Random British Fighter Tables

British Scouts and Fighters
1914 ^{[note 1]}
			Autumn
			01-35 RAF S.E.2a 36-65 Avro 504 66-80 MoS H 81-93 Bristol Scout 94-00 Sopwith Tabloid
1915 ^{[note 1]}
Winter	Spring	Summer	Autumn
01-26 Martinsyde S.1 27-46 Avro 504 47-64 MoS L^{[note 2]} 65-82 RAF S.E.2a 83-94 Sopwith Tabloid 95-00 Vickers F.B.5	01-36 Martinsyde S.1 37-53 MoS L 54-67 Avro 504 68-80 Bristol Scout 81-89 Vickers F.B.5 90-93 MoS I 94-97 RAF S.E.2a 98-00 RAF F.E.2a	01-26 Bristol Scout 27-43 Vickers F.B.5 44-59 MoS L 60-74 Martinsyde S.1 75-85 Avro 504 86-92 MoS I 93-96 RAF F.E.2a 97-99 Airco D.H.2 00 MoS N	01-34 Bristol Scout 35-56 Vickers F.B.5 57-65 MoS LA 66-73 MoS N 74-79 Avro 504 80-85 RAF F.E.2a 86-90 Martinsyde S.1 91-95 MoS I 96-98 MoS L 99-00 RAF F.E.2b^{[note 3]}
1916
Winter	Spring	Summer	Autumn
01-44 Bristol Scout 45-58 Vickers F.B.5 59-68 MoS LA 69-76 Airco D.H.2 77-83 MoS N 84-90 RAF F.E.2b 91-95 RAF F.E.2a 96-98 RAF F.E.8 99-00 Martinsyde S.1	01-34 Bristol Scout 35-51 Airco D.H.2 54-65 RAF F.E.2b 66-70 Vickers F.B.5 71-75 MoS LA 76-80 Nieuport 16 81-84 RAF B.E.12 85-88 RAF F.E.2d 89-91 Martinsyde S.1 92-94 RAF F.E.8 95-96 MoS N 97-98 RAF F.E.2a 99-00 Sopwith Strutter^{[note 4]}	01-22 RAF F.E.2b 23-43 RAF B.E.12 44-55 Airco D.H.2 56-64 Bristol Scout 65-71 RAF F.E.2d 72-78 Sopwith Strutter 79-83 RAF F.E.8 84-87 Nieuport 16 88-90 MoS LA 91-92 Martinsyde S.1 93-94 MoS N 95-96 Nieuport 17 97-98 Airco D.H.1a 99 Morane-Saulnier V 00 Vickers F.B.9	01-29 RAF B.E.12 30-50 RAF F.E.2b 51-62 Airco D.H.2 63-71 Sopwith Strutter 72-78 RAF F.E.8 79-84 Bristol Scout 85-89 RAF F.E.2d 90-92 Nieuport 17 93-94 MoS LA 95 Airco D.H.1a 96 MoS V 97 Nieuport 11 98 Nieuport 16 99 Sopwith Pup 00 SPAD 7
1917
Winter	Spring	Summer	Autumn
01-17 Sopwith Strutter 18-33 RAF B.E.12 34-48 RAF F.E.2b 49-58 Airco D.H.2 59-65 Sopwith Pup 66-71 RAF F.E.2d 72-77 RAF F.E.8 78-83 Nieuport 17 84-88 RAF B.E.12a 89-91 Sopwith Triplane 92-93 Airco D.H.5 94-95 Bristol Scout 96-97 SPAD 7 98 Airco D.H.1a 99 Nieuport 11 00 Nieuport 16	01-14 Sopwith Pup 15-28 RAF F.E.2b 29-39 Sopwith Strutter 40-48 RAF B.E.12 49-56 Nieuport 17 57-64 Sopwith Triplane 65-70 RAF F.E.2d 71-76 SPAD 7 77-81 Airco D.H.2 82-86 RAF B.E.12a 87-90 Airco D.H.5 91-93 RAF F.E.8 94-95 Bristol F.2a 96-97 Nieuport 23 98 RAF S.E.5 99 Bristol F.2b 00 Nieuport 16	01-14 Sopwith Pup 15-23 RAF F.E.2b 24-32 Sopwith Camel 33-41 Sopwith Strutter 42-49 Airco D.H.5 50-56 Sopwith Triplane 57-62 RAF B.E.12 63-67 Bristol F.2b 68-72 Nieuport 17 73-77 RAF B.E.12a 78-82 RAF F.E.2d 83-87 SPAD 7 88-91 Nieuport 23 92-93 Airco D.H.2 94-95 RAF S.E.5 96 Bristol F.2a 97 Nieuport 24 98 RAF F.E.8 99 RAF S.E.5a 00 Vickers F.B.19	01-26 Sopwith Camel 27-37 Sopwith Pup 38-47 Airco D.H.5 48-56 Bristol F.2b 57-65 RAF F.E.2b 66-73 RAF S.E.5a 74-78 RAF B.E.12 79-83 SPAD 7 84-87 RAF B.E.12a 88-90 RAF F.E.2d 91-92 Sopwith Strutter 93-94 Sopwith Triplane 95 Bristol M.1C^{[note 5]} 96 Nieuport 23 97 Nieuport 24 98 Nieuport 27 99 RAF S.E.5 00 Vickers F.B.19
1918
Winter	Spring	Summer	Autumn
01-34 Sopwith Camel 35-48 RAF S.E.5a 49-57 Bristol F.2b 58-65 RAF F.E.2b 66-70 Sopwith Dolphin 71-74 RAF B.E.12 75-78 Sopwith Pup 79-81 Airco D.H.5 82-84 RAF B.E.12a 85-87 RAF F.E.2d 88-90 SPAD 7 91-92 Nieuport 27 93-94 RAF B.E.12b 95 Bristol M.1C 96 Nieuport 24 97 RAF S.E.5 98 Sopwith Triplane 99 SPAD 13 00 Vickers F.B.19	01-33 Sopwith Camel 34-54 RAF S.E.5a 55-67 Bristol F.2b 68-77 RAF F.E.2b 78-82 Sopwith Dolphin 83-85 RAF B.E.12b 86-87 RAF B.E.12 88-89 RAF B.E.12a 90-91 SPAD 7 92-93 RAF F.E.2d 94 Airco D.H.5 95 Bristol M.1C 96 Nieuport 24 97 Nieuport 27 98 RAF F.E.2c 99 Sopwith Pup 00 SPAD 13	01-37 Sopwith Camel 38-59 RAF S.E.5a 60-75 Bristol F.2b 76-86 RAF F.E.2b 87-93 Sopwith Dolphin 94-95 RAF B.E.12b 96 Avro 504^{[note 6]} 97 Bristol M.1C 98 Nieuport 24 99 RAF F.E.2c 00 Sopwith Snipe	01-39 Sopwith Camel 40-60 RAF S.E.5a 61-75 Bristol F.2b 76-84 RAF F.E.2b 85-92 Sopwith Dolphin 93-96 Avro 504 97-99 Sopwith Snipe 00 Bristol M.1C

The data is derived from Squadron records in Ian Philpott's The Birth of the Royal Air Force. While the book does a good job of noting when certain aircraft were taken up by each of 274 squadrons and when they were retired, it doesn't say whether one example of a certain type of aircraft was added to the roster or ten of them, so I have assumed an even split between all of the types in use in any one month. I have removed from the charts any types used in England from squadrons bound for foreign service, but Home Defense squadrons aircraft are included for their full tenure. The charts do include aircraft used in lesser-known theaters like the Middle East. There is some RNAS data included from the period where they joined the RAF, but the data does not include seaplanes and flying boats. Numbers were sometimes adjusted up or down a percent to account for rounding errors. The types are sorted with each season from most-used to least-used planes.

References

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Most armed planes in 1914 and early 1915 had light or jury-rigged armaments. They were more Scout than Fighter.
↑ The Morane-Saulnier L was sometimes flown as a single-seat fighter and sometimes as a two-seat reconnaissance craft.
↑ In the latter half of its long career, the F.E.2b transitioned more to a night bomber, but it hard to determine the rate at which that occurred, so the tables here just show its raw use without regard to its role.
↑ Most Strutters we used in the reconnaissance and bombing roles rather than as a fighter, but it is impossible to determine which proportions were used for which role. So this data reflects their overall usage without regard to the role.
↑ The Bristol M.1C was never used on the Western Front.
↑ 1918 use of the Avro 504K was as a night fighter only.

Bibliography

Ian Philpott, The Birth of the Royal Air Force. Great Britain: Pen & Sword Books Limited, 2013. ISBN 978-1-78159-333-2

[note1-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Most armed planes in 1914 and early 1915 had light or jury-rigged armaments. They were more Scout than Fighter.

[2] The Morane-Saulnier L was sometimes flown as a single-seat fighter and sometimes as a two-seat reconnaissance craft.

[3] In the latter half of its long career, the F.E.2b transitioned more to a night bomber, but it hard to determine the rate at which that occurred, so the tables here just show its raw use without regard to its role.

[4] Most Strutters we used in the reconnaissance and bombing roles rather than as a fighter, but it is impossible to determine which proportions were used for which role. So this data reflects their overall usage without regard to the role.

[5] The Bristol M.1C was never used on the Western Front.

[6] 1918 use of the Avro 504K was as a night fighter only.

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