WW1 TRIBUTE Resource Index

 UK C/L CARRIER-DECK WW1 TRIBUTE: Eligible Aircraft with data

Note:  * indicates some data may be for a related version (data incomplete for this specific model)

Note:  Under “Hook”: y=Yes, n=No, e=Either

Note:  Reference Publications Key is beneath the main table

Note: “NYF”=”No Information Yet Found”

Aircraft (Click for WikiPedia pages) Hook Nation Mini 3-View 3-View, book, article, external references Building Plan Reference Color Scheme Reference Links to Plans & Pix Andy’s Comments
Aeromarine_39B y US Y PMSAD Vol.1 pp1-3 (3-view & x-secs);Putnam United States Navy p41 (3-view). NYF PMSAD Vol.1 p1. Aeromarine  Gallery First aircraft to make the first landing on the first US carrier, the Langley (picture in gallery)
Avro_504B* e UK Y Try “Early Avro 504
Biplanes” from Albatross Press (Martin Philpott)
NYF NYF Basic 504 Gallery with some 504B material The most elusive aircraft of all?  Avro 504 variants went from A to N with
considerable differences; the best known was the K, but the fuselage &
fin/rudder are not the same as that of the B.  There is some uncertainty
about hook type, so models (if any details can be found!) may therefore be
used in both hooked and unhooked categories.
Beardmore_WB.111 n UK  Y AN 8/21 (3-view & x-secs). NYF AN 8/21. Beardmore WB 111 Gallery Licence built Sopwith Pup, redesigned to ‘fold’ to minimise shipboard
space-take.  W.B.IIIs  flew from the earliest British carriers, but until
evidence shows such vessels to have had transverse arrester wires, these
ships must be assumed to have been fitted with the Royal Navy’s standard
longitudinal wires.
Blackburn_Blackburd n UK  Y Putnam Blackburn p134 (3-view). NYF NYF Blackburd Gallery Only three Blackburds were built; both were fitted with skid and wheeled
undercarriages (at the same time!) so either of these may therefore be
used.  No evidence of any hook system has yet been found, so it must be
assumed that, if hooked at all, they were only equipped for the Royal Navy’s
standard longitudinal arrester wires.
Fairey_111A (N10) n UK  Y Putnam Fairey p75 (3-view) [Fairey N10 shown; became IIIA when fitted with
wheels]
NYF NYF Fairey 111A Gallery  IIIAs were fitted with skid and wheeled undercarriages, so either of these
may therefore be used. No evidence of any hook system has yet been found, so
it must be assumed that, if hooked at all, they were only equipped for the
Royal Navy’s standard longitudinal arrester wires.
Hanriot_HD.2* y Fra  Y FAFWW p274 (3-view). NYF Eduard 1/48
plastic kit ref: 8039.
Hanriot Gallery (HD1/2/3)  The HD.2 was an HD.1 fitted with floats and given a much larger fin and
rudder of different shape; for deck landing use, the floats were removed and
an HD.1-type  wheeled undercarriage fitted.
Hanriot_HD.3* y Fra  Y FAFWW p276 (3-view). NYF  FAFWW p590. Hanriot Gallery (HD1/2/3) No Comments
Parnall_Panther n UK  Y Putnam Parnall p94 (3-view). NYF NYF Panther Gallery  The only arrester hook types so far found on Panthers have been for
longitudinal wires.
Short_Shirl n UK  Y Putnam Short p149 (3-view). NYF NYF Shirl Gallery The Shirl was fitted with jettisonable undercarriage.  No evidence of any
hook system has yet been found, so it must be assumed that, if hooked at
all, they were only equipped for the Royal Navy’s standard longitudinal
arrester wires.
Sopwith_”UK
Strutter”
e UK  Y AN 7/11 (3-view & x-secs);Argus Plan No.2779 (3-view & x-secs). A.P.S. CL651, A.P.S. FSP907. AN 7/11;AIP Vol.6 pp26-7;Profile No.121. Strutter Gallery British-built 1½ Strutters were both hooked and unhooked, were of the
single-seater bomber and the 2-seater reconnaissance types, and were fitted
with skid and wheeled undercarriages.  Any of these combinations may
therefore be used.
Sopwith_1A2
(French “Strutter”)*
y Fra  Y FAFWW p468 (3-view);AN 7/11 (3-view & x-secs). NYF FAFWW p593;AN 7/11;AIP Vol.6 pp26-7;Profile No.121. Sopwith 1A2 Gallery French-built 1½ Strutters used for deck landing were only of the 2-seat
reconnaissance type; this was not identical to the British-built 2-seater as
the French version had a different engine, a revised fuselage shape and a
smaller-span tailplane.
Sopwith_Camel e UK  Y AN 5/23 (3-view & x-secs);Argus Plan No.2699 (3-view & x-secs). A.P.S. FSP441, A.P.S. FSP1143. AN 5/23;AIP Vol.2 pp74-5;Profile No.31. Camel Gallery There is considerable uncertainty about the deck-landing use made of F.1
Camels before the advent of the 2F.1 Ship Camels and there is an even
greater uncertainty about hook type.  Despite these issues, models of this
aircraft may be used and in both hooked and unhooked categories.
Sopwith_Cuckoo n UK  Y Putnam Royal Navy p319 (3-view). NYF NYF Cuckoo’s Nest  The Cuckoo was flying from carriers from October 1918 onwards, but evidence
so far available indicates they were only hooked for the Royal Navy’s
standard longitudinal arrester wires.
Sopwith_Pup e UK  Y AN 8/21 (3-view & x-secs);Argus Plan No.2844 (3-view & x-secs). NYF AN 8/21;AIP Vol.1 pp146-7;Profile No.13. Pup’s Kennel  Pups were both hooked and unhooked, and were fitted with skid and wheeled
undercarriages.  Any of these combinations may therefore be used.
Sopwith_Ship_Camel* e UK  Y Putnam Royal Navy p.317 (3-view). NYF Use AN 5/23 or AIP Vol.2 pp74-5 or Profile No.31. Ship Camel Gallery  The 2F.1 Ship Camel differs from the F.1 Camel: it has shorter wings,
greater lower wing dihedral, different cabane struts, revised cowling with a
single Vickers gun offset to port & no ‘hump’, plus a Lewis gun on the upper
wing centre section. Although undoubtedly a carrier aircraft, there is still
uncertainty about hook type, so models may therefore be used in both hooked
and unhooked categories.
Sopwith_Snipe n UK N/A AN 4/19 (3-view & x-secs);Argus Plan No.2686 (3-view & x-secs). A.P.S. MA339. AN 4/19;AIP V3 pp22-3 (but RAF markings);Profile No.50. Snipe Gallery  Arrester hooks were “developed for the Snipe in 1923/4”, but until evidence
shows these were of the transverse wire type, they must be assumed to be the
Royal Navy’s standard longitudinal wire type.
Vought_VE-7 e US Y USNF p12 (3-view);Harleyford US Navy & Marine Corps Fighters p156. NYF HF USN & M/Corps Fighters p156. Vought VE-7 GALLERY  There is uncertainty about deck-landing use of VE-7 variants and of hook
type(s) used.  Despite these issues, models of the SF variant may be used
and in both hooked and unhooked categories.

 

Abbreviations:

AN 7/11    Aviation News Vol.7 Issue 11; marketed by www.aviation-news.co.uk/archive/aircraftplansservice.html

APS        Old Aeromodeller Plans Service series of flying models, now marketed by www.myhobbystore.co.uk as either a current plan or part of the archived X-list series.

Care: models may be C/L, R/C or F/F and all sizes!

Argus      Old name for Aeromodeller Line Drawing range now marketed by www.myhobbystore.co.uk

AIP          Aircraft In Profile (15-vol. series of all Profile Publication booklets), only available secondhand.

 FAFWW  French Aircraft of the First WorldWar by Davilla & Soltan, only available secondhand (expensive!)

HF           Harleyford: publisher of aircraft history books during 1960s, only available secondhand. 

PMSAD   Paul Matt Scale Aircraft Drawings 2-vol. series, try Amazon for new old stock or secondhand copies.

Profile      Individual Profile Publication booklet from extensive series, only available secondhand.

Putnam    Publisher of books on aircraft manufacturers or types from 1950s to 1990s, only available secondhand.

USNF      U.S. Naval Fighters by Jones, Aero Publishers Inc. 1977, only available secondhand.