List of historic aircraft of the Hellenic Air Force
Appearance
Image | Airplanes and helicopters | Country | Mission | Version | Number in service | Entrance in service | Retired | Notes |
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Astra Hydroplane | France | Reconnaissance Naval cooperation |
1 | 1912 | 1914 | It had the nickname Naftilos | ||
Blériot XI | France | Reconnaissance Army cooperation |
XI-2 | 1 | 1912 | 1913 | ||
Nieuport 4 | France | Reconnaissance Army cooperation |
4G | 1 | 1912 | It had the nickname Alkion | ||
Pelterie R.E.P. Ν | France | Reconnaissance Army cooperation |
1 | 1912 | 1913 | |||
Farman HF.III | France | Reconnaissance Army cooperation |
4 | 1912 | 1917 | It had the nicknames Gypas, Ierax, Aetos and Daedalos | ||
Farman HF.XX | France | Reconnaissance Army cooperation |
2 | 1912 | 1916 | |||
Farman MF.VII | France | Reconnaissance Army cooperation |
4 | 1912 | 1916 | |||
Farman MF.VII bis hydravion | France | Reconnaissance Naval cooperation |
1 | 1913 | ||||
Sopwith Pusher hydroplane | United Kingdom | Trainer | 1 | 1914 | ||||
Sopwith Bat flying boat | United Kingdom | Naval cooperation | 1 | 1914 | 1917 | |||
Farman HF.XXII | France | Trainer Naval cooperation |
4 | 1914 | 1918 | |||
Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2 | United Kingdom | Trainer Army cooperation |
B.E.2C/B.E.2E | 4 | 1917 | 1920 | ||
Bristol 2 Scout | United Kingdom | Reconnaissance Fighter |
C | 1 | 1917 | 1918 | ||
Sopwith 1.5 Strutter | United Kingdom | Fighter Bomber |
8 | 1917 | 1921 | |||
Sopwith Pup | United Kingdom | Fighter | 4 | 1917 | 1919 | |||
Sopwith Camel | United Kingdom | Fighter | 20 | 1917 | 1921 | |||
Fairey Hamble Hydroplane | United Kingdom | Trainer Naval cooperation Fighter |
9 | 1917 | 1922 | |||
Breguet 14 | France | Army cooperation Bomber |
A2 B2 |
52 | 1917 | 1931 | After 1931 they were used for training purposes | |
Caudron G.3 | France | Trainer Army cooperation |
3 | 1917 | 1921 | |||
Dorand AR | France | Trainer Army cooperation |
AR.1/AR.2 | 22 | 1917 | 1923 | ||
Farman HF.XXVII | France | Bomber | 4 | 1917 | 1918 | |||
Short 184 hydroplane | United Kingdom | Naval cooperation | 9 | 1918 | ||||
Airco De Havilland D.H.4 | United Kingdom | Bomber | 5 | 1918 | 1922 | |||
Airco De Havilland D.H.6 | United Kingdom | Trainer | 1 | 1918 | ||||
Airco De Havilland D.H.9 | United Kingdom | Bomber | 42 | 1918 | 1932 | By 1926 six planes were converted to seaplanes | ||
Avro 504 | United Kingdom Greece |
Trainer | 504K 504N/504O |
12 40 |
1918 1926 |
1925 1941 |
During 1934–1935 an unknown number of planes was manufactured by EAF (KEA) | |
SPAD S.VII | France | Fighter | 16 | 1918 | 1922 | |||
SPAD S.XIII | France | Fighter | 8 | 1918 | 1922 | |||
Nieuport 24/24bis | France | Fighter | 7 | 1918 | 1922 | |||
Nieuport 27 | France | Fighter | 7 | 1918 | 1922 | |||
Ansaldo A.1 | Italy | Fighter | 8 | 1921 | 1923 | |||
Gloster Mars | United Kingdom | Fighter | Mk VI | 13 | 1923 | 1941 | Also known as Nieuport Nighthawk, after 1935 they were used for training purposes | |
Morane-Saulnier MS.35 | France | Trainer | EP2 | 1 | 1923 | 1926 | Also known as Morane-Saulnier AR | |
Bristol 81 Tourer | United Kingdom | Trainer | 81A 86 |
6 | 1925 | 1935 | ||
Hanriot HD.14 | France | Trainer | EP2 | 2 | 1925 | 1929 | ||
Hanriot HD.17 | France | Trainer | EP2 | 2 | 1925 | 1929 | ||
Hanriot H.41 | France | Trainer | 2 | 1925 | 1929 | |||
Blackburn T.3 Velos | United Kingdom Greece |
Naval cooperation | T.3A | 16 | 1926 | 1939 | Developed for manufacture by EAF (KEA), it was the first war plane to be manufactured by that factory | |
Breguet 19 | France | Army cooperation Bomber |
A2 B2 |
72 | 1926 | 1941 | ||
Morane-Saulnier MS.137 | France | Trainer | EP2 | 25 | 1926 | 1935 | ||
De Havilland D.H.60 Gipsy Moth | United Kingdom | Trainer | 1 | 1927 | 1936 | |||
KEA Chelidon | Greece | Trainer Reconnaissance |
1 | 1927 | 1938 | Built by EAF (later known as KEA) | ||
Armstrong Whitworth Atlas | United Kingdom Greece |
Trainer | Mk I | 12 | 1929 | 1938 | 10 manufactured by EAF (KEA) with specific modifications | |
Hawker Horsley | United Kingdom | Naval cooperation Bomber |
Mk II | 6 | 1929 | 1941 | ||
Morane-Saulnier MS.147 | France | Trainer | EP2 | 20 | 1930 | 1936 | ||
Fairey III | United Kingdom | Naval cooperation | IΙIΒ IIIF Mk I IIIM |
14 | 1931 | 1941 | ||
Potez 25 | France | Army cooperation | A2 Avion Grecque | 24 | 1931 | 1941 | ||
Morane-Saulnier MS.230 | France | Trainer | ET2 | 18 | 1931 | 1941 | ||
Avia BH-33 | Czechoslovakia | Fighter | BH-33SHS | 5 | 1935 | 1940 | ||
AEKKEA-RAAB R-1C Schwalbe II | Germany Greece |
Multi purpose | 1935 | Possibly available to the Hellenic Air Force | ||||
AEKKEA-RAAB R-27 | Germany Greece |
Fighter | 1935 | Development reported, possibly available to the Hellenic Air Force | ||||
Avro 621 Tutor | United Kingdom Greece |
Trainer | 93 | 1936 | 1941 | 61 Built by KEA, 4 escaped to Egypt after the German invasion | ||
Avia B-534 | Czechoslovakia | Fighter | verze II | 2 | 1936 | 1941 | ||
AEKKEA-RAAB R-26V, R-33 Tigerschwalbe | Greece | Fighter | 1936 | Possibly available to the Hellenic Air Force | ||||
AEKKEA-RAAB R-29 | Greece | Fighter | 1936 | Possibly available to the Hellenic Air Force | ||||
Gloster Gladiator | United Kingdom | Fighter | Mk I Mk II |
21 | 1937 | 1941 | ||
Avro 626 Prefect | United Kingdom | Trainer | 21 | 1937 | 1941 | |||
PZL P-24 | Poland | Fighter | P-24F P-24G |
36 | 1937 | 1941 | ||
Dornier Do 22 | Germany | Naval cooperation Army cooperation |
Do 22KG | 12 | 1938 | 1941 | At least 1 escaped to Egypt after the German invasion | |
Avro 652 Anson | United Kingdom | Trainer Transport Naval cooperation |
Mk I Mk II |
12 24 |
1939 1947 |
1942 1950 |
At least 5 escaped to Egypt after the German invasion | |
Potez 633 | France | Bomber | B2 Grec | 12 | 1939 | 1941 | ||
Henschel Hs 126 | Germany | Army cooperation | Hs 126K-6 | 16 | 1939 | 1941 | At least 1 survived the German invasion and was used by Luftwaffe | |
Fairey Battle | United Kingdom | Bomber | Mk I | 11 | 1940 | 1941 | ||
Savoia-Marchetti SM.79-I | Italy | Transport Bomber |
2 | 1940 | 1941 | |||
Bloch MB.151 | France | Fighter | C1 | 9 | 1940 | 1941 | ||
Junkers G 24 | Germany | Transport | 4 | 1940 | 1941 | |||
Junkers Ju 52-3M | Germany | Transport | 3 | 1940 | 1941 | |||
Bristol Blenheim | United Kingdom | Bomber | Mk I Mk IV (RAF) Mk IV (Greek batch) Mk V |
7 12 19 31 |
1941 1940 1940 1942 |
1941 1943 1943 |
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Hawker Hurricane | United Kingdom | Fighter | Mk I Mk IIB Mk IIC |
50 | 1941 | 1944 | ||
Fieseler Fi 156 | Germany | Army cooperation | C-1 | 3 | 1941 | 1947 | ||
Arado Ar 196 | Germany | Reconnaissance Bomber |
A-3 A-5 |
2 | 1941 1944 |
1949 | One A-3 captured in April 1941 and one A-5 captured during the German withdrawal in 1944 | |
Martin 187 Baltimore | United States | Bomber | A-30A Mk III/Mk IIIA/Mk IV/Mk V | 79 | 1943 | 1945 | ||
Supermarine Spitfire | United Kingdom | Fighter | Mk VB/VC Mk IX LF/HF Mk XVI |
107 121 65 |
1943 1947 1949 |
1953 1953 1954 |
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Stearman-Boeing-Kaydet 75 | United States | Crop duster | PT-13 PT-17 |
32 | 1945 | 1969 | ||
Taylorcraft Auster | United Kingdom | Army cooperation | Mk III | 23 | 1945 | 1953 | ||
Messerschmitt Bf 109 | Germany | Fighter | G-6 | 4 | 1945 | 1947 | ||
Junkers Ju 290 | Germany | Maritime patrol | A-5 | 1 | 1945 | 1949 | ||
North American T-6 Texan | United States | Trainer Light attacker |
AT-6A T-6D T-6G |
108 | 1946 | 1970 | ||
Stinson L-5 Sentinel | United States | Army cooperation | L-5 L-5B L-5C |
7 | 1946 | 1950 | ||
Vickers 406 Wellington | United Kingdom | Transport Naval cooperation Bomber |
Mk XIIΙ Mk XIV |
19 | 1946 | 1947 | ||
Douglas C-47 Skytrain | United States | Transport | C-47A C-47B C-47D |
89 | 1947 | 2008 | The British nicknamed it Dakota from a name of some Indian tribes such as the Lakota and Nakota | |
Airspeed AS.10 Oxford | United Kingdom | Trainer Transport |
Mk I/Mk II | 36 | 1947 | 1949 | ||
De Havilland D.H.82 Tiger Moth | United Kingdom | Trainer | D.H.82A Tiger Moth II | 17 | 1947 | 1955 | ||
North American-Ryan L-17 Navion | United States | Liaison | L-17B | 5 | 1948 | 1959 | ||
Curtiss SB2C Helldiver | United States | Bomber | SB2C-5 | 42 | 1949 | 1954 | ||
Piper PA-18 Super Cub | United States | Army cooperation | L-18B L-18C L-21B |
66 | 1950 | 1983 | ||
Lockheed T-33 Silver Star | United States | Trainer | T-33A | 150 | 1951 | 2000 | ||
Beechcraft C-45 Expeditor | United States | Radio control General usage |
C-45F | 1 | 1951 | 1965 | ||
Republic F-84 Thunderjet | United States | Fighter Bomber |
F-84G | 200 | 1952 | 1959 | ||
North American F-86 Sabre | United States | Fighter | F-86D Sabre Dog F-86E |
100 | 1960 1954 |
1969 1965 |
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Republic RF-84F Thunderflash | United States | Reconnaissance | 43 | 1956 | 1991 | |||
Republic F-84F Thunderstreak | United States | Fighter Bomber |
150 | 1957 | 1983 | |||
De Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver | Canada | Trainer General usage |
2 | 1957 | 1974 | |||
Sikorsky H-19 Chickasaw | United States | Search and rescue helicopter | UH-19B UH-19D |
17 | 1958 | 1971 | ||
Bell 47 | United States | Trainer and reconnaissance helicopter | G-3 G-5 J-2 OH-13H OH-13S Sioux |
79 | 1961 | 2005 | ||
Cessna T-37 Tweet | United States | Trainer | T-37B T-37C |
43 | 1963 | 2002 | ||
Grumman G-159 Gulfstream I | United States | Staff transfer | 1 | 1963 | 1995 | |||
Lockheed F-104 Starfighter | United States | Fighter Bomber |
F-104G RF-104G TF-104G |
146 | 1964 | 1993 | ||
Northrop F-5 Freedom Fighter | United States | Fighter Bomber |
F-5Α/Β NF-5A/B RF-5Α |
149 | 1965 | 2001 | ||
Aero Commander 680 | United States | Aerial photography | 680F 680FL |
3 | 1966 | 1998 | ||
Nord Noratlas | France | Transport | N.2501D | 50 | 1967 | 1982 | ||
Convair F-102 Delta Dagger | United States | Interceptor | F-102Α ΤF-102Α |
20 2 |
1969 | 1977 | ||
Cessna T-41 Mescalero | United States | Trainer | T-41D | 21 | 1969 | 2022 | ||
Grumman HU-16 Albatross | United States | Naval cooperation flying boat | 12 | 1969 | 1997 | |||
LTV A-7 Corsair II | United States | Bomber | A-7E A-7H TA-7C TA-7H |
127 | 1975 | 2014 | ||
Dassault Mirage F.1 | France | Fighter | F.1CG | 40 | 1975 | 2003 |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]Based on the list of the Hellenic Air Force official website