List of historic Estonian Air Force aircraft
Appearance
Õhukaitse (1918-1940) | |
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Founded | 21 November 1918 |
Country | Estonia |
Insignia | |
Roundel |
The Estonian Air Force had more than 130 aircraft in the middle of the 1930s.[1] Estonian engineers had previously designed and constructed several trainer and light fighter aircraft types, of which the most famous is the PTO-4 which entered service in 1938 as a military training aircraft.[2]
Before the Soviet occupation, Estonia had placed an order for 12 Supermarine Spitfire fighters and 2 Westland Lysander aircraft from Britain, and was also seeking to purchase 12 Messerschmitt 109 fighters from Germany.[citation needed] Deliveries were interrupted by the start of World War II and the Spitfires later served in the Royal Air Force.
Aircraft
This is a list of aircraft formerly used by the Estonian Õhukaitse:[1][3]
- Reconnaissance aircraft
- Halberstadt CL.IV: 4
- Halberstadt C.V: 5
- RAF BE2e: 2
- Shchetinin M-16: 1
- Farman HF.30: 1
- DFW C.V: 4
- AGO C.IV: 1
- FBA Type H: 1
- Friedrichshafen FF.41AT: 1
- Letov Šmolík 228E: 4
- Henschel Hs 126B-1: 5
- Short 184: 6
- Lebedev 12: 1
- Trainer aircraft
- Avro 504K: 12
- Avro 504R: 12
- Avro 594 Avian: 6
- Avro 626 Prefect: 4
- Avro Anson: 1
- PN-3: 1
- PTO-4: 6
- Hanriot HD.14: 2
- PON-1A: 4
- Miles Magister: 1
- Jet Trainer aircraft
- Fighter aircraft
- Sopwith Camel 2F1: 1
- Nieuport 17: 7
- Gourdou-Leseurre GL-22: 15
- Grigorovich M-11: 1
- SPAD S.VII: 2
- Bristol Bulldog Mk.II: 12
- Siskin IIIDC: 2
- Bomber aircraft
- RAF RE8: 8
- Potez 25 A.2: 9
- Hawker Hart: 8
- Airco DH.9: 13
- Multi-role aircraft
- Flying Boat
See also
Notes and references
- ^ a b Humberstone 41-45
- ^ Gerdessen, Frederik; Kitvel, Toivo and Tilk, Johannes. "Aeg, mehed, lennukid" Tallinn: Eesti Entsüklopeediakirjastus 2001
- ^ Eesti kaitseväe väljaõpe, (Training and equipment of the Estonian Defence Forces)
- Gerdessen, Frederik "Estonian Air Power 1918 - 1945". Air Enthusiast No 18, April - July 1982. Pages 61–76. ISSN 0143-5450.
- Humberstone, Richard. Estonian Air Force, 1918-1940 (Insignia Air Force Special No.3). London: Blue Rider Publishing, 1999.
- Gerdessen, Frederik; Kitvel, Toivo and Tilk, Johannes. "Aeg, mehed, lennukid" Tallinn: Eesti Entsüklopeediakirjastus 2001
- Kitvel, Toivo and Tilk, Johannes ""Eesti lennukroonika: tekste ja pilte aastani 1940" Tallinn: Aviopol 2003