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This is a list of World War I Entente aircraft organized by country of origin. Dates are of first flight. ... Sopwith B.1: UK: bomber: 1917 [316] Sopwith Baby: UK ...
Lacking an indigenous aviation industry, the Ottoman Empire primarily relied on Germany for aircraft, although a number of French pre-war aircraft were used in the early part of the war. The Ottoman Empire also operated two Avro 504 light fighter reconnaissance aircraft. Later on, they were used as trainer aircraft.
Within the first month of the war, Germany had formed the "Ostend Carrier Pigeon Detachment", actually an airplane unit to be used for the bombing of English port cities. [1] During the First Battle of the Marne , a German pilot flying aerial reconnaissance missions over Paris in a Taube regularly dropped bombs on the city. [ 2 ]
Cheesman, E.F. (ed.) Fighter Aircraft of the 1914–1918 War. Letchworth, UK: Harleyford, 1960; The Great War, television documentary by the BBC. Gray, Peter & Thetford, Owen German Aircraft of the First World War. London, Putnam, 1962. Guttman, Jon. Pusher Aces of World War 1: Volume 88 of Osprey Aircraft of the Aces: Volume 88 of Aircraft of ...
Bomber aircraft are military aircraft primarily designed for air-to-surface attack, on either ground or sea targets. This list does not include airships used for ...
Douglas A-1 Skyraider attack aircraft: 1945: retired 1985: 3,180: Douglas A-20 Havoc medium bomber: 1939: retired 1949: 7,478 [notes 2] Douglas A-26 Invader medium bomber: 1942: retired 1980: 2,452: Douglas XB-19 heavy bomber: 1941: retired prototype: 1: Douglas XB-22 medium bomber: n/a: abandoned project: 0: Douglas B-23 Dragon medium bomber ...
Nieuport Aircraft of World War One. Wiltshire: Crowood Press. ISBN 978-1861264473. Whale, George (2008). British Airships: Past Present and Future. Toronto, Canada: Bastian Books. p. 124. ISBN 978-0-554-30772-5. Mowethorpe, Ces (1995). Battlebags British Airships of the First World War. Gloucestershire, UK: Alan Sutton Publishing. ISBN 0-7509 ...
Aeroplanes carried out 52 raids, dropping 2,772 bombs of 73.5 long tons (74.7 t) weight for the loss of 62 aircraft, killing 857 people, injuring 2,058, and causing £1,434,526 of damage. [2] The German bombing has been called, by some authors, the first Blitz, alluding to the Blitz of the Second World War. [4]