First World War Designations
No official standard existed for the naming of aircraft and so all designations at this time were assigned solely by the original manufacturer and both numbers and names were used.
- Airco DH4 - biplane bomber
- Airco DH9a - development of DH4
- Avro 504 - biplane trainer
- Avro 552 Viper - modified Avro 504 with V type engine
- Avro Wright - modified Avro 504
- Bristol Fighter - two-seat biplane fighter
- Burgess-Dunne - 1914 tailless biplane mounted on floats -Canada's first military aircraft
- Curtiss HS2L - patrol seaplane
- Curtiss Canuck biplane trainer, Canadian variant developed in parallel to US JN-4 Jenny
- Fairey IIIC - 1920s biplane floatplane bomber
- Martinsyde F6 - fighter
- Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5a - single seat biplane fighter, used briefly into 1920s
- Sopwith Camel - single seat biplane fighter
- Sopwith Dolphin - single seat biplane fighter with backwards staggered wings
- Sopwith Snipe - single seat biplane fighter
Read more about this topic: List Of Aircraft Of Canada's Air Forces
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