WW1 Aircraft Timeline

From the Bleriot to the Vickers Vimy, the First World War utilized over 200 different aircraft in the four+ years long conflict.

There are a total of [ 234 ] WW1 Aircraft Timeline entries in the Military Factory. Entries are listed below by initial year-of-service ascending. Flag images indicative of country of origin and not necessarily the primary operator. Those aircraft in development at war's end, and not having entered service until after the fighting had concluded, have also been included in this listing.

1909

Bleriot XI

Trainer / Reconnaissance Monoplane Aircraft

Picture of the Rumpler Taube (Etrich Taube)

1910

Rumpler Taube (Etrich Taube)

Fighter / Light Bomber / Reconnaissance / Trainer Monoplane Aircraft

Picture of the Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2

1912

Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2

Reconnaissance / Artillery Spotting / Trainer Biplane Aircraft

1913

Avro 504

Biplane Reconnaissance / Biplane Trainer Aircraft

Picture of the Sikorsky Ilya Mourometz (Series)

1913

Sikorsky Ilya Mourometz (Series)

Heavy Bomber / Reconnassaince Aircraft

1914

Bristol Scout

Biplane Fighter / Fast Reconnaissance Scout

1914

Albatros B.II

Biplane Reconnaissance Aircraft

1914

Aviatik B.I

Reconnaissance Biplane Aircraft

Picture of the Hansa-Brandenburg B.I (Type D/FD)

1914

Hansa-Brandenburg B.I (Type D/FD)

Biplane Reconnaissance Aircraft

1914

Farman MF.11 Shorthorn

Reconnaissance / Bomber Aircraft

1914

Rumpler B.I

Reconnaissance Biplane

1914

Sopwith Tabloid

Racing Biplane-Seaplane / Military Scout / Light Bomber Aircraft

1914

Zeppelin Z.12 (LZ-26)

Type N-class Airship

1914

Caudron G.3

Reconnaissance / Trainer Aircraft

1914

Ponnier L.1

Scout Biplane Fighter Prototype

1914

Pfalz A.I

Two-Seat Unarmed Reconnaissance Aircraft

Picture of the Schwade Kampfeinsitzer Nr.1

1914

Schwade Kampfeinsitzer Nr.1

Biplane Fighter Protoype

1914

Friedrichshafen FF.33

Two-Seat, Single-Engine Floatplane Biplane Fighter Aircraft

1914

Benoist XIV (Type XIV)

Flying Boat Airliner

Picture of the Royal Aircraft Factory BE.8

1914

Royal Aircraft Factory BE.8

Twin-Seat, Single-Engine Aircraft

1915

Nieuport 11 (Bebe)

Fighting Scout Biplane Aircraft

1915

Fokker E (Eindecker)

Armed Monoplane Fighter / Scout

1915

AGO C.II

Reconnaissance Biplane Aircraft

1915

AirCo DH.2

Biplane Scout Aircraft

1915

Albatros C.I

Biplane Reconnaissance Aircraft

1915

Vickers FB.5 (Gunbus)

Scout Biplane Aircraft

1915

Aviatik C.I

Reconnaissance Biplane Aircraft

1915

Rumpler G (Series)

Biplane Bomber Aircraft

1915

Caudron G.4

Heavy Bomber Biplane Aircraft

1915

Voisin Type 5

Light Biplane Bomber Aircraft

1915

Morane-Saulnier Type N

Single-Seat, Single-Engine Monoplane Fighter Aircraft

Picture of the Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.2

1915

Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.2

Reconnaissance / Fighter / Night Bomber Aircraft

1915

Lloyd C.II

Reconnaissance Biplane Fighter

1915

Lohner B.VII

Reconnaissance Fighter / Light Bomber

1915

LVG C.II

Reconnaissance Fighter / Light Bomber Biplane Aircraft

1915

Caproni Ca.1

Heavy Biplane Day-Bomber Aircraft

1915

Short Type 184

Reconnaissance / Torpedo Bomber Floatplane

1915

LVG B (Series)

Unarmed Reconnaissance Scout / Trainer Biplane Aircraft

1915

Curtiss JN-4 (Jenny)

Biplane Trainer Aircraft

1915

Rumpler C.I

Reconnaissance Biplane

1915

Sopwith Baby

Scout / Bomber Floatplane Aircraft

1915

Lebed Type XII

Reconnaissance Aircraft

1915

Zeppelin L.10 (LZ-40)

P-class Airship

1915

Nieuport 12

Reconnaissance / Fighter / Trainer Aircraft

1915

SPAD S.A

Biplane Fighter / Reconnaissance Aircraft

1915

DFW T.28 Floh (Flea)

Biplane Fighter Prototype

1915

Pfalz E.I

Single-Seat Monoplane Fighter

1915

Schutte-Lanz D.I

Single-Seat Biplane Fighter Prototype

1915

Junkers J1

Experimental All-Metal Monoplane Aircraft

1915

Sopwith Gunbus

Two-Seat Pusher Biplane Fighter / Light Bomber Aircraft

1915

AGO C.I

Twin-Seat, Single-Engine Pusher Reconnaissance Biplane Aircraft

Picture of the Royal Aircraft Factory BE.9

1915

Royal Aircraft Factory BE.9

Armed Scout Biplane Prototype

1916

Albatros D.I

Biplane Fighter Aircraft

Fighting Biplane Scout Aircraft

1916

AEG C.IV

Two-Seat Biplane Fighter Aircraft

1916

AEG G.IV

Tactical Medium Bomber Biplane Aircraft

1916

Sopwith Triplane

Triplane Fighter / Trainer Aircraft

1916

Albatros C.III

Two-Seat Biplane Reconnaissance Aircraft

1916

Albatros C.V

Biplane Reconnaissance Aircraft

1916

Sopwith Pup

Biplane Fighter Aircraft

1916

Avro 523 Pike

Short-Range Biplane Bomber Aircraft

1916

SPAD S.VII

Single-Seat. Single-Engine Biplane Fighter Aircraft

1916

Breguet Br.5

Bomber / Escort Fighter / Night-Fighter Biplane

Picture of the Sopwith 1-1/2 Strutter (One-and-One-Half Strutter)

1916

Sopwith 1-1/2 Strutter (One-and-One-Half Strutter)

Fighter / Reconnaissance / Light Bomber

1916

DFW C.V

Biplane Reconnaissance Aircraft

1916

Siemens-Schuckert D.I

Biplane Fighter Aircraft

Picture of the Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.8

1916

Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.8

Biplane Fighter Aircraft

Picture of the Hansa-Brandenburg C.I (Type LDD)

1916

Hansa-Brandenburg C.I (Type LDD)

Reconnaissance Biplane Fighter

Picture of the Hansa-Brandenburg D.I (Type KD)

1916

Hansa-Brandenburg D.I (Type KD)

Biplane Fighter Aircraft

1916

Lohner C.I

Reconnaissance Biplane Fighter

1916

Gotha G.IV

Strategic Twin-Engine Heavy Bomber Biplane

1916

Hanriot HD.1

Single-Seat, Single Engine Biplane Fighter Aircraft

1916

Rumpler 6B

Naval Floatplane Fighting Scout

1916

Rumpler C.III

Armed Reconnaissance Biplane

1916

Zeppelin L.32 (LZ-74)

R-class Airship

1916

LFG Roland C.II (Whale)

Reconnaissance Biplane Aircraft

Picture of the Royal Aircraft Factory R.E.8

1916

Royal Aircraft Factory R.E.8

Reconnaissance Aircraft / Light Bomber

Picture of the Sikorsky S-16 (RBVZ S-XVI)

1916

Sikorsky S-16 (RBVZ S-XVI)

Biplane Fighter / Bomber Escort Aircraft

1916

Wright Model L

Scout Biplane Aircraft Prototype

1916

Ponnier M.1

Biplane Fighter Aircraft

Picture of the Martinsyde G-series (Elephant)

1916

Martinsyde G-series (Elephant)

Biplane Light Bomber

1916

Anatra D-Series

Reconnaissance Biplane Aircraft

Picture of the Armstrong Whitworth F.K.9

1916

Armstrong Whitworth F.K.9

Quadruplane Reconnaissance Fighter Prototype

1916

Nieuport 16

Biplane Fighter Aircraft

1916

Junkers J2

Single-Seat Monoplane Fighter Prototype

1916

Halberstadt D.I

Single-Seat Biplane Fighter Prototype

1916

Halberstadt D.II / D.III

Biplane Fighter

1916

Halberstadt D.IV

Biplane Fighter Prototype Aircraft

1916

Halberstadt D.V

Biplane Fighter Aircraft

1916

Letord LET (Series)

Three-Seat, Twin-Engine Biplane Reconnaissance Bomber Aircraft

Picture of the Curtiss Wanamaker (Model T / Model 3)

1916

Curtiss Wanamaker (Model T / Model 3)

Four-Engine Triplane Flying Boat Aircraft

1916

Friedrichshafen FF.43

Floatplane Fighter Prototype

1917

Nieuport 27

Biplane Fighter Aircraft

1917

Sopwith Camel

Single-Seat Biplane Fighter Aircraft

1917

Bristol F.2

Fighter / Armed Reconnaissance / Light Bomber Aircraft

1917

Albatros D.Va

Biplane Fighter Aircraft

1917

SPAD S.XIII

Single-Seat, Single-Engine Biplane Fighter Aircraft

1917

Albatros D.III

Biplane Fighter Aircraft

100

Picture of the Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5

1917

Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5

Single-Seat, Single-Engine Biplane Fighter Aircraft

101

1917

Fokker Dr.I (Dreidecker)

Triplane Fighter Aircraft

102

1917

Breguet Br.14

Biplane Reconnaissance / Fighter / Bomber Aircraft

103

1917

AirCo DH.9

Light Bomber Biplane Aircraft

104

1917

Albatros D.V

Biplane Fighter Aircraft

105

1917

Pfalz D.III

Biplane Fighter Aircraft

106

1917

Siemens-Schuckert D.III

Biplane Fighter Aircraft

107

1917

AirCo DH.4

Light Day Bomber Biplane Aircraft

108

1917

AirCo DH.5

Scout / Light Bomber Biplane Aircraft

109

1917

Albatros C.X

Biplane Reconnaissance Aircraft

110

Picture of the Armstrong Whitworth F.K.8

1917

Armstrong Whitworth F.K.8

Multirole Biplane Aircraft

111

1917

Sopwith Dolphin

Biplane Fighter Aircraft

112

Picture of the Friedrichshafen FF.45 (G.III)

1917

Friedrichshafen FF.45 (G.III)

Bomber / Night Bomber Aircraft

113

1917

Standard J

Biplane Trainer Aircraft

114

1917

Caproni Ca.3

Heavy Biplane Bomber Aircraft

115

1917

SPAD S.XII

Single-Seat, Single Engine Biplane Fighter Aircraft

116

1917

Aeromarine 39

Naval Trainer Biplane Aircraft

117

1917

Aviatik D.I (Berg D.I)

Reconnaissance Biplane Fighter

119

1917

Phonix D (Series)

Biplane Fighter Aircraft

120

1917

LVG C.V

Reconnaissance / Fighter Biplane Aircraft

121

1917

Hansa-Brandenburg W.12

Floatplane Biplane Fighter

122

1917

Beardmore WB III / SB 3

Carried-based Fighter

123

1917

Gotha G.V

Twin-Engine Heavy Bomber Biplane

124

Picture of the Zeppelin-Staaken R-series

1917

Zeppelin-Staaken R-series

Heavy Bomber Aircraft

125

1917

Albatros J.I

Ground-Attack Aircraft

126

1917

Avro 529

Long Range Heavy Biplane Bomber Aircraft

127

1917

Dorand AR

Observation Biplane Aircraft

128

1917

Curtiss H-16

Seaplane / Flying Boat Aircraft

129

1917

Fairey Campania

Carrierborne Reconnaissance and Patrol Aircraft

Seaplane Biplane Fighter Aircraft

132

1917

Rumpler C.IV

Reconnaissance Biplane / Light Bomber Aircraft

133

1917

Rumpler C.VII

Long-Range, High-Altitude Two-Seat Reconnaissance Biplane Aircraft

134

1917

Rumpler C.VIII

Advanced Biplane Trainer

Biplane Fighter Aircraft

137

1917

SPAD S.XIV

Floatplane / Seaplane Biplane Fighter Aircraft

138

1917

Zeppelin L.52 (LZ-98)

Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) Airship

140

1917

N.S.7 (North Sea-class)

Reconnaissance / Light Bomber / Escort Fighter Aircraft

142

1917

LTG FD.1

Floatplane Biplane Fighter Aircraft

143

1917

LVG D.III

Biplane Fighter Prototype Aircraft

144

1917

Fokker V.4 (Fokker D.VI)

Triplane Fighter Prototype

145

1917

Fokker V.5 (Fokker F.I)

Triplane Fighter Prototype

146

Picture of the Fokker V.6 (Fokker D.VII)

1917

Fokker V.6 (Fokker D.VII)

Triplane Fighter Prototype

147

1917

Fokker V.8 (Quintuplane)

Quintuplane Fighter Prototype

148

1917

Ansaldo SVA (Primo)

High-Speed Reconnaissance Biplane Aircraft

149

1917

LFG Roland D.II (Shark)

Single-Seat Biplane Fighter Aircraft

150

Picture of the Armstrong Whitworth F.K.10

1917

Armstrong Whitworth F.K.10

Two-Seat Quadruplane Fighter Aircraft

151

1917

Bristol M.1

Single-Seat Monoplane Fighter Aircraft

152

1917

Halberstadt CL.II

Escort Biplane Fighter / Ground Attack Aircraft

153

1917

AEG D.I

Biplane Fighter Prototype Aircraft

154

1917

AEG Dr.I

Triplane Fighter Prototype Aircraft

155

Picture of the Alcock A.1 Scout (Sopwith Mouse)

1917

Alcock A.1 Scout (Sopwith Mouse)

Single-Seat Biplane Fighter Prototype

156

1917

Kondor Dreidecker

Single-Seat, Single-Engine Triplane Fighter Prototype

157

1917

de Bruyere C1

Experimental Canard Pusher Single-Seat Fighter Aircraft

158

1917

Kondor D.I (Kondorlaus)

Biplane Fighter Prototype Aircraft

159

Picture of the Supermarine (Pemberton-Billing) P.B.31E

1917

Supermarine (Pemberton-Billing) P.B.31E

Quadruplane Airship Interceptor Prototype Aircraft

160

1917

Thomas-Morse S-4

Advanced Flight Trainer Biplane Aircraft

161

1917

Hannover CL.II

Patrol and Pursuit Biplane Fighter

162

1917

Hannover CL.III

Twin-Seat Biplane Fighter Aircraft

163

1917

Hanriot HD.2

Floatplane Fighter Aircraft

164

1917

Hanriot HD.3

Twin-Seat Biplane Fighter

165

1917

Euler D.I

Biplane Fighting Scout Aircraft

166

1917

Euler D.II

Biplane Fighter Aircraft

167

Picture of the Friedrichshafen FF.46 (D.I)

1917

Friedrichshafen FF.46 (D.I)

Single-Seat, Single-Engine Biplane Fighter Prototype

168

1917

Friedrichshafen FF.54

Quadruplane Fighter Prototype

169

1917

Aviatik Geest

Single-Seat, Single-Engine Biplane Fighter Prototype

170

1918

Junkers CL.I

Single-Seat Monoplane Fighter

171

Picture of the Martin MB-1 / Glenn Martin Bomber

1918

Martin MB-1 / Glenn Martin Bomber

Reconnaissance / Bomber Biplane Aircraft

172

Picture of the Fokker D.VIII (Fokker E.V)

1918

Fokker D.VIII (Fokker E.V)

Biplane Fighter Aircraft

175

1918

Handley Page Type O

Twin-Engine Heavy Bomber Biplane Aircraft

176

Picture of the Ansaldo A.1 Balilla (Hunter)

1918

Ansaldo A.1 Balilla (Hunter)

Single-Seat, Single-Engine Biplane Fighter Aircraft

177

1918

Sopwith Snipe

Single-Seat Biplane Fighter Aircraft

178

1918

Sopwith Rhino

Triplane Bomber Prototype Aircraft

179

1918

Caudron R.11

Escort Fighter / Light Bomber / Reconnaissance Aircraft

180

1918

Martinsyde F.4 Buzzard

Biplane Fighter Aircraft

181

1918

Siemens-Schuckert D.IV

Biplane Fighter Aircraft

182

1918

Halberstadt CL.IV

Ground Attack / Biplane Fighter Aircraft

183

1918

Blackburn R.T.1 Kangaroo

Reconnaissance / Torpedo Bomber / Passenger Transport Aircraft

184

1918

Aeromarine 40

Flying Boat Trainer Biplane Aircraft

185

1918

Vought VE-7 Bluebird

Biplane Fighter / Trainer Aircraft

186

1918

Ufag C.I

Reconnaissance Fighter / Fighter Aircraft

187

1918

LVG C.VI

Reconnaissance Biplane Aircraft

188

1918

Felixstowe F.5

Reconnaissance Flying Boat

189

1918

Salmson 2

Reconnaissance Biplane Aircraft

190

1918

Curtiss NC (Nancy Boat)

Long-Range Flying Boat Biplane Aircraft

191

1918

Fairey III

Reconnaissance / Light Bomber Aircraft

192

1918

Macchi M.7

Flying Boat Fighter / Pilot Trainer Biplane Aircraft

193

1918

SSZ.65

SSZ-class Maritime Blimp Airship

194

1918

LFG Roland D.VI

Biplane Fighter Aircraft

195

1918

Fokker C.I

Reconnaissance Biplane Aircraft

196

Picture of the Packard-Le Pere LUSAC-11 (Lepere United States Army Combat Model 11)

1918

Packard-Le Pere LUSAC-11 (Lepere United States Army Combat Model 11)

Biplane Fighter / Light Bomber / Reconnaissance Aircraft

197

1918

Pfalz D.XII

Biplane Fighter Aircraft

198

1918

Aviatik D.VI

Single-Seat Biplane Fighter Prototype

199

1918

Caproni Ca.4

Triple-Engine Heavy Bomber Triplane Aircraft

200

Picture of the Boulton Paul P.3 Bobolink

1918

Boulton Paul P.3 Bobolink

Prototype Biplane Fighter

Austin A.F.T.3 (Osprey)

Triplane Fighter Aircraft Prototype

203

1918

AirCo DH.10 (Amiens)

Twin-Engine Medium Biplane Bomber Aircraft

204

1918

Pfalz D.XV

Biplane Fighter Aircraft

205

1918

Pfalz Dr.I

Triplane Fighter Aircraft

206

1918

Knoller 70

Biplane Fighter Prototype

207

1918

Schutte-Lanz D.III

Biplane Fighter Prototype

208

1918

Schutte-Lanz Dr.I

Triplane Fighter Protoype

209

1918

Avro 531 Spider

Single-Seat Biplane Fighter Prototype

210

1918

SPAD S.XXIV

Single-Seat Carrierbased Biplane Fighter Prototype

211

Picture of the AEG PE (Panzer Einsitzer)

1918

AEG PE (Panzer Einsitzer)

Ground Attack Triplane Prototype Aircraft

212

1918

AEG DJ.I

Armored Single-Seat Ground Attack Biplane Prototype

213

1918

Aviatik D.VII

Single-Seat Biplane Fighter Prototype

214

1918

Farman HF.30

Twin-Seat, Single-Engine Biplane Fighter Prototype

215

1918

Handley Page V/1500

Four-Engine Strategic Heavy Biplane Bomber

216

1918

Kondor D.II

Single-Seat Biplane Fighter Prototype Aircraft

217

1918

Kondor D.VI

Biplane Fighter Prototype Aircraft

218

1918

Kondor D.VII

Single-Seat, Single-Engine Fighter Prototype

219

1918

Kondor E.3 (D.I)

Single-Seat, Single-Engine Parasol-Winged Fighter Aircraft

220

1918

BAJ Type IV

Single-Engine, Twin-Seat Fighter Prototype

221

1918

Hannover CL.V

Two-Seat Interceptor / Biplane Fighter

222

1918

Hanriot HD.5

Twin-Seat Biplane Fighter Prototype

223

1918

Hanriot HD.7

Single-Seat, Single-Engine Biplane Fighter Prototype

224

1918

Hanriot HD.8

Single-Seat, Single-Engine Fighter Prototype

225

1918

Daimler D.I (L6)

Biplane Fighter Aircraft

226

1918

Daimler CL.I (L8)

Two-Seat, Single-Engine Escort Fighter Prototype

227

1918

Daimler D.II (L9)

Single-Seat, Single-Engine Biplane Fighter Prototype

228

1919

Vickers Vimy

Heavy Biplane Bomber Aircraft

229

1919

Siemens-Schuckert R.VIII

Heavy Bomber Biplane Aircraft

230

1919

SPAD S.XV

Biplane Fighter Prototype

231

1919

Hanriot HD.6

Twin-Seat, Single-Engine Biplane Fighter Prototype

232

1919

Daimler L11

Monoplane Fighter Prototype

233

1919

Daimler L14

Twin-Seat Escort Fighter Prototype

234

1920

SPAD S.XX

Two-Seat Biplane Fighter Aircraft

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WW1 Aircraft Timeline

Aviation | The Great War

From the Bleriot to the Vickers Vimy, the First World War utilized over 200 different aircraft in the four+ years long conflict.