List of non-carrier aircraft flown from aircraft carriers

The list of non-carrier aircraft flown from aircraft carriers includes aircraft not designed for carrier operations that have landed or taken off from carrier decks but excludes helicopters and aircraft that were only transported by aircraft carriers.

Aircraft

Aircraft typeOccasionOriginYear# usedNotes
Aeromarine 39Carrier trialsUS19221+[1][note 1]
Bell Airacobra ITrials for nosewheel aircraft, landed on HMS Pretoria CastleUS19451[2]
Bristol ScoutFirst flight from moving ship, HMS VindexUK19161[3]
Britten-Norman IslanderSales demonstration flights aboard HMS HermesUK19681[4]
Caudron LucioleNegotiators to recruit for the Free French flew from HMS Ark RoyalFrance19402[5]
Cessna O-1E Bird DogVNAF landing on USS Midway during the Fall of SaigonUS19751
Cessna OE-1B Bird DogUSMC aircraft flown from USS Princeton (LPH-5)US19623[6]
Curtiss Model DFirst takeoff from ship, from USS BirminghamUS19101
Curtiss Model DFirst landing on ship, on USS PennsylvaniaUS19111
Curtiss P-36 HawkFlown from USS Enterprise during delivery to Pearl HarbourUS194131
Curtiss P-40F WarhawkFlown from USS Chenango & HMS Archer during Operation Torch landings in North AfricaUS1942109
de Havilland Canada L-20 Beaverflown from USS Corregidor during 1958 Lebanon crisisCanada19582[7]
de Havilland Canada DHC-3 OtterUNEF flown off HMCS Magnificent for Suez CrisisCanada19574[8]
de Havilland Canada DHC-5 BuffaloQSRA trials from USS Kitty HawkCanada19801
Douglas R4D-5Flown from USS Philippine Sea for Operation HighjumpUS19476
Fairey Fox Mk.IADeck trial on HMS FuriousUK19261[9]
Gloster Gladiator IIFlown from HMS Glorious during Norwegian CampaignUK194018
Gloster Meteor F.3 (Derwent 5)Carrier trials from HMS Implacable and HMS IllustriousUK1948–19492[note 2]
Hanriot HD.1Carrier trials from BapaumeFrance19201+
Hanriot HD.2Carrier trials from BapaumeFrance19202
Hanriot HD.3Carrier trials from BapaumeFrance19201
Hawker Hurricane IFlown from HMS Glorious during Norwegian CampaignUK194018
Lockheed XJO-3 Electra JuniorTrials for nosewheel aircraft, flown from USS LexingtonUS19391
Lockheed KC-130F HerculesUSMC carrier trials from USS ForrestalUS19631
Lockheed P-80A Shooting StarTrial with USAAF jet flown from USS Franklin D. RooseveltUS19461
Lockheed P2V-3C NeptuneInterim nuclear bomber trials from USS Franklin D. RooseveltUS1948–195113
Lockheed U-2CMonitoring French nuclear tests from USS RangerUS19631[10]
Lockheed U-2RCarrier trials from USS AmericaUS19691[10]
Morane-Saulnier MS.500 CriquetOperated from Arromanches during the First Indochina WarFrance1945–1949 unk.
North American Rockwell OV-10A BroncoCarrier trials aboard USS John F. KennedyUS1968 unk.
North American Rockwell OV-10D BroncoLPH & Carrier trials including on USS SaratogaUS1985 unk.
North American B-25B MitchellDoolittle Raid launched from USS HornetUS194216
North American L-17 (Navion)Korean War Courier/VIP transportUS1950 unk.
Nieuport 21Carrier trials from BapaumeFrance1919–19201
Percival Vega GullFlown from HMS Courageous, led to Percival ProctorUK1937–19381[11]
Piper L-4B GrasshopperFlown from LSTs during Pacific & Mediterranean invasionsUS194426+
Piper L-4 GrasshopperUsed Brodie device on various LSTsUS1
Republic P-47 ThunderboltFlown off USS Manila Bay to defend her when she was attacked off Saipan while ferrying P-47sUS19444
Slingsby T.20Flight trials from HMS Pretoria Castle and HMS Illustrious, examining flight deck air turbulenceUK19451
Sopwith CamelZeppelin interceptors flown from towed barges.UK1918 unk.
Stinson L-5 SentinelUsed Brodie device from USS City of Dalhart and various LSTsUS1943 unk.
Stinson OY SentinelKorean WarUS19501+
Taylorcraft AusterCarrier trials on HMS Argus, Ravager and IllustriousUK1945–19463+

Notes

  1. ↑ All examples converted from aircraft not originally intended for shipboard use.
  2. ↑ The first Meteor F.1 prototype was used for deck handling trials aboard HMS Pretoria Castle in 1946 however no flights were attempted at that time.

Citations

  1. ↑ Swanborough and Bowers, 1990, pp.40-41
  2. ↑ Brown 2006, p. 93
  3. ↑ Thetford, 1991, p.66-67
  4. ↑ "1968 - 0886 - Flight Archive". flightglobal.com. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
  5. ↑ http://www.ordredelaliberation.fr/fr/les-compagnons/491/jules-joire. Retrieved 24 February 2017. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. ↑ Polmar, 2008, p.231
  7. ↑ "Escort Carrier Photo Index: USS CORREGIDOR (CVE-58)". navsource.org. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
  8. ↑ "The Otters and the aircraft carrier". Pacific Navy News. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
  9. ↑ Taylor, 1974, p.144
  10. 1 2 http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq77-1.htm
  11. ↑ "1968 - 1144 - Flight Archive". flightglobal.com. Retrieved 28 March 2016.

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