List of submarine-borne aircraft

This is a list of aircraft carried undersea and used from submarines (see Submarine aircraft carriers).

A seaplane launching from British submarine HMS M2.
HMS M2 retrieving her seaplane

These were primarily used during the Second World War, also included for comparison are earlier developments of submarine carried aircraft from the First World War and the period between the World Wars.

TypeCountryClassRoleDateStatusNo.Notes
Aichi M6A1 SeiranJapanPropellerportable strike monoplane torpedo-bomber
Arado Ar 231GermanyPropellerportable reconnaissance floatplane
Bristol-Burney X.1,2,3UKflying hydrofoil
Caspar-Heinkel U-1USA / GermanyPropellerdismantlable reconnaissance biplane
Chyetverikov SPLUSSRPropeller
Cox-Klemin XS-1USAPropellerportable reconnaissance biplane1920s
Cox-Klemin XS-2USAPropellerexperimental scout biplane1920s
Focke-Achgelis Fa 330 "Bachstelze"GermanyRotorcraftobservationRotor kite
Fieseler Fi 103 "V-1"GermanyJetflying-bomb launched from submarine development
Flettner Fl 282A-2 "Kolibri"GermanyRotorcraftdismantlable reconnaissanceProject0Helicopter
Friedrichshafen FF.29GermanyPropellerdismantlable reconnaissance biplane
Hansa Brandenburg W.20GermanyPropellerportable reconnaissance flying boat
Loening XSL-1USAPropellerflying boat
Luftfahrzeug Gesellschaft L.F.G Stralsund V.19GermanyPropellerreconnaissance monoplane
Macchi M.53ItalyPropellerreconnaissance
Martin MS-1USAPropellerdismantlable reconnaissance biplane1920s
Parnall-PetoUKPropellerdismantlable reconnaissance biplane
Piaggio P.8ItalyPropellerreconnaissance
"Loon" flying guided bombUSAJetsubmarine missile launcher development
Sopwith Schneider seaplaneUKPropellerexperimental reconnaissance trialPrototypeModified example.
Watanabe E9W1 "Slim"JapanPropellerportable reconnaissance biplane
Yokosuka E14Y1 "Glen"JapanPropellerreconnaissance monoplane
Yokosuka E6Y1-NJapanPropellerreconnaissance biplane
Mureaux Besson MB-411FrancePropellerportable reconnaissance monoplane

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