List of aircraft of the Royal Flying Corps

This is a list of aircraft used by the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) from 13 April 1912, when it was formed from the Air Battalion Royal Engineers, until 1 April 1918 when it was merged with the Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS) to form the Royal Air Force (RAF). The RFC operated in parallel with the RNAS, whose aircraft are listed at List of aircraft of the Royal Naval Air Service. For a list of Royal Air Force aircraft see List of aircraft of the Royal Air Force.

British Royal Flying Corps Sopwith Pup

Operational aeroplanes

Operational aeroplanes
AircraftFirst flightIntroduced to RFC service
Airco DH.1[1]January 19151915
Airco DH.2[2]July 19151915
Airco DH.4[3]August 1916January 1917
Airco DH.5[4]August 1916May 1917
Airco DH.6[5]1916?
Airco DH.9[6]July 1917November 1917
Airco DH.9A[7]March 1918Introduced to the RAF in 1918
Armstrong Whitworth F.K.2[8]1915?
Armstrong Whitworth F.K.3[9]1915?
Armstrong Whitworth F.K.8[10]May 1916June 1916
Avro Type E/Es/500[11]3 March 19121912
Avro 504[12]18 September 19131913
Blériot XI[13]23 January 19091912
Blériot XII[14]21 May 1909Operated by the Balloon School, not the RFC
Blériot XXI[15]February 1911?
Blériot Parasol Monoplane[16]23 January 1909?
Breguet Type III[17]1910?
Bristol Boxkite[18]30 July 19101911 (for the Air Battalion)
Bristol-Coanda Monoplane[19]1912?
Bristol F.2A and F.2B Fighter[20][21]9 September 1916Late 1916
Bristol Scout[22]23 February 19141914
Bristol M.1[23]14 July 19161917
Caudron G.III[24]Late 1913?


Airships

The airship service was disbanded 1 January 1914 and all airships transferred to the RNAS. See List of British airships

Prototypes

References

Notes

  1. Operated by the RFC Canada..
  2. No serial assigned, donated aircraft probably not flown by the RFC.
  3. Abandoned en route during delivery flight, no serial assigned.
  4. Ordered by the RFC but delivered to the Royal Air Force.
  5. No serial assigned, previous model B out of service before 1912.

Citations

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  3. Bruce, 1982, pp. 49–61.
  4. Bruce, 1982, pp. 61–66.
  5. Bruce, 1982, pp. 66–71.
  6. Bruce, 1982, pp. 72–78.
  7. Bruce, 1982, pp. 78–83.
  8. Bruce, 1982, pp. 90–93.
  9. Bruce, 1982, pp. 93–99.
  10. Bruce, 1982, pp. 100–105.
  11. Bruce, 1982, pp. 110–112.
  12. Bruce, 1982, pp. 112–120.
  13. Bruce, 1982, pp. 128–132.
  14. Bruce, 1982, pp. 133–135.
  15. Bruce, 1982, pp. 135–137.
  16. Bruce, 1982, pp. 138–141.
  17. Bruce, 1982, pp. 142–147.
  18. Bruce, 1982, pp. 148–151.
  19. Bruce, 1982, pp. 153–156.
  20. Bruce, 1982, pp. 169–174.
  21. Bruce, 1982, pp. 174–180.
  22. Bruce, 1982, pp. 161–167.
  23. Bruce, 1982, pp. 180–184.
  24. Bruce, 1982, pp. 191–194.
  25. Bruce, 1982, pp. 201–204.
  26. Bruce, 1982, pp. 209–211.
  27. Bruce, 1982, pp. 211–215.
  28. Bruce, 1982, pp. 215–220.
  29. Bruce, 1982, pp. 229–234.
  30. Bruce, 1982, pp. 234–238.
  31. Bruce, 1982, pp. 238–241.
  32. Bruce, 1982, pp. 241–247.
  33. Bruce, 1982, pp. 247–249.
  34. Bruce, 1982, pp. 259–261.
  35. Bruce, 1982, pp. 272–276.
  36. Bruce, 1982, pp. 276–280.
  37. Bruce, 1982, pp. 285–289.
  38. Bruce, 1982, pp. 303–306.
  39. Bruce, 1982, pp. 301–303.
  40. Bruce, 1982, pp. 289–292.
  41. Bruce, 1982, pp. 292–296.
  42. Bruce, 1982, pp. 296–303.
  43. Bruce, 1982, pp. 306–312.
  44. Bruce, 1982, pp. 318–319.
  45. Bruce, 1982, pp. 315–319.
  46. Bruce, 1982, pp. 320–325.
  47. Bruce, 1982, pp. 326–328.
  48. Bruce, 1982, pp. 328–333.
  49. Bruce, 1982, pp. 323–325.
  50. Knight, 2011, p.149
  51. Bruce, 1982, pp. 334–336.
  52. Bruce, 1982, pp. 337–338.
  53. Bruce, 1982, pp. 341–344.
  54. Bruce, 1982, pp. 344–370.
  55. Bruce, 1982, pp. 370–375.
  56. Bruce, 1982, pp. 375–376.
  57. Bruce, 1982, pp. 377–381.
  58. Bruce, 1982, pp. 385–397.
  59. Bruce, 1982, pp. 397–426.
  60. Bruce, 1982, pp. 431–436.
  61. Bruce, 1982, pp. 440–444.
  62. Bruce, 1982, pp. 445–451.
  63. Bruce, 1982, pp. 451–458.
  64. Bruce, 1982, pp. 458–464.
  65. Bruce, 1982, pp. 464–468.
  66. Bruce, 1982, pp. 468–471.
  67. Bruce, 1982, pp. 471–481.
  68. Bruce, 1982, pp. 482–483.
  69. Bruce, 1982, pp. 486–487.
  70. Bruce, 1982, pp. 487–488.
  71. Bruce, 1982, pp. 489–490.
  72. Bruce, 1982, pp. 499–509.
  73. Bruce, 1982, pp. 491–493.
  74. Bruce, 1982, pp. 522–535.
  75. Bruce, 1982, pp. 535–544.
  76. Bruce, 1982, pp. 512–519.
  77. Bruce, 1982, pp. 550–552.
  78. Bruce, 1982, pp. 544–549.
  79. Bruce, 1982, pp. 493–498.
  80. Bruce, 1982, pp. 553–558.
  81. Bruce, 1982, pp. 561–564.
  82. Bruce, 1982, pp. 564–565.
  83. Bruce, 1982, pp. 576–581.
  84. Bruce, 1982, pp. 566–568.
  85. Bruce, 1982, pp. 569–573.
  86. Bruce, 1982, pp. 582–584.
  87. Bruce, 1982, pp. 585–590.
  88. Bruce, 1982, pp. 590–596.
  89. Bruce, 1982, pp. 597–601.
  90. Bruce, 1982, pp. 606–610.
  91. D'Orcy's Airship Manual - Royal Aircraft Factory (formerly Army Balloon Factory), Farnborough Archived 6 July 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  92. Ian, 2009, pp.
  93. Bruce, 1982, pp. 35–37.
  94. Bruce, 1982, pp. 46–49.
  95. Bruce, 1982, pp. 100–101.
  96. Bruce, 1982, pp. 106–108.
  97. Bruce, 1982, pp. 106–109.
  98. Bruce, 1982, pp. 120–122.
  99. Bruce, 1982, pp. 123–128.
  100. Bruce, 1982, pp. 151–153.
  101. Bruce, 1982, pp. 156–160.
  102. Bruce, 1982, pp. 168–169.
  103. Bruce, 1982, pp. 185–189.
  104. Bruce, 1982, pp. 189–191.
  105. Bruce, 1982, pp. 194–196.
  106. Bruce, 1982, pp. 196–198.
  107. Bruce, 1982, pp. 198–200.
  108. Bruce, 1982, pp. 204–220.
  109. Bruce, 1982, pp. 221–223.
  110. Bruce, 1982, pp. 223–226.
  111. Bruce, 1982, pp. 249–251.
  112. Bruce, 1982, pp. 254–256.
  113. Bruce, 1982, pp. 256–258.
  114. Bruce, 1982, pp. 258–259.
  115. Bruce, 1982, pp. 252–253.
  116. Bruce, 1982, pp. 261–268.
  117. Bruce, 1982, pp. 269–270.
  118. Bruce, 1982, pp. 271–272.
  119. Bruce, 1982, pp. 280–285.
  120. Bruce, 1982, pp. 312–314.
  121. Bruce, 1982, pp. 338–341.
  122. Bruce, 1982, pp. 381–385.
  123. Bruce, 1982, pp. 426–430.
  124. Bruce, 1982, pp. 436–440.
  125. Bruce, 1982, pp. 484–485.
  126. Bruce, 1982, pp. 509–512.
  127. Bruce, 1982, pp. 519–523.
  128. Bruce, 1982, pp. 559–560.
  129. Bruce, 1982, pp. 574–576.
  130. Bruce, 1982, pp. 602–605.
  131. Bruce, 1982, pp. 614–616.

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