Random Best World War 1 Airplanes (39 items)

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  (#1) Fokker D.VII

  • Fighter aircraft

  Superior German fighter used near the end of the war.
  
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  (#2) Sopwith Camel

  • Fighter aircraft

  British fighter that scored more aerial victories than any other Allied plane. Was the plane Snoopy flew in the Peanuts comic strip.
  
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  (#3) Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5

  • Fighter aircraft

  British and American air superiority fighter that saw heavy combat.
  
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  (#4) SPAD S.XIII

  Hugely successful biplane fighter flown by famous American ace Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker.
  
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  (#5) Fokker Dr.I

  • Fighter aircraft

  German triplane fighter made famous by fighter ace Manfred von Richthofen.
  
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  (#6) Albatros D.III

  • Fighter aircraft

  Air superiority fighter flown by numerous German aces in 1916 and 1917.
  
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  (#7) Nieuport Fighter

  French fighter plane critical to ending German air superiority.
  
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  (#8) Bristol F.2 Fighter

  • Fighter aircraft, Biplane fighter aircraft

  British two-seat fighter than saw extensive aerial combat.
  
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  (#9) Sopwith Snipe

  • Fighter aircraft
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  (#10) Nieuport 17

  
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  (#11) Gotha Bomber

  German long-range strategic bombers that delivered ineffective, yet terrifying, raids on London.
  
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  (#12) Fokker D.VIII

  • Fighter aircraft
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  (#13) Fokker E.III

  • Fighter aircraft

  Single-winged German fighter that took control of the skies over France in 1915.
  
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  (#14) Avro 504

  • Fighter aircraft, Trainer aircraft, Bomber

  British fighter that was the most produced plane of World War 1. Used well into the '30s as a trainer and stunt plane.
  
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  (#15) Pfalz D.III

  • Fighter aircraft
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  (#16) Pfalz D.XII

  • Fighter aircraft
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  (#17) Sopwith 1½ Strutter

  • Bi-plane bomber

  Successful fighter, bomber, and trainer that was the first aircraft to fire a machine gun through a proppeller.
  
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  (#18) Caproni Ca.3

  • Heavy bomber, Torpedo bomber

  Powerful Italian heavy bomber used at the end of the war against Austria-Hungary.
  
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  (#19) Zeppelin

  Series of German airships feared for their range and ability to go on long-range bombing mission.
  
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  (#20) Handley Page Type O

  • Bomber

  Primary British bomber of the war, and the largest plane produced in the UK at the time.
  
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  (#21) Nieuport 28

  • Fighter aircraft
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  (#22) Airco DH.2

  • Fighter aircraft

  First truly effective British fighter of the war.
  
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  (#23) Curtiss JN-4

  • Trainer aircraft

  American biplane used mostly as a trainer. Was the backbone of US civil aviation before WWII.
  
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  (#24) Nieuport 11

  • Fighter aircraft
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  (#25) Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.2

  • Night Bomber, Fighter aircraft, Reconnaissance aircraft

  British night bomber and fighter that played a key role in ending the "Fokker Scourge" of 1915.
  
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  (#26) Morane-Saulnier L

  French fighter used in some of the first air-to-air combat in history.
  
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  (#27) Riesenflugzeug

  Mostly one-off series of German "giant" bombers meant for strategic bombing.
  
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  (#28) Sikorsky Ilya Muromets

  • Bi-plane bomber

  Russian heavy bomber that proved both fearsome and innefective.
  
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  (#29) Airco DH.4

  Bomber and scout plane mostly used by the US in 1918.
  
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  (#30) Curtiss HS

  Widely-built US anti-submarine patrol boat used well into the '30s.
  
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  (#31) Royal Aircraft Factory R.E.8

  • Bomber, Reconnaissance aircraft

  Replaced B.E.2 as standard British artillery spotting and reconnaissance plane.
  
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  (#32) Sopwith Dolphin

  • Fighter aircraft
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  (#33) Albatros C.III

  Widely-used German scout plane, artillery spotter, and light bomber.
  
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  (#34) Ansaldo SVA

  Italian reconnaissance plane that proved to be the fastest Allied aircraft of the war.
  
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  (#35) Caudron G.4

  • Bomber

  French bomber used on raids deep into the heart of Germany.
  
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  (#36) Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2

  • Reconnaissance aircraft

  Standard British light bomber and spotting plane at the outbreak of the war.
  
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  (#37) AEG G.IV

  • Bomber

  Relatively modern German bomber and scout plane used near the end of the war.
  
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  (#38) Breguet 14

  • Bomber

  Agile and tough French bomber/reconnaissance plane that was extensively used by the US.
  
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  (#39) Hansa-Brandenburg D.I

  Standard Austro-Hungarian fighter plane for most of the war.
  

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