List of historic aircraft of the Hellenic Air Force

Summary

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

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Based on the list of the Hellenic Air Force official website