This List of carrier-based aircraft covers fixed-wing aircraft designed for

aircraft carrier An aircraft carrier is a warship that serves as a seagoing airbase, equipped with a full-length flight deck and facilities for carrying, arming, deploying, and recovering aircraft. Typically, it is the capital ship of a fleet, as it allows a ...

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.

List of aircraft operated from aircraft carriers

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Aeromarine 39 The Aeromarine 39 was an American two-seat training seaplane ordered by the US Navy in 1917 and built by the Aeromarine Plane and Motor Company of Keyport, New Jersey. Of conventional biplane configuration and construction, the aircraft was desi ...

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Aérospatiale Alouette III The Aérospatiale Alouette III (, ''Lark''; company designations SA 316 and SA 319) is a single-engine, light utility helicopter developed by France, French aircraft company Sud Aviation. During its production life, it proved to be a relatively p ...

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Aérospatiale SA 330 Puma The Aérospatiale SA 330 Puma is a four-bladed, twin-engined medium transport/utility helicopter that was designed and originally produced by the French aerospace manufacturer Sud Aviation. It is capable of carrying up to 20 passengers as well as ...

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AgustaWestland AW159 Wildcat The AgustaWestland AW159 Wildcat (previously called the Future Lynx and Lynx Wildcat) is a British military helicopter. It is an improved version of the Westland Super Lynx designed to serve in the battlefield utility, search and rescue and a ...

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Aichi B7A The was a large and powerful carrier-borne torpedo-dive bomber produced by Aichi Kokuki for the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service during the Second World War. Built in only small numbers and deprived of the aircraft carriers it was intended ...

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Aichi D1A The Aichi D1A or Navy Type 94/96 Carrier Bomber ( Allied reporting name "Susie") was a Japanese carrier-based dive bomber of the 1930s. A single-engine, two-seat biplane based on the Heinkel He 50, the D1A was produced by Aichi for the Imperia ...

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Aichi D3A The Aichi D3A Type 99 Carrier Bomber ( Allied reporting name "Val") is a World War II carrier-borne dive bomber. It was the primary dive bomber of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) and was involved in almost all IJN actions, including the at ...

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Airspeed Fleet Shadower The Airspeed AS.39 Fleet Shadower was a British long-range patrol aircraft design that did not go beyond the prototype stage. A similar aircraft, the General Aircraft Fleet Shadower, was also built to the extent of prototypes. While the concept o ...

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Arado Ar 197 The Arado Ar 197 was a German World War II-era biplane, designed for naval operations for the never-completed German aircraft carrier . Only a few prototypes were built; the project was abandoned in favour of the Messerschmitt Bf 109T and Me 15 ...

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Armstrong Whitworth A.W.16 The Armstrong Whitworth A.W.16 (or A.W.XVI) was a British single-engine biplane fighter aircraft designed and built by Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft. A number were sold to the Chinese ''Kwangsi'' Air Force. Development The A.W.16 was develo ...

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Armstrong Whitworth Starling The Armstrong Whitworth A.W.14 Starling was a prototype British single-seat biplane fighter developed for the Royal Air Force in the late 1920s which unsuccessfully competed against the Bristol Bulldog. Development The A.W.14 Starling was de ...

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Arsenal VG 90 The Arsenal VG 90 was a French carrier-based jet-engined interceptor developed in the late 1940s. It was intended to compete for an Aéronavale (French Naval Aviation) contract and first flew in 1949. It set a speed record for a French aircr ...

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Avro Bison The Avro 555 Bison was a British single-engined fleet spotter/reconnaissance aircraft built by Avro. Development and design The Bison was designed to meet British Specification 3/21 for a carrier-based fleet spotter and reconnaissance aircraf ...

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Avro Buffalo The Avro 571 Buffalo was a prototype British carrier-based torpedo bomber biplane, designed and built by Avro in the 1920s. It was not selected for service, the Blackburn Ripon being ordered instead. Design and development The Avro 571 Buff ...

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Beardmore W.B.III The Beardmore WB.III was a British carrier-based fighter biplane of World War I. It was a development of the Sopwith Pup that William Beardmore and Company, Beardmore was then building under licence, but was specially adapted for shipboard use. ...

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Bell AH-1 SuperCobra The Bell AH-1 SuperCobra is a twin-engined attack helicopter that was developed on behalf of, and primarily operated by, the United States Marine Corps (USMC). The twin Cobra family, itself part of the larger Huey family, includes the AH-1J S ...

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Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey The Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey is an American multi-mission, tiltrotor military aircraft with both vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) and short takeoff and landing (STOL) capabilities. It is designed to combine the functionality of a convention ...

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Bell XFL Airabonita The Bell XFL Airabonita was an American experimental carrier-based interceptor aircraft developed for the United States Navy by Bell Aircraft Corporation of Buffalo, New York. It was similar to and a parallel development of the U.S. Army Air Cor ...

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Berliner-Joyce F2J The Berliner-Joyce XF2J was the company's second biplane fighter for the United States Navy. The XF2J was ordered on 30 June 1931 and although designated as a two-seat fighter, it was used as an observation aircraft. Design and development The ...

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Berliner-Joyce XF3J The Berliner-Joyce XF3J was an American biplane fighter, built by Berliner-Joyce Aircraft. It was submitted to the United States Navy for their request for a single-seat carrier-based fighter powered by a Wright R-1510-26 engine. Development ...

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Blackburn B-54 The Blackburn B-54 and B-88 were prototype carrier-borne anti-submarine warfare aircraft of the immediate post-Second World War era developed for the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm (FAA). They shared a conventional monoplane design with a mid-mounted ...

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Blackburn Baffin The Blackburn B-5 Baffin biplane torpedo bomber designed and produced by the British aircraft manufacturer Blackburn Aircraft. It was a development of the Ripon, the chief change being that a 545 hp (406 kW) Bristol Pegasus I.MS radial ...

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Blackburn Blackburn The Blackburn R-1 Blackburn was a 1920s British single-engine fleet spotter/reconnaissance aircraft built by Blackburn Aircraft. History The Blackburn was developed to meet a naval requirement ( Specification 3/21) for a carrier-based reconnai ...

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Blackburn Buccaneer The Blackburn Buccaneer is a British carrier-capable attack aircraft designed in the 1950s for the Royal Navy (RN). Designed and initially produced by Blackburn Aircraft at Brough, it was later officially known as the Hawker Siddeley Buccanee ...

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Blackburn Dart The Blackburn Dart was a carrier-based torpedo bomber biplane designed and manufactured by the British aviation company Blackburn Aircraft. It was the standard single-seat torpedo bomber operated by the Fleet Air Arm (FAA) between 1923 and 19 ...

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Blackburn Firebrand The Blackburn Firebrand was a British single-engine strike fighter for the Fleet Air Arm of the Royal Navy designed during World War II by Blackburn Aircraft. Originally intended to serve as a pure fighter, its unimpressive performance and t ...

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Blackburn Firecrest The Blackburn B.48 Firecrest, given the SBAC designation YA.1, was a single-engine naval strike fighter built by Blackburn Aircraft for service with the British Fleet Air Arm during the Second World War. It was a development of the troubled ...

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Blackburn Nautilus The Blackburn 2F.1 Nautilus was a British single-engine two-seat biplane spotter/ fighter built in 1929. Only one was completed. Development The company designation, 2F.1, meant that the Nautilus was Blackburn's first two-seat fighter, though ...

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Blackburn Ripon The Blackburn T.5 Ripon was a carrier-based torpedo bomber and reconnaissance biplane designed and produced by the British aircraft manufacturer Blackburn Aircraft. It was the basis for both the license-produced Mitsubishi B2M and the improved ...

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Blackburn Roc The Blackburn Roc (company designation B-25) was a naval fighter aircraft designed and produced by the British aviation company Blackburn Aircraft. It took its name from the mythical bird of the tales of the Arabian Nights, the Roc. It was ope ...

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Blackburn Shark The Blackburn Shark was a carrier-borne torpedo bomber designed and built by the British aviation manufacturer Blackburn Aircraft. It was originally known as the Blackburn T.S.R., standing for ''torpedo-spotter-reconnaissance'', in reference to ...

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Blackburn Skua The Blackburn B-24 Skua was a carrier-based low-wing, two-seater, single-radial engine aircraft by the British aviation company Blackburn Aircraft. It was the first Royal Navy carrier-borne all-metal cantilever monoplane aircraft, as well as ...

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Blackburn Swift The Blackburn Dart was a carrier-based torpedo bomber biplane designed and manufactured by the British aviation company Blackburn Aircraft. It was the standard single-seat torpedo bomber operated by the Fleet Air Arm (FAA) between 1923 and 1 ...

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Boeing CH-47 Chinook The Boeing CH-47 Chinook is a tandem rotor helicopter developed by American rotorcraft company Vertol and manufactured by Boeing Vertol. The Chinook is a heavy-lift helicopter that is among the heaviest lifting Western helicopters. Its name, Ch ...

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Boeing EA-18G Growler The Boeing EA-18G Growler is an American carrier-based electronic warfare aircraft, a specialized version of the two-seat F/A-18F Super Hornet. The EA-18G replaced the Northrop Grumman EA-6B Prowlers in service with the United States Navy. The ...

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Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet The Boeing F/A-18E and F/A-18F Super Hornet are twin-engine, carrier-capable, multirole fighter aircraft variants based on the McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet. The F/A-18E single-seat and F/A-18F tandem-seat variants are larger and more adv ...

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Boeing F2B The Boeing F2B was a biplane fighter aircraft of the United States Navy in the 1920s, familiar to aviation enthusiasts of the era as the craft of the Three Sea Hawks aerobatic flying team, famous for its tied-together formation flying.Swanborou ...

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Boeing F3B The Boeing F3B was a biplane fighter and fighter bomber that served with the United States Navy from 1928 into the early 1930s. Design and development Designed by the company as its Model 74, the plane was an incremental improvement over the ...

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Boeing F4B The Boeing Company () is an American multinational corporation that designs, manufactures, and sells airplanes, rotorcraft, rockets, satellites, telecommunications equipment, and missiles worldwide. The company also provides leasing and product ...

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Boeing Vertol CH-46 Sea Knight The Boeing Vertol CH-46 Sea Knight is a medium-lift tandem-rotor transport helicopter powered by twin turboshaft engines. It was designed by Vertol and manufactured by Boeing Vertol following Vertol's acquisition by Boeing. Development of th ...

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Boeing XF8B The Boeing XF8B (Model 400) was a single-engine aircraft developed by Boeing during World War II to provide the United States Navy with a long-range shipboard fighter aircraft. The XF8B was intended for operation against the Japanese home islan ...

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Boulton Paul Sea Balliol The Boulton Paul Balliol and Sea Balliol are monoplane advanced trainer aircraft designed and produced by the British aircraft manufacturer Boulton Paul Aircraft. On 17 May 1948, it became the world's first single-engined turboprop aircraft to ...

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Brewster Buffalo The Brewster F2A Buffalo is an American fighter aircraft which saw service early in World War II. Designed and built by the Brewster Aeronautical Corporation, it was one of the first U.S. monoplanes with an arrestor hook and other modifications ...

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Brewster SB2A Buccaneer The Brewster SB2A Buccaneer was a single-engined mid-wing monoplane scout/bomber aircraft built by the Brewster Aeronautical Corporation for the Royal Air Force (RAF) and United States Navy between 1942 and 1944. It was also supplied to the Unit ...

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Bristol Scout The Bristol Scout was a single-seat rotary-engined biplane originally designed as a racing aircraft. Like similar fast, light aircraft of the period it was used by the RNAS and the RFC as a "scout", or fast reconnaissance type. It was one of t ...

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British Aerospace P.125 The British Aerospace P.125 was a British supersonic STOVL multirole combat aircraft being developed in the 1980s. The project was cancelled in the 1990s. The existence of the project was revealed by BAE Systems in 2006. Development The B ...

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British Aerospace Sea Harrier The British Aerospace Sea Harrier is a naval STOVL, short take-off and vertical landing/VTOL, vertical take-off and landing jet fighter, Aerial reconnaissance, reconnaissance and attack aircraft. It is the second member of the Harrier jump je ...

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Britten-Norman Islander The Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander is a British light utility aircraft and regional airliner designed and originally manufactured by Britten-Norman of the United Kingdom. Still in production, the Islander is one of the best-selling commercial air ...

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VNAF The South Vietnam Air Force, officially the Republic of Vietnam Air Force (RVNAF; vi, Không lực Việt Nam Cộng hòa, KLVNCH; french: Force aérienne vietnamienne, FAVN) (sometimes referred to as the Vietnam Air Force or VNAF) was the aer ...

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Common Support Aircraft The Common Support Aircraft (CSA) was a proposed concept, which has been considered by the United States Navy since at least the early 1990s, to replace a number of different fixed-wing aircraft capable of operating from an aircraft carrier and w ...

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Consolidated TBY Sea Wolf The Consolidated TBY Sea Wolf was a United States Navy torpedo bomber of World War II. A competitor and contemporary to the Grumman TBF Avenger, the Sea Wolf was subject to substantial delays and never saw combat; only 180 of the type were built ...

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Curtiss BF2C Goshawk The Curtiss BF2C Goshawk (Model 67) was a United States 1930s naval biplane aircraft that saw limited success and was part of a long line of Hawk Series airplanes made by the Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company for the American military, and f ...

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Curtiss F11C Goshawk The Curtiss F11C Goshawk was an American naval biplane fighter aircraft that saw limited success. It was part of a long line of Curtiss Hawk airplanes built by the Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company for the American military. Design and develo ...

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Curtiss F6C Hawk The Curtiss F6C Hawk was a late 1920s American naval biplane fighter aircraft. It was part of the long line of Curtiss Hawk airplanes built by the Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company for the American military. Originally designed for land-based ...

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Curtiss Model D The 1911 Curtiss Model D (or frequently "Curtiss Pusher") was an early United States pusher aircraft with the engine and propeller behind the pilot's seat. It was among the first aircraft in the world to be built in any quantity, during an era ...

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Curtiss P-36 Hawk The Curtiss P-36 Hawk, also known as the Curtiss Hawk Model 75, is an American-designed and built fighter aircraft of the 1930s and 40s. A contemporary of the Hawker Hurricane and Messerschmitt Bf 109, it was one of the first of a new generation ...

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Curtiss SB2C Helldiver The Curtiss SB2C Helldiver is a dive bomber developed by Curtiss-Wright during World War II. As a carrier-based bomber with the United States Navy (USN), in Pacific theaters, it supplemented and replaced the Douglas SBD Dauntless. A few survi ...

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Curtiss SBC Helldiver The Curtiss SBC Helldiver was a two-seat scout bomber and dive bomber built by the Curtiss-Wright Corporation. It was the last military biplane procured by the United States Navy. Delivered in 1937, it became obsolete even before World War II ...

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Curtiss SO3C Seamew The Curtiss SO3C Seamew was developed by the Curtiss-Wright Corporation as a replacement for the SOC Seagull as the United States Navy's standard floatplane scout. Curtiss named the SO3C the ''Seamew'' but in 1941 the US Navy began calling it b ...

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Curtiss SOC Seagull The Curtiss SOC Seagull was an American single-engined scout observation seaplane, designed by Alexander Solla of the Curtiss-Wright Corporation for the United States Navy. The aircraft served on battleships and cruisers in a seaplane configurati ...

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Curtiss XBTC The Curtiss XBTC was a prototype single-seat, single-engined torpedo/ dive bomber developed during World War II for the United States Navy. Four aircraft were ordered, powered by two different engines, but the two aircraft to be fitted with th ...

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Curtiss XF14C The Curtiss XF14C was an American naval fighter aircraft. It was developed by Curtiss-Wright in response to a request by the United States Navy in 1941 to produce a new shipboard high-performance fighter aircraft. Design and development In 19 ...

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Curtiss XF15C The Curtiss XF15C-1 is a mixed-propulsion fighter prototype of the 1940s. It was among a number of similar designs ordered by the US Navy before pure-jet aircraft had demonstrated their ability to operate from carriers and the mixed-propulsion de ...

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Dassault Étendard IV The Dassault Étendard IV is a transonic carrier-borne strike fighter aircraft developed and manufactured by French aerospace company Dassault Aviation. It is the first indigenously designed carrier-capable jet aircraft to be produced in France. ...

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Dassault Rafale The Dassault Rafale (, literally meaning "gust of wind", and "burst of fire" in a more military sense) is a French twin-engine, canard delta wing, multirole fighter aircraft designed and built by Dassault Aviation. Equipped with a wide ran ...

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Dassault-Breguet Super Étendard The Dassault-Breguet Super Étendard (''Étendard'' is French for " battle flag", cognate to English "standard") is a French carrier-borne strike fighter aircraft designed by Dassault-Breguet for service with the French Navy. The aircraft is ...

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de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter The de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter is a single-engined, high-wing, propeller-driven, short take-off and landing ( STOL) aircraft developed by de Havilland Canada. It was conceived to be capable of performing the same roles as the earlier and ...

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de Havilland Canada DHC-5 Buffalo The de Havilland Canada DHC-5 Buffalo is a short takeoff and landing ( STOL) utility transport turboprop aircraft developed from the earlier piston-powered DHC-4 Caribou. The aircraft has extraordinary STOL performance and is able to take off ...

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de Havilland Canada L-20 Beaver The de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver is a single-engined high-wing propeller-driven short takeoff and landing (STOL) aircraft developed and manufactured by de Havilland Canada. It has been primarily operated as a bush plane and has been used ...

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de Havilland Sea Hornet The de Havilland DH.103 Hornet, developed by de Havilland, was a fighter aircraft driven by two piston engines. It further exploited the wooden construction techniques that had been pioneered by the de Havilland Mosquito. Development of ...

, , UK, , Propeller, , Fighter, , , , Production, , , , , - , de Havilland Sea Mosquito, , UK, , Propeller, , Torpedo bomber/trainer, , , , Production, , , , , - ,

de Havilland Sea Vampire The de Havilland Vampire is a British jet fighter which was developed and manufactured by the de Havilland Aircraft Company. It was the second jet fighter to be operated by the RAF, after the Gloster Meteor, and the first to be powered by a s ...

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de Havilland Sea Venom The de Havilland Sea Venom is a British postwar carrier-capable jet aircraft developed from the de Havilland Venom. It served with the Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm and with the Royal Australian Navy. The French Navy operated the Aquilon, develo ...

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de Havilland Sea Vixen The de Havilland DH.110 Sea Vixen is a British twin-engine, twin boom-tailed, two-seat, carrier-based fleet air-defence fighter flown by the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm during the 1950s through to the early 1970s. The Sea Vixen was designed by ...

, , UK, , Jet, , Fighter, , , , Production, , , , , - , Dewoitine D.1ter, , France, , Propeller, , Fighter, , , , Production, , , , , - , Dewoitine D.373 & 376, , France, , Propeller, , Fighter, , , , Production, , , , , - ,

Douglas A-3 Skywarrior The Douglas A-3 Skywarrior is a jet-powered strategic bomber that was developed and produced by the Douglas Aircraft Company. It was designed by Douglas on behalf of the United States Navy, which sought a carrier-capable strategic bomber. Duri ...

, , US, , Jet, , Bomber, , , , Production, , , , Pawlowski, 1971, p.451 , - ,

Douglas A-4 Skyhawk The Douglas A-4 Skyhawk is a single-seat subsonic carrier-capable light attack aircraft developed for the United States Navy and United States Marine Corps in the early 1950s. The delta-winged, single turbojet engined Skyhawk was designed a ...

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Douglas A2D Skyshark The Douglas A2D Skyshark was an American turboprop-powered attack aircraft built by the Douglas Aircraft Company for the United States Navy. The program was substantially delayed by engine reliability problems, and was canceled because more prom ...

, , US, , Propeller, , Bomber, , , , Prototype, , , , , - ,

Douglas AD Skyraider The Douglas A-1 Skyraider (formerly known as the AD Skyraider) is an American single-seat attack aircraft in service from 1946 to the early 1980s. The Skyraider had an unusually long career, remaining in front-line service well into the Jet Age ...

, , US, , Propeller, , Bomber, , , , Production, , , , , - ,

Douglas BTD Destroyer The Douglas BTD Destroyer is an American dive/torpedo bomber developed for the United States Navy during World War II. A small number had been delivered before the end of the war, but none saw combat. Development On 20 June 1941, the United ...

, , US, , Propeller, , Torpedo bomber, , , , Production, , , , , - ,

Douglas DT The Douglas DT bomber was the Douglas Aircraft Company's first military contract, forging a link between the company and the United States Navy. Navy Contract No. 53305 of April 1, 1921, required only 18 pages to set out the specifications that ...

, , US, , Propeller, , Torpedo bomber, , , , Production, , , , , - , Douglas F3D Skynight, , US, , Jet, , Fighter, , , , Production, , , , Pawlowski, 1971, p.452 , - ,

Douglas F4D Skyray The Douglas F4D Skyray (later redesignated F-6 Skyray) is an American carrier-based fighter/interceptor built by the Douglas Aircraft Company. Although it was in service for a relatively short time (1956–1964) and never entered combat, it w ...

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Douglas F5D Skylancer The Douglas F5D Skylancer is a development of the F4D Skyray jet fighter for the United States Navy. Starting out as the F4D-2N, an all-weather version of the Skyray, the design was soon modified to take full advantage of the extra thrust of th ...

, , US, , Jet, , Fighter, , , , Prototype, , , , , - ,

Douglas F6D Missileer The Douglas F6D Missileer was a proposed carrier-based fleet defense fighter designed by Douglas Aircraft Company in response to a 1959 United States Navy requirement. It was designed to be able to loiter for extended periods at a relatively ...

, , US, , Jet, , Fighter, , n/a, , Project, , 0, , , - ,

Douglas R4D The Douglas C-47 Skytrain or Dakota (Royal Air Force, RAF, Royal Australian Air Force, RAAF, Royal Canadian Air Force, RCAF, Royal New Zealand Air Force, RNZAF, and South African Air Force, SAAF designation) is a airlift, military transport ai ...

-5, , US, , Propeller, , Transport, , , , Temporary, , , , Highjump flights from , - ,

Douglas SBD Dauntless The Douglas SBD Dauntless is a World War II American naval scout plane and dive bomber that was manufactured by Douglas Aircraft from 1940 through 1944. The SBD ("Scout Bomber Douglas") was the United States Navy's main carrier-based scout/div ...

, , US, , Propeller, , Dive bomber, , , , Production, , , , , - ,

Douglas T2D The Douglas T2D was an American twin-engined torpedo bomber contracted by the military, and required to be usable on wheels or floats, and operating from aircraft carriers. It was the first twin-engined aircraft to be operated from an aircraft ca ...

, , US, , Propeller, , Torpedo bomber, , , , Production, , , , , - ,

Douglas TBD Devastator The Douglas TBD Devastator was an American torpedo bomber of the United States Navy. Ordered in 1934, it first flew in 1935 and entered service in 1937. At that point, it was the most advanced aircraft flying for the Navy and possibly for any na ...

, , US, , Propeller, , Torpedo bomber, , , , Production, , , , Pawlowski, 1971, p.446 , - , Douglas XT3D, , US, , Propeller, , Torpedo bomber, , , , Prototype, , , , , - ,

Douglas XTB2D Skypirate The Douglas XTB2D Skypirate (also known as the Devastator II) was a torpedo bomber intended for service with the United States Navy's ''Midway''- and ''Essex''-class aircraft carriers; it was too large for earlier decks. Two prototypes were co ...

, , US, , Propeller, , Torpedo bomber, , , , Prototype, , , , , - , Eberhart F2G, , US, , Propeller, , Fighter, , , , Prototype, , , , , - , Eberhart FG, , US, , Propeller, , Fighter, , , , Prototype, , , , , - ,

Eurocopter AS332 Super Puma The Airbus Helicopters H215 (formerly Eurocopter AS332 Super Puma) is a four-bladed, twin-engine, medium-size utility helicopter developed and initially produced by the French aerospace company Aérospatiale. It has been subsequently manufactu ...

, , France, , Helicopter, , , , , , Production, , , , , - ,

Eurocopter AS365 Dauphin The Eurocopter (now Airbus Helicopters) AS365 Dauphin (''Dolphin''), also formerly known as the Aérospatiale SA 365 Dauphin 2, is a medium-weight multipurpose twin-engine helicopter produced by Airbus Helicopters. It was originally developed ...

, , France, , Helicopter, , , , , , Production, , , , , - ,

Eurocopter Fennec The Eurocopter (now Airbus Helicopters) AS550 Fennec (now H125M) and AS555 Fennec 2 are lightweight, multipurpose military helicopters manufactured by Eurocopter Group (now Airbus Helicopters). Based on the AS350 Ecureuil and AS355 Ecureuil ...

, , France, , Helicopter, , ASW/Transport, , , , Production, , , , rebranded Ecreuil , - ,

Fairey Albacore The Fairey Albacore is a single-engine biplane torpedo bomber designed and produced by the British aircraft manufacturer Fairey Aviation. It was primarily operated by the Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm (FAA) and was heavily used during the Second ...

, , UK, , Propeller, , Torpedo/dive bomber, , , , Production, , , , , - ,

Fairey Barracuda The Fairey Barracuda was a British carrier-borne torpedo and dive bomber designed by Fairey Aviation. It was the first aircraft of this type operated by the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm (FAA) to be fabricated entirely from metal. The Barracuda ...

, , UK, , Propeller, , Torpedo/dive bomber, , , , Production, , , , , - , Fairey Firefly III/IIIM, , UK, , Propeller, , Fighter, , , , Prototype, , , , , - ,

Fairey Firefly The Fairey Firefly is a Second World War-era carrier-borne fighter aircraft and anti-submarine aircraft that was principally operated by the Fleet Air Arm (FAA). It was developed and built by the British aircraft manufacturer Fairey Aviatio ...

, , UK, , Propeller, , Fighter-bomber, , , , Production, , , , , - ,

Fairey Fleetwing The Fairey Fleetwing was a British two-seat, single-engine biplane designed to an Air Ministry contract for carrier-based reconnaissance operations in the late 1920s. Only one was built. Development The Fairey Fleetwing was Fairey's response ...

, , UK, , Propeller, , Fighter, , , , Prototype, , , , , - , Fairey Flycatcher, , UK, , Propeller, , Fighter, , , , Production, , , , , - , Fairey Fox, Fairey Fox Mk.IA, , UK, , Propeller, , Trials, , , , Temporary, , , , , - , Fairey Fulmar, , UK, , Propeller, , Fighter, , , , Production, , , , , - , Fairey Gannet, , UK, , Propeller, , ASW/AEW, , , , Production, , , , , - , Fairey III, , UK, , Propeller, , Reconnaissance, , , , Production, , , , , - , Fairey Seal, , UK, , Propeller, , Reconnaissance, , , , Production, , , , , - , Fairey Spearfish, , UK, , Propeller, , Torpedo/dive bomber, , , , Prototype, , , , , - , Fairey Swordfish, , UK, , Propeller, , Torpedo bomber, , , , Production, , , , , - , Fiat G.50 Freccia, Fiat G.50 bis/A Freccia, , Italy, , Propeller, , Fighter, , , , Prototype, , , , , - , Fieseler Fi 167, , Germany, , Propeller, , Dive bomber, , , , Production, , , , , - , Fouga CM.175 Zéphyr M, , France, , Jet, , Trainer, , , , Production, , , , , - , General Aircraft Fleet Shadower, , UK, , Propeller, , Reconnaissance, , , , Prototype, , , , , - , General Dynamics-Grumman F-111B, , US, , Jet, , Fighter, , , , Prototype, , , , , - , Gloster Gambet, , UK, , Propeller, , Fighter, , , , Prototype, , , , , - , Gloster Gladiator II, , UK, , Propeller, , Fighter, , , , Temporary, , , , Norwegian Campaign, flown from , - , Gloster Gnatsnapper, , UK, , Propeller, , Fighter, , , , Prototype, , , , (or 3) , - , Gloster Meteor F.3 (Derwent 5), , UK, , Jet, , Trials, , , , Temporary, , , , and The first Meteor F.1 prototype was used for deck handling trials aboard in 1946 however no flights were attempted at that time. , - , Gloster Nightjar, , UK, , Propeller, , Fighter, , , , Production, , , , , - , Gloster Sea Gladiator, , UK, , Propeller, , Fighter, , , , Production, , , , , - , Gloster Sparrowhawk III, , UK, , Propeller, , Fighter, , , , Production, , , , , - , Gloster TSR.38, , UK, , Propeller, , Torpedo bomber, , , , Prototype, , , , , - , Goodyear F2G Corsair, , US, , Propeller, , Fighter, , , , Prototype, , , , , - , Gourdou-Leseurre GL.22, , France, , Propeller, , Trainer, , , , Production, , , , 1 used for carrier evaluation from French aircraft carrier Béarn, Béarn with suitable modifications , - , Great Lakes BG, , US, , Propeller, , Bomber, , , , Production, , , , , - , Great Lakes XTBG, , US, , Propeller, , Torpedo bomber, , , , Prototype, , , , , - , Grumman A-6 Intruder, , US, , Jet, , Bomber, , , , Production, , , , Pawlowski, 1971, p.453 , - , Grumman AF Guardian, , US, , Propeller, , ASW, , , , Production, , , , Pawlowski, 1971, p.450 , - , Grumman C-1 Trader, , US, , Propeller, , Transport, , , , Production, , , , , - , Grumman C-2 Greyhound, , US, , Propeller, , Transport, , , , Production, , , , , - , Grumman E-1 Tracer, , US, , Propeller, , AEW, , , , Production, , , , Pawlowski, 1971, p.457 , - , Grumman E-2 Hawkeye, , US, , Propeller, , AEW, , , , Production, , , , , - , Grumman EA-6B Prowler, , US, , Jet, , Electronic Warfare, , , , Production, , , , , - , Grumman F-9 Cougar, , US, , Jet, , Fighter, , , , Production, , , , , - , Grumman F-11 Tiger, , US, , Jet, , Fighter, , , , Production, , , , , - , Grumman F-14 Tomcat, , US, , Jet, , Fighter, , , , Production, , , , , - , Grumman FF, , US, , Propeller, , Fighter, , , , Production, , , , , - , Grumman F2F, , US, , Propeller, , Fighter, , , , Production, , , , , - , Grumman F3F, , US, , Propeller, , Fighter, , , , Production, , , , , - , Grumman F4F Wildcat, , US, , Propeller, , Fighter, , , , Production, , , , , - , Grumman F6F Hellcat, , US, , Propeller, , Fighter, , , , Production, , , , , - , Grumman F7F Tigercat, , US, , Propeller, , Fighter, , , , Production, , , , , - , Grumman F8F Bearcat, , US, , Propeller, , Fighter, , , , Production, , , , , - , Grumman F9F Panther, , US, , Jet, , Fighter, , , , Production, , , , Pawlowski, 1971, p.430 , - , Grumman G-118, , US, , Jet, , Fighter, , n/a, , Project, , 0, , , - , Grumman J2F Duck, , US, , Propeller, , Transport/SAR, , , , Production, , , , , - , Grumman S-2 Tracker, , US, , Propeller, , ASW, , , , Production, , , , , - , Grumman SF, , US, , Propeller, , Fighter, , , , Production, , , , , - , Grumman TBF Avenger, , US, , Propeller, , Torpedo bomber, , , , Production, , , , , - , Grumman XF10F Jaguar, , US, , Jet, , Fighter, , , , Prototype, , , , , - , Grumman XF5F Skyrocket, , US, , Propeller, , Fighter, , , , Prototype, , , , , - , Grumman XSBF, , US, , Propeller, , Bomber, , , , Prototype, , , , , - , Grumman XTB2F, , US, , Propeller, , Torpedo bomber, , n/a, , Project, , 0, , , - , Grumman XTSF, , US, , Propeller, , Torpedo bomber, , n/a, , Project, , 0, , , - , HAL Naval Tejas, , India, , Jet, , Fighter, , , , Prototype, , , , , - , Hall XFH-1, , US, , Propeller, , Fighter, , , , Prototype, , , , , - , Handley Page H.P.46, , UK, , Propeller, , Torpedo bomber, , , , Prototype, , , , , - , Handley Page Hanley, , UK, , Propeller, , Torpedo bomber, , , , Prototype, , , , , - , Handley Page Hendon, , UK, , Propeller, , Torpedo bomber, , , , Prototype, , , , , - , Handley Page HP.14, , UK, , Propeller, , Reconnaissance, , , , Prototype, , , , , - , Handley Page HPS-1, , UK, , Propeller, , Fighter, , , , Prototype, , , , , - , Hanriot HD.1, , France, , Propeller, , Trials, , , , Temporary, , +, , , - , Hanriot HD.2, , France, , Propeller, , Trials, , , , Temporary, , , , , - , Hanriot HD.3, , France, , Propeller, , Trials, , , , Temporary, , , , , - , Hanriot HD.20, , France, , Propeller, , Fighter, , , , Prototype, , , , , - , Hawker Hedgehog, , UK, , Propeller, , Fighter, , , , Prototype, , , , , - , Hawker Hoopoe, , UK, , Propeller, , Fighter, , , , Prototype, , , , , - , Hawker Hurricane I, , UK, , Propeller, , Fighter, , , , Temporary, , , , Norwegian Campaign, flown from , - , Hawker Nimrod, , UK, , Propeller, , Fighter, , , , Production, , , , , - , Hawker Osprey, Hawker Osprey/Naval Hart, , UK, , Propeller, , Fighter/reconnaissance, , , , Production, , , , , - , Hawker Sea Fury, , UK, , Propeller, , Fighter, , , , Production, , , , , - , Hawker Sea Hawk, , UK, , Jet, , Fighter, , , , Production, , , , , - , Hawker Sea Hurricane, , UK, , Propeller, , Fighter, , , , Production, , +, , , - , Hawker Siddeley P.1154, , UK, , Jet, , Fighter, , n/a, , Project, , 0, , , - , Hawker Siddeley P.139B, , UK, , Jet, , AEW, , n/a, , Project, , 0, , , - , Heinkel HD 23, , Germany, , Propeller, , Fighter, , , , Prototype, , , , , - , Junkers Ju 87C, , Germany, , Propeller, , Dive bomber, , , , Prototype, , , , , - , Kaiser-Fleetwings XBTK, , US, , Propeller, , Torpedo bomber, , , , Prototype, , , , , - , Kaman SH-2 Seasprite, , US, , Helicopter, , ASW, , , , Production, , , , , - , Kaman SH-2G Super Seasprite, , US, , Helicopter, , ASW, , , , Production, , , , , - , Kamov Ka-20, , USSR, , Helicopter, , ASW/Transport, , , , Prototype, , , , , - , Kamov Ka-25, , USSR, , Helicopter, , ASW/EW/AEW, , , , Production, , ~, , , - , Kamov Ka-27, Kamov Ka-27, Ka-28 & Ka-32, , USSR, , Helicopter, , ASW/AEW/Transport, , , , Production, , , , , - , Kawanishi K-11, , Japan, , Propeller, , Fighter, , , , Prototype, , , , , - , Kokusai Ki-76, , Japan, , Propeller, , Reconnaissance, , , , Production, , , , , - , Latécoère 299, , France, , Propeller, , Torpedo/dive bomber, , , , Prototype, , , , , - , Les Mureaux 1 C.1 Express-Marin, , France, , Propeller, , Fighter, , , , Prototype, , , , , - , Levasseur PL.10, 101 & 107, , France, , Propeller, , Reconnaissance, , , , Production, , , , , - , Levasseur PL.14, , France, , Propeller, , Torpedo bomber, , , , Production, , , , , - , Levasseur PL.2, , France, , Propeller, , Torpedo bomber, , , , Production, , , , , - , Levasseur PL.4, , France, , Propeller, , Reconnaissance, , , , Production, , , , , - , Levasseur PL.5, , France, , Propeller, , Fighter, , , , Production, , , , & 9 , - , Levasseur PL.7, , France, , Propeller, , Torpedo bomber, , , , Production, , , , , - , Lévy-Biche LB.2, , France, , Propeller, , Fighter, , , , Production, , , , , - , Lockheed 12 Electra Junior, Lockheed XJO-3 Electra Junior, , US, , Propeller, , Trials, , , , Temporary, , , , Nosewheel trials flown from , - , Lockheed KC-130F Hercules, , US, , Propeller, , Trials, , , , Temporary, , , , USMC trials from , - , Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II, Lockheed Martin F-35B & C Lightning II, , US, , Jet, , Fighter, , , , Production, , , , , - , Lockheed P-80A Shooting Star, , US, , Jet, , Trials, , , , Temporary, , , , USAAF jet flown from , - , Lockheed P2V-3C Neptune, , US, , Propeller, , Trials, , –1951, , Temporary, , , , Nuclear bomber from , - , Lockheed S-3 Viking, , US, , Jet, , ASW, , , , Production, , , , , - , Lockheed T2V SeaStar, , US, , Jet, , Trainer, , , , Production, , , , , - , Lockheed U-2C, , US, , Jet, , Reconnaissance, , , , Temporary, , , , Monitoring France and weapons of mass destruction, French nuclear tests from , - , Lockheed U-2G, , US, , Jet, , Reconnaissance, , , , Prototype, , , , Modified U-2A for shipboard use with strengthened undercarriage. , - , Lockheed U-2R, , US, , Jet, , Trials, , , , Temporary, , , , , - , Loening OL-8A, , US, , Propeller, , Reconnaissance, , , , Production, , , , , - , Loening XFL, , US, , Propeller, , Fighter, , n/a, , Project, , 0, , , - , Loire-Gourdou-Leseurre LGL.32, , France, , Propeller, , Fighter, , , , Production, , , , , - , Loire-Nieuport LN.401, , France, , Propeller, , Dive bomber, , , , Production, , , , , - , Mann Egerton Type H, , UK, , Propeller, , Fighter, , , , Prototype, , , , , - , Martin AM Mauler, , US, , Propeller, , Bomber, , , , Production, , , , , - , Martin BM, , US, , Propeller, , Bomber, , , , Production, , , , , - , Martin T3M, , US, , Propeller, , Torpedo bomber, , , , Production, , , , , - , Martin T4M, Martin T4M & Great Lakes TG, , US, , Propeller, , Torpedo bomber, , , , Production, , , , , - , Martin XT6M, , US, , Propeller, , Torpedo bomber, , , , Prototype, , , , , - , McDonnell Douglas A-12 Avenger II, , US, , Jet, , Bomber, , n/a, , Project, , 0, , , - , McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II, , US, , Jet, , Fighter, , , , Production, , , , , - , McDonnell Douglas T-45 Goshawk, , US, , Jet, , Trainer, , , , Production, , , , , - , McDonnell FH Phantom, , US, , Jet, , Fighter, , , , Production, , , , , - , McDonnell F2H Banshee, , US, , Jet, , Fighter, , , , Production, , , , , - , McDonnell F3H Demon, , US, , Jet, , Fighter, , , , Production, , , , , - , McDonnell-Douglas AV-8B Harrier II, , US, , Jet, , Bomber, , –1985, , Production, , , , , - , McDonnell-Douglas F/A-18 Hornet, , US, , Jet, , Fighter-bomber, , , , Production, , , , , - , Messerschmitt Bf 109T-1, , Germany, , Propeller, , Fighter, , , , Prototype, , , , , - , Mikoyan MiG-29K, , USSR, , Jet, , Fighter, , , , Production, , , , , - , Mitsubishi 1MF, , Japan, , Propeller, , Fighter, , , , Production, , , , , - , Mitsubishi 1MF9, , Japan, , Propeller, , Fighter, , , , Production, , , , , - , Mitsubishi 1MT, , Japan, , Propeller, , Torpedo bomber, , , , Production, , , , , - , Mitsubishi 2MR, , Japan, , Propeller, , Reconnaissance, , , , Production, , , , , - , Mitsubishi 3MT5, , Japan, , Propeller, , Torpedo bomber, , , , Production, , , , , - , Mitsubishi A5M, , Japan, , Propeller, , Fighter, , , , Production, , , , , - , Mitsubishi A6M Zero, , Japan, , Propeller, , Fighter, , , , Production, , , , , - , Mitsubishi A7M, , Japan, , Propeller, , Fighter, , , , Prototype, , , , , - , Mitsubishi B1M, , Japan, , Propeller, , Bomber, , , , Production, , , , , - , Mitsubishi B2M, , Japan, , Propeller, , Bomber, , , , Production, , , , , - , Mitsubishi B5M, , Japan, , Propeller, , Bomber, , , , Production, , , , , - , Morane-Saulnier MS.226, , France, , Propeller, , Fighter, , , , Production, , , , , - , Morane-Saulnier MS.474 Vanneau IV, , France, , Propeller, , Trainer, , , , Production, , , , , - , Morane-Saulnier MS.500 Criquet, , France, , Propeller, , Transport, , –1949, , Temporary, , , , Operated from French aircraft carrier Arromanches (R95), ''Arromanches'' during the First Indochina War , - , Nakajima A1N, , Japan, , Propeller, , Fighter, , , , Production, , , , , - , Nakajima A2N, , Japan, , Propeller, , Fighter, , , , Production, , ca., , , - , Nakajima A4N, , Japan, , Propeller, , Fighter, , , , Production, , , , , - , Nakajima B3N, , Japan, , Propeller, , Bomber, , , , Prototype, , , , , - , Nakajima B4N, , Japan, , Propeller, , Bomber, , , , Prototype, , , , , - , Nakajima B5N, , Japan, , Propeller, , Bomber, , , , Production, , , , , - , Nakajima B6N, , Japan, , Propeller, , Bomber, , , , Production, , , , , - , Nakajima C3N, , Japan, , Propeller, , Reconnaissance, , , , Production, , , , , - , Nakajima C6N, , Japan, , Propeller, , Reconnaissance, , , , Production, , , , , - , Naval Aircraft Factory SBN, , US, , Propeller, , Bomber, , , , Prototype, , , , , - , Naval Aircraft Factory TS, , US, , Propeller, , Fighter, , , , Production, , , , , - , NHIndustries NH90, , NATO, , Helicopter, , , , , , Production, , , , , - , Nieuport 21, , France, , Propeller, , Trials, , –1920, , Temporary, , , , , - , Nieuport-Delage NiD 32, , France, , Propeller, , Fighter, , , , Production, , , , , - , Nieuport-Delage NiD 43, , France, , Propeller, , Fighter, , , , Prototype, , , , , - , Nord 1500 Noréclair, , France, , Propeller, , ASW/bomber, , , , Prototype, , , , , - , Nord 2200, , France, , Jet, , Fighter, , , , Prototype, , , , , - , North American A-5 Vigilante, , US, , Jet, , Reconnaissance, , , , Production, , , , , - , North American AJ Savage, , US, , Propeller, , Bomber, , , , Production, , , , , - , North American B-25B Mitchell, , US, , Propeller, , Bomber, , , , Temporary, , , , Doolittle Raid launched from , - , North American ETF-51D Mustang, , US, , Propeller, , Fighter, , , , Prototype, , , , , - , North American FJ-1 Fury, , US, , Jet, , Fighter, , , , Production, , , , , - , North American FJ-2/-3 Fury, , US, , Jet, , Fighter, , , , Production, , , , , - , North American FJ-4 Fury, , US, , Jet, , Fighter, , , , Production, , , , , - , North American L-17 (Navion), , US, , Propeller, , Transport, , , , Temporary, , , , Korean War Courier/VIP transport , - , North American PBJ-1H, , US, , Propeller, , Bomber, , , , Production, , , , 1 modified for carrier use , - , North American Rockwell OV-10 Bronco, , US, , Propeller, , Trials, , , 1985, , Temporary, , , , and , - , North American T-2 Buckeye, , US, , Jet, , Trainer, , , , Production, , , , , - , North American T-28 Trojan, , US, , Propeller, , Trainer, , , , Production, , , , , - , North American T-6 Texan, North American SNJ-3C/-4C/-5C, , US, , Propeller, , Trainer, , , , Production, , +, , , - , North American XA2J Super Savage, , US, , Propeller, , Bomber, , , , Prototype, , , , , - , Northrop BT, , US, , Propeller, , Bomber, , , , Production, , , , , - , Parnall Panther, , UK, , Propeller, , Reconnaissance, , , , Production, , , , , - , Parnall Perch, , UK, , Propeller, , Trainer, , , , Prototype, , , , , - , Parnall Pike, , UK, , Propeller, , Reconnaissance, , , , Prototype, , , , , - , Parnall Pipit, , UK, , Propeller, , Fighter, , , , Prototype, , , , , - , Parnall Plover, , UK, , Propeller, , Fighter, , , , Production, , , , , - , Parnall Puffin, , UK, , Propeller, , Fighter/reconnaissance, , , , Prototype, , , , , - , Percival Vega Gull, , UK, , Propeller, , Transport, , /1937, , Temporary, , , , Flown on (by Edgar Percival) and later off and on from , - , Piasecki H-21, , US, , Helicopter, , , , , , Production, , +, , , - , Piasecki HRP Rescuer, , US, , Helicopter, , Transport/SAR, , , , Production, , , , , - , Piasecki HUP Retriever, , US, , Helicopter, , Transport/SAR, , , , Production, , , , , - , Piper L-4 Grasshopper, , US, , Propeller, , Reconnaissance, , , , Temporary, , +, , From Landing Ship, Tank, LST for WW2 landings , - , Reggiane Re.2001, Reggiane Re.2001 OR, , Italy, , Propeller, , Fighter, , , , Production, , , , , - , Republic P-47 Thunderbolt, , US, , Propeller, , Fighter, , , , Temporary, , , , P-47s being ferried by flown off to defend ship off Battle of Saipan, Saipan , - , Rockwell XFV-12, , US, , Jet, , Fighter, , n/a, , Prototype, , , , Failed to achieve flight , - , Ryan FR Fireball, , US, , Propeller/Jet, , Fighter, , , , Production, , , , , - , Saro P.531, , UK, , Helicopter, , , , , , Prototype, , , , Produced as Westland Wasp , - , SEPECAT Jaguar M, , France, , Jet, , Bomber, , , , Prototype, , , , , - , Seversky P-35, Seversky XFN-1, , US, , Propeller, , Fighter, , , , Prototype, , , , , - , Shenyang J-15, , PRC, , Jet, , Fighter, , , , Production, , , , , - , Shenyang_FC-31#Naval variant, Shenyang FC-31, , PRC, , Jet, , Fighter, , , , Prototype, , , , , - , Short Gurnard, , UK, , Propeller, , Fighter, , , , Prototype, , , , , - , Short Seamew, , UK, , Propeller, , ASW, , , , Prototype, , , , , - , Short Shirl, , UK, , Propeller, , Torpedo bomber, , , , Prototype, , , , , - , Sikorsky CH-53 Sea Stallion, , US, , Helicopter, , Transport/SAR, , , , Production, , +, , , - , Sikorsky HNS (R-4), , US, , Helicopter, , Transport, , , , Production, , , , , - , Sikorsky HO2S (R-5/H-5), , US, , Helicopter, , Transport, , , , Production, , +, , , - , Sikorsky HO4S (S-55), , US, , Helicopter, , Transport/SAR, , , , Production, , , , , - , Sikorsky Hoverfly II (R-6), , US, , Helicopter, , Transport/trainer, , , , Production, , , , , - , Sikorsky HR2S/CH-37, , US, , Helicopter, , Transport, , , , Production, , , , , - , Sikorsky HSS Seabat (S-58), , US, , Helicopter, , ASW/Transport, , , , Production, , , , , - , Sikorsky SH-3 Sea King, , US, , Helicopter, , ASW/SAR/Transport, , , , Production, , ca., , , - , Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk, , US, , Helicopter, , ASW/SAR/Transport, , , , Production, , +, , , - , Sikorsky XHJS, , US, , Helicopter, , Transport, , , , Prototype, , , , , - , Slingsby T.20, , UK, , Glider, , Trials, , , , Temporary, , , , Flight deck turbulence trials from & , - , SNCAC NC.1070, , France, , Jet, , Bomber, , , , Prototype, , , , , - , SNCAC NC.1080, , France, , Jet, , Fighter, , , , Prototype, , , , , - , SNCASE (Sud-Est) Aquilon, , France, , Jet, , Fighter, , , , Production, , , , , - , SNCASO SO.8000 Narval, , France, , Jet, , Fighter, , , , Prototype, , , , , - , Sopwith 2F.1 Ship's Camel, , UK, , Propeller, , Fighter, , , , Production, , , , Zeppelin interceptors flown from towed barges. , - , Sopwith Camel, , UK, , Propeller, , Fighter, , , , Production, , , , Zeppelin interceptors flown from towed barges. , - , Sopwith Cuckoo, , UK, , Propeller, , Torpedo bomber, , , , Production, , , , , - , Sopwith Pup, Sopwith Pup and Ship's Pup, , UK, , Propeller, , Fighter, , , , Production, , , , Production total is for all variants. , - , Sopwith Ship's Strutter, , UK, , Propeller, , Fighter, , , , Production, , , , , - , Stinson L-5 Sentinel, , US, , Propeller, , Reconnaissance, , , , Temporary, , , , Used Brodie landing system, Brodie device from and LSTs , - , Stinson OY Sentinel, , US, , Propeller, , Reconnaissance, , , , Temporary, , +, , Korean War , - , Sukhoi Su-25UTG & UBP, , USSR, , Jet, , Bomber, , , , Production, , ~, , , - , Sukhoi Su-33, , USSR, , Jet, , Fighter, , , , Production, , ~, , , - , Supermarine Attacker, , UK, , Jet, , Fighter, , , , Production, , , , , - , Supermarine Scimitar, , UK, , Jet, , Fighter, , , , Production, , , , , - , Supermarine Seafang, , UK, , Propeller, , Fighter, , , , Prototype, , , , , - , Supermarine Seafire, , UK, , Propeller, , Fighter, , , , Production, , , , , - , Supermarine Type 322, , UK, , Propeller, , Torpedo/dive bomber, , , , Prototype, , , , , - , Supermarine Walrus, , UK, , Propeller, , Reconnaissance, , , , Production, , , , , - , Taylorcraft Auster, , UK, , Propeller, , Trials, , –1946, , Temporary, , +, , , and , - , Vickers Type 141, , UK, , Propeller, , Fighter, , , , Prototype, , , , , - , Vickers Type 177, , UK, , Propeller, , Fighter, , , , Prototype, , , , , - , Vickers Type 207, , UK, , Propeller, , Torpedo bomber, , , , Prototype, , , , , - , Vickers Vanellus, , UK, , Propeller, , Reconnaissance, , , , Prototype, , , , , - , Vickers Viking III & IV, , UK, , Propeller, , Reconnaissance, , , , Production, , , , , - , Vickers Vireo, , UK, , Propeller, , Fighter, , , , Prototype, , , , , - , Villiers II, , France, , Propeller, , Fighter, , , , Production, , , , , - , Vought A-7 Corsair, , US, , Jet, , Bomber, , , , Production, , , , , - , Vought F-8 Crusader, , US, , Jet, , Fighter, , , , Production, , , , Pawlowski, 1971, p.432 , - , Vought F4U/FG/F3A Corsair, , US, , Propeller, , Fighter, , , , Production, , , , , - , Vought F6U Pirate, , US, , Jet, , Fighter, , , , Production, , , , , - , Vought F7U Cutlass, , US, , Jet, , Fighter, , , , Production, , , , , - , Vought FU, , US, , Propeller, , Fighter, , , , Production, , , , , - , Vought Model 1600, , US, , Jet, , Fighter, , n/a, , Project, , 0, , , - , Vought O2U Corsair, , US, , Propeller, , Reconnaissance, , , , Production, , , , , - , Vought O3U Corsair, Vought O3U/SU Corsair, , US, , Propeller, , Reconnaissance, , , , Production, , , , , - , Vought O4U Corsair, Vought XO4U Corsair, , US, , Propeller, , Reconnaissance, , , , Prototype, , , , , - , Vought SB2U Vindicator, , US, , Propeller, , Bomber, , , , Production, , , , , - , Vought SBU Corsair, , US, , Propeller, , Bomber, , , , Production, , , , , - , Vought VE-7, , US, , Propeller, , Fighter, , , , Production, , , , , - , Vought XF5U, , US, , Propeller, , Fighter, , n/a, , Prototype, , 1, , Failed to achieve flight , - , Vought XF8U-3 Crusader III, , US, , Jet, , Fighter, , , , Prototype, , , , , - , Vought XS2U, , US, , Propeller, , ASW, , n/a, , Project, , 0, , , - , Vought XSB3U, , US, , Propeller, , Bomber, , , , Prototype, , , , , - , Westland Dragonfly, , UK, , Helicopter, , Transport/SAR, , , , Production, , , , , - , Westland Lynx, , UK, , Helicopter, , ASW/Transport, , , , Production, , , , , - , Westland PV-3, , UK, , Propeller, , Reconnaissance, , , , Prototype, , , , , - , Westland Sea King, , UK, , Helicopter, , ASW/Transport/SAR, , , , Production, , , , , - , Westland Walrus, , UK, , Propeller, , Reconnaissance, , , , Production, , , , , - , Westland Wasp, , UK, , Helicopter, , ASW, , , , Production, , , , , - , Westland Wessex, , UK, , Helicopter, , Transport/SAR, , , , Production, , , , , - , Westland Whirlwind (helicopter), Westland Whirlwind, , UK, , Helicopter, , Transport/SAR, , , , Production, , , , , - , Westland Wyvern, , UK, , Propeller, , Bomber, , , , Production, , , , , - , Wibault 74, , France, , Propeller, , Fighter, , , , Production, , , , , - , Yakovlev Yak-38, , USSR, , Jet, , Fighter, , , , Production, , , , , - , Yakovlev Yak-41, , USSR, , Jet, , Fighter, , , , Prototype, , , , , - , Yakovlev Yak-43, , USSR, , Jet, , Fighter, , n/a, , Project, , 0, , , - , Yakovlev Yak-44, , USSR, , Propeller, , AEW, , n/a, , Project, , 0, , , - , Yokosuka B3Y, , Japan, , Propeller, , Bomber, , , , Production, , , , , - , Yokosuka B4Y, , Japan, , Propeller, , Bomber, , , , Production, , , , , - , Yokosuka D3Y, , Japan, , Propeller, , Dive bomber, , , , Prototype, , , , , - , Yokosuka D4Y, , Japan, , Propeller, , Dive bomber, , , , Production, , , , Collier, 1979, p.134-135

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