List of carrier-based aircraft

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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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.

List of aircraft operated from aircraft carriers

Type	Country	Class	Role	Date	Status	No.	Notes
Aeromarine 39	US	Propeller	Trials	1922	Temporary	1+	[1]
Aérospatiale Alouette III	France	Helicopter		1959
Aérospatiale SA 330 Puma	France	Helicopter		1965		697
Aérospatiale Super Frelon	France	Helicopter		1962		99
Agusta-Bell AB.212ASW	Italy	Helicopter
AgustaWestland AW101/EH101/Merlin	Italy/UK	Helicopter		1987
AgustaWestland AW159 Wildcat	UK/Italy	Helicopter	Multi-role	2009	Prototype	3	Flight trials with HMS Queen Elizabeth
Aichi B7A	Japan	Propeller	bomber	1942	Production	114	[2]
Aichi D1A	Japan	Propeller	Dive bomber	1934	Production	590	[3]
Aichi D3A	Japan	Propeller	Dive bomber	1938	Production	1,495	[4]
Airspeed Fleet Shadower	UK	Propeller	Reconnaissance	1940	Prototype	1
Arado Ar 195	Germany	Propeller	Torpedo bomber	1937	Prototype	3
Arado Ar 197	Germany	Propeller	Fighter	1937	Prototype	3
Armstrong Whitworth A.W.16	UK	Propeller	Fighter	1930	Prototype	18	[note 1]
Armstrong Whitworth Starling	UK	Propeller	Fighter	1929	Prototype	1
Arsenal VG 90	France	Propeller	Fighter	1949	Prototype	2
Avro Avocet	UK	Propeller	fleet fighter	1927	Prototype	2	[5]
Avro Bison	UK	Propeller	Reconnaissance	1921	Production	55	[6]
Avro Buffalo	UK	Propeller	Torpedo bomber	1926	Prototype	1	[7]
Beardmore W.B.III	UK	Propeller	Fighter	1917	Production	100	[8]
Beardmore W.B.IV	UK	Propeller	Fighter	1917	Prototype	1
Beardmore W.B.V	UK	Propeller	Fighter	1917	Prototype	2
Beardmore W.B.VI	UK	Propeller	Fighter	Not flown	Prototype	0
Beardmore W.B.VI	UK	Propeller	Torpedo bomber		Project	0
Bell Airacobra I	US	Propeller	Fighter	1945	Temporary	1	First tri-gear landing, on HMS Pretoria Castle[9]
Bell AH-1 SuperCobra	US	Helicopter		1969		1,271+
Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey	US	Rotorcraft		1989		160
Bell XFL Airabonita	US	Propeller	Interceptor	1940	Prototype	1
Berliner-Joyce F2J	US	Propeller	Fighter	1933	Prototype	1
Berliner-Joyce OJ	US	Propeller	Observation	1931	Production	39
Berliner-Joyce XF3J	US	Propeller	Fighter	1934	Prototype	1
Berliner-Joyce XFJ	US	Propeller	Fighter	1931	Prototype	1
Blackburn Airedale	UK	Propeller	Reconnaissance	1924	Prototype	2	[10]
Blackburn B-3	UK	Propeller	Torpedo bomber	1932	Prototype	2	[11]
Blackburn B-54	UK	Propeller	ASW	1949	Prototype	3
Blackburn Baffin	UK	Propeller	Torpedo bomber	1932	Production	92	[12][13]
Blackburn Blackburd	UK	Propeller	Torpedo bomber	1918	Prototype	3	[14]
Blackburn Blackburn	UK	Propeller	Reconnaissance	1922	Production	62	[15]
Blackburn Buccaneer	UK	Jet	Strike	1958	Production	144
Blackburn Dart	UK	Propeller	Torpedo bomber	1921	Production	127	[16]
Blackburn Firebrand	UK	Propeller	torpedo fighter	1942	Production	225	[17]
Blackburn Firecrest	UK	Propeller	Fighter	1947	Prototype	3~
Blackburn Nautilus	UK	Propeller	Fighter	1929	Prototype	1	[18]
Blackburn Ripon	UK	Propeller	Torpedo bomber	1926	Production	96	[19]
Blackburn Roc	UK	Propeller	Fighter	1938	Production	136	[20][21]
Blackburn Shark	UK	Propeller	Torpedo bomber	1933	Production	238	[22]
Blackburn Skua	UK	Propeller	Fighter/dive bomber	1937	Production	190	[21][23]
Blackburn Sprat	UK	Propeller	Trainer	1926	Prototype	1	[24]
Blackburn Swift	UK	Propeller	Torpedo bomber	1920	Production	8	[25]
Boeing CH-47 Chinook	US	Helicopter		1961		1,179+
Boeing EA-18G Growler	US	Jet	Electronic Warfare	2006	Production	85~
Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet	US	Jet	Fighter	1995	Production	500~
Boeing F2B	US	Propeller	Fighter	1926	Production	33	[26]
Boeing F3B	US	Propeller	Fighter-bomber	1927	Production	74	[26]
Boeing F4B	US	Propeller	Fighter	1928	Production	189	[27]
Boeing FB	US	Propeller	Fighter	1923	Production	29	[28]
Boeing Vertol CH-46 Sea Knight	US	Helicopter		1962		524
Boeing XF5B	US	Propeller	Fighter	1930	Prototype	1
Boeing XF6B	US	Propeller	Fighter-bomber	1933	Prototype	1
Boeing XF7B	US	Propeller	Fighter	1933	Prototype	1
Boeing XF8B	US	Propeller	Fighter	1944	Prototype	3
Boulton Paul Sea Balliol	UK	Propeller	Trainer	1952	Production	30
Breguet Alizé	France	Propeller	ASW	1956	Production	89
Breguet Vultur	France	Propeller	Attack	1951	Prototype	2
Brewster Buffalo	US	Propeller	Fighter	1937	Production	503	[29][30]
Brewster SB2A Buccaneer	US	Propeller	Dive bomber	1941	Production	771	[31]
Bristol Scout	UK	Propeller	Trials	1916	Temporary	1	First flight from moving ship, HMS Vindex[32]
British Aerospace P.125	UK	Jet	Fighter/bomber		Project	0
British Aerospace Sea Harrier	UK	Jet	Fighter	1978	Production	115
Britten-Norman Islander	UK	Propeller	Transport	1968	Temporary	1	Sales demo flights aboard HMS Hermes[33]
Caudron Luciole	France	Propeller	Transport	1940	Temporary	2	Free French recruiters flew from HMS Ark Royal[34]
Cessna O-1E Bird Dog	US	Propeller	Transport	1962-1975	Temporary	1	VNAF landing on USS Midway during Fall of Saigon. USMC O-1s flown from USS Princeton (LPH-5)
Chengdu J-20 B/C	PRC	Jet	Fighter	2016	Prototype	10
Common Support Aircraft	US		COD/EW/ES/AEW/ASW		Project	0
Consolidated N2Y	US	Propeller	Utility	1929	Production	7	[note 2]
Consolidated TBY Sea Wolf	US	Propeller	Torpedo bomber	1941	Production	180
Consolidated XB2Y	US	Propeller	Dive bomber	1933	Prototype	1
Consolidated XBY	US	Propeller	Dive bomber	1932	Prototype	1
Curtiss BF2C Goshawk	US	Propeller	Fighter-bomber	1933	Production	166	[35]
Curtiss F11C Goshawk	US	Propeller	Fighter-bomber	1932	Production	30	[35]
Curtiss F6C Hawk	US	Propeller	Fighter	1925	Production	75	[36]
Curtiss F7C Seahawk	US	Propeller	Fighter	1927	Production	17
Curtiss F8C/O2C Falcon/Helldiver	US	Propeller	Fighter/dive bomber	1924	Production	150	[37]
Curtiss Model D	US	Propeller	Trials	1910	Temporary	1	First takeoff from ship, from USS Birmingham. First landing on ship, on USS Pennsylvania
Curtiss P-36 Hawk	US	Propeller	Fighter	1941	Temporary	31	Flown from USS Enterprise during delivery
Curtiss P-40F Warhawk	US	Propeller	Fighter	1942	Temporary	109	Torch landings flown from USS Chenango & HMS Archer
Curtiss SB2C Helldiver	US	Propeller	Dive bomber	1940	Production	7,200	[38][39]
Curtiss SBC Helldiver	US	Propeller	Dive bomber	1935	Production	257	[40][41]
Curtiss SO3C Seamew	US	Propeller	Observation	1939	Production	259	[42]
Curtiss SOC Seagull	US	Propeller	Observation	1934	Production	322	[43]
Curtiss XBT2C	US	Propeller	Torpedo bomber	1945	Prototype	9
Curtiss XBTC	US	Propeller	Torpedo bomber	1945	Prototype	2
Curtiss XF14C	US	Propeller	Fighter	1944	Prototype	1
Curtiss XF15C	US	Propeller	Fighter	1945	Prototype	3
Curtiss XSB3C	US	Propeller	Dive bomber		Project	0
Dassault Étendard IV	France	Jet	Fighter	1958	Production	90
Dassault Rafale M	France	Jet	Fighter	1986	Production	115
Dassault-Breguet Super Étendard	France	Jet	Strike Fighter	1974	Production	85
de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter	Canada	Propeller	Transport	1957	Temporary	4	Suez Crisis, UNEF flights off HMCS Magnificent[44]
de Havilland Canada DHC-5 Buffalo	Canada	Propeller	Transport	1980	Temporary	1	QSRA trials from USS Kitty Hawk
de Havilland Canada L-20 Beaver	Canada	Propeller	Transport	1958	Temporary	2	Lebanon crisis, flown from USS Corregidor[45]
de Havilland Sea Hornet	UK	Propeller	Fighter	1944	Production	174
de Havilland Sea Mosquito	UK	Propeller	Torpedo bomber/trainer	1944	Production	66	[46]
de Havilland Sea Vampire	UK	Jet	Fighter	1944	Production	98
de Havilland Sea Venom	UK	Jet	Fighter	1951	Production	298
de Havilland Sea Vixen	UK	Jet	Fighter	1951	Production	145
Dewoitine D.1ter	France	Propeller	Fighter	1922	Production	30
Dewoitine D.373 & 376	France	Propeller	Fighter	1931	Production	45
Douglas A-3 Skywarrior	US	Jet	Attack	1952	Production	282	[47]
Douglas A-4 Skyhawk	US	Jet	Attack	1954	Production	2,960	[47]
Douglas A2D Skyshark	US	Propeller	Attack	1950	Prototype	12
Douglas AD Skyraider	US	Propeller	Attack bomber	1945	Production	3,180	[48]
Douglas BTD Destroyer	US	Propeller	Torpedo bomber	1943	Production	30
Douglas DT	US	Propeller	Torpedo bomber	1921	Production	90	[49]
Douglas F3D Skynight	US	Jet	Fighter	1948	Production	268	[50]
Douglas F4D Skyray	US	Jet	Fighter	1951	Production	422
Douglas F5D Skylancer	US	Jet	Fighter	1956	Prototype	4
Douglas F6D Missileer	US	Jet	Fighter		Project	0
Douglas R4D-5	US	Propeller	Transport	1947	Temporary	6	Highjump flights from USS Philippine Sea
Douglas SBD Dauntless	US	Propeller	Dive bomber	1938	Production	5,356	[51]
Douglas T2D	US	Propeller	Torpedo bomber	1927	Production	31	[52]
Douglas TBD Devastator	US	Propeller	Torpedo bomber	1935	Production	130	[53]
Douglas XT3D	US	Propeller	Torpedo bomber	1931	Prototype	1
Douglas XTB2D Skypirate	US	Propeller	Torpedo bomber	1945	Prototype	2
Eberhart F2G	US	Propeller	Fighter	1928	Prototype	1
Eberhart FG	US	Propeller	Fighter	1927	Prototype	1
Eurocopter AS332 Super Puma	France	Helicopter		1978
Eurocopter AS365 Dauphin	France	Helicopter		1975
Eurocopter Fennec	France	Helicopter
Fairey Albacore	UK	Propeller	torpedo/dive bomber	1938	Production	800	[54]
Fairey Barracuda	UK	Propeller	Torpedo/dive bomber	1940	Production	2,582	[55]
Fairey Firefly III/IIIM	UK	Propeller	Fighter	1929	Prototype	1
Fairey Firefly	UK	Propeller	Fighter/strike	1941	Production	1,702
Fairey Fleetwing	UK	Propeller	Fighter	1929	Prototype	1
Fairey Flycatcher	UK	Propeller	Fighter	1922	Production	196
Fairey Fox Mk.IA	UK	Propeller	Trials	1926	Temporary	1	HMS Furious[56]
Fairey Fulmar	UK	Propeller	Fighter	1937	Production	600	[57]
Fairey Gannet	UK	Propeller	ASW/AEW	1949	Production	348
Fairey III	UK	Propeller	Reconnaissance	1917	Production	964
Fairey Seal	UK	Propeller	Reconnaissance	1930	Production	91
Fairey Spearfish	UK	Propeller	Torpedo/dive bomber	1945	Prototype	5
Fairey Swordfish	UK	Propeller	Torpedo bomber	1934	Production	2,391	[58]
Fiat G.50 bis/A	Italy	Propeller	Fighter	1942	Prototype	1
Fieseler Fi 167	Germany	Propeller	Dive bomber	1938	Production	14
Fouga CM.175 Zéphyr M	France	Jet	Trainer	1956	Production	32
General Aircraft Fleet Shadower	UK	Propeller	Reconnaissance	1940	Prototype	1
General Dynamics-Grumman F-111B	US	Jet	Fighter	1965	Prototype	7
Gloster Gambet	UK	Propeller	Fighter	1927	Prototype	1	[59]
Gloster Gladiator II	UK	Propeller	Fighter	1940	Temporary	18	Norwegian Campaign, flown from HMS Glorious
Gloster Gnatsnapper	UK	Propeller	Fighter	1927	Prototype	2 (or 3)	[60]
Gloster Meteor F.3 (Derwent 5)	UK	Jet	Trials	1948–1949	Temporary	2	HMS Implacable and HMS Illustrious[note 3]
Gloster Sea Gladiator	UK	Propeller	Fighter	1937	Production	98	[61][62]
Gloster Sparrowhawk III	UK	Propeller	Fighter	1921	Production	10	[63]
Gloster TSR.38	UK	Propeller	Torpedo bomber	1932	Prototype	1	[64]
Goodyear F2G Corsair	US	Propeller	Fighter	1945	Prototype	10
Gourdou-Leseurre GL.22	France	Propeller	Trainer	1918	Production	20	[note 4]
Great Lakes BG	US	Propeller	Bomber	1933	Production	61
Great Lakes XTBG	US	Propeller	Torpedo bomber	1935	Prototype	1
Grumman A-6 Intruder	US	Jet	Attack	1960	Production	693	[65]
Grumman AF Guardian	US	Propeller	ASW	1945	Production	389	[66]
Grumman C-1 Trader	US	Propeller	Transport	1955	Production	83	[67]
Grumman C-2 Greyhound	US	Propeller	Transport	1964	Production	58
Grumman E-1 Tracer	US	Propeller	AEW	1956	Production	88	[68]
Grumman E-2 Hawkeye	US	Propeller	AEW	1960	Production	?	[68]
Grumman EA-6B Prowler	US	Jet	Electronic Warfare	1968	Production	170
Grumman F-9 Cougar	US	Jet	Fighter	1951	Production	1,392	[69]
Grumman F-11 Tiger	US	Jet	Fighter	1954	Production	200
Grumman F-14 Tomcat	US	Jet	Fighter	1970	Production	632
Grumman FF	US	Propeller	Fighter	1931	Production	85	[70]
Grumman F2F	US	Propeller	Fighter	1933	Production	56	[71]
Grumman F3F	US	Propeller	Fighter	1935	Production	147	[72]
Grumman F4F Wildcat	US	Propeller	Fighter	1937	Production	7,885	[73]
Grumman F6F Hellcat	US	Propeller	Fighter	1942	Production	12,275	[74]
Grumman F7F Tigercat	US	Propeller	Fighter	1943	Production	364
Grumman F8F Bearcat	US	Propeller	Fighter	1944	Production	1,265
Grumman F9F Panther	US	Jet	Fighter	1947	Production	1,382	[69]
Grumman G-118	US	Jet	Fighter		Project	0
Grumman J2F Duck	US	Propeller	Utility	1936	Production	584	[43]
Grumman S-2 Tracker	US	Propeller	ASW	1952	Production	1,284	[75]
Grumman SF	US	Propeller	Fighter	1931	Production	35
Grumman TBF Avenger	US	Propeller	Torpedo bomber	1941	Production	9,839	[53]
Grumman XF10F Jaguar	US	Jet	Fighter	1952	Prototype	1
Grumman XF5F Skyrocket	US	Propeller	Fighter	1940	Prototype	1
Grumman XSBF	US	Propeller	scout bomber	1936	Prototype	1
Grumman XTB2F	US	Propeller	Torpedo bomber		Project	0
Grumman XTSF	US	Propeller	Torpedo bomber		Project	0
HAL Naval Tejas	India	Jet	Fighter	2012	Prototype	2	[76][77]
Hall XFH-1	US	Propeller	fighter	1929	Prototype	1
Handley Page H.P.46	UK	Propeller	Torpedo bomber	1932	Prototype	1
Handley Page Hanley	UK	Propeller	Torpedo bomber	1922	Prototype	3
Handley Page Hendon	UK	Propeller	Torpedo bomber	1924	Prototype	6
Handley Page HP.14	UK	Propeller	Reconnaissance	1917	Prototype	3
Handley Page HPS-1	UK	Propeller	Fighter	1923	Prototype	2
Hanriot HD.1	France	Propeller	Trials	1920	Temporary	1+
Hanriot HD.2	France	Propeller	Trials	1920	Temporary	2
Hanriot HD.3	France	Propeller	Trials	1920	Temporary	1
Hanriot HD.20	France	Propeller	Fighter	1923	Prototype	1
Hawker Hedgehog	UK	Propeller	Fighter	1924	Prototype	1	[78]
Hawker Hoopoe	UK	Propeller	Fighter	1928	Prototype	1	[79]
Hawker Hurricane I	UK	Propeller	Fighter	1940	Temporary	18	Norwegian Campaign, flown from HMS Glorious
Hawker Nimrod	UK	Propeller	Fighter	1930	Production	92	[80]
Hawker Osprey/Naval Hart	UK	Propeller	Fighter/reconnaissance	1932	Production	112	[81]
Hawker Sea Fury	UK	Propeller	Fighter	1945	Production	864	[82]
Hawker Sea Hawk	UK	Jet	Fighter	1947	Production	542	[83]
Hawker Sea Hurricane	UK	Propeller	Fighter	1940	Production	1,190+	[84][85]
Hawker Siddeley P.1154	UK	Jet	Fighter		Project	0
Hawker Siddeley P.139B	UK	Jet	AEW		Project	0
Heinkel HD 23	Germany	Propeller	Fighter	1926	Prototype	4
Junkers Ju 87C	Germany	Propeller	Dive bomber	1938	Prototype	10
Kaiser-Fleetwings XBTK	US	Propeller	Torpedo bomber	1945	Prototype	5
Kaman SH-2 Seasprite	US	Helicopter		1959		184
Kaman SH-2G Super Seasprite	US	Helicopter		1985		59
Kamov Ka-20	USSR	Helicopter
Kamov Ka-25	USSR	Helicopter		1963		460~
Kamov Ka-27, Ka-28 & Ka-32	USSR	Helicopter		1973
Kawanishi K-11	Japan	Propeller	Fighter	1927	Prototype	2	[86]
Kokusai Ki-76	Japan	Propeller	Reconnaissance	1941	Production	937
Latécoère 299	France	Propeller	torpedo/dive bomber	1939	Prototype	2
Les Mureaux 1 C.1 Express-Marin	France	Propeller	Fighter	1924	Prototype	1
Levasseur PL.10, 101 & 107	France	Propeller	Reconnaissance	1929	Production	63
Levasseur PL.14	France	Propeller	Torpedo bomber	1929	Production	30
Levasseur PL.2	France	Propeller	Torpedo bomber	1922	Production	11
Levasseur PL.4	France	Propeller	Reconnaissance	1926	Production	40
Levasseur PL.5	France	Propeller	Fighter	1925	Production	24	& 9
Levasseur PL.7	France	Propeller	Torpedo bomber	1928	Production	46
Lévy-Biche LB.2	France	Propeller	Fighter	1927	Production	26
Ling-Temco-Vought V507	US	Jet	Fighter		Project	0
Lockheed XJO-3 Electra Junior	US	Propeller	Trials	1939	Temporary	1	Nosewheel trials flown from USS Lexington
Lockheed KC-130F Hercules	US	Propeller	Trials	1963	Temporary	1	USMC trials from USS Forrestal
Lockheed Martin F-35B & C Lightning II	US	Jet	Fighter	2006	Production
Lockheed P-80A Shooting Star	US	Jet	Trials	1946	Temporary	1	USAAF jet flown from USS Franklin D. Roosevelt
Lockheed P2V-3C Neptune	US	Propeller	Trials	1948–1951	Temporary	13	Nuclear bomber from USS Franklin D. Roosevelt
Lockheed S-3 Viking	US	Jet	ASW	1972	Production	188
Lockheed T2V SeaStar	US	Jet	Trainer	1953	Production	150
Lockheed TO Shooting Star	US	Jet	Trainer	?	Production
Lockheed U-2C	US	Jet	Reconnaissance	1963	Temporary	1	Monitoring French nuclear tests from USS Ranger[87]
Lockheed U-2G	US	Jet	Reconnaissance	1955	Prototype	3	[87][note 5]
Lockheed U-2R	US	Jet	Trials	1969	Temporary	1	USS America[87]
Loening OL-8A	US	Propeller	Observation	1923	Production	20
Loening XFL	US	Propeller	Fighter		Project	0
Loire-Gourdou-Leseurre LGL.32	France	Propeller	Fighter	1925	Production	15
Loire-Nieuport LN.401	France	Propeller	Dive bomber	1938	Production	68
Mann Egerton Type H	UK	Propeller	Fighter	1917	Prototype	2	[88]
Martin AM Mauler	US	Propeller	Attack bomber	1944	Production	151	[89]
Martin BM	US	Propeller	Bomber	1930	Production	32
Martin T3M	US	Propeller	Torpedo bomber	1926	Production	124	[90]
Martin T4M & Great Lakes TG	US	Propeller	Torpedo bomber	1927	Production	155	[91]
Martin XT6M	US	Propeller	Torpedo bomber	1930	Prototype	1
McDonnell Douglas A-12 Avenger II	US	Jet	attack		Project	0
McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II	US	Jet	Fighter	1958	Production	5,195	[92]
McDonnell Douglas T-45 Goshawk	US	Jet	Trainer	1988	Production	214
McDonnell FH Phantom	US	Jet	Fighter	1945	Production	62
McDonnell F2H Banshee	US	Jet	Fighter	1947	Production	895	[93]
McDonnell F3H Demon	US	Jet	Fighter	1951	Production	519
McDonnell-Douglas AV-8B Harrier II	US	Jet	Attack	1978–1985	Production	323
McDonnell-Douglas F/A-18 Hornet	US	Jet	Fighter/Attack	1978	Production	1,479
Messerschmitt Bf 109T-1	Germany	Propeller	Fighter	1939	Prototype	7
Mikoyan MiG-29K	USSR	Jet	Fighter	1988	Production	20
Mitsubishi 1MF	Japan	Propeller	Fighter	1921	Production	138	[94]
Mitsubishi 1MF9	Japan	Propeller	Fighter	1927	Production	2	[95]
Mitsubishi 1MT	Japan	Propeller	Torpedo bomber	1922	Production	20	[96]
Mitsubishi 2MR	Japan	Propeller	Reconnaissance	1922	Production	159	[97]
Mitsubishi 3MT5	Japan	Propeller	Torpedo bomber	1932	Production	11	[98]
Mitsubishi A5M	Japan	Propeller	Fighter	1935	Production	1,094	[99][100]
Mitsubishi A6M Zero	Japan	Propeller	Fighter	1939	Production	10,449	[101][102]
Mitsubishi A7M	Japan	Propeller	Fighter	1944	Prototype	10	[103]
Mitsubishi B1M	Japan	Propeller	Bomber	1923	Production	443	[104]
Mitsubishi B2M	Japan	Propeller	Bomber	1929	Production	206	[105]
Mitsubishi B5M	Japan	Propeller	Bomber	1937	Production	125	[106]
Morane-Saulnier MS.226	France	Propeller	Fighter	1933	Production	3
Morane-Saulnier MS.474 Vanneau IV	France	Propeller	Trainer	1944	Production	70
Morane-Saulnier MS.500 Criquet	France	Propeller	Transport	1945–1949	Temporary		Operated from Arromanches during the First Indochina War
Nakajima A1N	Japan	Propeller	Fighter	1927	Production	151	[107]
Nakajima A2N	Japan	Propeller	Fighter	1929	Production	100 ca.	[108][109]
Nakajima A4N	Japan	Propeller	Fighter	1934	Production	221	[110]
Nakajima B3N	Japan	Propeller	Bomber	1933	Prototype	2	[111]
Nakajima B4N	Japan	Propeller	Bomber	1936	Prototype	2	[112]
Nakajima B5N	Japan	Propeller	Bomber	1937	Production	1,149	[113]
Nakajima B6N	Japan	Propeller	Bomber	1941	Production	1,268	[114]
Nakajima C3N	Japan	Propeller	Reconnaissance	1936	Production	2	[115]
Nakajima C6N	Japan	Propeller	Reconnaissance	1943	Production	463	[116]
Naval Aircraft Factory SBN	US	Propeller	Bomber	1936	Prototype	31
Naval Aircraft Factory TS	US	Propeller	Fighter	1922	Production	46	[117]
NHIndustries NH90	NATO	Helicopter		1995		161
Nieuport 21	France	Propeller	Trials	1919–1920	Temporary	1
Nieuport-Delage NiD 32	France	Propeller	Fighter	1920	Production	10
Nieuport-Delage NiD 43	France	Propeller	Fighter	1924	Prototype	1
Nord 1500 Noréclair	France	Propeller	ASW/bomber	1947	Prototype	1
Nord 2200	France	Jet	Fighter	1949	Prototype	1
North American A-5 Vigilante	US	Jet	Reconnaissance	1958	Production	156	[50]
North American AJ Savage	US	Propeller	Bomber	1948	Production	143	[66]
North American B-25B Mitchell	US	Propeller	Bomber	1942	Temporary	16	Doolittle Raid launched from USS Hornet
North American ETF-51D Mustang	US	Propeller	Fighter	1944	Prototype	1	[118]
North American FJ-1 Fury	US	Jet	Fighter	1946	Production	31
North American FJ-2/-3 Fury	US	Jet	Fighter	1951	Production	741
North American FJ-4 Fury	US	Jet	Fighter	1954	Production	374
North American L-17 (Navion)	US	Propeller	Transport	1950	Temporary		Korean War Courier/VIP transport
North American PBJ-1H	US	Propeller	Bomber	1944	Production	1	[note 6]
North American Rockwell OV-10 Bronco	US	Propeller	Trials	1968, 1985	Temporary		USS John F. Kennedy and USS Saratoga
North American T-2 Buckeye	US	Jet	Trainer	1958	Production	529
North American T-28 Trojan	US	Propeller	Trainer	1949	Production	266
North American SNJ-3C/-4C/-5C	US	Propeller	Trainer	1935	Production	52+
North American XA2J Super Savage	US	Propeller	Bomber	1952	Prototype	1
Northrop BT	US	Propeller	Bomber	1935	Production	55
Parnall Panther	UK	Propeller	Reconnaissance	1917	Production	155	[119]
Parnall Perch	UK	Propeller	Trainer	1926	Prototype	1	[120]
Parnall Pike	UK	Propeller	Reconnaissance	1927	Prototype	1	[121]
Parnall Pipit	UK	Propeller	Fighter	1928	Prototype	2	[122]
Parnall Plover	UK	Propeller	Fighter	1922	Production	13	[123]
Parnall Puffin	UK	Propeller	Fighter/reconnaissance	1920	Prototype	3	[124]
Percival Vega Gull	UK	Propeller	Transport	1936/1937	Temporary	1	Flown on (by Edgar Percival) and later off and on from HMS Courageous[125]
Piasecki H-21	US	Helicopter		1952		18+
Piasecki HRP Rescuer	US	Helicopter		1945		28
Piasecki HUP Retriever	US	Helicopter		1948		339
Piper L-4 Grasshopper	US	Propeller	Observation		Temporary	1	Used Brodie device on various LSTs
Piper L-4B Grasshopper	US	Propeller	Observation	1944	Temporary	26+	Flown from LSTs during Pacific & Mediterranean invasions
Reggiane Re.2001 OR	Italy	Propeller	Fighter	1940	Production	10
Republic P-47 Thunderbolt	US	Propeller	Fighter	1944	Temporary	4	P-47s being ferried by USS Manila Bay flown off to defend ship off Saipan
Rockwell XFV-12	US	Jet	Fighter		Prototype	1	Failed to achieve flight
Ryan FR Fireball	US	Propeller/Jet	Fighter	1944	Production	71
Saro P.531	UK	Helicopter		1958		6
SEPECAT Jaguar M	France	Jet	Attack	1969	Prototype	1
Seversky XFN-1	US	Propeller	Fighter	1937	Prototype	1
Shenyang J-15	PRC	Jet	Fighter	2013	Prototype	16
Short Gurnard	UK	Propeller	Fighter	1929	Prototype	2
Short Seamew	UK	Propeller	ASW	1953	Prototype	26
Short Shirl	UK	Propeller	Torpedo bomber	1918	Prototype	4
Sikorsky CH-53 Sea Stallion	US	Helicopter		1964		265+
Sikorsky HNS (R-4)	US	Helicopter		1942		131
Sikorsky HO2S (R-5/H-5)	US	Helicopter		1943		300+
Sikorsky HO4S (S-55)	US	Helicopter		1949		94
Sikorsky Hoverfly II (R-6)	US	Helicopter		1943		225
Sikorsky HR2S/CH-37	US	Helicopter		1953		62
Sikorsky HSS Seabat (S-58)	US	Helicopter		1954		218
Sikorsky SH-3 Sea King	US	Helicopter		1959		756 ca.
Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk	US	Helicopter		1979		400+
Sikorsky XHJS	US	Helicopter		1947		2
Slingsby T.20	UK	Glider	Trials	1945	Temporary	1	Flight deck turbulence trials from HMS Pretoria Castle & HMS Illustrious
SNCAC NC.1070	France	Jet	Bomber	1947	Prototype	2
SNCAC NC.1080	France	Jet	Fighter	1949	Prototype	1
SNCASE (Sud-Est) Aquilon	France	Jet	Fighter	1951	Production	120
SNCASO SO.8000 Narval	France	Jet	Fighter	1949	Prototype	2
Sopwith 2F.1 Ship's Camel	UK	Propeller	Fighter	1917	Production	340	Zeppelin interceptors flown from towed barges.[126]
Sopwith Camel	UK	Propeller	Fighter	1917	Production		Zeppelin interceptors flown from towed barges.
Sopwith Cuckoo	UK	Propeller	Torpedo bomber	1918	Production	232	[127]
Sopwith Pup and Ship's Pup	UK	Propeller	Fighter	1916	Production	1,770	[note 7]
Sopwith Ship's Strutter	UK	Propeller	Reconnaissance/fighter	1915	Production	5,939	[note 7]
Stinson L-5 Sentinel	US	Propeller	Observation	1943	Temporary		Used Brodie device from USS City of Dalhart and other LSTs
Stinson OY Sentinel	US	Propeller	Observation	1950	Temporary	1+	Korean War
Sukhoi Su-25UTG & UBP	USSR	Jet	Attack	1988	Production	20~
Sukhoi Su-33	USSR	Jet	Fighter	1987	Production	24~
Supermarine Attacker	UK	Jet	Fighter	1946	Production	185
Supermarine Scimitar	UK	Jet	Fighter	1956	Production	76
Supermarine Seafang	UK	Propeller	Fighter	1946	Prototype	18
Supermarine Seafire	UK	Propeller	Fighter	1942	Production	2,556	[128][129]
Supermarine Type 322	UK	Propeller	torpedo/dive bomber	1943	Prototype	2
Supermarine Walrus	UK	Propeller	Reconnaissance	1933	Production	740	[43]
Taylorcraft Auster	UK	Propeller	Trials	1945–1946	Temporary	3+	HMS Argus, Ravager and Illustrious
Vickers Type 141	UK	Propeller	Fighter	1927	Prototype	1
Vickers Type 177	UK	Propeller	Fighter	1929	Prototype	1
Vickers Type 207	UK	Propeller	Torpedo bomber	1933	Prototype	1
Vickers Vireo	UK	Propeller	Fighter	1928	Prototype	1
Villiers II	France	Propeller	Fighter	1925	Production	32
Vought A-7 Corsair	US	Jet	Attack	1965	Production	1,569	[65]
Vought F-8 Crusader	US	Jet	Fighter	1955	Production	1,219	[92]
Vought F4U/FG/F3A Corsair	US	Propeller	Fighter	1940	Production	12,571	[130]
Vought F6U Pirate	US	Jet	Fighter	1946	Production	33
Vought F7U Cutlass	US	Jet	Fighter	1948	Production	320	[131]
Vought FU	US	Propeller	Fighter	1926	Production	20
Vought Model 1600	US	Jet	Fighter		Project	0
Vought O2U Corsair	US	Propeller	Observation	1926	Production	322
Vought O3U/SU Corsair	US	Propeller	Observation	1930	Production	291
Vought XO4U Corsair	US	Propeller	Observation	1931	Prototype	2
Vought SB2U Vindicator	US	Propeller	Bomber	1936	Production	170	[132]
Vought SBU Corsair	US	Propeller	Bomber	1933	Production	125
Vought VE-7	US	Propeller	Fighter	1917	Production	128	[133]
Vought XF5U	US	Propeller	Fighter		Prototype	1
Vought XF8U-3 Crusader III	US	Jet	Fighter	1958	Prototype	5
Vought XS2U	US	Propeller	ASW		Project	0
Vought XSB3U	US	Propeller	Bomber	1936	Prototype	1
Westland Dragonfly	UK	Helicopter		?		133
Westland Lynx	UK	Helicopter		1971
Westland PV-3	UK	Propeller	Reconnaissance	1931	Prototype	1	[134]
Westland Sea King	UK	Helicopter		1969		344
Westland Walrus	UK	Propeller	Reconnaissance	1921	Production	36	[135]
Westland Wasp	UK	Helicopter		1962		133
Westland Wessex	UK	Helicopter		1958		170
Westland Whirlwind	UK	Helicopter		1953		400
Westland Wyvern	UK	Propeller	Strike Bomber	1946	Production	127	[136]
Wibault 74	France	Propeller	Fighter	1924	Production	18
Yakovlev Yak-38	USSR	Jet	Fighter	1971	Production	231
Yakovlev Yak-41	USSR	Jet	Fighter	1987	Prototype	2
Yakovlev Yak-43	USSR	Jet	Fighter		Project	0
Yakovlev Yak-44	USSR	Propeller	AEW		Project	0
Yokosuka B3Y	Japan	Propeller	Bomber	1933	Production	129	[137]
Yokosuka B4Y	Japan	Propeller	Bomber	1935	Production	205	[138]
Yokosuka D3Y	Japan	Propeller	Dive bomber	1944	Prototype	5	[139]
Yokosuka D4Y	Japan	Propeller	Dive bomber	1940	Production	2,038	[140][141]

See also

• Carrier-based aircraft
• Naval aviation
• Aircraft carrier
• Escort carrier
• List of submarine-borne aircraft

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. Production total is for all variants.

References

Citations

1. Swanborough and Bowers, 1990, pp.40-41
2. Francillon 1979, pp. 288–291.
3. Francillon 1979, pp. 268–271.
4. Francillon 1979, pp. 271–276.
5. Jackson 1965, pp. 240–242.
6. Jackson 1965, pp. 202–206.
7. Jackson 1965, pp. 227–229.
8. Thetford, 1991, p.41-42
9. Brown 2006, p. 93
10. Jackson 1968, pp. 209–214.
11. Jackson 1968, pp. 343-248.
12. Jackson 1968, pp. 349–363.
13. Chant, 1999, p.43
14. Jackson 1968, pp. 128–134.
15. Jackson 1968, pp. 160–169.
16. Jackson 1968, pp. 150–159.
17. Jackson 1968, pp. 439–451.
18. Jackson 1968, pp. 240–244.
19. Jackson 1968, pp. 215–232.
20. Jackson 1968, pp. 411–420.
21. Munson, p.169
22. Jackson 1968, pp. 364–385.
23. Jackson 1968, pp. 399–410.
24. Jackson 1968, pp. 233–236.
25. Jackson 1968, pp. 139–149.
26. Swanborough and Bowers, 1990, pp.71-73
27. Swanborough and Bowers, 1990, pp.75-78
28. Swanborough and Bowers, 1990, pp.68-70
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31. Swanborough and Bowers, 1990, pp.88-89
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37. Swanborough and Bowers, 1990, pp.147-148 & pp.151-152
38. Chant, 1999, p.95
39. Swanborough and Bowers, 1990, pp.166-167
40. Chant, 1999, p.94
41. Swanborough and Bowers, 1990, pp.162-163
42. Swanborough and Bowers, 1990, pp.164-165
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48. Pawlowski, 1971, p.448
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50. Pawlowski, 1971, p.452
51. Pawlowski, 1971, p.439
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53. Pawlowski, 1971, p.446
54. Chant, 1999, p.122
55. Munson, p.69
56. Taylor, 1974, p.144
57. Munson, p.71
58. Munson, p.121
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60. James, 1971, pp.161-167
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64. James, 1971, pp.200-203
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74. Pawlowski, 1971, p.426
75. Pawlowski, 1971, p.455
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81. Hannah, 1982, p.32
82. Hannah, 1982, pp.53-54
83. Hannah, 1982, pp.55-57
84. Munson, p.88
85. Hannah, 1982, pp.43-44
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92. Pawlowski, 1971, p.432
93. Pawlowski, 1971, p.429
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100. Collier, 1979, p.96
101. Francillon 1979, pp. 362-.
102. Chant, 1999, p.235
103. Francillon 1979, pp. 399–404.
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114. Francillon 1979, pp. 429–434.
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117. Jones, 1977, pp.14-17
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124. Wixey 1990, pp. 100–105.
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