List of aircraft of the French Air Force during World War II
Aircraft of the French Air Force and Naval Aviation during the Battle of France in 1940 and aircraft of the Free French Air Force (FAFL).
The list is not complete and includes obsolete aircraft used for training as well as prototype and pre-production aircraft.
List is in alphabetical order by manufacturer or designer.
Aircraft of the Battle of France, 1940
ANF Les Mureaux
- ANF Les Mureaux 113/115/117 reconnaissance aircraft
Arsenal
- Arsenal VG-33 light wooden-built fighter for rapid production, only few built and used.
Besson
- MB.411 submarine-borne float plane operated by French submarine Surcouf
Blériot-SPAD
- Blériot-SPAD S.510 biplane fighter, mostly in training role by time of battle
Breguet
- Bre.XIX biplane light bomber
- Bre.270 observation
- Bre.482 heavy bomber, single complete prototype destroyed in German air-raid in 1942
- Bre.521 "Bizerte" - flying-boat
- Bre.691 twin engine light ground attack bomber
- Bre.693 Bre.691 with different engines
- Bre.695 Bre.693 with larger engines
Caproni (Italian)
- Caproni Ca.164 trainer
- Caproni Ca.313 bomber
Caudron
- C.272 Luciole liaison
- C.400 Phalène liaison
- C.445 Goeland transport
- C.600 Aiglon liaison
- C.630 Simoun transport
- C.714 Cyclone fighter
de Havilland (British)
- DH.82 Tiger Moth trainer
- DH.89 Dragon Rapide transport
Dewoitine
- Dewoitine D.338 transport
- D.500/D.501/D.510 fighter
- D.520 fighter
- D.720 reconnaissance
- HD.730 reconnaissance floatplane
Douglas
- DB-7 bomber
Farman/SNCAC
Gourdou-Leseurre
- GL-812 HY ship-borne observation floatplane
- GL-813 HY ship-borne observation floatplane
- GL-832 HY ship-borne observation floatplane
Levasseur
Lioré et Olivier
- LeO C.30 Cierva observation autogyro
- LeO H-43 observation float plane
- Lioré et Olivier LeO.206 biplane heavy night bomber
- LeO H-246 flying boat
- LeO H-257 torpedo bomber/bomber float plane
- LeO.451 bomber
- LeO H-470 flying boat
SFCA Maillet
- Maillet 201 liaison
Mauboussin
- Mauboussin M.123 trainer
Nardi (Italian)
- Nardi FN.305 trainer/liaison
Potez
- Potez 25 observation
- Potez 29 transport
- Potez 33 liaison
- Potez 39 observation
- Potez 402 transport
- Potez 452 ship-borne flying boat
- Potez 542 bomber/reconnaissance
- Potez 56 trainer/transport
- Potez 585 liaison
- Potez 63 series, fighter, light bomber/reconnaissance (1200+ built)
- Potez 630 day/night fighter
- Potez 631 day/night fighter, (200+ built)
- Potez 633 light bomber
- Potez 637 reconnaissance
- Potez 63.11 observation/reconnaissance, (900+ built)
- Potez 650 transport
- Potez 662 transport
- Potez-CAMS 141 flying boat
Romano/SNCASE
Salmson
- Salmson Cricri trainer
- Salmson Phrygane liaison
Wibault-Penhoët
- Wibault 283T transport
- Wibault 360T transport
Aircraft of the Free French Air Forces, 1940-1945
- Airspeed Oxford Mk.II trainer
- Amiot 143M bomber
- Avro Anson bomber/trainer
- Avro York VIP transport
- Beechcraft Model 18 liaison/trainer
- Bell P-39D Airacobra fighter
- Bell P-63A Kingcobra fighter
- Bloch MB.131 bomber
- Bloch MB.174 reconnaissance
- Bloch MB.175 bomber
- Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress - as transport
- Bristol Blenheim Mk.IV & Mk.V light bomber
- Caudron C.270 Luciole liaison
- Caudron C.400 Phalène liaison
- Caudron C.445 Goeland transport
- Caudron C.600 Aiglon liaison
- Caudron C.630 Simoun transport
- Caudron C.714 Cyclone fighter
- Cessna UC-78 Bobcat liaison
- Consolidated PBY Catalina patrol bomber
- Cunliffe-Owen OA.1 transport
- Curtiss Hawk 75 fighter
- Curtiss P-40E/F/N fighter
- de Havilland DH.80 Puss Moth liaison
- de Havilland DH.82 Tiger Moth trainer
- Dewoitine D.520 fighter
- Douglas A-24/SBD dive bomber
- Douglas DB-7 medium bomber
- Douglas Boston medium bomber
- Farman F.222 BN5 bomber
- Handley Page Halifax heavy bomber
- Hawker Hurricane Mk. IIC fighter
- Lioré et Olivier LeO 451 bomber
- Lockheed Model 12 Electra Junior transport
- Lockheed Hudson patrol bomber
- Lockheed F-5A/B Lightning photo reconnaissance
- Lockheed PV-1 Ventura patrol bomber
- Martin 167 bomber
- Martin 187 Baltimore bomber
- Martin B-26B/G Marauder medium bomber
- Morane-Saulnier M.S.230 trainer
- Morane-Saulnier M.S.315 trainer
- Morane-Saulnier M.S.406 fighter
- North American NAA-57 trainer
- North American B-25C/H Mitchell medium bomber
- North American F-6C Mustang photo reconnaissance
- Piper L-4 liaison
- Potez 25 observation
- Potez 29 transport
- Potez 540 transport
- Potez 63.11 reconnaissance
- Potez 650 transport
- Republic P-47D Thunderbolt fighter-bomber
- Supermarine Spitfire L.F.Mk.VB & VC fighter
- Supermarine Walrus rescue amphibian
- Universal L-7 liaison
- Stinson 105 Voyager liaison
- Vultee BT-13 Valiant trainer
- Vultee A-35 Vengeance dive bomber
- Vickers Wellington maritime patrol variant
- Westland Lysander Mk.III liaison
- Yakovlev Yak-1 & 1M fighter
- Yakovlev Yak-3 fighter
- Yakovlev Yak-7B fighter
- Yakovlev Yak-9 & 9T fighter
See also
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