Entente Aircraft

Entente Aircraft Types

Organized by primary home country of the manufacturer. Many planes were used by multiple nationalities.

France A.R. (Dorand) Blériot Borel Breguet Caudron Coutant Deperdussin Donnet-Denhaut Farman F.B.A. Hanriot Letord Levy-Besson Morane-Saulnier Nieuport Ponnier R.E.P. Salmson Schmitt S.P.A.D. Tellier Vendôme Voisin	Great Britain Airco (De Havilland) Armstrong-Whitworth Avro Beardmore Blackburn Bristol Fairey Felixstowe Handley-Page Martinsyde Parnall R.A.F. Sage Short Sopwith Thompson/White & Thompson Vickers Wight	Italy Ansaldo Caproni Macchi Pomilio/S.I.A/Fiat S.A.M.L.
		Russia Anatra Grigorovich Lebed Mosca Sikorsky
		USA Curtiss Packard

Other Manufacturers

These manufacturers produced few or no production combat designs of their own during the war (or near its end), though they may have contributed greatly through trainers, licensed builds, or through innovative designs.

France Astoux-Vendrines ^{[note 1]} Astra ^{[note 2]} Audenis/B.A.J. ^{[note 3]} Bernard ^{[note 4]}	Great Britain A.D. (Air Dept.) ^{[note 5]} Austin ^{[note 6]} B.A.T. ^{[note 7]} Boulton & Paul ^{[note 8]} Dyott ^{[note 9]} Flanders ^{[note 10]} Grahame-White ^{[note 11]} Kennedy ^{[note 12]} Lakes Flying Co. ^{[note 13]} Mann, Egerton, & Co. ^{[note 14]} Nieuport (British) ^{[note 15]}	Italy Adamoli-Cattani ^{[note 16]} Asteria ^{[note 17]} Bobba ^{[note 18]} Bossi ^{[note 19]} Bresciani ^{[note 20]} S.I.T. ^{[note 21]}
		Russia
		USA Boeing Standard Thomas-Morse

References

Notes

↑ The Astoux-Vendrines triplane crashed during testing and the design was abandoned.^[1]
↑ Astra submitted a three-engine bomber design in 1916 but it was not produced. They produced planes under license until merging with Nieuport in 1921.^[2]
↑ Pioneer Charles Audenis produced two designs and collaborated on the B.A.J. C2, but none were adopted.^[3]
↑ The Bernard firm produced two-seat SPADs under license and produced B.N.1-4 night bombers in prototype and small numbers, but apparently they never saw operational use.^[4]
↑ The Air Department ("A.D.") of the RNAS was responsible for several seaplane and flying boat designs, but none went into production.^[5]^[6]
↑ The Austin Motor Company collaborated with Albert Ball to produce the Austin-Ball A.F.B.I, as well as the A.F.T.3 "Osprey" and Greyhound, but none of them were selected for production.^[7]
↑ The British Aerial Transport Co. (B.A.T.) produced the F.K.22 and F.K.23 "Bantam", the F.K.24 "Baboon", and the F.K.25 "Basilisk". All were doomed by their use of failed A.B.C. Dragonfly radial engines.^[8]
↑ B&P built Sopwith designs under license, but in 1918 they produced the promising P.3 "Bobolink" (which lost out to the Snipe), the P.6 biplane, and the twin-engine P.7 "Bourges".^[9]
↑ Aviation pioneer G.M.Dyott built a twin-engine three-seat bomber in 1916, but it was never adopted.^[10]
↑ L.Howard Flanders built the B.2 biplane in 1914, but it was a one-off.^[11]
↑ Claude Grahame-White's company built several aeroplanes during the period but none saw combat. The Type XV pusher saw use as a trainer for the RFC and RNAS. The E.IV "Ganymede" was a twin-engine bomber that was too late for production.^[12]
↑ C.J.H. Mackenzie-Kennedy helped Russia's early air efforts, and his 1916 Giant recalled the Il'ya Mouromtez of Sikorsky. The underpowered Kennedy Giant never flew.^[13]
↑ E.W. Wakefield's "Water Hen" was a very early floatplane that was used for RNAS training up through 1916. A monoplane was also built.^[14]
↑ Mann, Egerton built several planes under license and designed a few on their own, but none reached production.^[15]
↑ British Nieuport & General Aircraft Co. was founded to build Nieuport designs in England under license, but they also produced a prototype fighter in the Nieuport B.N.1 (sharing an engine with the Snipe), Nighthawk (using the failed Dragonfly engine), and London triplane bomber; none of which saw production.^[16]
↑ Enea Cattani and Carlo Adamoli joined forces to produce a "modern" fighter, but progress was slow and the prototype was still under development when the war ended.^[17]
↑ Asteria made a series of early one-off pushers influenced by Farmans. At least one saw active service.^[18]
↑ Bobba completed two monoplanes similar to the Nieuport 4. Though performance was decent (for the time), they were not selected for further development.^[19]
↑ Enea Bossi's firm produced several prototype planes, seaplanes, and flying boats, but none passed the testing stages. The firm did build some Curtiss aircraft under license.^[20]
↑ Luigi Bresciani developed three large-scale floatplane or flying boat bombers in 1915-1917, but none progressed beyond the testing stages.^[21]
↑ Societa Italiana Transaerea (S.I.T.) produced planes designed by other companies, starting from the Bleriot 11.^[22]

Citations

↑ Davilla'97, p.46.
↑ Davilla'97, p.47.
↑ Davilla'97, pp.48-49.
↑ Davilla'97, p.51.
↑ Bruce'69, pp.1-9.
↑ Owers'13.
↑ Bruce'69, pp.30-34.
↑ Bruce'69, pp.69-77.
↑ Bruce'69, pp.101-106.
↑ Bruce'69, pp.216-217.
↑ Bruce'69, pp.256-257.
↑ Bruce'69, pp.257-265.
↑ Bruce'69, pp.287-289.
↑ Bruce'69, pp.291-292.
↑ Bruce'69, pp.294-297.
↑ Bruce'69, pp.317-322.
↑ Davilla Italian Vol.2, pp.4-5.
↑ Davilla Italian Vol.2, p.81.
↑ Davilla Italian Vol.2, p.90.
↑ Davilla Italian Vol.2, pp.93-96.
↑ Davilla Italian Vol.2, pp.100-104.
↑ Davilla Italian Vol.2, p.83.

Bibliography

J.M. Bruce. British Aeroplanes 1914-18. Great Britain: Funk & Wagnalls, 1957, 1969. ISBN 0370000382
Dr. James J. Davilla and Arthur M. Soltan. French Aircraft of the First World War. Flying Machines Press, 1997. ISBN 0-9637110-4-0.
James Davilla, MD, Italian Aviation in the First World War, Volume 2, Aircraft A-H. USA: Aeronaut Books, 2023. ISBN 978-1-953201-80-5
C.A. Owers, Windsock Datafile 159: AD Flying Boats. Great Britain: Albatros Publications, Ltd., 2013. ISBN 978-1-906798-31-4

[2] The Astoux-Vendrines triplane crashed during testing and the design was abandoned.^[1]

[4] Astra submitted a three-engine bomber design in 1916 but it was not produced. They produced planes under license until merging with Nieuport in 1921.^[2]

[6] Pioneer Charles Audenis produced two designs and collaborated on the B.A.J. C2, but none were adopted.^[3]

[8] The Bernard firm produced two-seat SPADs under license and produced B.N.1-4 night bombers in prototype and small numbers, but apparently they never saw operational use.^[4]

[11] The Air Department ("A.D.") of the RNAS was responsible for several seaplane and flying boat designs, but none went into production.^[5]^[6]

[13] The Austin Motor Company collaborated with Albert Ball to produce the Austin-Ball A.F.B.I, as well as the A.F.T.3 "Osprey" and Greyhound, but none of them were selected for production.^[7]

[15] The British Aerial Transport Co. (B.A.T.) produced the F.K.22 and F.K.23 "Bantam", the F.K.24 "Baboon", and the F.K.25 "Basilisk". All were doomed by their use of failed A.B.C. Dragonfly radial engines.^[8]

[17] B&P built Sopwith designs under license, but in 1918 they produced the promising P.3 "Bobolink" (which lost out to the Snipe), the P.6 biplane, and the twin-engine P.7 "Bourges".^[9]

[19] Aviation pioneer G.M.Dyott built a twin-engine three-seat bomber in 1916, but it was never adopted.^[10]

[21] L.Howard Flanders built the B.2 biplane in 1914, but it was a one-off.^[11]

[23] Claude Grahame-White's company built several aeroplanes during the period but none saw combat. The Type XV pusher saw use as a trainer for the RFC and RNAS. The E.IV "Ganymede" was a twin-engine bomber that was too late for production.^[12]

[25] C.J.H. Mackenzie-Kennedy helped Russia's early air efforts, and his 1916 Giant recalled the Il'ya Mouromtez of Sikorsky. The underpowered Kennedy Giant never flew.^[13]

[27] E.W. Wakefield's "Water Hen" was a very early floatplane that was used for RNAS training up through 1916. A monoplane was also built.^[14]

[29] Mann, Egerton built several planes under license and designed a few on their own, but none reached production.^[15]

[31] British Nieuport & General Aircraft Co. was founded to build Nieuport designs in England under license, but they also produced a prototype fighter in the Nieuport B.N.1 (sharing an engine with the Snipe), Nighthawk (using the failed Dragonfly engine), and London triplane bomber; none of which saw production.^[16]

[33] Enea Cattani and Carlo Adamoli joined forces to produce a "modern" fighter, but progress was slow and the prototype was still under development when the war ended.^[17]

[35] Asteria made a series of early one-off pushers influenced by Farmans. At least one saw active service.^[18]

[37] Bobba completed two monoplanes similar to the Nieuport 4. Though performance was decent (for the time), they were not selected for further development.^[19]

[39] Enea Bossi's firm produced several prototype planes, seaplanes, and flying boats, but none passed the testing stages. The firm did build some Curtiss aircraft under license.^[20]

[41] Luigi Bresciani developed three large-scale floatplane or flying boat bombers in 1915-1917, but none progressed beyond the testing stages.^[21]

[43] Societa Italiana Transaerea (S.I.T.) produced planes designed by other companies, starting from the Bleriot 11.^[22]

[Davilla97-46-1] Davilla'97, p.46.

[Davilla97-47-3] Davilla'97, p.47.

[Davilla97-48-49-5] Davilla'97, pp.48-49.

[Davilla97-51-7] Davilla'97, p.51.

[Bruce69-1-9-9] Bruce'69, pp.1-9.

[Owers13-10] Owers'13.

[Bruce69-30-34-12] Bruce'69, pp.30-34.

[14] Bruce'69, pp.69-77.

[16] Bruce'69, pp.101-106.

[18] Bruce'69, pp.216-217.

[20] Bruce'69, pp.256-257.

[22] Bruce'69, pp.257-265.

[24] Bruce'69, pp.287-289.

[26] Bruce'69, pp.291-292.

[28] Bruce'69, pp.294-297.

[30] Bruce'69, pp.317-322.

[32] Davilla Italian Vol.2, pp.4-5.

[34] Davilla Italian Vol.2, p.81.

[36] Davilla Italian Vol.2, p.90.

[38] Davilla Italian Vol.2, pp.93-96.

[40] Davilla Italian Vol.2, pp.100-104.

[42] Davilla Italian Vol.2, p.83.

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