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

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

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-bomber194528
Arado Ar 231GermanyPropellerportable reconnaissance floatplane6
Bristol-Burney X.1,2,3UKflying hydrofoil
Caspar-Heinkel U-1USA / GermanyPropellerdismantlable reconnaissance biplane3
Chyetverikov SPLUSSRPropeller2
Cox-Klemin XS-1USAPropellerportable reconnaissance biplane1920s12
Cox-Klemin XS-2USAPropellerexperimental scout biplane1920s1
Focke-Achgelis Fa 330 "Bachstelze"GermanyRotorcraftobservation200Rotor kite
Flettner Fl 282A-2 "Kolibri"GermanyRotorcraftdismantlable reconnaissanceProject0Helicopter
Friedrichshafen FF.29GermanyPropellerdismantlable reconnaissance biplane1Not internally carried
Hansa Brandenburg W.20GermanyPropellerportable reconnaissance flying boat3
Loening XSL-1USAPropellerflying boat1
Luftfahrzeug Gesellschaft L.F.G Stralsund V.19GermanyPropellerreconnaissance monoplane
Macchi M.53ItalyPropellerreconnaissance0
Martin MS-1USAPropellerdismantlable reconnaissance biplane1920s6
Parnall-PetoUKPropellerdismantlable reconnaissance biplane2
Piaggio P.8ItalyPropellerreconnaissance
Sopwith Schneider seaplaneUKPropellerexperimental reconnaissance trialPrototypeModified example.
Watanabe E9W1 "Slim"JapanPropellerportable reconnaissance biplane35
Yokosuka E14Y1 "Glen"JapanPropellerreconnaissance monoplane126
Yokosuka E6Y1-NJapanPropellerreconnaissance biplane10
Mureaux Besson MB-411FrancePropellerportable reconnaissance monoplane2

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