List of WW1 aircraft on my CD-Rom project

[Volker_Nemsch]

Hello!

I hope to finish my CD-Rom during the next two months. Up to now I wrote desrcriptions and data and used pictures of the following aircraft and I´m asking you if you are missing the name of one or more particular aircraft. Here is the list of the "existing" pages:

A:
AGO C-Serie, AEG C.IV, AEG G-Serie, AEG J.I – II, Albatros B-Serie, Albatros C.III, Albatros C.V, Albatros C.VII, Albatros C.X, Albatros C.XII, Albatros D.I – II, Albatros D.III, Albatros D.V - D.Va, Albatros J.I, Albatros W.4, Ansaldo S.V.A.5 Primo, Armstrong Withworth F.K.8, Austin-Ball AFB.I, Aviatik B-Serie, Aviatik C-Serie, Aviatik D.I, Avro 504, AW F.K.3

B:
B.E.2 Serie (Royal Aircraft Factory), B.E.12 (Royal Aircraft Factory), Blackburn Kangaroo, Blériot XI / XI-2, Breguet BrM.4 – BrM.12, Breguet 14 (XIV), Breguet 17 (XVII), Bristol F.2b Fighter, Bristol M.1c, Bristol Scout A - D

C – D:
Caudron G.3 (III), Caudron G.4 (IV), Caudron R.11 (XI), Caproni Ca.3, Caproni Ca.4, Curtiss JN-4 Jenny, de Havilland (Airco) D.H. 2, de Havilland (Airco) D.H. 4, de Havilland (Airco) D.H. 5, de Havilland (Airco) D.H. 9, de Havilland (Airco) D.H. 9a, de Havilland (Airco) D.H. 10, D.F.W. C.V, Dorand AR.1 – AR.2

E – F:
Etrich „Taube“, Farman F.40, F.E.8 (Royal Aircraft Factory), Fokker D.I – IV, Fokker D.V, Fokker D.VI, Fokker D.VII, Fokker D.VIII, Fokker Dr.I, Fokker E-Serie, Farman Longhorn, Farman Shorthorn, F.E. 2, Felixstowe Flugboote, Friedrichshafen G.III

G- H:
Gotha G.I, Gotha G.II – III, Gotha G.IV – V, Halberstadt D.II, Halberstadt CL.II – CL.IV, Hannover CL-Serie, Handely Page 0/100, Handely Page 0/400, Handely Page V/1500, Hanriot HD. 1, Hansa-Brandenburg KDW, Hansa-Brandenburg D.I, Hansa-Brandenburg W.12, Hansa-Brandenburg W.19, Hansa-Brandenburg W.29

I –L:
Junkers CL.I, Junkers D.I, Junkers J.I, Lohner Flugboote, LVG C-Serie

M – N:
Macchi Flugboote, Martinsyde F.4 Buzzard, Morane-Saulnier L, Morane-Saulnier N, Nieuport 10 (X), Nieuport 11 (XI), Nieuport 12 (XII), Nieuport 17 (XVII), Nieuport 24 (XXIV), Nieuport (XXVII) 27, Nieuport 28 (XXVIII)

O – P:
Packard Le Pere LUSAC 11, Pfalz D.III – IIIa, Pfalz D.XII, Pfalz Dr.I, Pfalz E.I, Phönix D-Serie, Pomilio PE

Q – S:
Roland C.II, Roland D.VI, R.E.8 (Royal Aircraft Factory), Rumpler C.IV, Salmson 2A2, S.E.5(a) (Royal Aircraft Factory), Siemens-Schuckert D.III, Siemens-Schuckert D.IV, Sikorsky Ilya Mourometz, Sopwith Tabloid, Sopwith 1 ½ Strutter, Sopwith Camel, Sopwith Dolphin, Sopwith Pup, Sopwith Salamander, Sopwith Snipe, Sopwith Triplane, SPAD A.2, SPAD VII, SPAD XI, SPAD XII, SPAD XIII,

T – Z:
Thomas Morse S.4C Scout, Vickers F.B.5 Gunbus, Vickers F.B.27 Vimy, Voisin Bomber, Zeppelin-Staaken R.VI

If you wonder about the detailed description of various Albatros scouts and 2-seaters: I decided to describe them because it will show how an aircraft series developed over the years during WW1.

If you have ideas to add further aircaft to the list or to split up one aircraft into several pages please inform me. Any hint or help is very helpful ...
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[MikeW]

Hi Volker,

under Sopwith I would say you are missing the following:

Bat boats
Gunbus
Schneider
Sociable
Baby
Hispano triplane (1 served on home defence)
B1
Cuckoo

you could also split the camel into F1 scout and 2F1 ship's camel, and the 1.5 strutter into 2 seat fighter and single seat bomber.

I assume you don't want machines that did not serve in any sort of war capacity, there were a number of machines used in small numbers for evaluation.


Mike

[Volker_Nemsch]

Hello Mike!

Thanks for your ideas. The Sop. Schneider, Baby and Cuckoo are a good idea. The only Gunbus I heard of was made by Vickers. Do you have more details?

Addtionally I´d like to know more about: Bat boats, Sociable, Hispano Triplane and B1. I never heard of them but maybe I know them under another name.

I´ll check if I have enough data to "split up" the Camel and the Strutter.

[MikeW]

Volker,

the bat boat was originally an amphibian, basically a pusher float plane with wheels! The 2nd bat boat was sold to Germany in May 1914! The admiralty used them on local coastal duties for a short time.

the gunbus was a very large (50ft span) 4 bay pusher looking not unlike the Vickers Gunbus, I think they sold several to Greece. Used in a limited way by the admiralty.

the sociable was an enlarged tabloid, I think the only one was abandoned in Belgium in September 1914 during the retreat from Antwerp.

The hispano-suisa powered triplane was a bigger version of the Clerget tripe. Two were made, one killed the test pilot due to tail flutter, the second was used by the Manston War Flight on home defence in 1917.

the b1 was a bomber, naval 5 used one on raids from Petite Synthe but I don't think the report was very favourable and the DH4 quite rightly won the day.

I might be able to help if you have difficulty with any RNAS stuff.

Mike

[Matt_Bittner]

French machines off the top of my head not on your list:

Caudron G.6 and R.4; the AR.1 and AR.2 are not Dorand machines; Farman F.20 (although there were a bunch of other Farmans you've missed as well); Hanriot HD.2 and HD.3; the Leotards; Nieuport IV and VI, Nieuport 12bis, 14, 17bis, 21, 23, 24bis, 25 (and not sure if you want to include the training machines); Salmson-Michelin SM.1; Paul Schmitt PS.7 (and others); SPAD SA.4, 14 and 16.

I'm probably missing others as well, but like I said, these are just from the top of my head.

[Volker_Nemsch]

Hello Matt!

Now we all know who is to blame if the CD-Rom will be finished during 2003!
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My problem is that that it is not easy to find photos of some of the aircraft you mentioned. Another problem will be technical data and further background information. In your list there are aircraft I never had information about (Leotards, Salmson-Michelin SM.1, some Spads).

I will see if I can fill some of the gaps ...

Thank you very much for your help!

[Regulus]

Hi Volker,

Some more idea's :

Short Flugboote
Curtiss Flugboote (the small and large America's)
REP monoplane (parasol)
Bristol TB8
Fairey Campania
Fairey Hamble Baby
FBA Flugboote
Mann Egerton H1
Sopwith Schneider
Sopwith T1 Cuckoo
Blackburn GP seaplane
Blackburn Baby seaplane
Wight seaplanes
Caproni seaplane bomber
Besson LB Flugboote
Caudron R4
Grigorovich Flugboote
Hanriot HD2
SIA 7B and 9B
SIAI S12 Flugboot
Savoia Pomilio SP2, SP3 and SP4
Friedrichshafen Flugboote 33, 41, 49, 59
Gotha WD series
Hansa Brandenburg GW
Phönix CI
Sablatnig SF series

There are some rather special birds between these, I know

Best from Regulus

[Scimitar]

I think also to the Sikorsky S-XVI...

[Regulus]

Talking about Sikorsky, and the Ilya Muromets.

Best from Regulus

[Droops]

Volker, you're going to have well over 300 aircraft types by the time you're done, maybe even 400!

I need to pull up my list and look at it as well when I'm home.

Leave it to Regulus to get all of the seaplanes done!

VBR,

John