List of carrier-based aircraft

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Sqn. Cdr. E. H. Dunning makes the first landing of an aircraft on a moving ship, a Sopwith Pup on HMS Furious, August 2, 1917. 100 years of the RAF MOD 45163717.jpg
Sqn. Cdr. E. H. Dunning makes the first landing of an aircraft on a moving ship, a Sopwith Pup on HMS Furious, August 2, 1917.

This List of carrier-based aircraft covers fixed-wing aircraft designed for aircraft carrier flight deck operation and excludes aircraft intended for use from seaplane tenders, submarines and dirigibles. Helicopters includes only those regularly operated from aircraft carriers and not those normally flown from other types of surface ships or land bases.

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List of aircraft operated from aircraft carriers

TypeCountryClassRoleDateStatusNo.Notes
Aeromarine 39 USPropellerTrials1922Temporary1+ [1]
Aérospatiale Alouette III FranceHelicopter1959Production
Aérospatiale SA 330 Puma FranceHelicopter1965Production697
Aérospatiale Super Frelon FranceHelicopter1962Production99
Agusta-Bell AB.212ASW ItalyHelicopterASW1969Production
AgustaWestland AW101/EH101/Merlin Italy/UKHelicopter1987Production
AgustaWestland AW159 Wildcat UK/ItalyHelicopterMultirole2009Prototype3Flight trials with HMS Queen Elizabeth
Aichi B7A JapanPropellerBomber1942Production114 [2]
Aichi D1A JapanPropellerDive bomber1934Production590 [3]
Aichi D3A JapanPropellerDive bomber1938Production1,495 [4]
Airspeed Fleet Shadower UKPropellerReconnaissance1940Prototype1
Arado Ar 195 GermanyPropellerTorpedo bomber1937Prototype3
Arado Ar 197 GermanyPropellerFighter1937Prototype3
Armstrong Whitworth A.W.16 UKPropellerFighter1930Prototype18 [note 1]
Armstrong Whitworth Starling UKPropellerFighter1929Prototype1
Arsenal VG 90 FrancePropellerFighter1949Prototype2
Avro Avocet UKPropellerFighter1927Prototype2 [5]
Avro Bison UKPropellerReconnaissance1921Production55 [6]
Avro Buffalo UKPropellerTorpedo bomber1926Prototype1 [7]
Beardmore W.B.III UKPropellerFighter1917Production100 [8]
Beardmore W.B.IV UKPropellerFighter1917Prototype1
Beardmore W.B.V UKPropellerFighter1917Prototype2
Beardmore W.B.VI UKPropellerFightern/aPrototype0not flown
Beardmore W.B.VI UKPropellerTorpedo bombern/aProject0
Bell Airacobra I USPropellerFighter1945Temporary1 First tri-gear landing, on HMS Pretoria Castle [9]
Bell AH-1 SuperCobra USHelicopter1969Production1,271+
Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey USRotorcraft1989Production160
Bell XFL Airabonita USPropellerFighter1940Prototype1
Berliner-Joyce F2J USPropellerFighter1933Prototype1
Berliner-Joyce OJ USPropellerReconnaissance1931Production39
Berliner-Joyce XF3J USPropellerFighter1934Prototype1
Berliner-Joyce XFJ USPropellerFighter1931Prototype1
Blackburn Airedale UKPropellerReconnaissance1924Prototype2 [10]
Blackburn B-3 UKPropellerTorpedo bomber1932Prototype2 [11]
Blackburn B-54 UKPropellerASW1949Prototype3
Blackburn Baffin UKPropellerTorpedo bomber1932Production92 [12] [13]
Blackburn Blackburd UKPropellerTorpedo bomber1918Prototype3 [14]
Blackburn Blackburn UKPropellerReconnaissance1922Production62 [15]
Blackburn Buccaneer UKJetBomber1958Production144
Blackburn Dart UKPropellerTorpedo bomber1921Production127 [16]
Blackburn Firebrand UKPropellerFighter/torpedo bomber1942Production225 [17]
Blackburn Firecrest UKPropellerFighter1947Prototype3~
Blackburn Nautilus UKPropellerFighter1929Prototype1 [18]
Blackburn Ripon UKPropellerTorpedo bomber1926Production96 [19]
Blackburn Roc UKPropellerFighter1938Production136 [20] [21]
Blackburn Shark UKPropellerTorpedo bomber1933Production238 [22]
Blackburn Skua UKPropellerFighter/dive bomber1937Production190 [21] [23]
Blackburn Sprat UKPropellerTrainer1926Prototype1 [24]
Blackburn Swift UKPropellerTorpedo bomber1920Production8 [25]
Boeing CH-47 Chinook USHelicopterTransport1961Production1,179+
Boeing EA-18G Growler USJetElectronic Warfare2006Production85~
Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet USJetFighter1995Production500~
Boeing F2B USPropellerFighter1926Production33 [26]
Boeing F3B USPropellerFighter-bomber1927Production74 [26]
Boeing F4B USPropellerFighter1928Production189 [27]
Boeing FB USPropellerFighter1923Production29 [28]
Boeing Vertol CH-46 Sea Knight USHelicopterTransport1962Production524
Boeing XF5B USPropellerFighter1930Prototype1
Boeing XF6B USPropellerFighter-bomber1933Prototype1
Boeing XF7B USPropellerFighter1933Prototype1
Boeing XF8B USPropellerFighter1944Prototype3
Boulton Paul Sea Balliol UKPropellerTrainer1952Production30
Breguet Alizé FrancePropellerASW1956Production89
Breguet Vultur FrancePropellerBomber1951Prototype2
Brewster Buffalo USPropellerFighter1937Production503 [29] [30]
Brewster SB2A Buccaneer USPropellerDive bomber1941Production771 [31]
Bristol Scout UKPropellerTrials1916Temporary1First flight from moving ship, HMS Vindex [32]
British Aerospace P.125 UKJetFighter-bombern/aProject0
British Aerospace Sea Harrier UKJetFighter1978Production115
Britten-Norman Islander UKPropellerTransport1968Temporary1Sales demo flights aboard HMS Hermes [33]
Caudron Luciole FrancePropellerTransport1940Temporary2 Free French recruiters flew from HMS Ark Royal [34]
Cessna O-1E Bird Dog USPropellerTransport1962-1975Temporary1 VNAF landing on USS Midway during Fall of Saigon.
USMC O-1s flown from USS Princeton (LPH-5)
Chengdu J-20 B/C PRCJetFighter2016Prototype10
Common Support Aircraft USJetMultirolen/aProject0
Consolidated N2Y USPropellerTrainer1929Production7 [note 2]
Consolidated TBY Sea Wolf USPropellerTorpedo bomber1941Production180
Consolidated XB2Y USPropellerDive bomber1933Prototype1
Consolidated XBY USPropellerDive bomber1932Prototype1
Curtiss BF2C Goshawk USPropellerFighter-bomber1933Production166 [35]
Curtiss F11C Goshawk USPropellerFighter-bomber1932Production30 [35]
Curtiss F6C Hawk USPropellerFighter1925Production75 [36]
Curtiss F7C Seahawk USPropellerFighter1927Production17
Curtiss F8C/O2C Falcon/Helldiver USPropellerFighter/dive bomber1924Production150 [37]
Curtiss Model D USPropellerTrials1910Temporary1First takeoff from ship, from USS Birmingham.
First landing on ship, on USS Pennsylvania
Curtiss P-36 Hawk USPropellerFighter1941Temporary31Flown from USS Enterprise during delivery
Curtiss P-40F Warhawk USPropellerFighter1942Temporary109 Torch landings flown from USS Chenango & HMS Archer
Curtiss SB2C Helldiver USPropellerDive bomber1940Production7,200 [38] [39]
Curtiss SBC Helldiver USPropellerDive bomber1935Production257 [40] [41]
Curtiss SO3C Seamew USPropellerReconnaissance1939Production259 [42]
Curtiss SOC Seagull USPropellerReconnaissance1934Production322 [43]
Curtiss XBT2C USPropellerTorpedo bomber1945Prototype9
Curtiss XBTC USPropellerTorpedo bomber1945Prototype2
Curtiss XF14C USPropellerFighter1944Prototype1
Curtiss XF15C USPropellerFighter1945Prototype3
Curtiss XSB3C USPropellerDive bombern/aProject0
Dassault Étendard IV FranceJetFighter1958Production90
Dassault Rafale MFranceJetFighter1986Production115
Dassault-Breguet Super Étendard FranceJetFighter-bomber1974Production85
de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter CanadaPropellerTransport1957Temporary4 Suez Crisis, UNEF flights off HMCS Magnificent [44]
de Havilland Canada DHC-5 Buffalo CanadaPropellerTransport1980Temporary1 QSRA trials from USS Kitty Hawk
de Havilland Canada L-20 Beaver CanadaPropellerTransport1958Temporary2 Lebanon crisis, flown from USS Corregidor [45]
de Havilland Sea Hornet UKPropellerFighter1944Production174
de Havilland Sea Mosquito UKPropellerTorpedo bomber/trainer1944Production66 [46]
de Havilland Sea Vampire UKJetFighter1944Production98
de Havilland Sea Venom UKJetFighter1951Production298
de Havilland Sea Vixen UKJetFighter1951Production145
Dewoitine D.1ter FrancePropellerFighter1922Production30
Dewoitine D.373 & 376 FrancePropellerFighter1931Production45
Douglas A-3 Skywarrior USJetBomber1952Production282 [47]
Douglas A-4 Skyhawk USJetBomber1954Production2,960 [47]
Douglas A2D Skyshark USPropellerBomber1950Prototype12
Douglas AD Skyraider USPropellerBomber1945Production3,180 [48]
Douglas BTD Destroyer USPropellerTorpedo bomber1943Production30
Douglas DT USPropellerTorpedo bomber1921Production90 [49]
Douglas F3D Skynight USJetFighter1948Production268 [50]
Douglas F4D Skyray USJetFighter1951Production422
Douglas F5D Skylancer USJetFighter1956Prototype4
Douglas F6D Missileer USJetFightern/aProject0
Douglas R4D-5USPropellerTransport1947Temporary6 Highjump flights from USS Philippine Sea
Douglas SBD Dauntless USPropellerDive bomber1938Production5,356 [51]
Douglas T2D USPropellerTorpedo bomber1927Production31 [52]
Douglas TBD Devastator USPropellerTorpedo bomber1935Production130 [53]
Douglas XT3D USPropellerTorpedo bomber1931Prototype1
Douglas XTB2D Skypirate USPropellerTorpedo bomber1945Prototype2
Eberhart F2G USPropellerFighter1928Prototype1
Eberhart FG USPropellerFighter1927Prototype1
Eurocopter AS332 Super Puma FranceHelicopter1978Production
Eurocopter AS365 Dauphin FranceHelicopter1975Production
Eurocopter Fennec FranceHelicopterASW/Transport1990Productionrebranded Ecreuil
Fairey Albacore UKPropellerTorpedo/dive bomber1938Production800 [54]
Fairey Barracuda UKPropellerTorpedo/dive bomber1940Production2,582 [55]
Fairey Firefly III/IIIM UKPropellerFighter1929Prototype1
Fairey Firefly UKPropellerFighter-bomber1941Production1,702
Fairey Fleetwing UKPropellerFighter1929Prototype1
Fairey Flycatcher UKPropellerFighter1922Production196
Fairey Fox Mk.IA UKPropellerTrials1926Temporary1 HMS Furious [56]
Fairey Fulmar UKPropellerFighter1937Production600 [57]
Fairey Gannet UKPropellerASW/AEW1949Production348
Fairey III UKPropellerReconnaissance1917Production964
Fairey Seal UKPropellerReconnaissance1930Production91
Fairey Spearfish UKPropellerTorpedo/dive bomber1945Prototype5
Fairey Swordfish UKPropellerTorpedo bomber1934Production2,391 [58]
Fiat G.50 bis/A Freccia ItalyPropellerFighter1942Prototype1
Fieseler Fi 167 GermanyPropellerDive bomber1938Production14
Fouga CM.175 Zéphyr MFranceJetTrainer1956Production32
General Aircraft Fleet Shadower UKPropellerReconnaissance1940Prototype1
General Dynamics-Grumman F-111B USJetFighter1965Prototype7
Gloster Gambet UKPropellerFighter1927Prototype1 [59]
Gloster Gladiator II UKPropellerFighter1940Temporary18 Norwegian Campaign, flown from HMS Glorious
Gloster Gnatsnapper UKPropellerFighter1927Prototype2(or 3) [60]
Gloster Meteor F.3 (Derwent 5)UKJetTrials1948–1949Temporary2 HMS Implacable and HMS Illustrious [note 3]
Gloster Nightjar UKPropellerFighter1921Production22
Gloster Sea Gladiator UKPropellerFighter1937Production98 [61] [62]
Gloster Sparrowhawk III UKPropellerFighter1921Production10 [63]
Gloster TSR.38 UKPropellerTorpedo bomber1932Prototype1 [64]
Goodyear F2G Corsair USPropellerFighter1945Prototype10
Gourdou-Leseurre GL.22 FrancePropellerTrainer1918Production20 [note 4]
Great Lakes BG USPropellerBomber1933Production61
Great Lakes XTBG USPropellerTorpedo bomber1935Prototype1
Grumman A-6 Intruder USJetBomber1960Production693 [65]
Grumman AF Guardian USPropellerASW1945Production389 [66]
Grumman C-1 Trader USPropellerTransport1955Production83 [67]
Grumman C-2 Greyhound USPropellerTransport1964Production58
Grumman E-1 Tracer USPropellerAEW1956Production88 [68]
Grumman E-2 Hawkeye USPropellerAEW1960Production313 [68]
Grumman EA-6B Prowler USJetElectronic Warfare1968Production170
Grumman F-9 Cougar USJetFighter1951Production1,392 [69]
Grumman F-11 Tiger USJetFighter1954Production200
Grumman F-14 Tomcat USJetFighter1970Production632
Grumman FF USPropellerFighter1931Production85 [70]
Grumman F2F USPropellerFighter1933Production56 [71]
Grumman F3F USPropellerFighter1935Production147 [72]
Grumman F4F Wildcat USPropellerFighter1937Production7,885 [73]
Grumman F6F Hellcat USPropellerFighter1942Production12,275 [74]
Grumman F7F Tigercat USPropellerFighter1943Production364
Grumman F8F Bearcat USPropellerFighter1944Production1,265
Grumman F9F Panther USJetFighter1947Production1,382 [69]
Grumman G-118 USJetFightern/aProject0
Grumman J2F Duck USPropellerTransport/SAR1936Production584 [43]
Grumman S-2 Tracker USPropellerASW1952Production1,284 [75]
Grumman SF USPropellerFighter1931Production35
Grumman TBF Avenger USPropellerTorpedo bomber1941Production9,839 [53]
Grumman XF10F Jaguar USJetFighter1952Prototype1
Grumman XF5F Skyrocket USPropellerFighter1940Prototype1
Grumman XSBF USPropellerBomber1936Prototype1
Grumman XTB2F USPropellerTorpedo bombern/aProject0
Grumman XTSF USPropellerTorpedo bombern/aProject0
HAL Naval Tejas IndiaJetFighter2012Prototype2 [76] [77]
Hall XFH-1USPropellerFighter1929Prototype1
Handley Page H.P.46 UKPropellerTorpedo bomber1932Prototype1
Handley Page Hanley UKPropellerTorpedo bomber1922Prototype3
Handley Page Hendon UKPropellerTorpedo bomber1924Prototype6
Handley Page HP.14 UKPropellerReconnaissance1917Prototype3
Handley Page HPS-1 UKPropellerFighter1923Prototype2
Hanriot HD.1 FrancePropellerTrials1920Temporary1+
Hanriot HD.2 FrancePropellerTrials1920Temporary2
Hanriot HD.3 FrancePropellerTrials1920Temporary1
Hanriot HD.20 FrancePropellerFighter1923Prototype1
Hawker Hedgehog UKPropellerFighter1924Prototype1 [78]
Hawker Hoopoe UKPropellerFighter1928Prototype1 [79]
Hawker Hurricane I UKPropellerFighter1940Temporary18 Norwegian Campaign, flown from HMS Glorious
Hawker Nimrod UKPropellerFighter1930Production92 [80]
Hawker Osprey/Naval Hart UKPropellerFighter/reconnaissance1932Production112 [81]
Hawker Sea Fury UKPropellerFighter1945Production864 [82]
Hawker Sea Hawk UKJetFighter1947Production542 [83]
Hawker Sea Hurricane UKPropellerFighter1940Production1,190+ [84] [85]
Hawker Siddeley P.1017 UKJetFightern/aProject0 [86] [87]
Hawker Siddeley P.1154 UKJetFightern/aProject0
Hawker Siddeley P.139B UKJetAEWn/aProject0
Heinkel HD 23 GermanyPropellerFighter1926Prototype4
Junkers Ju 87C GermanyPropellerDive bomber1938Prototype10
Kaiser-Fleetwings XBTK USPropellerTorpedo bomber1945Prototype5
Kaman SH-2 Seasprite USHelicopterASW1959Production184
Kaman SH-2G Super Seasprite USHelicopterASW1985Production59
Kamov Ka-20 USSRHelicopterASW/Transport1960Prototype
Kamov Ka-25 USSRHelicopterASW/EW/AEW1963Production460~
Kamov Ka-27, Ka-28 & Ka-32 USSRHelicopterASW/AEW/Transport1973Production
Kawanishi K-11 JapanPropellerFighter1927Prototype2 [88]
Kokusai Ki-76 JapanPropellerReconnaissance1941Production937
Latécoère 299 FrancePropellerTorpedo/dive bomber1939Prototype2
Les Mureaux 1 C.1 Express-MarinFrancePropellerFighter1924Prototype1
Levasseur PL.10, 101 & 107 FrancePropellerReconnaissance1929Production63
Levasseur PL.14 FrancePropellerTorpedo bomber1929Production30
Levasseur PL.2 FrancePropellerTorpedo bomber1922Production11
Levasseur PL.4 FrancePropellerReconnaissance1926Production40
Levasseur PL.5 FrancePropellerFighter1925Production24& 9
Levasseur PL.7 FrancePropellerTorpedo bomber1928Production46
Lévy-Biche LB.2 FrancePropellerFighter1927Production26
Lockheed XJO-3 Electra Junior USPropellerTrials1939Temporary1Nosewheel trials flown from USS Lexington
Lockheed KC-130F Hercules USPropellerTrials1963Temporary1 USMC trials from USS Forrestal
Lockheed Martin F-35B & C Lightning II USJetFighter2006Production
Lockheed P-80A Shooting Star USJetTrials1946Temporary1 USAAF jet flown from USS Franklin D. Roosevelt
Lockheed P2V-3C Neptune USPropellerTrials1948–1951Temporary13Nuclear bomber from USS Franklin D. Roosevelt
Lockheed S-3 Viking USJetASW1972Production188
Lockheed T2V SeaStar USJetTrainer1953Production150
Lockheed U-2C USJetReconnaissance1963Temporary1Monitoring French nuclear tests from USS Ranger [89]
Lockheed U-2G USJetReconnaissance1955Prototype3 [89] [note 5]
Lockheed U-2R USJetTrials1969Temporary1 USS America [89]
Loening OL-8AUSPropellerReconnaissance1923Production20
Loening XFL USPropellerFightern/aProject0
Loire-Gourdou-Leseurre LGL.32 FrancePropellerFighter1925Production15
Loire-Nieuport LN.401 FrancePropellerDive bomber1938Production68
Mann Egerton Type H UKPropellerFighter1917Prototype2 [90]
Martin AM Mauler USPropellerBomber1944Production151 [91]
Martin BM USPropellerBomber1930Production32
Martin T3M USPropellerTorpedo bomber1926Production124 [92]
Martin T4M & Great Lakes TG USPropellerTorpedo bomber1927Production155 [93]
Martin XT6M USPropellerTorpedo bomber1930Prototype1
McDonnell Douglas A-12 Avenger II USJetBombern/aProject0
McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II USJetFighter1958Production5,195 [94]
McDonnell Douglas T-45 Goshawk USJetTrainer1988Production214
McDonnell FH Phantom USJetFighter1945Production62
McDonnell F2H Banshee USJetFighter1947Production895 [95]
McDonnell F3H Demon USJetFighter1951Production519
McDonnell-Douglas AV-8B Harrier II USJetBomber1978–1985Production323
McDonnell-Douglas F/A-18 Hornet USJetFighter-bomber1978Production1,479
Messerschmitt Bf 109T-1 GermanyPropellerFighter1939Prototype7
Mikoyan MiG-29K USSRJetFighter1988Production20
Mitsubishi 1MF JapanPropellerFighter1921Production138 [96]
Mitsubishi 1MF9 JapanPropellerFighter1927Production2 [97]
Mitsubishi 1MT JapanPropellerTorpedo bomber1922Production20 [98]
Mitsubishi 2MR JapanPropellerReconnaissance1922Production159 [99]
Mitsubishi 3MT5 JapanPropellerTorpedo bomber1932Production11 [100]
Mitsubishi A5M JapanPropellerFighter1935Production1,094 [101] [102]
Mitsubishi A6M Zero JapanPropellerFighter1939Production10,449 [103] [104]
Mitsubishi A7M JapanPropellerFighter1944Prototype10 [105]
Mitsubishi B1M JapanPropellerBomber1923Production443 [106]
Mitsubishi B2M JapanPropellerBomber1929Production206 [107]
Mitsubishi B5M JapanPropellerBomber1937Production125 [108]
Morane-Saulnier MS.226 FrancePropellerFighter1933Production3
Morane-Saulnier MS.474 Vanneau IVFrancePropellerTrainer1944Production70
Morane-Saulnier MS.500 Criquet FrancePropellerTransport1945–1949TemporaryOperated from Arromanches during the First Indochina War
Nakajima A1N JapanPropellerFighter1927Production151 [109]
Nakajima A2N JapanPropellerFighter1929Production100 ca. [110] [111]
Nakajima A4N JapanPropellerFighter1934Production221 [112]
Nakajima B3N JapanPropellerBomber1933Prototype2 [113]
Nakajima B4N JapanPropellerBomber1936Prototype2 [114]
Nakajima B5N JapanPropellerBomber1937Production1,149 [115]
Nakajima B6N JapanPropellerBomber1941Production1,268 [116]
Nakajima C3N JapanPropellerReconnaissance1936Production2 [117]
Nakajima C6N JapanPropellerReconnaissance1943Production463 [118]
Naval Aircraft Factory SBN USPropellerBomber1936Prototype31
Naval Aircraft Factory TS USPropellerFighter1922Production46 [119]
NHIndustries NH90 NATOHelicopter1995Production161
Nieuport 21 FrancePropellerTrials1919–1920Temporary1
Nieuport-Delage NiD 32 FrancePropellerFighter1920Production10
Nieuport-Delage NiD 43 FrancePropellerFighter1924Prototype1
Nord 1500 Noréclair FrancePropellerASW/bomber1947Prototype1
Nord 2200 FranceJetFighter1949Prototype1
North American A-5 Vigilante USJetReconnaissance1958Production156 [50]
North American AJ Savage USPropellerBomber1948Production143 [66]
North American B-25B Mitchell USPropellerBomber1942Temporary16 Doolittle Raid launched from USS Hornet
North American ETF-51D Mustang USPropellerFighter1944Prototype1 [120]
North American FJ-1 Fury USJetFighter1946Production31
North American FJ-2/-3 Fury USJetFighter1951Production741
North American FJ-4 Fury USJetFighter1954Production374
North American L-17 (Navion)USPropellerTransport1950Temporary Korean War Courier/VIP transport
North American PBJ-1H USPropellerBomber1944Production1 [note 6]
North American Rockwell OV-10 Bronco USPropellerTrials1968, 1985Temporary USS John F. Kennedy and USS Saratoga
North American T-2 Buckeye USJetTrainer1958Production529
North American T-28 Trojan USPropellerTrainer1949Production266
North American SNJ-3C/-4C/-5C USPropellerTrainer1935Production52+
North American XA2J Super Savage USPropellerBomber1952Prototype1
Northrop BT USPropellerBomber1935Production55
Northrop NATF-23 USJetFightern/aProject0
Parnall Panther UKPropellerReconnaissance1917Production155 [121]
Parnall Perch UKPropellerTrainer1926Prototype1 [122]
Parnall Pike UKPropellerReconnaissance1927Prototype1 [123]
Parnall Pipit UKPropellerFighter1928Prototype2 [124]
Parnall Plover UKPropellerFighter1922Production13 [125]
Parnall Puffin UKPropellerFighter/reconnaissance1920Prototype3 [126]
Percival Vega Gull UKPropellerTransport1936/1937Temporary1Flown on (by Edgar Percival) and later off and on from HMS Courageous [127]
Piasecki H-21 USHelicopter1952Production18+
Piasecki HRP Rescuer USHelicopterTransport/SAR1945Production28
Piasecki HUP Retriever USHelicopterTransport/SAR1948Production339
Piper L-4 Grasshopper USPropellerReconnaissance1944Temporary27+From LST for WW2 landings
Reggiane Re.2001 OR ItalyPropellerFighter1940Production10
Republic P-47 Thunderbolt USPropellerFighter1944Temporary4P-47s being ferried by USS Manila Bay flown off to defend ship off Saipan
Rockwell XFV-12 USJetFightern/aPrototype1Failed to achieve flight
Ryan FR Fireball USPropeller/JetFighter1944Production71
Saro P.531 UKHelicopter1958Prototype6Produced as Westland Wasp
SEPECAT Jaguar M FranceJetBomber1969Prototype1
Seversky XFN-1 USPropellerFighter1937Prototype1
Shenyang J-15 PRCJetFighter2013Production50
Shenyang FC-31 PRCJetFighter2021Prototype1
Short Gurnard UKPropellerFighter1929Prototype2
Short Seamew UKPropellerASW1953Prototype26
Short Shirl UKPropellerTorpedo bomber1918Prototype4
Sikorsky CH-53 Sea Stallion USHelicopterTransport/SAR1964Production265+
Sikorsky HNS (R-4)USHelicopterTransport1942Production131
Sikorsky HO2S (R-5/H-5)USHelicopterTransport1943Production300+
Sikorsky HO4S (S-55)USHelicopterTransport/SAR1949Production94
Sikorsky Hoverfly II (R-6)USHelicopterTransport/trainer1943Production225
Sikorsky HR2S/CH-37USHelicopterTransport1953Production62
Sikorsky HSS Seabat (S-58)USHelicopterASW/Transport1954Production218
Sikorsky SH-3 Sea King USHelicopterASW/SAR/Transport1959Production756 ca.
Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk USHelicopterASW/SAR/Transport1979Production400+
Sikorsky XHJS USHelicopterTransport1947Prototype2
Slingsby T.20 UKGliderTrials1945Temporary1Flight deck turbulence trials from HMS Pretoria Castle & HMS Illustrious
SNCAC NC.1070 FranceJetBomber1947Prototype2
SNCAC NC.1080 FranceJetFighter1949Prototype1
SNCASE (Sud-Est) Aquilon FranceJetFighter1951Production120
SNCASO SO.8000 Narval FrancePropellerFighter1949Prototype2
Sopwith 2F.1 Ship's Camel UKPropellerFighter1917Production340Zeppelin interceptors flown from towed barges. [128]
Sopwith Camel UKPropellerFighter1917ProductionZeppelin interceptors flown from towed barges.
Sopwith Cuckoo UKPropellerTorpedo bomber1918Production232 [129]
Sopwith Pup and Ship's Pup UKPropellerFighter1916Production1,770 [note 7]
Sopwith Ship's Strutter UKPropellerFighter1915Production5,939 [note 7]
Stinson L-5 Sentinel USPropellerReconnaissance1943TemporaryUsed Brodie device from USS City of Dalhart and LSTs
Stinson OY Sentinel USPropellerReconnaissance1950Temporary1+ Korean War
Sukhoi Su-25UTG & UBP USSRJetBomber1988Production20~
Sukhoi Su-33 USSRJetFighter1987Production24~
Supermarine Attacker UKJetFighter1946Production185
Supermarine Scimitar UKJetFighter1956Production76
Supermarine Seafang UKPropellerFighter1946Prototype18
Supermarine Seafire UKPropellerFighter1942Production2,556 [130] [131]
Supermarine Type 322 UKPropellerTorpedo/dive bomber1943Prototype2
Supermarine Walrus UKPropellerReconnaissance1933Production740 [43]
Taylorcraft Auster UKPropellerTrials1945–1946Temporary3+ HMS Argus, Ravager and Illustrious
Vickers Type 141 UKPropellerFighter1927Prototype1
Vickers Type 177 UKPropellerFighter1929Prototype1
Vickers Type 207 UKPropellerTorpedo bomber1933Prototype1
Vickers Vanellus UKPropellerReconnaissance1925Prototype1
Vickers Viking III & IVUKPropellerReconnaissance1919Production2
Vickers Vireo UKPropellerFighter1928Prototype1
Villiers II FrancePropellerFighter1925Production32
Vought A-7 Corsair USJetBomber1965Production1,569 [65]
Vought F-8 Crusader USJetFighter1955Production1,219 [94]
Vought F4U/FG/F3A Corsair USPropellerFighter1940Production12,571 [132]
Vought F6U Pirate USJetFighter1946Production33
Vought F7U Cutlass USJetFighter1948Production320 [133]
Vought FU USPropellerFighter1926Production20
Vought Model 1600 USJetFightern/aProject0
Vought O2U Corsair USPropellerReconnaissance1926Production322
Vought O3U/SU Corsair USPropellerReconnaissance1930Production291
Vought XO4U Corsair USPropellerReconnaissance1931Prototype2
Vought SB2U Vindicator USPropellerBomber1936Production170 [134]
Vought SBU Corsair USPropellerBomber1933Production125
Vought VE-7 USPropellerFighter1917Production128 [135]
Vought XF5U USPropellerFightern/aPrototype1Failed to achieve flight
Vought XF8U-3 Crusader III USJetFighter1958Prototype5
Vought XS2U USPropellerASWn/aProject0
Vought XSB3U USPropellerBomber1936Prototype1
Westland Dragonfly UKHelicopterTransport/SAR1948Production133
Westland Lynx UKHelicopterASW/Transport1971Production
Westland PV-3 UKPropellerReconnaissance1931Prototype1 [136]
Westland Sea King UKHelicopterASW/Transport/SAR1969Production344
Westland Walrus UKPropellerReconnaissance1921Production36 [137]
Westland Wasp UKHelicopterASW1962Production133
Westland Wessex UKHelicopterTransport/SAR1958Production170
Westland Whirlwind UKHelicopterTransport/SAR1953Production400
Westland Wyvern UKPropellerBomber1946Production127 [138]
Wibault 74 FrancePropellerFighter1924Production18
Yakovlev Yak-38 USSRJetFighter1971Production231
Yakovlev Yak-41 USSRJetFighter1987Prototype2
Yakovlev Yak-43 USSRJetFightern/aProject0
Yakovlev Yak-44 USSRPropellerAEWn/aProject0
Yokosuka B3Y JapanPropellerBomber1933Production129 [139]
Yokosuka B4Y JapanPropellerBomber1935Production205 [140]
Yokosuka D3Y JapanPropellerDive bomber1944Prototype5 [141]
Yokosuka D4Y JapanPropellerDive bomber1940Production2,038 [142] [143]

See also

Notes

  1. 1 evaluated as carrier based fighter
  2. Two operated from USS Saratoga (CV-3) and USS Ranger (CV-4).
  3. The first Meteor F.1 prototype was used for deck handling trials aboard HMS Pretoria Castle in 1946 however no flights were attempted at that time.
  4. 1 used for carrier evaluation from Béarn with suitable modifications
  5. Modified U-2A for shipboard use with strengthened undercarriage.
  6. 1 modified for carrier use
  7. 1 2 Production total is for all variants.

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