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WWI - french aircrafts

This is a discussion on WWI - french aircrafts within the Military Strategy and Tactics forum, part of the Global Defense & Military category; Many of the French planes were also used by Great Britain, Italy, Russia, Belgium and the USA. 1) produced in ...


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WWI - french aircrafts

Many of the French planes were also used by Great Britain, Italy, Russia, Belgium and the USA.

1) produced in 1914 :

- Blériot XI BG (observation), ? produced
armament : -

- Blériot Bl-XXXVI Bis (observation), 1 produced
armament : -

- Blériot Bl-XLIII (observation), 1 produced
armament : -

- Caudron G-3 (reconnaissance and training)
2450 produced in France, 233 produced for Great-Britain and 166 produced for Italy
armament : -
http://www.aviafrance.com/images/184.jpg

- Farman MF-11 (obervation and bombing), ? produced
armament : 1x MG and 60kg bombs

- Farman HF-20 (reconnaissance), ? produced
armament : 1x MG

- Morane-Saulnier N (reconnaissance), 49 produced
armament : ?
http://www.aviafrance.com/images/1412.jpg

- Morane-Saulnier P (reconnaissance), 565 produced
armament : 1x MG
http://www.aviafrance.com/images/1570.jpg

- Morane-Saulnier T (protection), ? produced
armament : ?

- Voisin III (light bomber), ? produced
armament : 1x MG and 60kg bombs
French crewmen Frantz and Quenault with such a plane were awarded their first air victory on October, 5 1914 on an Aviatik
http://www.aviafrance.com/images/5530.jpg


2) produced in 1915 :

- Breguet BUC (protection), ? produced
armament : 1x MG and 1x 37mm Hotchkiss gun

- Breguet V (fighter/escort plane), 11 produced
armament : 1x MG and 1x 37mm Hotchkiss gun
http://www.aviafrance.com/images/542.jpg

- Caudron G-4 (heavy bomber), 1421 produced
armament : 1x MG and 100kg bombs
http://www.aviafrance.com/images/185.jpg

- Caudron R-4 (reconnaissance), 249 produced
armament : 2x MG (front and rear) and 100kg bombs

- F.B.A. B (observation seaplane), 150 produced
armament : ?
http://www.aviafrance.com/images/2327.jpg

- F.B.A. C (observation seaplane), ? produced
armament : ?
http://www.aviafrance.com/images/729.jpg

- Farman HF-27 (reconnaissance), ? produced
armament : ?

- Farman HF-30 (reconnaissance), ? produced
armament : ?

- Farman HF-33 (fighter), ? produced
armament : ?

- Farman F-40 type 46 (observation), ? produced
armament : 1 MG

- Farman F-40 (observation), ? produced
armament : 1 MG

- Farman F-41 (reconnaissance), ? produced
armament : ?

- Morane-Saulnier AR (training), 400 produced
http://www.aviafrance.com/images/1569.jpg

- Morane-Saulnier BB (reconnaissance), ? produced
armament : 1x MG (rear)
http://www.aviafrance.com/images/1387.jpg

- Nieuport Nie-10 (reconnaissance/fighter), ? produced
armament : 1x MG
http://www.aviafrance.com/images/1749.jpg

- Nieuport Nie-11 'bébé' (fighter), ? produced
armament : 1x MG
http://mars.ark.com/~mdf/Nie11_589.jpg

- Nieuport Nie-12 (obervation), ? produced
armament : 1x MG (rear) and sometimes 2x MGs (front)
http://mars.ark.com/~mdf/Nie12rnas.jpg

- Ponnier M-1 (fighter), 20 produced
armament : 1x MG (front)
http://www.aviafrance.com/images/3526.jpg

- SPAD S-A1 (fighter), 11 produced
armament : 1x MG (front)

- SPAD S-A2 (fighter), 40 produced
armament : 1x MG (front)
http://www.aviafrance.com/images/2433.jpg

- Voisin LAS (light bomber), ? produced
armament : 1x MG and 60kg bombs
http://www.aviafrance.com/images/9121.jpg

- Voisin IV (medium bomber), 200 produced
armament : 1x 37mm Hotchkiss gun and ?kg bombs

- Voisin Triplan (heavy bomber), 1 produced
armament : ?
http://www.aviafrance.com/images/9676.jpg


3) produced in 1916 :

- Blériot Bl-67 (heavy bomber), 1 produced
armament : ?

- Borel Odier BO-T (seaplane), ? produced
armament : 2x MG (rear and front) and 1x 650kg torpedo

- Bréguet-Michelin IV (heavy bomber), ? produced
armament : 1x MG and 360kg bombs

- Caudron G-6 (reconnaissance), 512 produced
armament : 2x MG and 100kg bombs
http://www.aviafrance.com/images/186.jpg

- Donnet-Denhaut DD-2 (reconnaissance seaplane), 365 produced
armament : ?

- Dorant AR-1 (reconnaissance), ? produced
armament : 1x MG front, 2x MG rear
http://www.aviafrance.com/images/343.jpg

- Farman F-30A (fighter), 1 produced and transformed in Farman F-30B
armament : ?

- Farman HF-36 (fighter), 1 produced
armament : ?

- Farman F-40bis (reconnaissance), ? produced
armament : ?

- Farman F-1,40 (reconnaissance), ? produced
armament : ?

- Farman F-1,40 bis type 70 (reconnaissance), ? produced
armament : ?

- Farman F-1,40 ter type 61 (reconnaissance), ? produced
armament : ?
http://www.aviafrance.com/images/9229.jpg

- Farman F-1,40 bis type 60 (reconnaissance), ? produced
armament : ?

- Farman F-41bis (reconnaissance), ? produced
armament : ?

- Farman F-1,41 type 70 (reconnaissance), ? produced
armament : ?

- Farman F-1,41 bis type 70 (reconnaissance), ? produced
armament : ?

- Farman F-43 (reconnaissance), ? produced
armament : ?

- Farman F-45 (reconnaissance), ? produced
armament : ?

- Letord 1 (medium bomber), ? produced
armament : 2x MG (rear), 2x MG (front) and 150kg bombs

- Morane-Saulnier I (fighter), ? produced
armament : 1x MG

- Morane-Saulnier V (fighter), ? produced
armament : 1x MG

- Morane-Saulnier AC (fighter), 30 produced
armament : 1x MG

- Nieuport Nie-14 (reconnaissance), ? produced
armament : ?
http://www.aviafrance.com/images/3134.jpg

- Nieuport Nie-16 (fighter), ? produced
armament : 1x MG

- Nieuport Nie-17 (fighter), ? produced
armament : 1x MG
http://www.aviafrance.com/images/108.jpg

- Nieuport Nie-80 (training), ? produced
armament : -

- Nieuport Nie-82 (training), ? produced
armament : -

- Nieuport Nie-23 (fighter), ? produced
armament : 1x MG
http://www.aviafrance.com/images/1566.jpg

- Salmson-Moineau SM-1 (reconnaissance), ? produced
armament : 2x MG (rear and front)

- SPAD S-A4 (fighter), 56 produced (apparently for Russia)
armament : 1x MG

- SPAD S-G2 (fighter), 1 produced
armament : 1x MG

- SPAD S-VII (fighter), 6000 produced
armament : 1x MG
http://www.aviafrance.com/images/97.jpg

- Tellier 200ch (reconnaissance seaplane), ? produced
armament : ?
http://www.aviafrance.com/images/8265.jpg

- Voisin V (light bomber), ? produced
armament : 1x MG or 1x 37mm Hotchkiss gun and 60kg bombs
http://www.aviafrance.com/images/9120.jpg

- Voisin VIII (medium bomber), 1100 produced
armament : 1-2x MG or 1x 37mm Hotchkiss gun and 180kg bombs
http://www.aviafrance.com/images/958.jpg


4) produced in 1917 :

- Bréguet Bre-14 A2 (reconnaissance), 3916 produced
armament : 1x MG (front) and 2x MG (rear)
http://www.aviafrance.com/images/3770.jpg

- Bréguet Bre-14 B2 (medium bomber), 1586 produced
armament : 1x MG (front), 2x MG (rear) and 300kg bombs
http://www.aviafrance.com/images/3771.jpg

- Caudron R11 (protection), 310 produced
armament : 2x MG (front), 2x MG (rear) and 1x Mg (ventral)

- Caudron C22 (heavy bomber), 1 produced
armament : ?

- Donnet-Denhaut DD-8 (reconnaissance seaplane), 500 produced
armament : 1x MG and 104kg bombs

- F.B.A. H (reconnaissance seaplane), 150 produced
armament : 1x 37mm Hotchkiss gun
http://www.aviafrance.com/images/3570.jpg

- Farman F-30 B (fighter), 1 produced (transformation of the F-30 A)
armament : 2x MG (rear and front)
http://www.aviafrance.com/images/302.jpg

- Farman F-41 H (reconnaissance seaplane), ? produced
armament : ? bombs

- Farman F-47 (reconnaissance), ? produced
armament : ? bombs

- Farman F-48 (reconnaissance), ? produced
armament : ? bombs

- Farman F-49 (reconnaissance), ? produced
armament : ? bombs

- Gourdou Leseurre GL-a (fighter), 1 produced
armament : 2x MG (front)

- Hanriot HD-1 (fighter), 1145 produced for Italy and Belgium only
armament : 1-2x MG
http://www.aviafrance.com/images/57.jpg

- Hanriot HD-2 (fighter seaplane derived from HD-1), 12 produced
armament : 2x MG

- Letord Let-4 (medium bomber), ? produced
armament : ?

- Levy Besson (reconnaissance seaplane), 250 produced
armament : 1x MG and 100kg bombs

- Morane-Saulnier AF (fighter), 1 produced
armament : 1x MG

- Morane-Saulnier AI (fighter), 30 produced
armament : 2x MG
http://www.aviafrance.com/images/1682.jpg

- Nieuport Nie-17bis (fighter), ? produced
armament : 1x MG

- Nieuport Nie-81 (training), ? produced
armament : -

- Nieuport Nie-83 (training), ? produced
armament : -

- Nieuport Nie-24 (fighter), ? produced
armament : 1x MG
http://www.aviafrance.com/images/1586.jpg

- Nieuport Nie-27 (fighter), ? produced
armament : 2x MG
http://www.aviafrance.com/images/109.jpg

- Nieuport Nie-28 (fighter), 297 produced for the USA only
armament : 2x MG
http://www.aviafrance.com/images/110.jpg

- Salmson SAL-2 (observation), 3200 produced for France and USA
armament : 1x MG (front) and 2x MG (rear)
http://www.aviafrance.com/images/1633.jpg

- Salmson SAL-2 (observation), 1 produced
armament : ?

- Schmitt Sch-10 (light bomber), ? produced
armament : ?

- SPAD S-XI (reconnaissance), ? produced
armament : 1x MG (front), 2x MG (rear) and 70kg bombs
http://www.aviafrance.com/images/1007.jpg

- SPAD S-XII (fighter), ? produced
armament : 1x MG and 1x 37mm gun in the propeller axis

- SPAD S-XIII (fighter), ? produced
armament : 2x MG
http://www.aviafrance.com/images/526.jpg

- SPAD S-XIV (fighter seaplane), 40 produced
armament : 1x MG and 1x 37mm gun in the propeller axis
http://www.aviafrance.com/images/144.jpg

- SPAD S-XV/2 (fighter), ? produced
armament : 2x MG
http://www.aviafrance.com/images/7573.jpg

- SPAD S-XVI (reconnaissance), 6 produced
armament : ?

- SPAD S-XVII (fighter), 20 produced before the end of the war
armament : 2x MG
http://www.aviafrance.com/images/528.jpg

- Tellier 200ch canon (reconnaissance seaplane), ? produced
armament : 1x 47mm gun

- Voisin X (medium bomber), ? produced
armament : 2x MG or 1x 37mm Hotchkiss gun and 300kg bombs


4) produced in 1918 :

- Béchereau SAB-1 (fighter), 5 produced
armament : ?

- Bernard AB-1 (medium bomber), 1 produced
armament : 1MG and 600kg bombs

- Blériot Bl-74 (heavy bomber), only 1 prototype
armament : ?x MG and 1500 kg bombs

- Boncourt-Aunis-Jacob IV (fighter), 2 produced
armament : 1x MG (front) and 2x MG (rear)

- Bréguet LE (fighter), only 1 prototype
armament : ?

- Bréguet Bre-16 (medium bomber), 200 produced
armament : 1x MG (front), 1x MG (rear) and 550kg bombs

- Bréguet Bre-17 (fighter), ? produced
armament : 2x MG (front) and 2x MG (rear)
http://www.aviafrance.com/images/543.jpg

- Caudron C-23 (heavy bomber), 54 produced
armament : 1x MG (front), 1x MG (rear), 1x MG (ventral) and 1000kg bombs

- Courtois-Suffit Lescop CSL-1 (fighter), 1 produced
armament : ?

- De Marçay 2 (fighter), 1 produced
armament : 2x MG

- Donnet-Denhaut DD-9 (reconnaissance seaplane), 100 produced
armament : ?

- Donnet-Denhaut DD-10 (reconnaissance seaplane), 30 produced
armament : ?

- F.B.A. S (reconnaissance/bomber seaplane), ? produced
armament : 1x MG and 200kg bombs
http://www.aviafrance.com/images/3696.jpg

- Farman F-30 B AR2 (fighter), 1 produced
armament : ?

- Farman HF-31 (fighter), 1 produced
armament : ?

- Farman F-2,40 (reconnaissance), ? produced
armament : ?

- Farman F-1,46 (training), ? produced
armament : ?

- Farman F-46 (training), ? produced
armament : ?

- Farman F-50 (heavy bomber), ? produced
armament : 2x MG (rear and front) and 500kg bombs
http://www.aviafrance.com/images/210.jpg

- Hanriot HD-3 (fighter), 35 produced
armament : 2x MG (front) and 2x MG (rear)
http://www.aviafrance.com/images/64.jpg

- Hanriot HD-5 (fighter), ? produced
armament : ?

- Hanriot HD-6 (fighter), 1 produced
armament : 2x MG (front), 2x MG (rear) and 1x MG (ventral/rear)

- Hanriot HD-7 (fighter), ? produced
armament : 2x MG
http://www.aviafrance.com/images/66.jpg

- Hanriot HD-9 (fighter), ? produced
armament : 2x MG

- Letord Let-5 (observation), ? produced
armament : 2x MG (front), 2x MG (rear) and 300kg bombs

- Letord 9 Bn2 (medium bomber), ? produced
armament : ?

- Morane-Saulnier AN (fighter), 1 produced
armament : ?

- Morane-Saulnier Mos30 (training), ? produced
armament : ?
http://www.aviafrance.com/images/7345.jpg

- Nieuport Nie-29 (fighter), 2 produced
armament : 2x MG

- S.E.A. IV (fighter), 117 of this fighter produced in French factories
armament : 1x MG (front) and 2x MG (rear)
http://www.aviafrance.com/images/4171.jpg

- Salmson SAL-3 (fighter), 1 produced
armament : ?

- Salmson SAL-4 (observation), 12 produced
armament : ?

- Salmson SAL-7 (observation), 20 produced
armament : ?

- SPAD S-XX (fighter), 95 produced before the end of the war
armament : 2x MG (front) and 1x MG (rear)

- SPAD S-XXI (fighter), 1 produced
armament : 2x MG

- SPAD S-XXIV (fighter), 1 produced
armament : 2x MG
http://www.aviafrance.com/images/9570.jpg

- Tellier 350ch (patrol seaplane), ? produced
armament : ?

- Tellier 500ch (patrol seaplane), ? produced
armament : ?

- Voisin XII (medium bomber), ? produced
armament : ?

- Wibault 1 (fighter), 1 produced
armament : 2x MG


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