capitalizing on their invention of the practical airplane. It maintained a...

  • Wright Brothers Model B - Wright Company
    Wright Company
    The Wright Company was the commercial aviation business venture of the Wright Brothers, established by them in 1909 in conjunction with several prominent industrialists from New York and Detroit with the intention of capitalizing on their invention of the practical airplane. It maintained a...

  • Curtiss Model D
    Curtiss Model D
    |-See also:-External links:...

     - Curtiss Aeroplane Company
  • Wright Brothers Model D - Wright Company
    Wright Company
    The Wright Company was the commercial aviation business venture of the Wright Brothers, established by them in 1909 in conjunction with several prominent industrialists from New York and Detroit with the intention of capitalizing on their invention of the practical airplane. It maintained a...

  • Burgess F - Burgess Company
    Burgess Company
    The Burgess Company was a U.S. airplane manufacturer between 1910 and 1918.-History:The business was incorporated in 1910 as the "Burgess Company and Curtis, Inc." . The company was an offshoot of the W. Starling Burgess Shipyard, of Marblehead, Massachusetts.Burgess was the first licensed aircraft...

  • Curtiss Model E
    Curtiss Model E
    -References:* * *...

     - Curtiss Aeroplane Company
  • Wright Brothers Model C - Wright Company
    Wright Company
    The Wright Company was the commercial aviation business venture of the Wright Brothers, established by them in 1909 in conjunction with several prominent industrialists from New York and Detroit with the intention of capitalizing on their invention of the practical airplane. It maintained a...

  • Burgess H
    Burgess H
    -See also:...

     - Burgess Company
    Burgess Company
    The Burgess Company was a U.S. airplane manufacturer between 1910 and 1918.-History:The business was incorporated in 1910 as the "Burgess Company and Curtis, Inc." . The company was an offshoot of the W. Starling Burgess Shipyard, of Marblehead, Massachusetts.Burgess was the first licensed aircraft...

  • Curtiss F-Boat - Curtiss Aeroplane Company
  • Burgess I-Scout - Burgess Company
    Burgess Company
    The Burgess Company was a U.S. airplane manufacturer between 1910 and 1918.-History:The business was incorporated in 1910 as the "Burgess Company and Curtis, Inc." . The company was an offshoot of the W. Starling Burgess Shipyard, of Marblehead, Massachusetts.Burgess was the first licensed aircraft...

  • Burgess J-Scout - Burgess Company
    Burgess Company
    The Burgess Company was a U.S. airplane manufacturer between 1910 and 1918.-History:The business was incorporated in 1910 as the "Burgess Company and Curtis, Inc." . The company was an offshoot of the W. Starling Burgess Shipyard, of Marblehead, Massachusetts.Burgess was the first licensed aircraft...

  • Wright Brothers D-Scout - Wright Company
    Wright Company
    The Wright Company was the commercial aviation business venture of the Wright Brothers, established by them in 1909 in conjunction with several prominent industrialists from New York and Detroit with the intention of capitalizing on their invention of the practical airplane. It maintained a...

  • Curtiss G-Scout - Curtiss Aeroplane Company
  • Curtiss Model J
    Curtiss Model J
    |-See also:-References:* Bowers, Peter M. Curtiss Aircraft 1907–1947. London:Putnam, 1979. ISBN 0 370 10029 8....

     - Curtiss Aeroplane Company
  • Glenn Martin Twin Tractor - Glenn L. Martin Company
    Glenn L. Martin Company
    The Glenn L. Martin Company was an American aircraft and aerospace manufacturing company that was founded by the aviation pioneer Glenn L. Martin. The Martin Company produced many important aircraft for the defense of the United States and its allies, especially during World War II and the Cold War...

  • Curtiss Model N - Curtiss Aeroplane Company
  • Burgess-Dunne Model H - Burgess Company
    Burgess Company
    The Burgess Company was a U.S. airplane manufacturer between 1910 and 1918.-History:The business was incorporated in 1910 as the "Burgess Company and Curtis, Inc." . The company was an offshoot of the W. Starling Burgess Shipyard, of Marblehead, Massachusetts.Burgess was the first licensed aircraft...

  • Wright Brothers F-Pusher - Wright Company
    Wright Company
    The Wright Company was the commercial aviation business venture of the Wright Brothers, established by them in 1909 in conjunction with several prominent industrialists from New York and Detroit with the intention of capitalizing on their invention of the practical airplane. It maintained a...

  • Curtiss Modified J - Curtiss Aeroplane Company
  • Martin S-Hydro - Glenn L. Martin Company
    Glenn L. Martin Company
    The Glenn L. Martin Company was an American aircraft and aerospace manufacturing company that was founded by the aviation pioneer Glenn L. Martin. The Martin Company produced many important aircraft for the defense of the United States and its allies, especially during World War II and the Cold War...

  • Curtiss N-8 - Curtiss Aeroplane Company
  • Curtiss R-2 - Curtiss Aeroplane Company
  • Standard H-2
    Standard H-2
    The Standard H-2 was an early American Army reconnaissance aircraft, ordered in 1916.Built by the Standard Aircraft Corporation, the H-2, based on the Sloane H-2, was an open-cockpit three-place tractor biplane, powered by a 125 hp Hall-Scott A-5 engine...

     - Sloane Aircraft Company Inc.
  • Curtiss JN-4
    Curtiss JN-4
    The Curtiss JN-4 "Jenny" was one of a series of "JN" biplanes built by the Curtiss Aeroplane Company of Hammondsport, New York, later the Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company. Although the Curtiss JN series was originally produced as a training aircraft for the U.S...

     - Curtiss
    Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company
    Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company was an American aircraft manufacturer that went public in 1916 with Glenn Hammond Curtiss as president. Throughout the 1920s and 1930s, the company was the largest aircraft manufacturer in the United States...

  • Standard H-3 - Standard Aero Corporation
  • Curtiss Twin JN
    Curtiss Twin JN
    |-See also:-References:* Bowers, Peter M. Curtiss Aircraft 1907–1947. London:Putnam, 1979. ISBN 0-370-10029-8.*Donald, David, ed. Encyclopedia of World Aircraft. Etobicoke, ON: Prospero Books, 1997....

     - Curtiss
    Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company
    Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company was an American aircraft manufacturer that went public in 1916 with Glenn Hammond Curtiss as president. Throughout the 1920s and 1930s, the company was the largest aircraft manufacturer in the United States...

  • Martin R-Land - Glenn L. Martin Company
    Glenn L. Martin Company
    The Glenn L. Martin Company was an American aircraft and aerospace manufacturing company that was founded by the aviation pioneer Glenn L. Martin. The Martin Company produced many important aircraft for the defense of the United States and its allies, especially during World War II and the Cold War...

  • Sturtevant S - Sturtevant Aeroplane Company
  • L.W.F. V-1 - L.W.F. Engineering Company
  • Thomas D-5 - Thomas Brothers Aeroplane Company
  • Sturtevant S-4 - Sturtevant Aeroplane Company
  • Standard SJ
    Standard SJ
    |-See also:...

     - Standard Aero Corporation
  • Curtiss R-4 - Curtiss
    Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company
    Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company was an American aircraft manufacturer that went public in 1916 with Glenn Hammond Curtiss as president. Throughout the 1920s and 1930s, the company was the largest aircraft manufacturer in the United States...

  • Aeromarine M-1 - Aeromarine Plane & Motor Company
  • Burgess U - Burgess
    Burgess Company
    The Burgess Company was a U.S. airplane manufacturer between 1910 and 1918.-History:The business was incorporated in 1910 as the "Burgess Company and Curtis, Inc." . The company was an offshoot of the W. Starling Burgess Shipyard, of Marblehead, Massachusetts.Burgess was the first licensed aircraft...

  • Curtiss S-3 - Curtiss
    Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company
    Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company was an American aircraft manufacturer that went public in 1916 with Glenn Hammond Curtiss as president. Throughout the 1920s and 1930s, the company was the largest aircraft manufacturer in the United States...

  • Curtiss N-9
    Curtiss N-9
    -References:NotesBibliography* Bowers, Peter M. Curtiss Aircraft 1907–1947. London: Putnam, 1979. ISBN 0-370-10029-8.*...

     - Curtiss
    Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company
    Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company was an American aircraft manufacturer that went public in 1916 with Glenn Hammond Curtiss as president. Throughout the 1920s and 1930s, the company was the largest aircraft manufacturer in the United States...

  • Gallaudet Twin Hydro - Gaulladet Aircraft Company
  • Curtiss L-2 - Curtiss
    Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company
    Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company was an American aircraft manufacturer that went public in 1916 with Glenn Hammond Curtiss as president. Throughout the 1920s and 1930s, the company was the largest aircraft manufacturer in the United States...

  • Curtiss R-3 - Curtiss
    Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company
    Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company was an American aircraft manufacturer that went public in 1916 with Glenn Hammond Curtiss as president. Throughout the 1920s and 1930s, the company was the largest aircraft manufacturer in the United States...

  • Wright-Martin R - Wright-Martin Aircraft Corporation

Navy System, 1911-1914

  • A-1 - Curtiss
  • A-2 - Curtiss
  • A-3 - Curtiss
  • A-4 - Curtiss
  • B-1 - Wright
  • B-2 - Wright
  • B-3 - Wright
  • C-1 - Curtiss
  • C-2 - Curtiss
  • C-3 - Curtiss
  • C-4 - Curtiss
  • C-5 - Curtiss
  • D-1 - Burgess Co. and Curtiss
  • D-2 - Burgess Co. and Curtiss
  • E-1 OWL - Curtiss

Navy System, 1914-1917

  • Curtiss Model H
    Curtiss Model H
    The Curtiss Model H was a family of classes of early long-range flying boats, the first two of which were developed directly on commission in the United States in response to the ₤10,000 prize challenge issued in 1913 by the London newspaper, the Daily Mail, for the first non-stop aerial crossing...

  • Felixstowe F.2
    Felixstowe F.2
    |-See also:-References:NotesBibliography* Bruce, J.M. Flight, 2 December 1955, pp. 842–846.* Bruce, J.M. Flight, 16 December 1955, pp. 895–898.* Bruce, J.M. Flight, 23 December 1955, pp. 929–932....

  • Felixstowe F.3
    Felixstowe F.3
    -See also:-References:NotesBibliography* Bruce, J.M. "". Flight, 2 December 1955, pp.842—846.* Bruce, J.M. "". Flight, 16 December 1955, pp.895—898.* Bruce, J.M. "". Flight, 23 December 1955, pp. 929—932....

  • Curtiss HS
    Curtiss HS
    The Curtiss HS was a single-engined patrol flying boat built for the United States Navy during World War I. Large numbers were built from 1917 to 1919, with the type being used to carry out anti-submarine patrols from bases in France from June 1918...


American-Built Airplanes of World War I, April 6, 1917 to November 11, 1918

  • B class blimp - various manufacturers
  • Boeing Model 4 / Boeing EA - Boeing
    Boeing
    The Boeing Company is an American multinational aerospace and defense corporation, founded in 1916 by William E. Boeing in Seattle, Washington. Boeing has expanded over the years, merging with McDonnell Douglas in 1997. Boeing Corporate headquarters has been in Chicago, Illinois since 2001...

  • Burgess Twin Hydro - Burgess
    Burgess Company
    The Burgess Company was a U.S. airplane manufacturer between 1910 and 1918.-History:The business was incorporated in 1910 as the "Burgess Company and Curtis, Inc." . The company was an offshoot of the W. Starling Burgess Shipyard, of Marblehead, Massachusetts.Burgess was the first licensed aircraft...

  • Curtiss 18-B - Curtiss
    Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company
    Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company was an American aircraft manufacturer that went public in 1916 with Glenn Hammond Curtiss as president. Throughout the 1920s and 1930s, the company was the largest aircraft manufacturer in the United States...

  • Curtiss 18-T - Curtiss
  • Curtiss JN-4
    Curtiss JN-4
    The Curtiss JN-4 "Jenny" was one of a series of "JN" biplanes built by the Curtiss Aeroplane Company of Hammondsport, New York, later the Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company. Although the Curtiss JN series was originally produced as a training aircraft for the U.S...

     - Curtiss
  • Curtiss JN-4H - Curtiss
  • Curtiss JN-6H
    Curtiss JN-6H
    |-See also:-Bibliography:* Andrade, John. U.S. Military Aircraft Designations and Serials since 1909. Hersham, Surrey, UK: Midland Counties Publications, 1979. ISBN 0-904597-22-9....

     - Curtiss
  • Curtiss R-4L - Curtiss
  • Curtiss SE-5A
    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...

     - Curtiss
  • Dayton-Wright DH-4 - Dayton-Wright
    Dayton-Wright Company
    The Dayton-Wright Company was formed in 1917, on the declaration of war between the United States and Germany, by a group of Ohio investors that included Charles F. Kettering and Edward A. Deeds of Dayton Engineering Laboratories Company...

  • Engineering Division USB-1 - Engineering Division
    Engineering Division
    The Engineering Division was a division of the Aviation Section, U.S. Signal Corps in the United States Department of War. It was formed on 31 August 1918, under the direction of Lt Col Jesse G. Vincent, to study and design American versions of foreign aircraft. It was later renamed Engineering...

  • Engineering Division USB-2 - Engineering Division
  • Engineering Division USD-9 - Engineering Division
  • Verville-Clark-Pursuit VCP-1 - Engineering Division
  • Engineering Division XB-1A - Engineering Division
  • Heinrich Pursuit
    Heinrich Pursuit
    The Heinrich Pursuit was an American fighter prototype of the 1910s. It was the only known aircraft designed by Albert S. Heinrich.- Development :...

     - Victor
  • J.V. Martin Bomber - Engineering Division
    Engineering Division
    The Engineering Division was a division of the Aviation Section, U.S. Signal Corps in the United States Department of War. It was formed on 31 August 1918, under the direction of Lt Col Jesse G. Vincent, to study and design American versions of foreign aircraft. It was later renamed Engineering...

  • Lewis & Vought VE-7/8/9
    Vought VE-7
    |-References:*; accessed 13 May 2007-External links:*...

     - Lewis & Vought Corporation
  • L.W.F. Reconnaissance - L.W.F. Engineering Company
  • Martin GMB - Martin
    Glenn L. Martin Company
    The Glenn L. Martin Company was an American aircraft and aerospace manufacturing company that was founded by the aviation pioneer Glenn L. Martin. The Martin Company produced many important aircraft for the defense of the United States and its allies, especially during World War II and the Cold War...

  • Martin GMC - Martin
  • Martin GMP - Martin
  • Martin GMT - Martin
  • Motor Products SX-6 - Engineering Division
    Engineering Division
    The Engineering Division was a division of the Aviation Section, U.S. Signal Corps in the United States Department of War. It was formed on 31 August 1918, under the direction of Lt Col Jesse G. Vincent, to study and design American versions of foreign aircraft. It was later renamed Engineering...

  • Orenco A - Ordnance Engineering
  • Orenco C - Ordnance Engineering
  • Orenco D - Ordnance Engineering
  • LUSAC-11
    Packard-Le Peré LUSAC-11
    |-References:* . Flight 4 March 1920, p. 265.* Angelucci, Enzo and Peter M. Bowers. The American Fighter. Sparkford, UK:Haynes Publishing Group, 1987. ISBN 0-85429-635-2.* . Flight, 7 February 1924, pp. 73–75....

     - Packard-Le Peré
  • LUSAC-21
    Packard-Le Peré LUSAC-11
    |-References:* . Flight 4 March 1920, p. 265.* Angelucci, Enzo and Peter M. Bowers. The American Fighter. Sparkford, UK:Haynes Publishing Group, 1987. ISBN 0-85429-635-2.* . Flight, 7 February 1924, pp. 73–75....

     - Packard-Le Peré
  • LUSAGH-11
    Packard-Le Peré LUSAC-11
    |-References:* . Flight 4 March 1920, p. 265.* Angelucci, Enzo and Peter M. Bowers. The American Fighter. Sparkford, UK:Haynes Publishing Group, 1987. ISBN 0-85429-635-2.* . Flight, 7 February 1924, pp. 73–75....

      - Packard-Le Peré
  • LUSAGH-21
    Packard-Le Peré LUSAC-11
    |-References:* . Flight 4 March 1920, p. 265.* Angelucci, Enzo and Peter M. Bowers. The American Fighter. Sparkford, UK:Haynes Publishing Group, 1987. ISBN 0-85429-635-2.* . Flight, 7 February 1924, pp. 73–75....

     - Packard-Le Peré
  • LUSAO-11 - Packard-Le Peré
  • Pigeon-Fraser Pursuit - Pigeon-Fraser
  • Pomilio Brothers BVL-12 - Pomilio Brothers
  • Pomilio Brothers FVL-8 - Pomilio Brothers
  • Standard Caproni - Standard Aircraft Corporation
    Standard Aircraft Corporation
    Standard Aircraft Corporation was an American aircraft manufacturer, founded in Plainfield, New Jersey, in 1916Standard Aircraft anticipated American entry into World War I, despite an expressed policy of isolationism. The same year it was founded, Standard Aircraft became a very early supplier of...

  • Fisher Body Caproni - Fisher Body
    Fisher Body
    Fisher Body is an automobile coachbuilder founded by the Fisher brothers in 1908 in Detroit, Michigan; it is now an operating division of General Motors Company...

  • Standard E-1
    Standard E-1
    |-See also:-References:* Donald, David, ed. Encyclopedia of World Aircraft, p. 854, "Standard aircraft". Etobicoke, Ontario: Prospero Books, 1997.* -External links:*...

     - Standard Aircraft Corporation
    Standard Aircraft Corporation
    Standard Aircraft Corporation was an American aircraft manufacturer, founded in Plainfield, New Jersey, in 1916Standard Aircraft anticipated American entry into World War I, despite an expressed policy of isolationism. The same year it was founded, Standard Aircraft became a very early supplier of...

  • Standard H-2
    Standard H-2
    The Standard H-2 was an early American Army reconnaissance aircraft, ordered in 1916.Built by the Standard Aircraft Corporation, the H-2, based on the Sloane H-2, was an open-cockpit three-place tractor biplane, powered by a 125 hp Hall-Scott A-5 engine...

     - Standard Aircraft Corporation
    Standard Aircraft Corporation
    Standard Aircraft Corporation was an American aircraft manufacturer, founded in Plainfield, New Jersey, in 1916Standard Aircraft anticipated American entry into World War I, despite an expressed policy of isolationism. The same year it was founded, Standard Aircraft became a very early supplier of...

  • Standard H-3
    Standard H-2
    The Standard H-2 was an early American Army reconnaissance aircraft, ordered in 1916.Built by the Standard Aircraft Corporation, the H-2, based on the Sloane H-2, was an open-cockpit three-place tractor biplane, powered by a 125 hp Hall-Scott A-5 engine...

     - Standard Aircraft Corporation
    Standard Aircraft Corporation
    Standard Aircraft Corporation was an American aircraft manufacturer, founded in Plainfield, New Jersey, in 1916Standard Aircraft anticipated American entry into World War I, despite an expressed policy of isolationism. The same year it was founded, Standard Aircraft became a very early supplier of...

  • Standard H.P. O/400
    Handley Page Type O
    The Handley Page Type O was an early biplane bomber used by Britain during the First World War. At the time, it was the largest aircraft that had been built in the UK and one of the largest in the world...

     - Standard Aircraft Corporation
    Standard Aircraft Corporation
    Standard Aircraft Corporation was an American aircraft manufacturer, founded in Plainfield, New Jersey, in 1916Standard Aircraft anticipated American entry into World War I, despite an expressed policy of isolationism. The same year it was founded, Standard Aircraft became a very early supplier of...

  • Standard JR-1 - Standard Aircraft Corporation
    Standard Aircraft Corporation
    Standard Aircraft Corporation was an American aircraft manufacturer, founded in Plainfield, New Jersey, in 1916Standard Aircraft anticipated American entry into World War I, despite an expressed policy of isolationism. The same year it was founded, Standard Aircraft became a very early supplier of...

  • Standard M-Defense - Standard Aircraft Corporation
    Standard Aircraft Corporation
    Standard Aircraft Corporation was an American aircraft manufacturer, founded in Plainfield, New Jersey, in 1916Standard Aircraft anticipated American entry into World War I, despite an expressed policy of isolationism. The same year it was founded, Standard Aircraft became a very early supplier of...

  • Standard SJ-1 - Standard Aircraft Corporation
    Standard Aircraft Corporation
    Standard Aircraft Corporation was an American aircraft manufacturer, founded in Plainfield, New Jersey, in 1916Standard Aircraft anticipated American entry into World War I, despite an expressed policy of isolationism. The same year it was founded, Standard Aircraft became a very early supplier of...

  • Dayton-Wright SJ-1 - Dayton-Wright Company
    Dayton-Wright Company
    The Dayton-Wright Company was formed in 1917, on the declaration of war between the United States and Germany, by a group of Ohio investors that included Charles F. Kettering and Edward A. Deeds of Dayton Engineering Laboratories Company...

  • Fisher Body SJ-1 - Fisher Body
    Fisher Body
    Fisher Body is an automobile coachbuilder founded by the Fisher brothers in 1908 in Detroit, Michigan; it is now an operating division of General Motors Company...

  • Wright-Martin SJ-1 - Wright-Martin
    Wright-Martin
    Wright-Martin was a short-lived aircraft manufacturing business venture between the Wright Company and Glenn L. Martin....

  • Standard Twin Hydro - Standard Aircraft Corporation
    Standard Aircraft Corporation
    Standard Aircraft Corporation was an American aircraft manufacturer, founded in Plainfield, New Jersey, in 1916Standard Aircraft anticipated American entry into World War I, despite an expressed policy of isolationism. The same year it was founded, Standard Aircraft became a very early supplier of...

  • Thomas-Morse MB-1 - Thomas-Morse Aircraft Corporation
  • Thomas-Morse MB-2 - Thomas-Morse Aircraft Corporation
  • Thomas-Morse MB-3 - Thomas-Morse Aircraft Corporation
  • Thomas-Morse S-4B - Thomas-Morse Aircraft Corporation
  • Thomas-Morse S-4C - Thomas-Morse Aircraft Corporation
  • Wright-Martin M-8 - Wright-Martin
    Wright-Martin
    Wright-Martin was a short-lived aircraft manufacturing business venture between the Wright Company and Glenn L. Martin....

  • Hewitt-Sperry Automatic Airplane
    Hewitt-Sperry Automatic Airplane
    The Hewitt-Sperry Automatic Airplane was a project undertaken during World War I to develop an aerial torpedo, also called a flying bomb or pilotless aircraft, capable of carrying explosives to its target...

     - Hewitt
    Peter Cooper Hewitt
    Peter Cooper Hewitt was an American electrical engineer and inventor, who invented the first mercury-vapor lamp in 1901. Hewitt was issued U.S. patent #682692 on September 17, 1901. In 1903, Hewitt created an improved version that possessed higher colour qualities which eventually found widespread...

    /Sperry
    Sperry Corporation
    Sperry Corporation was a major American equipment and electronics company whose existence spanned more than seven decades of the twentieth century...

  • Kettering Bug
    Kettering Bug
    -External links:* * *...

     - Dayton-Wright
    Dayton-Wright Company
    The Dayton-Wright Company was formed in 1917, on the declaration of war between the United States and Germany, by a group of Ohio investors that included Charles F. Kettering and Edward A. Deeds of Dayton Engineering Laboratories Company...


American Expeditionary Force (A.E.F.) aircraft from the French Government

  • Dorand A.R.1
    Dorand AR
    - References :* Munson, Kenneth - Bombers, Patrol and Reconnaissance Aircraft 1914 - 1919 ISBN 0-7537-0918-X-See also:...

     - French Army Aircraft Establishment
  • Dorand A.R.2
    Dorand AR
    - References :* Munson, Kenneth - Bombers, Patrol and Reconnaissance Aircraft 1914 - 1919 ISBN 0-7537-0918-X-See also:...

     - French Army Aircraft Establishment
  • Breguet 14
    Breguet 14
    -See also:-References:*Tomasz J. Kowalski, Samolot Breguet 14, TBiU no.197, Warsaw 2002, ISBN 83-11-09461-6...

     - Breguet Aviation
  • Caudron G.3
    Caudron G.3
    The Caudron G.3 was a single-engined French biplane built by Caudron, widely used in World War I as a reconnaissance aircraft and trainer. In comparison to its competitors, it had a better rate of climb and it was considered especially suitable in mountainous terrain.-Development:The Caudron G.3...

     - Caudron
    Caudron
    The Caudron Airplane Company was a French aircraft company founded in 1909 by brothers Gaston Caudron and René Caudron . It was one of the earliest aircraft manufacturers in France and produced planes for the military in both World War I and World War II...

  • 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
    Caudron
    The Caudron Airplane Company was a French aircraft company founded in 1909 by brothers Gaston Caudron and René Caudron . It was one of the earliest aircraft manufacturers in France and produced planes for the military in both World War I and World War II...

  • Caudron R.11 - Caudron
    Caudron
    The Caudron Airplane Company was a French aircraft company founded in 1909 by brothers Gaston Caudron and René Caudron . It was one of the earliest aircraft manufacturers in France and produced planes for the military in both World War I and World War II...

  • Farman 40 - Farman
    Farman
    Farman Aviation Works was an aeronautic enterprise founded and run by the brothers; Richard, Henri, and Maurice Farman. They designed and constructed aircraft and engines from 1908 until 1936; during the French nationalization and rationalization of its aerospace industry, Farman's assets were...

  • Farman 50 - Farman
    Farman
    Farman Aviation Works was an aeronautic enterprise founded and run by the brothers; Richard, Henri, and Maurice Farman. They designed and constructed aircraft and engines from 1908 until 1936; during the French nationalization and rationalization of its aerospace industry, Farman's assets were...

  • Morane MS-12 - Morane-Saulnier
    Morane-Saulnier
    Aéroplanes Morane-Saulnier is a French aircraft manufacturing company formed in October 1911 by Raymond Saulnier and the Morane brothers, Leon and Robert...

  • Morane 30 - Morane-Saulnier
    Morane-Saulnier
    Aéroplanes Morane-Saulnier is a French aircraft manufacturing company formed in October 1911 by Raymond Saulnier and the Morane brothers, Leon and Robert...

  • Morane 21 - Morane-Saulnier
    Morane-Saulnier
    Aéroplanes Morane-Saulnier is a French aircraft manufacturing company formed in October 1911 by Raymond Saulnier and the Morane brothers, Leon and Robert...

  • 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
    Nieuport
    Nieuport, later Nieuport-Delage, was a French aeroplane company that primarily built racing aircraft before World War I and fighter aircraft during World War I and between the wars.-Beginnings:...

  • 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
    Nieuport
    Nieuport, later Nieuport-Delage, was a French aeroplane company that primarily built racing aircraft before World War I and fighter aircraft during World War I and between the wars.-Beginnings:...

  • Nieuport 23 - Nieuport
    Nieuport
    Nieuport, later Nieuport-Delage, was a French aeroplane company that primarily built racing aircraft before World War I and fighter aircraft during World War I and between the wars.-Beginnings:...

  • Nieuport 24 - Nieuport
    Nieuport
    Nieuport, later Nieuport-Delage, was a French aeroplane company that primarily built racing aircraft before World War I and fighter aircraft during World War I and between the wars.-Beginnings:...

  • Nieuport 24bis - Nieuport
    Nieuport
    Nieuport, later Nieuport-Delage, was a French aeroplane company that primarily built racing aircraft before World War I and fighter aircraft during World War I and between the wars.-Beginnings:...

  • Nieuport 27 - Nieuport
    Nieuport
    Nieuport, later Nieuport-Delage, was a French aeroplane company that primarily built racing aircraft before World War I and fighter aircraft during World War I and between the wars.-Beginnings:...

  • Nieuport 28
    Nieuport 28
    |-See also:-Bibliography:* Cheesman E.F. Fighter Aircraft of the 1914-1918 War. Letchworth, UK: Harleyford Publications, 1960, pp. 98–99....

     - Nieuport
    Nieuport
    Nieuport, later Nieuport-Delage, was a French aeroplane company that primarily built racing aircraft before World War I and fighter aircraft during World War I and between the wars.-Beginnings:...

  • Nieuport 80 - Nieuport
    Nieuport
    Nieuport, later Nieuport-Delage, was a French aeroplane company that primarily built racing aircraft before World War I and fighter aircraft during World War I and between the wars.-Beginnings:...

  • Nieuport 81 - Nieuport
    Nieuport
    Nieuport, later Nieuport-Delage, was a French aeroplane company that primarily built racing aircraft before World War I and fighter aircraft during World War I and between the wars.-Beginnings:...

  • Nieuport 83 - Nieuport
    Nieuport
    Nieuport, later Nieuport-Delage, was a French aeroplane company that primarily built racing aircraft before World War I and fighter aircraft during World War I and between the wars.-Beginnings:...

  • Salmson 2A2 - Salmson
    Salmson
    Salmson was a French engineering company, initially in the automobile and aeroplane manufacturing area,turning to pump manufacturing in the 1960s.-History:...

  • Sopwith 1A2
    Sopwith 1½ Strutter
    The Sopwith 1½ Strutter was a British one or two-seat biplane multi-role aircraft of the First World War. It is significant as the first British-designed two seater tractor fighter, and the first British aircraft to enter service with a synchronised machine gun...

     - Sopwith Aviation Company
    Sopwith Aviation Company
    The Sopwith Aviation Company was a British aircraft company that designed and manufactured aeroplanes mainly for the British Royal Naval Air Service, Royal Flying Corps and later Royal Air Force in the First World War, most famously the Sopwith Camel...

  • 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...

     - Société Pour L'Aviation et ses Dérivés
    Société Pour L'Aviation et ses Dérivés
    SPAD was a French aircraft manufacturer between 1911 and 1921. Its SPAD S.XIII biplane was the most popular French fighter airplane in World War I.-Deperdussin:...

  • SPAD S.XI
    SPAD S.XI
    -References:* Davilla, James J., & Soltan, Arthur M., French Aircraft of the First World War. Stratford, Connecticut: Flying Machines Press, 1997. ISBN 0-9637110-4-0...

     - Société Pour L'Aviation et ses Dérivés
    Société Pour L'Aviation et ses Dérivés
    SPAD was a French aircraft manufacturer between 1911 and 1921. Its SPAD S.XIII biplane was the most popular French fighter airplane in World War I.-Deperdussin:...

  • 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...

     - Société Pour L'Aviation et ses Dérivés
    Société Pour L'Aviation et ses Dérivés
    SPAD was a French aircraft manufacturer between 1911 and 1921. Its SPAD S.XIII biplane was the most popular French fighter airplane in World War I.-Deperdussin:...

  • SPAD S.XIII
    SPAD S.XIII
    |-See also:-Bibliography:* Bruce, J.M. The Aeroplanes of the Royal Flying Corps . London: Putnam, 1982. ISBN 0-370-30084-X.* Sharpe, Michael. Biplanes, Triplanes, and Seaplanes. London: Friedman/Fairfax Books, 2000. ISBN 1-58663-300-7....

     - Société Pour L'Aviation et ses Dérivés
    Société Pour L'Aviation et ses Dérivés
    SPAD was a French aircraft manufacturer between 1911 and 1921. Its SPAD S.XIII biplane was the most popular French fighter airplane in World War I.-Deperdussin:...

  • SPAD S.XVI - Société Pour L'Aviation et ses Dérivés
    Société Pour L'Aviation et ses Dérivés
    SPAD was a French aircraft manufacturer between 1911 and 1921. Its SPAD S.XIII biplane was the most popular French fighter airplane in World War I.-Deperdussin:...

  • Voisin 8 - Compagnie Gabriel Voisin
    Compagnie Gabriel Voisin
    Voisin was a French aircraft company, one of first in the world. It was established in 1906 by two brothers, Gabriel Voisin and Charles Voisin, but it was continued only by Gabriel after the death of Charles Voisin in 1912; the full official company name became Société Anonyme des Aéroplanes G....

  • Voisin 10 - Compagnie Gabriel Voisin
    Compagnie Gabriel Voisin
    Voisin was a French aircraft company, one of first in the world. It was established in 1906 by two brothers, Gabriel Voisin and Charles Voisin, but it was continued only by Gabriel after the death of Charles Voisin in 1912; the full official company name became Société Anonyme des Aéroplanes G....


American Expeditionary Force (A.E.F.) aircraft from the British Government

  • 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...

  • Avro 504K
  • Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2a
  • 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...

    b
  • 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
  • Sopwith F-1 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

American Expeditionary Force (A.E.F.) aircraft from the Italian Government

  • Ansaldo S.V.A. 10
  • S.I.A. 7B-1 - Fiat
    Fiat
    FIAT, an acronym for Fabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino , is an Italian automobile manufacturer, engine manufacturer, financial, and industrial group based in Turin in the Italian region of Piedmont. Fiat was founded in 1899 by a group of investors including Giovanni Agnelli...


Post-War, November 11, 1918 to September 1919

  • Boeing MB-3A - Boeing
    Boeing
    The Boeing Company is an American multinational aerospace and defense corporation, founded in 1916 by William E. Boeing in Seattle, Washington. Boeing has expanded over the years, merging with McDonnell Douglas in 1997. Boeing Corporate headquarters has been in Chicago, Illinois since 2001...

  • C class blimp - Goodyear Aerospace
    Goodyear Aerospace
    Goodyear Aerospace Corporation was the aerospace and defense subsidiary of Goodyear.-Early Years:The company began as Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.’s Aeronautics Department and renamed in 1917 as the Goodyear Zeppelin Corporation set up to construct dirigibles for the US military...

    , Curtiss
    Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company
    Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company was an American aircraft manufacturer that went public in 1916 with Glenn Hammond Curtiss as president. Throughout the 1920s and 1930s, the company was the largest aircraft manufacturer in the United States...

  • Curtiss Orenco D - Curtiss
    Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company
    Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company was an American aircraft manufacturer that went public in 1916 with Glenn Hammond Curtiss as president. Throughout the 1920s and 1930s, the company was the largest aircraft manufacturer in the United States...

  • Dayton-Wright XB-1A - Dayton-Wright Company
    Dayton-Wright Company
    The Dayton-Wright Company was formed in 1917, on the declaration of war between the United States and Germany, by a group of Ohio investors that included Charles F. Kettering and Edward A. Deeds of Dayton Engineering Laboratories Company...

  • Eberhardt SE-5E - Eberhardt Aeroplane and Motor Company Inc.
  • Verville-Clark-Pursuit VCP-1A - Engineering Division
    Engineering Division
    The Engineering Division was a division of the Aviation Section, U.S. Signal Corps in the United States Department of War. It was formed on 31 August 1918, under the direction of Lt Col Jesse G. Vincent, to study and design American versions of foreign aircraft. It was later renamed Engineering...

  • Verville-Clark-Pursuit VCP-2 - Engineering Division
    Engineering Division
    The Engineering Division was a division of the Aviation Section, U.S. Signal Corps in the United States Department of War. It was formed on 31 August 1918, under the direction of Lt Col Jesse G. Vincent, to study and design American versions of foreign aircraft. It was later renamed Engineering...

  • Verville-Clark-Pursuit VCP-R - Engineering Division
    Engineering Division
    The Engineering Division was a division of the Aviation Section, U.S. Signal Corps in the United States Department of War. It was formed on 31 August 1918, under the direction of Lt Col Jesse G. Vincent, to study and design American versions of foreign aircraft. It was later renamed Engineering...

  • Lewis & Vought VE-9
    Vought VE-7
    |-References:*; accessed 13 May 2007-External links:*...

     - Lewis & Vought Corporation
  • Martin T-1 - Martin
    Glenn L. Martin Company
    The Glenn L. Martin Company was an American aircraft and aerospace manufacturing company that was founded by the aviation pioneer Glenn L. Martin. The Martin Company produced many important aircraft for the defense of the United States and its allies, especially during World War II and the Cold War...

  • Martin MB-2 (NBS-1) - Martin
    Glenn L. Martin Company
    The Glenn L. Martin Company was an American aircraft and aerospace manufacturing company that was founded by the aviation pioneer Glenn L. Martin. The Martin Company produced many important aircraft for the defense of the United States and its allies, especially during World War II and the Cold War...

  • Orenco D-2 became PW-3 - Ordnance Engineering
  • Thomas-Morse MB-6 - Thomas-Morse Aircraft Corporation
  • Thomas-Morse MB-7 - Thomas-Morse Aircraft Corporation
  • Thomas-Morse S-6 - Thomas-Morse Aircraft Corporation
  • Curtiss NC
    Curtiss NC
    -References:NotesBibliography* Holmes, Tony. Jane's Vintage Aircraft Recognition Guide. London: Harper Collins, 2005. ISBN 0-0071-9292-4.* Steirman, Hy and Glenn D. Kittler. The First Transatlantic Flight, 1919, . New York: Richardson & Sterman, 1986. ISBN 0-931933-19-0.* Wagner, Ray. American...

     - Curtiss
    Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company
    Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company was an American aircraft manufacturer that went public in 1916 with Glenn Hammond Curtiss as president. Throughout the 1920s and 1930s, the company was the largest aircraft manufacturer in the United States...

  • Felixstowe F5L
    Felixstowe F5L
    -See also:-References:NotesBibliography* Bruce, J.M. " Flight, 2 December 1955, pp. 842—846.* Bruce, J.M. " Flight, 16 December 1955, pp. 895—898.* Bruce, J.M. " Flight, 23 December 1955, pp. 929—932....

     - American built and engined version of Seaplane Experimental Station
    Seaplane Experimental Station
    The Seaplane Experimental Station at Royal Naval Air Station Felixstowe was a British aircraft design unit of the early part of the 20th century.-Creation:...

     design

See also


External links

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