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-Early Recon (Example: Bleriot XI, Rumpler Toube, etc)
-Late Recon/Light Bomber (Example: Albatros C.III, RAF Re8, etc)
-Seaplane (Example: Sopwith Tabloid, Nieuport 6.h, Lohner Type L, etc)
-Early Fighter (Example: DH.2, Fokker E.III, etc)
-Early Recon (Example: Bleriot XI, Rumpler Toube, etc)
Reconnaissance is the active seeking to determine a foe's intentions by collecting and gathering information about an enemy's composition and capabilities along with pertinent environmental conditions, via direct observation. These aircraft carried little armament in order to improve range and carry camera equipment. Early Reconnaissance aircraft were mostly of pre-war design.
-Late Recon/Light Bomber (Example: Albatros C.III, RAF Re8, etc)
Developments in aircraft technology – such as the introduction of more powerful motors - improved performance and therefore increased handling, range and allowed heavier payloads. In turn the heavier payloads meant the aircraft could take on a more offensive bombing role, as well as provide better armament to protect themselves from fighter aircraft.
-Seaplane (Example: Sopwith Tabloid, Nieuport 6.h, Lohner Type L, etc)
Designed to take off from and land on water, seaplanes were important for maritime patrol. Ranging in size, the ability to alight on water also allowed these aircraft to break free of size constraints caused by the lack of large land based runways.
-Early Fighter (Example: DH.2, Fokker E.III, etc)
The initial use of aircraft was for reconnaissance and ground attack – in response this led to the development of the fighter aircraft. Smaller, faster and more maneuverable, many early fighters were based on aircraft developed before the war for such air races as the Gordon Bennett Cup and Schneider Trophy. Mostly biplanes, forward firing machine guns were often mounted on the upper wing – though some early fighters did have newly introduced synchronization gear fitted allowing bullets to pass through the propellor arc for better accuracy and to make it easier for pilots to clear machine gun jams.