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