List of airplanes of the Swiss Air Force from 1910 to 1918
The list of aircraft of the Swiss Air Force from 1910 to 1918 shows ninety-eight aircraft of the aircraft class aircraft beginning in 1910 until the end of the First World War in 1918, arranged in ascending order.
From 1910
In 1908, Louis Blériot designed the Blériot XI monoplane . At the end of 1913, Blériot had already delivered 800 machines. There were also numerous licensed buildings in Italy and Great Britain . Finally, the Swiss Army acquired the aircraft in August 1914 from a person named Lt. Lugrin.
| year | Aircraft type | matriculation | number of pieces |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910 | Dufaux 4 | no | 0 |
| 1911 | Dufaux 5 | no | 0 |
This made the Blériot XI-b, with registration 22, the first aircraft in the fleet of the Swiss Air Force . The two Dufaux from 1910 and 1911 were not actually acquired, but only underwent military trials.
First World War
After extensive testing, August Haefeli's Häfeli double-decker and aircraft from Dübendorf engineer Wild were acquired on a large scale. For the most part, the aircraft were used for pilot training, reconnaissance and border security.
| year | Aircraft type | matriculation | number of pieces |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1914 | Blériot XI -b | 22nd | 1 |
| 1914 | Blériot XI-b | 23 | 1 |
| 1914 | Morane-Saulnier 35 <<Helene>> | 24 | 1 |
| 1914 | LVG C.III <<Schneider>> | 26th | 1 |
| 1914 | LVG C.III-1 <<Schneider>> | 27 | 1 |
| 1914 | Aviation CI | 28 | 1 |
| 1914 | Farman F-20 | 21.47 | 2 |
| 1914 | Grandjean L | 25th | 1 |
| 1914 | Grandjean L-1 | 25th | 1 |
| 1915 | Aviation pigeon | 29 | 1 |
| 1915 | Morane-Saulnier LMS <<Parasol>> | 31 | 1 |
| 1915 | Voisin 5 LAS | 32 | 1 |
| 1915 | Farman MF-11 <<Shorthorn>> | 30, 61 | 1 internment |
| 1915 | Wild WTS | 133.140 | 2 |
| 1916 | Wild WT-1 | 134 to 139 | 6th |
| 1916 | Häfeli DH-1 (MI) double decker | 241 to 246 | 6th |
| 1916 | Fokker D.II (M 17 Z) | 62 | 1 |
| 1916 | Häfeli DH-3 (M II) double decker | 348 to 353 | 6th |
| 1917 | Wild <<Special>> | 401 | 1 prototype |
| 1917 | Wild WT and Wild WTS | 141 to 148 | 8th |
| 1917 | Nieuport 23 C-1 | 601 to 605 | 5 |
| 1917 | Wild WT-1 and WT-1 S | 149 to 160 | 12 |
| 1917 | Häfeli DH-3 (M III) double-decker, 1st series | 501 to 512, 519 to 530 | 24 |
| 1917 | Aviation C-III | 63 | 1 |
| 1918 | Albatros D-Va | 611 | 1 |
| 1918 | DFW CV <<Halberstadt>> | 64,703 | 2 |
| 1918 | Häfeli DH-3 (M IIIa) double-decker | 513, 514, 515 | 3 |
| 1918 | Häfeli DH-3 (M IIIb) double-decker | 516, 517, 518 | 3 |
| 1918 | Nieuport N-28 C-1 <<Bebe>> | 607 | 1 |
| 1918 | Häfeli DH-4 (M IV) double decker | 701 | 1 prototype |
| 1918 | Siemens-Schuckert D.III | 606 | 1 |
Thus there were 98 aircraft, including prototypes and interned aircraft, in the troops' inventory at the end of the First World War.
literature
- Urech Jakob; Hunziker Emil: The airplanes of the Swiss Air Force since 1914 , published by the Dept. of the Dübendorf military airfields, Th. Gut & Co publisher, 1st edition Stäfa 1974
Web links
- Swiss Army website
- Hans Senn: Army. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Urech Jakob; Hunziker Emil: The airplanes of the Swiss Air Force since 1914 , published by the Dept. of the Dübendorf Military Airfields, Th. Gut & Co publisher, 1st edition Stäfa 1974, p. 14