List of maritime patrol aircraft
The following is a list of maritime patrol aircraft, which are sometimes referred to as Maritime reconnaissance, coastal reconnaissance or patrol bombers depending on the service and the time period, and are characterized by their use in controlling sea lanes.
Maritime patrol aircraft
References
Notes
- Proposal only, flight date is of airframe only
- Production total of Mk.Is- includes trainers and bombers
- Built in both countries, heavily modified in Canada
- Developed from Short Calcutta
- 620 Catalinas built in Canada and 24 in USSR
- built in both countries, airframe by Curtiss, hull by Porte in the UK.)
- unarmed variant
- turboprop Lockheed P-2
- Lockheed CP-140 Aurora is the Canadian designation for same aircraft with the Canadian Forces
- Most diverted to other purposes
- all variants
- Two BOAC examples converted for the RAF with full weapons fit including fuselage depth charge racks and tail and top turrets; five Qantas Empire Airways/BOAC examples converted for the Royal Australian Air Force with makeshift weapons; and two stock TEAL examples used for visual patrols by the Royal New Zealand Air Force.
- More built in Canada than UK
- Production figure includes all variants.
Citations
- Airbus Military - Surveillance & Security Archived 2012-03-03 at the Wayback Machine
- "Swordfish Maritime Patrol Aircraft". Saab AB. Retrieved 2017-09-26.
- Khan, Bilal (2016-02-18). "How Saab is looking to thrive in the global ISR market". Quwa Defence News.
Bibliography
- Field, Hugh; Richardson, Doug (7 July 1979). "Inshore Maritime Market". Flight International. Transport Press. 115 (3668): 29–32 & 37.
- Gaines, Mike (23 April 1983). "Inshore Maritime Market". Flight International. Transport Press. 123 (3859): 1115–1122.
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