List of aircraft of the Royal Flying Corps

This is a list of aircraft used by the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) from 13 April 1912, when it was formed from the Air Battalion Royal Engineers, until 1 April 1918 when it was merged with the Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS) to form the Royal Air Force (RAF). The RFC operated in parallel with the RNAS, whose aircraft are listed at List of aircraft of the Royal Naval Air Service. For a list of Royal Air Force aircraft see List of aircraft of the Royal Air Force.

• 1 Operational aeroplanes
• 2 Airships
• 3 Prototypes
• 4 References
  • 4.1 Notes
  • 4.2 Citations
  • 4.3 Bibliography

• Airco DH.1
• Airco DH.2
• Airco DH.4
• Airco DH.5
• Airco DH.6
• Airco DH.9
• Airco DH.9A
• Armstrong Whitworth F.K.2
• Armstrong Whitworth F.K.3
• Armstrong Whitworth F.K.8
• Avro Type E/Es/500
• Avro 504
• Blériot XI
• Blériot XII
• Blériot XXI
• Blériot Parasol Monoplane
• Breguet Type III
• Bristol Boxkite
• Bristol-Coanda Monoplane
• Bristol F.2A and F.2B Fighter
• Bristol Scout
• Bristol M.1
• Caudron G.III
• Curtiss JN-3
• Curtiss JN-4 A
• Curtiss JN-4 (Canadian)
• Deperdussin monoplane
• Farman HF.20
• Farman HF.27
• Farman MF.7 Longhorn
• Farman MF.11 Shorthorn
• FBA Type B
• Grahame-White Type XV
• Martinsyde S.1
• Martinsyde G.100 102
• Morane-Saulnier G
• Morane-Saulnier H
• Morane-Saulnier BB
• Morane-Saulnier I
• Morane-Saulnier L
• Morane-Saulnier LA
• Morane-Saulnier N
• Morane-Saulnier V
• Morane-Saulnier P
• Nieuport II.N
• Nieuport IV.G
• Nieuport 12
• Nieuport 16
• Nieuport 17 23
• Nieuport 20
• Nieuport 23bis
• Nieuport 24 24bis
• Nieuport 27
• Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.1
• Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2
• Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.3 4
• Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.7
• Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.8 8a
• Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.12
• Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.2
• Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.8
• Royal Aircraft Factory R.E.1
• Royal Aircraft Factory R.E.5
• Royal Aircraft Factory R.E.7
• Royal Aircraft Factory R.E.8
• Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.2
• Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.4a
• Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5 5a
• (S.43 44)
• Short S.62
• Short Type 184
• Short Type 827
• Short Bomber
• Sopwith 1-1/2 Strutter
• Sopwith 3-Seater
• Sopwith 80 hp Biplane
• Sopwith Camel
• Sopwith Dol phin
• Sopwith Pup
• Sopwith Salamander
• Sopwith Snipe
• Sopwith Tabloid
• SPAD S.VII
• SPAD S.XIII
• (Vickers-Farman)
• Vickers E.S.1
• Vickers F.B. 'Gun Carrier'/'Fighting Biplanes'
• Vickers F.B.5
• Vickers F.B.9
• Vickers F.B.12
• Vickers F.B.14
• Vickers F.B.19
• Voisin III V

The airship service was disbanded 1 January 1914 and all airships transferred to the RNAS.

• British Army Airship No.3/Baby/Beta/Beta II
• – 1910–
• Delta – 1912–1914
• Epsilon I and Epsilon II –
• Eta 1913–1914
• Clément-Bayard II Zeta 1910–1910
• Lebaudy Morning Post 1910–1911

• ASL Valkyrie
• Airco DH.3
• Armstrong Whitworth F.K.7
• Armstrong Whitworth F.K.9
• Armstrong Whitworth F.K.10
• Avro 521
• Bristol-Prier Monoplane
• Bristol TB.8 G.B.75
• Bristol S.2A
• Caproni Ca.1
• Caudron Type C /45hp
• Caudron G.IV
• Caudron R.XI
• Cody V biplane
• Curtiss C-1 Canada
• Dunne D.8
• Farman Type Militaire, 1910
• Flanders F.4
• Grahame-White Type VII VIIc
• Grahame-White School Biplane
• Handley Page Type O/400
• Howard Wright biplane
• Martin-Handasyde Monoplane
• Martinsyde F.3
• Morane-Saulnier AC
• Paulhan biplane
• Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.9
• Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.4
• Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.9
• Royal Aircraft Factory N.E.1
• Short Tractor Biplane
• Sopwith Sparrow
• Sopwith Triplane
• SPAD S.XII
• Vickers F.B.7 /7A
• Vickers F.B.27 Vimy
• Vickers F.B.26 Vampire
• Wright Model H

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Notes

Citations

Bibliography

• Bain, Gordon (1992). De Havilland: A Pictorial Tribute. London: AirLife. ISBN 1-85648-243-X.
• Barnes, C. H. (1964). Bristol Aircraft Since 1910. London: Putnam. ISBN 0-370-00015-3.
• Bruce, J. M. (1957). British Aeroplanes 1914-18. London: Putnam.
• Bruce, J. M. (1982). The Aeroplanes of the Royal Flying Corps (Military Wing). London: Putnam. ISBN 0-370-30084-X.
• Davis, Mick (1999). Sopwith Aircraft. Ramsbury, Marlborough, UK: Crowood Press. ISBN 1-86126217-5.
• Driver, Hugh (1997). The Birth of Military Aviation: Britain 1903-1914. Woodbridge: The Boydel Press for the Royal Historical Society. ISBN 0-86193234-X.
• Goodall, Michael H.; Albert Tagg (2000). British Aeroplanes Before the Great War. Schiffer Publishing. ISBN 0764312073.
• Hare, Paul R. (1990). The Royal Aircraft Factory. London: Putnam. ISBN 0-85177-843-7.
• Castle, Ian (2009). British Airships 1905-30. Osprey Publishing. ISBN 9781472800664.
• Jackson, A. J. (1965). Avro Aircraft since 1908. London: Putnam Publishing. LCCN 65-17460.
• Jackson, A. J. (1987). De Havilland Aircraft since 1909 (third ed.). London: Putnam Publishing. ISBN 0-85177-802-X.
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