Type | Country | Class | Role | Date | Status | No. | Notes |
Aeromarine 39 | US | Propeller | Trials | 1922 | Temporary | 1+ | [1] |
Aérospatiale Alouette III | France | Helicopter | | 1959 | Production | | |
Aérospatiale SA 330 Puma | France | Helicopter | | 1965 | Production | 697 | |
Aérospatiale Super Frelon | France | Helicopter | | 1962 | Production | 99 | |
Agusta-Bell AB.212ASW | Italy | Helicopter | ASW | 1969 | Production | | |
AgustaWestland AW101/EH101/Merlin | Italy/UK | Helicopter | | 1987 | Production | | |
AgustaWestland AW159 Wildcat | UK/Italy | Helicopter | Multirole | 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 | 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 | n/a | Prototype | 0 | not flown |
Beardmore W.B.VI | UK | Propeller | Torpedo bomber | n/a | 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 | Production | 1,271+ | |
Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey | US | Rotorcraft | | 1989 | Production | 160 | |
Bell XFL Airabonita | US | Propeller | Fighter | 1940 | Prototype | 1 | |
Berliner-Joyce F2J | US | Propeller | Fighter | 1933 | Prototype | 1 | |
Berliner-Joyce OJ | US | Propeller | Reconnaissance | 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 | Bomber | 1958 | Production | 144 | |
Blackburn Dart | UK | Propeller | Torpedo bomber | 1921 | Production | 127 | [16] |
Blackburn Firebrand | UK | Propeller | Fighter/torpedo bomber | 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 | Transport | 1961 | Production | 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 | Transport | 1962 | Production | 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 | Bomber | 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 | n/a | 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 | Jet | Multirole | n/a | Project | 0 | |
Consolidated N2Y | US | Propeller | Trainer | 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 | Reconnaissance | 1939 | Production | 259 | [42] |
Curtiss SOC Seagull | US | Propeller | Reconnaissance | 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 | n/a | 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 | Fighter-bomber | 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 | Bomber | 1952 | Production | 282 | [47] |
Douglas A-4 Skyhawk | US | Jet | Bomber | 1954 | Production | 2,960 | [47] |
Douglas A2D Skyshark | US | Propeller | Bomber | 1950 | Prototype | 12 | |
Douglas AD Skyraider | US | Propeller | 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 | n/a | 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 | Production | | |
Eurocopter AS365 Dauphin | France | Helicopter | | 1975 | Production | | |
Eurocopter Fennec | France | Helicopter | ASW/Transport | 1990 | Production | | rebranded Ecreuil |
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-bomber | 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 Freccia | 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 Nightjar | UK | Propeller | Fighter | 1921 | Production | 22 | |
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 | Bomber | 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 | 313 | [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 | n/a | Project | 0 | |
Grumman J2F Duck | US | Propeller | Transport/SAR | 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 | Bomber | 1936 | Prototype | 1 | |
Grumman XTB2F | US | Propeller | Torpedo bomber | n/a | Project | 0 | |
Grumman XTSF | US | Propeller | Torpedo bomber | n/a | 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 | n/a | Project | 0 | |
Hawker Siddeley P.139B | UK | Jet | AEW | n/a | 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 | ASW | 1959 | Production | 184 | |
Kaman SH-2G Super Seasprite | US | Helicopter | ASW | 1985 | Production | 59 | |
Kamov Ka-20 | USSR | Helicopter | ASW/Transport | 1960 | Prototype | | |
Kamov Ka-25 | USSR | Helicopter | ASW/EW/AEW | 1963 | Production | 460~ | |
Kamov Ka-27, Ka-28 & Ka-32 | USSR | Helicopter | ASW/AEW/Transport | 1973 | Production | | |
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 | |
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 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 | Reconnaissance | 1923 | Production | 20 | |
Loening XFL | US | Propeller | Fighter | n/a | 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 | 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 | Bomber | n/a | 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 | Bomber | 1978–1985 | Production | 323 | |
McDonnell-Douglas F/A-18 Hornet | US | Jet | Fighter-bomber | 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 | Production | 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 | Production | 18+ | |
Piasecki HRP Rescuer | US | Helicopter | Transport/SAR | 1945 | Production | 28 | |
Piasecki HUP Retriever | US | Helicopter | Transport/SAR | 1948 | Production | 339 | |
Piper L-4 Grasshopper | US | Propeller | Reconnaissance | 1944 | Temporary | 27+ | From LST for WW2 landings |
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 | n/a | Prototype | 1 | Failed to achieve flight |
Ryan FR Fireball | US | Propeller/Jet | Fighter | 1944 | Production | 71 | |
Saro P.531 | UK | Helicopter | | 1958 | Prototype | 6 | Produced as Westland Wasp |
SEPECAT Jaguar M | France | Jet | Bomber | 1969 | Prototype | 1 | |
Seversky XFN-1 | US | Propeller | Fighter | 1937 | Prototype | 1 | |
Shenyang J-15 | PRC | Jet | Fighter | 2013 | Production | 50 | |
Shenyang FC-31 | PRC | Jet | Fighter | 2021 | Prototype | 1 | |
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 | Transport/SAR | 1964 | Production | 265+ | |
Sikorsky HNS (R-4) | US | Helicopter | Transport | 1942 | Production | 131 | |
Sikorsky HO2S (R-5/H-5) | US | Helicopter | Transport | 1943 | Production | 300+ | |
Sikorsky HO4S (S-55) | US | Helicopter | Transport/SAR | 1949 | Production | 94 | |
Sikorsky Hoverfly II (R-6) | US | Helicopter | Transport/trainer | 1943 | Production | 225 | |
Sikorsky HR2S/CH-37 | US | Helicopter | Transport | 1953 | Production | 62 | |
Sikorsky HSS Seabat (S-58) | US | Helicopter | ASW/Transport | 1954 | Production | 218 | |
Sikorsky SH-3 Sea King | US | Helicopter | ASW/SAR/Transport | 1959 | Production | 756 ca. | |
Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk | US | Helicopter | ASW/SAR/Transport | 1979 | Production | 400+ | |
Sikorsky XHJS | US | Helicopter | Transport | 1947 | Prototype | 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 | Fighter | 1915 | Production | 5,939 | [note 7] |
Stinson L-5 Sentinel | US | Propeller | Reconnaissance | 1943 | Temporary | | Used Brodie device from USS City of Dalhart and LSTs |
Stinson OY Sentinel | US | Propeller | Reconnaissance | 1950 | Temporary | 1+ | Korean War |
Sukhoi Su-25UTG & UBP | USSR | Jet | Bomber | 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 Vanellus | UK | Propeller | Reconnaissance | 1925 | Prototype | 1 | |
Vickers Viking III & IV | UK | Propeller | Reconnaissance | 1919 | Production | 2 | |
Vickers Vireo | UK | Propeller | Fighter | 1928 | Prototype | 1 | |
Villiers II | France | Propeller | Fighter | 1925 | Production | 32 | |
Vought A-7 Corsair | US | Jet | Bomber | 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 | n/a | Project | 0 | |
Vought O2U Corsair | US | Propeller | Reconnaissance | 1926 | Production | 322 | |
Vought O3U/SU Corsair | US | Propeller | Reconnaissance | 1930 | Production | 291 | |
Vought XO4U Corsair | US | Propeller | Reconnaissance | 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 | n/a | Prototype | 1 | Failed to achieve flight |
Vought XF8U-3 Crusader III | US | Jet | Fighter | 1958 | Prototype | 5 | |
Vought XS2U | US | Propeller | ASW | n/a | Project | 0 | |
Vought XSB3U | US | Propeller | Bomber | 1936 | Prototype | 1 | |
Westland Dragonfly | UK | Helicopter | Transport/SAR | 1948 | Production | 133 | |
Westland Lynx | UK | Helicopter | ASW/Transport | 1971 | Production | | |
Westland PV-3 | UK | Propeller | Reconnaissance | 1931 | Prototype | 1 | [134] |
Westland Sea King | UK | Helicopter | ASW/Transport/SAR | 1969 | Production | 344 | |
Westland Walrus | UK | Propeller | Reconnaissance | 1921 | Production | 36 | [135] |
Westland Wasp | UK | Helicopter | ASW | 1962 | Production | 133 | |
Westland Wessex | UK | Helicopter | Transport/SAR | 1958 | Production | 170 | |
Westland Whirlwind | UK | Helicopter | Transport/SAR | 1953 | Production | 400 | |
Westland Wyvern | UK | Propeller | 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 | n/a | Project | 0 | |
Yakovlev Yak-44 | USSR | Propeller | AEW | n/a | 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] |