List of aircraft of Canada's air forces
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This is a list of aircraft of Canada's air forces. Aircraft are listed for the following periods:
- the period 1914–1915 when the Canadian Aviation Corps was created at the beginning of the First World War;
- the period 1918–1920 when Canada attempted to create the Canadian Air Force in Europe during the First World War;
- the period 1920–1924 when its air force was also known as the Canadian Air Force;
- the period from 1924–1968 when the air force was known as the Royal Canadian Air Force, and
- the current post-1968 period under the unified Canadian Armed Forces, when its air force was designated Canadian Forces Air Command and later renamed to the original historic name Royal Canadian Air Force.
The list does not include aircraft flown by Canadian pilots serving in the Royal Flying Corps or Royal Air Force squadrons, only those serving in purely Canadian units.
[edit] World War I Designations
No official standard existed for the naming of aircraft and so all designations at this time were assigned solely by the original manufacturer and both numbers and names were used.
- Airco DH4 - World War I biplane bomber
- Airco DH9a - development of DH4
- Avro 504 - World War I biplane trainer
- Avro 552 Viper - modified Avro 504 with V type engine
- Avro Wright - modified Avro 504
- Bristol Fighter - World War I two-seat biplane fighter
- Burgess-Dunne - 1914 tailless biplane mounted on floats -Canada's first military aircraft
- Curtiss HS2L - World War I patrol seaplane
- Curtiss Canuck World War I biplane trainer, Canadian variant developed in parallel to US JN-4 Jenny
- Fairey IIIC - 1920s biplane floatplane bomber
- Martinsyde F6 - World War I fighter
- Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5a - World War I single seat biplane fighter, used briefly into 1920s
- Sopwith Camel - World War I single seat biplane fighter
- Sopwith Dolphin - World War I single seat biplane fighter with backwards staggered wings
- Sopwith Snipe - World War I single seat biplane fighter
[edit] RAF Style Designations
Aircraft were given names, and individual variants designated numerically as mark I, mark II, etc. as per RAF practice. Impressed types usually retained their commercial names such as with the Barkley-Grow T8P-1 or the Waco AQC-6. Aircraft developed during World War I were named by their respective designers and could have names or numbers. For more information on specifics of the system, see British military aircraft designation systems
- Airspeed Horsa - WW2 troop carrier glider
- Airspeed Oxford - 1930s/WW2 training aircraft (navigation, bombing, radio)
- Armstrong Whitworth Atlas - 1930s observation biplane
- Armstrong Whitworth Siskin - 1930s single seat biplane fighter
- Auster AOP6 - World War II air observation aircraft
- Avro Avian - inter-war light utility/trainer aircraft
- Avro Tutor - inter-war biplane trainer
- Avro Prefect - 1930s/World War II biplane trainer
- Avro Anson - twin engined medium bomber/trainer
- Avro Lancaster - World War II heavy bomber
- Avro Lincoln - late World War II bomber prototype
- Barkley-Grow T8P-1 - 1930s light twin similar to Beechcraft Expediter
- Beechcraft Expeditor - light twin utility/trainer aircraft
- Beechcraft Mentor - single engine ab initio flight trainer
- Bellanca Pacemaker - 1920s/1930s transport monoplane
- Blackburn Shark - 1930s biplane torpedo bomber
- Boeing 247D - 1930s twin engine transport
- Boeing Fortress - World War II maritime reconnaissance/heavy bomber
- Boeing Bomarc - nuclear tipped surface to air missile
- Brewster Bermuda - World War II dive bomber
- Bristol Beaufort - twin engine monoplane torpedo bomber/strike/minelaying aircraft
- Bristol Blenheim - twin engine monoplane medium bomber/gunnery trainer
- Bristol Fairchild Bolingbroke - Canadian version of Blenheim bomber
- Bristol Freighter - 1950s cargo transport with nose clamshell doors
- Canadair C-5 North Star - One off North Star powered by four Pratt & Whitney R-2800 radial piston engines
- Canadair North Star - modified RR Merlin engined C-54 built in Canada
- Canadair Sabre - improved Canadian variant of North American F-86 Sabre single seat jet fighter
- Canadair Silver Star - improved Canadian variant of Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star two seat jet trainer
- Canadair Cosmopolitan - improved Canadian variant of Convair CV-240 twin engine transport
- Canadian Vickers Vancouver - Inter-war twin engine biplane patrol flying boat
- Canadian Vickers Vanessa - Inter-war cabin biplane, trials only
- Canadian Vickers Varuna - Inter-war twin engine biplane patrol flying boat
- Canadian Vickers Vedette - 1930s Forestry and Fisheries patrol biplane seaplane
- Canadian Vickers Velos - Inter-war patrol floatplane, trials only
- Canadian Vickers Vigil - Inter-war training/utility biplane
- Canadian Vickers Vista - monoplane development of Vedette
- Cessna Crane - World War II light twin engine monoplane trainer
- Consolidated Catalina/Canso World War II maritime patrol monoplane seaplane
- Consolidated Courier - 1920s biplane trainer
- Consolidated Liberator WW2 maritime patrol bomber, helped defeat u-boats by closing Atlantic Gap
- Consolidated Privateer - Liberator variant
- Curtiss Kittyhawk - fighter
- Curtiss Seamew - utility seaplane
- Curtiss Tomahawk - fighter
- Curtiss-Reid Rambler Inter-War Biplane
- de Havilland Comet - jet transport/airliner - Canada was first military to operate jet transports
- de Havilland Dragonfly - light twin engined biplane transport
- de Havilland Fox Moth - light single engined biplane transport - built in Canada
- de Havilland Hawk Moth - light single engined monoplane transport
- de Havilland Hornet Moth - light single engined monoplane transport
- de Havilland Mosquito - World War II twin-engined unarmed medium/heavy bomber
- de Havilland Moth - single engined biplane trainer
- de Havilland Puss Moth - light single engined monoplane transport
- de Havilland Sea Hornet - twin engined naval fighter
- de Havilland Tiger Moth - single engined biplane trainer developed from DH Moth, and extensively modified from UK variant
- de Havilland Vampire - early jet fighter with pod and boom layout
- de Havilland Canada Chipmunk - post World War II two-seat monoplane elementary trainer
- Douglas Boston - twin engined medium bomber
- Douglas Dakota - large World War II twin engined transport, glider tug and utility aircraft used until 1980s
- Douglas Bolo - medium/heavy bomber developed from DC-2 airliner
- Fairchild 51 - 1920s high wing single engine monoplane transport/bush aircraft
- Fairchild 71 - 1920s high wing single engine monoplane transport/bush aircraft
- Fairchild Argus- 1930s high wing single engine monoplane transport/utility aircraft
- Fairchild Cornell - elementary trainer
- Fairchild FC-2L Razorback - 1920s high wing single engine monoplane transport/bush plane
- Fairchild KR-34 - 1920s light utility biplane
- Fairchild Super 71 - 1930s high wing single engine monoplane transport/bush aircraft
- Fairey Albacore - World War II torpedo bomber that should have replaced the Fairy Swordfish
- Fairey Battle - unsuccessful World War II medium bomber used as a trainer and target tug in Canada
- Fairey Swordfish - torpedo bomber biplane noted for damaging the Bismark
- Fleet Fawn - World War II biplane elementary trainer
- Fleet Finch - World War II biplane elementary trainer
- Fleet Fort - World War II monoplane intermediate/radio trainer
- Fleet Freighter - twin-engine biplane transport/bush plane
- Fokker Super Universal - 1920s single engine monoplane transport/bush plane
- Ford Trimotor - tri-motor orrugated metal transport
- General Aircraft Hotspur - troop glider
- Gloster Meteor - early jet fighter (primarily for trials)
- Grumman Goblin - Canadian built version of Grumman FF-1 fighter
- Grumman Goose - 1930s twin engine amphibious utility aircraft
- Handley Page Hampden - medium bomber
- Handley Page Harrow - heavy bomber/transport
- Handley Page Halifax - heavy bomber
- Hawker Audax - army co-operation biplane
- Hawker Hart - light bomber
- Hawker Hind - light bomber, improved Hart
- Hawker Hurricane - monoplane fighter
- Hawker Tempest - monoplane fighter
- Hawker Tomtit - biplane trainer
- Hawker Typhoon - ground attack/fighter
- Keystone Puffer - biplane crop duster
- Lockheed Electra Junior - light twin engine transport
- Lockheed Electra - light twin engine transport similar to Beechcraft Expediter
- Lockheed Hudson - bomber developed from Lockheed Model 14 Super Electra
- Lockheed Lodestar - transport
- Lockheed Ventura - patrol bomber
- Martin Baltimore - medium bomber
- Noorduyn Norseman - single engine monoplane light utility/tranport/bush aircraft
- North American Mitchell - World War II medium bomber
- North American NA-26 - one-off single engine monoplane trainer, prototype for Harvard series
- North American NA-44 - one-off two seat light attack monoplane similar to Harvard but with much larger engine
- North American Mustang - World War II single seat fightr
- North American Harvard - two seat single engine monoplane advanced trainer
- North American Yale - two seat single engine monoplane intermediate/radio trainer
- Northrop Delta - single engine monoplane transort also used for coastal patrols
- Northrop Nomad - single engine two seat light bomber similar to Fairey Battle
- Percival Prentice - trainer evaluated 1948 but lost out to DHC Chipmunk
- Piasecki H-21A and 44A - Utility/rescue helicopter
- Pitcairn Mailwing - 1920s utility biplane
- Schweizer 2-33 - training glider used by Royal Canadian Air Cadets
- Sikorsky H-5 - small utility/rescue helicopter
- Stearman Kaydet - World War II single seat biplane elementary trainer
- Stinson Voyager - 1930s light utility monoplane
- Supermarine Spitfire - World War II fighter
- Supermarine Stranraer - 1930s patrol flying boat built in Canada
- Supermarine Walrus - 1930s fleet spotter/utility seaplane
- Taylorcraft Auster Mk. IV and V - World War II observation and liaison aircraft
- Vickers Viking - 1920s biplane patrol seaplane
- Vickers Wellington - World War II twin engined medium bomber/coastal patrol aircraft
- Waco AQC-6 - single engines utility biplane impressed at start of war
- Waco CG-15 - transport glider, improved Gadrian, 1 example acquired only
- Waco Hadrian - transport glider, including powered version
- Westland Lysander - 1930s army co-operation monoplane also used as target tug - built in Canada
- Westland Wapiti - 1920s army co-operation biplane
[edit] Numerical Designations used since 1968
- CF-100 Canuck - interceptor
- CF-101 Voodoo - interceptor
- 102 skipped due to confusion with cancelled Avro Canada C102 Jetliner
- 103 assigned to cancelled Avro Canada CF-103 swept wing development of CF-100
- CF-104 Starfighter - fighter
- CF-105 Arrow - interceptor
- CC-106 Yukon - transport
- CP-107 Argus - maritime patrol
- CC-108 Caribou - STOL transport
- CC-109 Cosmopolitan - turboprop transport
- CSR-110 Albatross - search and rescue seaplane
- CT-111 Firefly - trainer
- CH-112 Nomad - helicopter
- CH-113 Labrador - utility/search and rescue helicopter
- CT-114 Tutor - jet trainer
- CC-115 Buffalo - STOL transport
- CF-116 Freedom Fighter - fighter
- CC-117 Falcon - jet VIP transport
- CH-118 Iroquois - utility helicopter
- CC-119 Flying Boxcar - cargo transport
- CO-119 Bird Dog - liaison/utility and observation aircraft
- CO-119 L-82 - liaison/utility and observation aircraft
- CT-120 Chipmunk - elementary trainer
- CP-121 Tracker - maritime patrol aircraft
- CP-122 Neptune - maritime patrol aircraft
- CSR-123 Ottervutility STOL transport
- CH-124 Sea King - anti-submarine/search and rescue helicopter
- CH-125 - flying banana
- CH-126 - H-34
- CH-127 - flying banana
- CT-128 Expeditor - utility transport and navigational trainer
- CC-129 Dakota - transport
- CC-130 Hercules - transport
- CX-131 Dynavert - experimental VTOL tilt-wing aircraft
- CC-132 Dash 7 - transport
- CT-133 Silver Star - jet trainer
- CT-134 Musketeer - elementary trainer
- CH-135 Twin Huey - utility helicopter
- CH-136 Kiowa - utility helicopter
- CC-137 Husky - Boeing 707 jet transport equipped to refuel other aircraft in flight
- CC-138 Twin Otter - light utility transport
- CH-139 Jet Ranger - utility helicopter
- CP-140 Aurora - reconnaissance/maritime patrol aircraft
- CP-140A Arcturus - training/reconnaissance aircraft,
- Lockheed C-141 Starlifter - cancelled order for military heavy lift freighter
- CT-142 Dash 8 - navigational trainer
- CH-143 BK-117 - utility helicopter
- CC-144 Challenger - VIP transport, EW trainer and ELINT aircraft
- CT-145 Super King Air - light utility transport
- CH-146 Griffon - utility helicopter
- CH-47D Chinook - cargo helicopter
- CH-148 Cyclone/Petrel - Sikorsky anti-submarine warfare helicopter to replace CH-124 Seakings
- CH-149 Cormorant - EH.101 search and rescue and anti-submarine warfare helicopter to replace CH-124 Seakings
- CC-150 Polaris - Airbus A310-304/304F jet transport to replace CC-137
- CT-155 Hawk - BAE Hawk jet trainer
- CT-156 Harvard II - turboprop trainer developed from Pilatus PC-9
- CU-160 - IAI/EADS Eagle-1 UAV
- CU-161 - SAGEM Sperwer UAV
- CU-162 - Meggitt Vindicator UAV
- CU-163 - General Atomics Altair UAV
- CU-167 - BAE/Advanced Ceramics Research Silver Fox UAV
- CU-168 - ELBIT Skylark UAV
- CU-170 - IAI Heron UAV
- CC-177 Globemaster III - heavy military airlifter
- CH-178 - Mi-17 helicopter leased for use in Afghanistan
- CF-188 Hornet - Multirole fighter aircraft
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