List of aircraft of the United Kingdom in World War II

Here is a list of aircraft used by the British Royal Air Force, Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm, Army Air Corps and
British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) during the Second World War. This list is incomplete; you
can help by expanding it.

Brewster Buffalo Mk.I

Supermarine Spitfire Mk.I
Hawker Hurricane Mk.I
Fighters & Fighter-Bombers

Aircraft 1st Service

Name Role # Used Refs
Modelo flight entry

briefly
used
Bell Air Royal Air
p-39 Caza by one
cobra Force
squadr
on

Blackburn Royal
naval turret fighter
Roc Navy

Blackburn — naval fighter/dive Royal

Skua bomber Navy

Boulton
turret fighter/night Royal Air
Paul
fighter Force
Defiant

Brewster
Buffalo
Bristol
Royal Air
Beaufighte strike fighter
Force
r

Bristol Royal Air

night fighter
Blenheim Force

Curtiss Royal Air

Mohawk Force

Curtiss
Kittyhawk Royal Air
and Force
Tomahawk

De
night fighter & Royal Air
Havilland
fighter-bomber Force
Mosquito

De
Royal Air
Havilland prototype jet fighter
Force
Vampire

Douglas Royal Air

night fighter
Havoc Force
Fairey Royal
fleet fighter
Fulmar Navy

Fairey Royal
fleet fighter
Firefly Navy

Royal Air
Gloster Force,
Caza
Gladiator Royal
Navy

Gloster Royal Air

jet fighter
Meteor Force

Gloster
Royal
Sea Royal Navy
Navy
Gladiator

Grumman
Caza fighter/fighter- Royal
Martlet/Wil
bomber Navy
dcat

Grumman caza fighter/fighter- Royal

Hellcat bomber Navy
 Royal Air
Hawker fighter/fighter- Force,
Hurricane bomber Royal
Navy

Hawker
caz fighter/fighter- Royal
Sea
bomber a Navy
Hurricane

Hawker caza fighter/fighter- Royal Air

Tempest bomber Force

Hawker fighter/fighter- Royal Air

Typhoon bomber Force

Lockheed Royal Air Brief

p-39 twin engine fighter
Lightning Force use

North Royal
fighter/fighter-
American p-51 Air
bomber
Mustang Force

Republic
fighter/fighter- Royal Air
Thunderbol p-47
bomber Force
t
 Royal Air
Supermari Force &
caza
ne Spitfire Royal
Navy

Supermari Royal
Caza
ne Seafire Navy

Vought fighter/fighter- Royal

F4u
Corsair bomber Navy

Westland Royal Air

twin engine fighter
Whirlwind Force

Westland Royal Air

high altitude fighter
Welkin Force

Torpedo bombers, Dive Bombers and Army Cooperation

De Havilland Mosquito
Aircraft 1st Service
Name Role # Used Refs
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Army cooperation Royal Air

Avro Rota
autogyro Force

Blackburn naval fighter/dive Royal

Skua bomber Navy

Brewster Royal
dive bomber
Buccaneer Navy

Royal Air
Fairey Force,
torpedo/dive bomber
Albacore Royal
Navy

Fairey Royal
dive bomber
Barracuda Navy

Fairey Royal
torpedo bomber
Swordfish Navy
Grumman
Royal
Tarpon/Av torpedo bomber
Navy
enger

Hawker Army cooperation Royal Air

Audax biplane Force

Hawker General purpose Royal Air

Hardy biplane Force

Hawker Army cooperation Royal Air

Hector biplane Force

Hawker Royal Air

light bomber
Hind Force

Vickers Royal Air

torpedo bomber
Vildebeest Force

Vought
Royal
Chesapeak dive bomber
Navy
e

Vultee Royal Air

dive bomber
Vengeance Force
Westland general purpose Royal Air
Wapiti biplane Force

RAF Bombers

Avro Manchester Mk IA
Avro Lancaster
Aircraft 1st Service
Name Role # Used Refs
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Armstrong Whitworth Whitley (Royal Air Force)

Avro Manchester (Royal Air Force)

Avro Lancaster (Royal Air Force)

Boeing Fortress (Royal Air Force)

Bristol Beaufort (Royal Air Force, Royal Navy)

Bristol Blenheim & Bisley (Royal Air Force)

Bristol Bombay (Royal Air Force)

Douglas Boston (Royal Air Force)

Fairey Battle (Royal Air Force)

Fairey Gordon (Royal Air Force)

Handley Page Halifax (Royal Air Force)

Handley Page Hampden & Hereford (Royal Air Force)

Lockheed Hudson (Royal Air Force)

Lockheed Ventura (Royal Air Force)

Martin Maryland (Royal Air Force, Royal Navy)

Martin Marauder (Royal Air Force)

Martin Baltimore (Royal Air Force, Royal Navy)

North American Mitchell (Royal Air Force, Royal Navy)

Short Stirling (Royal Air Force)

Vickers Type 264 Valentia (Royal Air Force)

Vickers Vincent (Royal Air Force)

Vickers Warwick (Royal Air Force)

Vickers Wellesley (Royal Air Force)

Vickers Wellington (Royal Air Force)

Maritime Patrol and Coastal Reconnaissance

Short Sunderland
Consolidated Catalina Mk.II

Armstrong Whitworth Whitley (Royal Air Force)

Avro Anson (Royal Air Force, Royal Navy)

Boeing Fortress (Royal Air Force)

Blackburn Botha (Royal Air Force)

Bristol Beaufort (Royal Air Force, Royal Navy)

Consolidated Catalina (Royal Air Force)

Consolidated Liberator (closed Mid-Atlantic gap) (Royal Air Force)

Fairey Seafox floatplane (Royal Navy)

Fokker T.VIII floatplane (Royal Air Force)

Handley Page Hampden (Royal Air Force)

Lockheed Hudson (Royal Air Force)

Lockheed Ventura (Royal Air Force)

Martin Mariner (Royal Air Force)

Martin Maryland (Royal Air Force)

Saro London (Royal Air Force)

Saro Lerwick (Royal Air Force)

Short Empire (Royal Air Force)

Short Seaford (Royal Air Force)

Short Singapore (Royal Air Force)

Short Sunderland (Royal Air Force)

Supermarine Walrus (Royal Navy)

Supermarine Sea Otter (Royal Air Force, Royal Navy)

Supermarine Stranraer (Royal Air Force)

Vickers Warwick (Royal Air Force)

Vickers Wellington (Royal Air Force)

Vought Kingfisher (Royal Navy)

Westland Lysander (Royal Air Force)

Photo Reconnaissance

Bristol Blenheim (Royal Air Force)

De Havilland Mosquito (Royal Air Force)

Lockheed Hudson (Royal Air Force)

North American Mustang (Royal Air Force)

Supermarine Spitfire (Royal Air Force)

Trainers and Target Tugs

Avro Anson trainer

North American Harvard Mk.I

De Havilland Dominie

Airspeed Oxford— bomber trainer (Royal Air Force)

Avro Anson— navigation and bomber trainer (Royal Air Force, Royal Navy)

Blackburn B-2 (Royal Air Force)

Boulton & Paul Overstrand— obsolete bomber used as gunnery trainer (Royal Air Force)

Curtiss Cleveland— ground instructional training (Royal Air Force)

De Havilland Tiger Moth— primary trainer (Royal Air Force, Royal Navy)

De Havilland Dominie— radio trainer (Royal Air Force)

De Havilland Don— radio trainer (Royal Air Force)

Fairey Gordon— obsolete bomber used as trainer and target tug (Royal Air Force)

General Aircraft Cygnet— tricycle undercarriage trainer (Royal Air Force)

General Aircraft Owlet— tricycle undercarriage trainer (Royal Air Force)

Handley Page Heyford— obsolete bomber used as trainer (Royal Air Force)

Hawker Demon— obsolete fighter used as trainer (Royal Air Force)

Hawker Hart— obsolete bomber used as trainer and target tug (Royal Air Force)

Hawker Henley— target tug (Royal Air Force)

Hawker Osprey— obsolete fighter used as trainer (Royal Navy)

Miles Magister— primary trainer (Royal Air Force)

Miles Martinet (Royal Air Force)

Miles Master— target tug (Royal Air Force)

North American Harvard— advanced trainer (Royal Air Force, Royal Navy)

Percival Proctor— radio trainer (Royal Air Force)

Sikorsky Hoverfly— helicopter (Royal Air Force)

Vickers Wellington— bomber trainer (Royal Air Force)

Westland Lysander— target tug (Royal Air Force)

Westland Wallace— target tug (Royal Air Force)

Transport and Communications aircraft

Armstrong Whitworth Albemarle Mark.I of 511 Squadron c. 1942

Avro York- LV633 Ascalon, Churchill's personal aircraft.

Hadley Page Harrow of N°. 115 Squadron RAF

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Airspeed Envoy 1934 1952 52 Royal Air Force

Airspeed Courier 1933 1947 16 Royal Air Force (impressed)

Armstrong Whitworth
1940 1945 602 Royal Air Force
Albemarle

Armstrong Whitworth
1938 1946 14 BOAC
Ensign

Armstrong Whitworth
1937 1945 1814 Royal Air Force
Whitley

Avro Lancastrian 1945 1960 91 BOAC

Avro York 1944 1964 259 Royal Air Force

Beechcraft Expeditor 1937 & 9000 Royal Air Force, Royal Navy

Boeing Clipper 1939 1946 12# BOAC

Bristol Bombay 1939 1944 51 Royal Air Force

Bristol Buckingham 1943 1945 119 Royal Air Force

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Consolidated PB2Y
1937 1946 217# Royal Air Force
Coronado

Consolidated B-24
1943 1945 18482# Royal Air Force
Liberator

Imperial Airways, BOAC, Royal Air

de Havilland Albatross 1938 1943 7
Force (impressed)

Royal Air Force, Royal Navy

de Havilland Express 1934 1941 62
(impressed)

de Havilland Dragon Royal Air Force, Royal Navy

1934 1958 731
Rapide (impressed)

de Havilland Dragonfly 1936 1945 67 Royal Air Force (impressed)

Royal Air Force, Royal Navy,

de Havilland Flamingo 1939 1950 14
BOAC

de Havilland Hornet
1934 & 164 Royal Air Force (impressed)
Moth

de Havilland Leopard 1933 & 133 Royal Air Force (impressed)

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Moth

de Havilland Mosquito 1941 1963 7781 BOAC

de Havilland Moth
1937 & 140 Royal Air Force, Royal Navy
Minor

de Havilland Puss Moth 1930 & 140 Royal Air Force (impressed)

Douglas Dakota 1942 & 10000# Royal Air Force

Douglas C-54
1942 1975 1170# Royal Air Force
Skymaster

Fairchild Argus 1932 1948 2232# Royal Air Force

Foster Wikner Warferry 1936 & 10 Royal Air Force (impressed)

Grumman G-21 Goose 1935 & 345# Royal Air Force, Royal Navy

Grumman Gosling 1940 & 317# Royal Air Force, Royal Navy

Handley Page Halifax 1940 1961 6176 Royal Air Force

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Handley Page H.P.42 1931 1940 4 Royal Air Force

Handley Page H.P.54

1937 1945 100 Royal Air Force
Harrow

Hawker Hardy 1934 1941 8 Royal Air Force

Heston Phoenix 1936 1952 6 Royal Air Force

Percival Petrel 1938 1947 27 Royal Air Force

Percival Proctor 1939 1955 1147 Royal Air Force

Percival Vega Gull 1935 1945 90 Royal Air Force

Lockheed Lodestar 1940 & 625 Royal Air Force, BOAC

Miles Mentor 1938 1950 45 Royal Air Force

Miles Mercury 1941 1946 6 Royal Air Force

21 (72 produced
Miles Messenger 1942 & Royal Air Force
post-war)
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Short Hythe 1942 1946 29 BOAC

Short S.26 G-Class

1939 1947 3 Royal Air Force, BOAC
Empire

Short Stirling 1941 1946 2371 Royal Air Force

Short Scylla 1934 1940 2 BOAC

Sikorsky Hoverfly 1945 1946 131# Royal Air Force

Stinson Reliant 1937 1943 1327# Royal Air Force, Royal Navy

Stinson L-5 Sentinel 1942 1945 3896# Royal Air Force

Stinson L-1 Vigilant 1941 & 324# Royal Air Force, Royal Navy

Taylorcraft Auster 1942 1965 1630 Royal Air Force

Vickers Type 264

1934 1944 82 Royal Air Force
Valentia

Vickers Warwick 1939 1945 842 Royal Air Force

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Westland Lysander 1938 1946 1786 Royal Air Force

"#"-export from USA, actual number in British service is much lower

"&"-exact date unknown

Experimental & Misc

Folland Fo.108 engine tested (Royal Air Force)

General Aircraft GAL.56 tailless swept wing glider (Royal Air Force)

Gloster Gauntlet obsolete fighter used for meteorological flights (Royal Air Force)

Gliders

Airspeed Horsa (Royal Air Force)

General Aircraft Hamilcar (Royal Air Force)

General Aircraft Hotspur— training glider (Royal Air Force)

Slingsby Hengist (Royal Air Force)

Waco Hadrian (Royal Air Force)

List of aircraft of the Royal Air Force

This is a list of historical aircraft of the RAF. For a list of the current aircraft used by the RAF, see List of
active United Kingdom military aircraft
Many aircraft types have served in the British Royal Air Force since its formation in April 1918 from the
merger of the Royal Flying Corps and Royal Naval Air Service. This is a list of RAF aircraft, including all
currently active and retired types listed in alphabetic order by their RAF type name. For just those aircraft
currently in service, see List of active United Kingdom military aircraft. Aircraft operated with the Fleet Air
Arm from 1924 until 1939 were operated by the Royal Air Force on behalf of the Navy and are included but
not those operated by the Royal Navy after it re-acquired control of the aircraft used to support its
operations in 1939 are not, but all aircraft operated in conjunction with the Navy are listed at List of
aircraft of the Fleet Air Arm. Army Air Corps aircraft are not included but can be found at List of aircraft of
the Army Air Corps.

For aircraft operated before the merger of the RFC and RNAS in 1918:

Refer to List of aircraft of the Royal Flying Corps

Refer to List of aircraft of the Royal Naval Air Service.

Regular service with the RAF

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Propelle Single-engined
Auster T.7 UK Trainer
r monoplane

Sopwith 1½ Propelle Fighter/Bomber/Reconnaissa Single-engined

UK 1918
Strutter r nce biplane
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Fairey IIIC, D & Propelle Single-engined

UK Fleet spotter 1918 1941
F[1] r biplane

Propelle Single-engined
Bristol 138[2] UK Research 1936 1937
r monoplane

British Aerospace
UK Jet Transport 1965 2015 Twin-engined
125

British Aerospace
UK Jet Transport 1986 n/a Four-engined
146

Single-engined
Short 184 UK Bomber 1918 1921 biplane
floatplane

Single-engined
Short 320[3] UK Torpedo bomber 1918 biplane
floatplane

Propelle Single-engined
Avro 504K & N[4] UK Trainer/communications 1918 1933
r biplane
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Helicopt
Agusta A109E Italy Liaison 2006 n/a Twin-engined
er

Propelle Single-engined
Bell Airacobra[5] USA Fighter/ground attack 1941 1942
r monoplane

Propelle Single-engined
Fairey Albacore UK Torpedo bomber 1940 1944
r biplane

Armstrong Twin-engined
Whitworth UK Bomber/transport/glider tug 1943 1946 piston
Albemarle[6] monoplane

Propelle Long range day/night Single-engined

Avro Aldershot[7] UK 1924 1926
r bomber biplane

Propelle Single-engined
Avro Andover[8] UK Transport/ambulance 1924
r biplane

Hawker Siddeley Twin-engined

UK Transport 1965 n/a
Andover [9] turboprop
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Twin-engined
Propelle TBomber/maritime
Avro Anson[10] UK 1936 1968 piston
r patrol/trainer/transport
monoplane

Propelle Single-engined
Avro Athena[11] UK Trainer 1950 1955
r monoplane

Armstrong Four-engined
Propelle
Whitworth UK Transport 1962 1978 turboprop
r
Argosy[12] monoplane

Single-engined
Fairchild Argus[13] USA Transport 1941 1945
monoplane

Four-engine
Airbus A400M Propelle
Spain Transport 2014 Turboprop
Atlas r
Transport

Armstrong Propelle Single-engined

UK Army co-operation/trainer 1927 1935
Whitworth Atlas[14] r biplane

Hawker Audax[15] UK Propelle Army co-operation 1931 1945 Single-engined

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r biplane

Auster AOP.6/AOP. Propelle Single-engined

UK Air Observation 1942 1957
9[16] r monoplane

Boulton Paul Single-engined

UK Trainer 1950 1957
Balliol[17] monoplane

Twin-engined
Martin Propelle
USA Medium bomber 1941 1946 piston
Baltimore[18] r
monoplane

Propelle Single-engined
Fairey Barracuda UK Torpedo/dive bomber 1943 1945
r monoplane

Twin-engined
Beagle Basset[19] UK Communications transport 1965 1974 piston
monoplane

Propelle Single-engined
Fairey Battle[20] UK Bomber 1937 1949
r monoplane
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Royal Aircraft Single-engined

UK Reconnaissance 1918 1919
Factory B.E.2[11] biplane

Royal Aircraft Propelle Single-engined

UK Fighter 1918 1918
Factory B.E.12 r biplane

Twin-engined
Bristol Strike fighter/night
UK 1940 1960 piston
Beaufighter[21] fighter/target tug
monoplane

Twin-engined
Propelle
Bristol Beaufort[22] UK Torpedo bomber 1939 1946 piston
r
monoplane

Four-engined
Propelle
Short Belfast[23] UK Transport 1966 1976 turboprop
r
monoplane

Bristol Helicopt Twin-engined

UK Transport 1961 1969
Belvedere[24] er twin-rotor

Brewster USA Propelle Dive bomber 1942 1944 Single-engined

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Bermuda[25] r monoplane

Four-engined
Blackburn Propelle
UK Transport 1955 1967 piston
Beverley[26] r
monoplane

Propelle Single-engined
Avro Bison[27] UK Fleet spotter 1922 1929
r biplane

Blackburn Single-engined
UK Fleet spotter 1923 1931
Blackburn biplane

Bristol Twin-engined
UK Bomber 1937 1944
Blenheim[28] monoplane

Twin-engined
Bristol
UK Bomber/transport 1939 1944 piston
130/Bombay[29]
monoplane

Twin-engined
Medium
Douglas Boston[30] USA 1940 1945 piston
bomber/trainer/night fighter
monoplane
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Twin-engined
Blackburn
UK Torpedo bomber/trainer 1939 1944 piston
Botha[31]
monoplane

Twin-engined
Torpedo fighter/medium
Bristol Brigand[32] UK 1946 1958 piston
bomber/naval strike/trainer
monoplane

Fighter/army Single-engined
Bristol Fighter[33] UK 1918 1932
cooperation/light bomber biplane

Four-engined
Bristol Britannia[34] UK Transport 1959 1975
turboprop

Hawker Siddeley Twin-engined

UK Naval strike 1969 1994
Buccaneer[35] jet

Twin-engined
Bristol
UK Bomber, transport 1944 1950 piston
Buckingham[36]
monoplane

UK Trainer 1945 1958 Twin-engined

Bristol
piston
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Buckmaster[37] monoplane

Brewster Single-engined
USA Fighter 1940 1942
Buffalo[38] monoplane

Single-engined
Bristol Bulldog[39] UK Fighter/trainer 1929 1937
biplane

Single-engined
Scottish Aviation
UK Basic trainer 1972 2001 piston
Bulldog[40]
monoplane

Martinsyde Single-engined
UK Fighter 1918 1922
Buzzard[41] biplane

Single-engined
Sopwith Camel[42] UK Fighter 1918 1920
biplane

Single-engined
Fairey Campania UK Reconnaissance 1918 1919
biplane

English Electric UK Bomber, photo 1951 2006 Twin-engined

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Canberra[43] reconnaissance, trainer jet

Twin-engined
Consolidated
USA Maritime patrol 1939 1945 monoplane
Catalina[44]
seaplane

Twin-engined
Boeing-Vertol Helicopt
USA Transport 1980 n/a turbine twin
Chinook[45] er
rotor

De Havilland Single-engined
Chipmunk[46][Notes UK Trainer 1949 1996 piston
1] monoplane

De Havilland Single-engined
UK Communications/trainer 1926 1930
Cirrus Moth[47] biplane

Curtiss Single-engined
USA Dive-bomber 1940 1941
Cleveland[48] biplane

Handley Page Twin-engined

UK Transport 1931
Clive[49] biplane
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Twin-engined
Saro Cloud[50] UK Navigational trainer 1933 1936 monoplane
amphibian

Twin-engined
De Havilland
UK Experimental 1935 1936 piston
Comet[Notes 2]
monoplane

De Havilland
UK Jet Reconnaissance 1956 1975 Four-engined
Comet[51]

Consolidated Four-engined
USA Transport 1943 1946
Coronado[48] flying-boat

Single-engined
Fairchild Cornell[52] USA Trainer 1943 1945
monoplane

Single-engined
Sopwith Cuckoo[53] UK Torpedo bomber 1918 1923
biplane

1970[Not Twin-engined
Douglas Dakota[54] USA Transport 1942 es 3]
piston
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monoplane

Single-engined
Blackburn Dart UK Torpedo bomber 1923 1933
biplane

Boulton Paul Fighter/night fighter/Air-sea Single-engined

UK 1939 1945
Defiant[55] rescue/target tug monoplane

Single-engined
Hawker Demon[56] UK Fighter 1931 1939
biplane

Twin-engined
De Havilland
UK Transport 1948 1984 piston
Devon[57]
monoplane

Single-engined
Airco DH.4A[58] UK Bomber/transport 1918
biplane

Single-engined
Airco DH.6 UK Trainer 1918
biplane

Airco DH.9[58] UK Bomber 1918 Single-engined

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biplane

Airco Single-engined
UK Bomber 1918 1931
DH.9A[59][Notes 4] biplane

Airco DH.10 Twin-engined

UK Bomber 1918 1923
Amiens[60] biplane

De Havilland Four-engined
UK Transport 1937
DH.86Express[61] biplane

Sopwith Single-engined
UK Fighter 1918 1919
Dolphin[53] biplane

Twin-engined
de Havilland
UK Transport/trainer 1938 1946 piston
Dominie [62][Notes 5]
monoplane

Hawker Siddeley Twin-engined

UK Navigation trainer 1965 2011
Dominie[63] jet

De Havilland UK Trainer/communications/liais 1938 1939 Single-engined

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Don[64] on monoplane

Single-engined
Sopwith Dragon[65] UK Fighter 1919 1919
biplane

Westland helicopt Single piston

UK Transport 1950 1956
Dragonfly[66] er engine

Twin-engined
Airspeed Envoy[67] UK Transport 1938 piston
monoplane

Twin-engined
Beechcraft
USA Transport/trainer piston
Expeditor[68]
monoplane

Single-engined
Miles Falcon[69] UK Communications/trainer
monoplane

Single-engined
Fairey Fawn[70] UK Bomber 1924 1929
biplane
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Royal Aircraft Single-engined

UK Bomber 1918 1918
Factory F.E.2d[71] pusher biplane

Twin-engined
Felixstowe F.2A[71] UK Maritime patrol 1918 biplane flying
boats

Twin-engined
Felixstowe F.3[72] UK Maritime patrol 1918 biplane flying
boats

Twin-engined
Felixstowe F.5[73] UK Maritime patrol 1918 1925 biplane flying
boats

Single-engined
Slingsby Firefly UK Trainer 1995 2010
monoplane

Armstrong
Single-engined
Whitworth UK Artillery Spotter, Bomber 1918 1919
biplane
F.K.8[27]
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De Havilland Twin-engined
UK Transport 1939 1940
Flamingo [64][Notes 6] monoplane

Bomber/maritime Four-engined
Boeing Fortress[74] USA 1941 1945
patrol/electronic warfare monoplane

Single-engined
Fairey Fox[75] UK Bomber/trainer 1926 1933
biplane

Single-engined
Hawker Fury[76] UK Fighter 1931 1939
biplane

Gloster Single-engined
UK Fighter 1926 1931
Gamecock[77] biplane

Gloster Single-engined
UK Fighter 1935 1939
Gauntlet[78] biplane

Westland Helicopt
UK Trainer/VIP transport 1973 n/a Single-engined
Gazelle[79] er

De Havilland UK Trainer 1927 Single-engined

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Genet Moth[47] biplane

De Havilland Gipsy Single-engined

UK Trainer/communications 1930
Moth[80] biplane

Gloster Single-engined
UK Fighter/meteorology 1937 1944
Gladiator[81] biplane

Boeing
USA Jet Transport 2001[82] n/a Four-engined
Globemaster

Folland/Hawker
UK Jet Trainer 1962 1979 Single-engined
Siddeley Gnat[83]

Single-engined
Fairey Gordon[84] UK Bomber/trainer 1931 1941
biplane

Single-engined
Gloster Grebe[85] UK Fighter 1923 1931
biplane

Helicopt Training Twin-engined

Bell Griffin Canada 1997 n/a
er Search and rescue/support turbine
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Waco Hadrian[86] USA Infantry glider 1943 1947 Glider

Handley Page Four-engined

UK Bomber/transport 1940 1952
Halifax[87] monoplane

Single-engined
Fairey Hamble
UK Reconnaissance 1918 biplane
Baby
floatplane

General Aircraft
UK Transport 1942 1950 Glider
Hamilcar [88]

Handley Page Twin-engined

UK Bomber 1938 1945
Hampden [89] monoplane

Tropicalized general Single-engined

Hawker Hardy[90] UK 1935 1941
purpose/bomber biplane

Ground
Hawker Siddeley Single-engined
UK Jet attack/reconnaissance/traine 1969 1994
Harrier [91] VTOL
r
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Ground
Single-engined
BAE Harrier II UK Jet attack/reconnaissance/traine 1989 2011
VTOL
r

Handley Page Torpedo Single-engined

UK 1926 1928
Harrow bomber/Reconnaissance biplane

Handley Page Twin-engined

UK Bomber/transport 1937 1945
Harrow[92] monoplane

Single-engined
Hawker Hart[93] UK Bomber/trainer 1930 1943
biplane

North American Single-engined

USA Trainer 1939 1955
Harvard[94] monoplane

Four-engined
Handley Page
UK Transport/trainer 1948 1977 piston
Hastings[95]
monoplane

Medium bomber/night Twin-engined

Douglas Havoc[96] USA 1940 1943
fighter monoplane
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Hawker
Single-engined
Siddeley/BAe UK Trainer 1976 n/a
jet
Hawk[97]

Single-engined
Hawker Hector[98] UK Army co-operation/glider tug 1937 1942
biplane

Twin-engined
Fairey Hendon[99] UK Bomber 1936 1939
monoplane

Single-engined
Hawker Henley[100] UK Target tug 1939 1942
monoplane

Lockheed Four-engined
USA Transport 1967 n/a
Hercules[101] turboprop

Handley Page Twin-engined

UK Bomber/trainer 1940 1940
Hereford[89] monoplane

De Havilland Four-engined
UK Transport 1955 1972
Heron [57][Notes 7] monoplane
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Handley Page Twin-engined

UK Bomber/trainer 1933 1941
Heyford[102] biplane

Handley Page Twin-engined

UK Bomber 1929 1937
Hinaidi[103] biplane

Single-engined
Hawker Hind[104] UK Bomber/trainer 1935 1939
biplane

De Havilland Twin-engined
UK Fighter 1945 1955
Hornet[105] monoplane

De Havilland Single-engined
UK Communications 1938 1946
Hornet Moth monoplane

Airspeed Horsa[106] UK Troop glider 1942 1945 Glider

Hawker Single-engined
UK Bomber/torpedo bomber 1927 1935
Horsley[107] biplane

General Aircraft
UK Trainer 1941 1945 Glider
Hotspur
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Single-engined
Vought-Sikorsky
USA Trainer 1945 1945 piston
Hoverfly I[108]
helicopter

Single-engined
Vought-Sikorsky
USA Trainer 1946 1950 piston
Hoverfly II[108]
helicopter

Lockheed Maritime Twin-engined

USA 1939 1945
Hudson[109] patrol/bomber/transport monoplane

De Havilland Single-engined
Hummingbird[110][1 UK Trainer 1924 1927 ultralight
11] monoplane

Fighter/fighter-
Single-engined
Hawker Hunter[112] UK bomber/reconnaissance/trai 1954 1994
jet
ner

Hawker UK/ Fighter/fighter-bomber/night Single-engined

1937 1947
Hurricane[113] Canada fighter monoplane
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Single-engined
Beagle Husky[Notes
8]
UK Trainer 1969 1989 piston
monoplane

Handley Page Twin-engined

UK Bomber 1925 1933
Hyderabad[114] biplane

Beardmore Three-engined
UK Bomber 1928 1930
Inflexible monoplane

Three-engined
Blackburn Iris[115] UK Maritime patrol 1930 1934 biplane flying
boat

Twin-engined
Britten-Norman
UK Communications 2017 piston
Islander
monoplane

Ground-
SEPECAT Twin-engined
UK attack/reconnaissance/traine 1974 2007
Jaguar[116] jet
r
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All-weather Twin-engined
Gloster Javelin[117] UK 1956 1968
fighter/interceptor jet

BAC Jet Single-engined

UK Trainer 1955 1993
Provost[118] jet

Scottish Aviation Twin-engined

UK Trainer 1973 2003
Jetstream[119] turboprop

Blackburn Twin-engined
UK Torpedo bomber 1918 1919
Kangaroo[25] biplane

Hawker Siddeley Single-engined

UK Fighter/ground-attack 1964 1965
Kestrel [120] VTOL jet

Beechcraft Super Twin-engined

USA Trainer n/a
King Air turboprop

Single-engined
Curtiss Kittyhawk USA Fighter/fighter-bomber 1942
monoplane

UK Maritime patrol 1935 1935 Twin-engined

Short
monoplane
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Knuckleduster flying boat.

Service trials
only

Heavy
UK/ Four-engined
Avro Lancaster[121] bomber/reconnaissance/mar 1942 1954
Canada monoplane
itime patrol/air-sea rescue

Avro Four-engined
UK Transport 1945 1950
Lancastrian[122][123] monoplane

Twin-engined
Saro Lerwick[124] UK Maritime patrol 1939 1942
flying boat

Consolidated Heavy bomber, transport, Four-engined

USA 1941 1947
Liberator[125] maritime patrol monoplane

English Electric Twin-engined

UK Fighter/interceptor 1959 1988
Lightning [126] jet

Lockheed Twin-engined
USA Heavy fighter 1942 1943
Lightning[127] twin-boom
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monoplane

Four-engined
Avro Lincoln[128] UK Bomber 1945 1963
monoplane

Lockheed Twin-engined
USA Transport 1941
Lodestar[127] monoplane

Twin-engined
Saro London[129] UK Maritime patrol 1936 1941 biplane flying
boat

Fairey Long-Range Experimental (Distance Single-engined

UK 1928 1933
Monoplane[130] record) monoplane

Westland Single-engined
UK Army co-operation/liaison 1938 1946
Lysander[131] monoplane

Single-engined
Bristol M.1C UK Fighter 1918
monoplane

Miles Magister[132] UK Trainer 1937 1944 Single-engined

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monoplane

Avro Twin-engined
UK Bomber 1940 1942
Manchester[133] monoplane

Four-engined
Handley Page
UK Navigation trainer 1953 1958 piston
Marathon[134]
monoplane

Martin Twin-engined
USA Bomber 1942 1945
Marauder[135] monoplane

Twin-engined
Martin Mariner[41] USA Maritime patrol/transport 1943 1947 monoplane
seaplane

Single-engined
Miles Martinet[136] UK Target tug 1942 1950
monoplane

Martin Twin-engined
USA Bomber 1940 1943
Maryland[137] monoplane
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Single-engined
Miles Master[138] UK Trainer 1939 1945
monoplane

Single-engined
Miles Mentor[69] UK Trainer/communications 1938
monoplane

Miles Single-engined
UK Liaison 1943 1948
Messenger[139] monoplane

AgustaWestland Three-engined
UK Transport 2001 n/a
Merlin helicopter

Twin-engined
Gloster Meteor[140] UK Reconnaissance 1944 1977
jet

Armstrong
Twin-engined
Whitworth UK Night fighter 1951 1961
jet
Meteor[141]

North American Twin-engined

USA Bomber 1942 1950
Mitchell[142] monoplane
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Curtiss Single-engined
USA Fighter 1940 1944
Mohawk[143] monoplane

Bomber/reconnaissance/figh
De Havilland Twin-engined
UK ter-bomber/night 1941 1956
Mosquito [144] monoplane
fighter/target tug

North American Single-engined

USA Fighter/fighter-bomber 1942 1946
Mustang[145] monoplane

Lockheed Twin-engined
USA Maritime patrol/AEW 1952 1957
Neptune[146] monoplane

Nieuport Single-engined
UK Fighter 1920 1923
Nighthawk[147] biplane

Miles Single-engined
UK Trainer 1938 1940
Nighthawk[69] monoplane

Nieuport Single-engined
UK Fighter 1922 1924
Nightjar[139] biplane
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Hawker
Maritime patrol/airborne Four-engined
Siddeley/BAE UK 1969 2011
early warning jet
Nimrod[148]

Northrop Single-engined
USA Bomber/trainer 1940 1940
Nomad[149] monoplane

Northrop N- Single-engined
USA Maritime patrol 1941 1943
3PB[149] floatplane

Norman Thompson Single-engined

UK Trainer 1918
N.T.2B flying-boat

Handley Page Twin-engined

UK Bomber 1918 1920
O/400[49] biplane

Single-
de Havilland
Canada Light Transport 1954 engined STOLb
Canada Otter
ush plane.

Boulton Paul Medium bomber/gunnery Twin-engined

UK 1934 1941
Overstrand[150] trainer biplane
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Airspeed 1956[153 Twin-engined

UK Trainer 1937[152]
Oxford[151] ] monoplane

Single-engined
Parnall Panther UK Reconnaissance 1919 1926
biplane

Hunting Percival Twin-engined

UK Reconnaissance 1953 1988
Pembroke[154] monoplane

Three-engined
Blackburn
UK Maritime patrol 1934 1938 biplane flying
Perth[155]
boat

Twin-engined
Percival Petrel[156] UK Communications 1938 1947
monoplane

McDonnell Douglas Fighter/ground Twin-engined

USA 1969 1992
Phantom[157] attack/reconnaissance jet

Scottish Aviation Single-engined

UK Transport 1953 1969
Pioneer[158] monoplane
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Single-engined
Avro Prefect[8] UK Trainer 1935
biplane

Percival Single-engined
UK Trainer/communications 1947 1953
Prentice[159] monoplane

Percival Single-engined
UK Trainer/communications 1939 1955
Proctor[160] monoplane

Percival Single-engined
UK Trainer 1953 1969
Provost[161] monoplane

Westland/Aérospat Twin-engined
UK Transport 1971 n/a
iale Puma[162] helicopter

Single-engined
Sopwith Pup UK Fighter 1918
biplane

De Havilland Puss Single-engined

UK Communications
Moth monoplane

De Havilland UK Pilotless target drone Single-engined

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Queen Bee[61] biplane

Airspeed Queen Single-engined

UK Pilotless target drone 1940
Wasp[67] biplane

Three-engined
Short Rangoon[163] UK Maritime patrol 1931 1939 biplane flying
boat

Royal Aircraft Artillery spotting and Single-engined

UK 1918 1920
Factory R.E.8[156] reconnaissance biplane

Vultee-Stinson Single-engined
USA Trainer/communications
Reliant monoplane

Single-engined
Blackburn Roc UK Carrier fighter, target tug, 1939 1943
monoplane

Avro Rota[122] UK Army co-operation 1934 1945 Autogyro

Canadair Single-engined
Canada Fighter 1953 1956
Sabre[164] jet
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Sopwith Single-engined
UK Ground attack 1918 1922
Salamander[65] biplane

Twin-engined
Supermarine
UK General Reconnaissance 1935 1938 biplane flying
Scapa[165]
boat

Single-engined
Nieuport Scout France Fighter 1918
biplane

Royal Aircraft Single-engined

UK Fighter 1918
Factory S.E.5A biplane

Four-engined
Short Seaford[42] UK Maritime patrol 1946 1948
flying boat

Westland Sea Twin-engined

UK Air-sea rescue 1977 2015
King[166] helicopter

Single-engined
Fairey Seal UK Fleet spotter 1933 1943
biplane
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Single-engined
Supermarine Sea Air-sea rescue/fleet
UK 1943 1949 biplane flying
Otter[167] spotting/communications
boat

Twin-engined
Raytheon Sentinel Canada Battlefield Surveillance 2008 n/a
jet

Stinson Single-engined
USA Liaison 1943 1946
Sentinel[168] monoplane

Four-engined
Boeing Sentry USA Airborne early warning 1990 n/a
jet

Four-engined
Avro Maritime patrol/AEW/air-sea
UK 1951 1991 piston
Shackleton[169] rescue/trainer
monoplane

Twin-engined
Beechcraft
USA Battlefield Surveillance n/a turboprop
Shadow
monoplane

Blackburn Shark UK Torpedo bomber 1936 1942 Single-engined

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Boulton Paul Twin-engined

UK Bomber 1928 1934
Sidestrand [170] biplane

Four-engined
Short
UK Maritime patrol 1935 1941 biplane flying
Singapore[171]
boat

Armstrong
Single-engined
Whitworth UK Fighter/trainer 1924 1932
biplane
Siskin[172]

Single-engined
Westland Sioux[68] UK Trainer 1967 piston
helicopter

Single-engined
Saro Skeeter[173] UK Trainer 1958 1964 piston
helicopter

Blackburn Skua UK Fighter/dive-bomber 1938 1945 Single-engined

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monoplane

Douglas Four-engined
USA Transport 1944 1946
Skymaster[13] monoplane

Single-engined
Sopwith Snipe[174] UK Fighter 1918 1926
biplane

Twin-engined
Supermarine
UK Reconnaissance 1925 1937 biplane flying
Southampton[175]
boat

Single-engined
SPAD S.XIII France Fighter 1918
biplane

Supermarine Fighter, photo Single-engined

UK 1938 1954
Spitfire[176] Reconnaissance monoplane

Supermarine Single-engined
UK Fighter
Spiteful[177] monoplane

France Trainer 1997 n/a Single-engined

Eurocopter
helicopter.
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Squirrel[178] With Defence

Helicopter
Flying School

Four-engined
Short Stirling[179] UK Bomber/transport 1940 1946
monoplane

Twin-engined
Supermarine
UK Maritime patrol 1936 1940 biplane flying
Stranraer[180]
boat

Four-engined
Short
UK Maritime patrol/transport 1938 1959 monoplane
Sunderland[181]
flying boat

Supermarine Single-engined
UK Fighter/Reconnaissance 1954 1961
Swift[182] jet

Torpedo- Single-engined
Fairey Swordfish UK 1936 1945
bomber/Reconnaissance biplane

UK 1952 1971 Single-engined

Bristol Communications/ambulance
piston
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Sycamore[183] /search and rescue helicopter

Hawker Single-engined
UK Fighter/target tug 1944 1951
Tempest[184] monoplane

Republic Single-engined
USA Fighter/fighter-bomber 1944 1945
Thunderbolt[185] monoplane

De Havilland Tiger Single-engined

UK Trainer 1932 1951
Moth[186] biplane

Curtiss Single-engined
USA Fighter/fighter-bomber 1940 1944
Tomahawk[187] monoplane

Single-engined
Hawker Tomtit[188] UK Trainer 1929 1935
biplane

Panavia Twin-engined
UK Fighter/bomber 1979 n/a
Tornado[189] jet

Twin-engined
Beech Traveller USA Transport
cabin biplane
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Three-engined
Lockheed TriStar USA Transport/tanker 1984 2013
jet

Single-engined
Shorts Tucano UK Trainer 1988 n/a turboprop
monoplane

Single-engined
Avro Tutor[190] UK Trainer 1930 1937
biplane

Single-engined
Germa
Grob Tutor Trainer n/a piston
ny
monoplane

Twin-engined
Scottish Aviation
UK Transport 1958 1969 piston
Twin Pioneer[191]
monoplane

Eurocopter Twin Twin-engined

France Transport/communications n/a
Squirrel helicopter

Hawker UK Fighter/fighter-bomber 1941 1945 Single-engined

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Typhoon[192] monoplane

Eurofighter Twin-engined
UK Fighter-bomber 2007 n/a
Typhoon jet

Handley Page Four-engined

UK Bomber 1918 1920
V/1500 biplane

Vickers Twin-engined
UK Bomber/transport 1934 1944
Valentia[193] biplane

Twin-engined
Vickers Valetta[194] UK Transport/trainer 1948 1969 piston
monoplane

Four-engined
Vickers Valiant[195] UK Bomber/tanker 1955 1965
jet

De Havilland Single-engined
UK Fighter/night fighter/trainer 1946 1972
Vampire[196] jet

Vickers Varsity[197] UK Trainer 1951 1976 Twin-engined

piston
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monoplane

Vickers Four-engined
UK Transport/tanker 1966 2013
VC10[198][199] jet

Percival Vega Single-engined

UK Communications 1938
Gull[200] monoplane

Vultee Single-engined
UK Dive bomber/target tug 1942 1948
Vengeance[201][202] monoplane

de Havilland Single-engined
UK Fighter-bomber/night fighter 1952 1962
Venom [203] jet

Twin-engined
Lockheed Medium bomber/maritime
USA 1942 1946 piston
Ventura[204] patrol
monoplane

Twin-engined
Vickers Vernon[205] UK Transport 1922 1927
biplane

Strategic
Handley Page UK 1957 1993 Four-engined
bomber/tanker/Reconnaissa
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Victor[206] nce jet

Vickers Twin-engined
UK Transport 1926 1935
Victoria[207] biplane

Single-engined
Vultee Vigilant[168] USA Army co-operation 1941
monoplane

Vickers Twin-engined
Viking[123][208][209][N UK Transport 1946 1959 piston
otes 9] monoplane

Vickers Single-engined
UK Torpedo bomber 1933 1942
Vildebeest[210] biplane

Twin-engined
Vickers Vimy[211] UK Bomber 1918 1931
biplane

Vickers Single-engined
UK Army co-operation 1934 1941
Vincent[174] biplane

Vickers UK Heavy bomber/parachute 1924 1937 Twin-engined

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Virginia[212] training biplane

France/ Twin-engined
Airbus Voyager Tanker/Transport 2012 n/a
Spain jet

Strategic
Four-engined
Avro Vulcan[213] UK bomber/tanker/Reconnaissa 1957 1984
jet
nce

Westland Single-engined
UK Utility 1933 1943
Wallace[214] biplane

Westland Single-engined
UK Fleet Reconnaissance 1921 1925
Walrus[215] biplane

Single-engined
Supermarine Air-sea rescue, fleet spotting
UK 1936 1946 biplane
Walrus[216] and communications
amphibian

Westland General Single-engined

UK 1928 1940
Wapiti[217] purpose/bomber/trainer biplane
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Twin-engined
Vickers Bomber/maritime
UK 1943 1946 piston
Warwick[218] patrol/transport
monoplane

Boeing Four-engined
USA Bomber 1950 1958
Washington[219] monoplane

Twin-engined
Westland
UK High altitude fighter 1944 1944 piston
Welkin[215]
monoplane

Vickers Single-engined
UK Bomber 1937 1942
Wellesley[220] monoplane

Twin-engined
Vickers Medium bomber/Maritime
UK 1938 1953 piston
Wellington[221] patrol/transport/trainer/AEW
monoplane

Westland Twin-engined
UK Transport/air-sea rescue 1964 1985
Wessex[222] helicopter

Westland UK Fighter 1940 1943 Twin-engined

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Whirlwind[223] monoplane

Westland Single-engined
UK Air-sea rescue/transport 1955 1977
Whirlwind[224] helicopter

Armstrong Twin-engined
Medium bomber/maritime
Whitworth UK 1937 1945 piston
patrol/transport/trainer
Whitley[225] monoplane

Hawker Single-engined
UK Night fighter 1924 1928
Woodcock[226] biplane

Four-engined
Avro York[227] UK Transport 1943 1957
monoplane

Propelle Ship-borne reconnaissance Single engined

Fairey Seafox UK 1937 1939
r seaplane biplane

Aircraft impressed into RAF service[edit]

Civil aircraft[edit]
[228]
 Number
Aircraft type Unit(s)/location/purpose
impressed

Aeronca 50 Chief 1 India

Airspeed AS 5 Courier[229] 9

Airspeed AS 6 Envoy[229] 2

One used by RAF Halton in 1940, then both used as

Airspeed Ferry 2
instructional airframes.[230]

Armstrong Whitworth
5 31 Squadron in India and Iraq, ex-Imperial Airways/BOAC
Atlanta[229]

Armstrong Whitworth
2 24 Squadron, ex-Imperial Airways/BOAC
Ensign[229]

Avro 504N[229] 7 glider tug

Avro 642 Eighteen 1

Avro 652[229] 2 navigation training

No. 3 Elementary Flying Training School (EFTS) at RAF

Avro Cadet 32
Hamble and RAF Watchfield
 Number
Aircraft type Unit(s)/location/purpose
impressed

Avro Commodore[229] 1 RAF Cranfield Communications Flight

No. 11 Air Observer Navigation School (AONS) at RAF

Avro 619 Five 1
Hamble

Beech 17 Traveller 4

Bellanca Pacemaker 1

British Aircraft Double Eagle 2

British Aircraft Eagle[229] 4

British Aircraft Swallow[229] 9 some converted into gliders

British Aircraft Company Drone 1 608 Squadron

Blackburn B-2 31 No. 4 Elementary Flying Training School (EFTS) at Brough

Boeing 247D[229] 1 Telecommunications Research Establishment, ex-RCAF

Cessna C-34 Airmaster 1 Used a few weeks in 1941 by RAF Hucknall, sold in 1942.[231]
 Number
Aircraft type Unit(s)/location/purpose
impressed

Cierva C.30A[229] 5 529 Squadron

Cierva C.40 Rota Mk II 2

Comper Swift[229] 2 1 used by 25 Squadron and second by 247 Squadron

Curtiss T-32 Condor II 4

De Havilland DH.86B[229] 2 24 Squadron

De Havilland Albatross[229] 2 271 Squadron, ex-Imperial Airways/BOAC

De Havilland Dragon[229] 17

De Havilland Dragon
40
Rapide[229]

De Havilland Dragonfly[229] 15

De Havilland Flamingo[229] 3 24 Squadron, ex-BOAC

De Havilland Fox Moth 2

 Number
Aircraft type Unit(s)/location/purpose
impressed

De Havilland Gipsy Moth[229] 37

De Havilland Hornet Moth[229] 64 25 used for coastal patrol

De Havilland Moth Minor[229] 26 glider tug

De Havilland Leopard Moth[229] 45 communications

De Havilland Moth Major[229] unk.

De Havilland Puss Moth[229] 47 communications

De Havilland Tiger Moth[229] 160 + training

Desoutter Mk.II[232] 4

No. 31 Squadron RAF in India, Iraq and Burma, 1941 -

Douglas DC-2[232] 19
1943[233][234][235]

Douglas DC-3 10 31 Squadron and 24 Squadron (2 ex-SABENA).

Fairchild 24 2 RAF Halton Communications Flight

 Number
Aircraft type Unit(s)/location/purpose
impressed

Fairchild 91[232] 1 air-sea rescue in the Middle East

Danish Air Lines War prize seized after Germany invaded

Denmark.
Flown by BOAC but rarely used due to restrictions on flying
Focke-Wulf Fw 200 Condor 1
German aircraft.
Crashed on delivery to Air Transport Auxiliary and
dismantled.[236]

ex-KLM. No. 1 Air Observer Navigation School (AONS) at

Fokker F.XXII[232] 2
Prestwick

ex-KLM, No. 1 Air Observer Navigation School (AONS) at

Fokker F.XXXVI[232] 1
Prestwick

Ford Trimotor[232] 1 271 Squadron, ex-Guinness family private aircraft

24 Squadron, Communications Flights RAF Cranwell and RAF

Foster Wikner Warferry[237] 3
Northolt

General Aircraft Cagnet[232] 1 School of Army Co-operation

 Number
Aircraft type Unit(s)/location/purpose
impressed

General Aircraft Cygnet[232] 5 Nos. 23, 24, 85, 88 and 510 Squadrons

General Aircraft Owlet[232] 1 23 Squadron

General Aircraft Monospar (ST-

4 Nos 7 and 8 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Units (AACU)
6, 10 & 12)[232]

General Aircraft Monospar ST-

13
25[232]

General Aircraft Owlet 1 Nos. 23 and 605 Squadrons.

Grumman Goose[49] 2 Operated by 24 Squadron and ATA in 1943

Grumman Widgeon 1 West Africa

Handley Page HP.42[232] 3 271 Squadron, ex-Imperial Airways/BOAC

Harlow PC-5A 5 India

Heston Phoenix[232] 3 24 Squadron

Koolhoven F.K.43 1 Dutch private aircraft

 Number
Aircraft type Unit(s)/location/purpose
impressed

Lockheed Model 10 Electra[232] 4 24 Squadron

Lockheed Model 12 Electra

2 24 Squadron
Junior[232]

Station Flights at RAF Abingdon, RAF Andover and RAF

Messerschmitt Aldon[232] 3
Northolt

Miles Falcon[232] 6 Station Flights at RAF Heston, RAF Northolt and RAF Sealand

Miles Hawk Major[232] 11

Miles Hawk Trainer[232] 11 No. 8 Elementary Flying Training School (EFTS).

Miles Mohawk[232] 1 RAF Andover

Miles Monarch[232] 5 Abingdon and Halton Communications Flights

Miles Whitney Straight[232] 21

1 at Communications Flight RAF Turnhouse and 1 at 24

Parnall Heck[232] 3
Squadron
 Number
Aircraft type Unit(s)/location/purpose
impressed

Percival Gull[232] 1

Percival Q.6 Petrel[237] 9

Percival Vega Gull[237] 20

Piper J-4 Cub Coupe[237] 19

No. 3 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School

Saro Cutty Sark 2
(ERFTS)

Savoia-Marchetti S.73[237] 7 Nos. 24 and 271 Squadrons, ex-SABENA

Maritime patrol with Nos. 119 and 413 squadrons, ex-

Short Empire[237] 4
Imperial Airways/BOAC

Short G-class[237] 3 Maritime patrol with 119 Squadron

Short Mercury[237] 1 320 Squadron

Short Scion[237] 11

Short Scion Senior 1 173 Squadron

 Number
Aircraft type Unit(s)/location/purpose
impressed

Spartan Cruiser 3 No. 6 and 7 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Units (AACU)

Spartan Executive 1 No. 1 Photographic Reconnaissance Unit RAF

Stampe SV.4B[237] 1 510 Squadron

Stinson Reliant[237] 11

Stinson Voyager[237] 2

Taylorcraft Auster Plus C and

23
Plus D[237]

Tipsy B/Trainer 6 No. 18 (Pilots) Advanced Flying Unit RAF

Westland Wessex 1

Zlin 212 1 India

Military aircraft[edit]

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Title

Type Original operator Number Period Unit(s) Purpose

Bücker Bü 1945-
Luftwaffe 70 ~ Various Communications
181 1946

Caudron 1 with 267

L'Armee de l'Air 2 1940- Communications
Simoun Squadron

Khartoum
Caproni Communications
Regia Aeronautica 1 1940- Transport
Ca.148 Flight & 117
Squadron

Dewoitine
L'Armee de l'Air 3 1940- Fighter
D.520

Dornier Do Royal Yugoslav Air

2 1941 Egypt Bomber/transport
17Ka Force

No. 2 (Yugoslav) Anti-submarine patrol

Dornier Do Royal Yugoslav Air 8 1941-
Squadron
22Kj Force 1942 with 230
Squadron

Fieseler Fi 1939-
Luftwaffe 50 ~ Various Communications/reconnaissance
156 1946

Focke-
1945-
Wulf Fw Luftwaffe 9~ Various Communications
1946
58

Fokker 1940-
Marineluchtvaartdienst 5 320 Squadron Convoy patrol
T.VIIIW[72] 1940

Heinkel He 1940- Royal Norwegian

Marinens Flyvevaaben 4 Clandestine operations
115 1943 Navy flight

Junkers Ju 1945-
Luftwaffe 70 ~ Various Transport
52/3m 1946

Morane-
1940- No. 2 French
Saulnier L'Armee de l'Air a few Fighter
1942 (Fighter) Flight
M.S.406

Potez 29 L'Armee de l'Air 2 1940-? Transport

 1940- No. 2 French
Potez 63 L'Armee de l'Air 6 Fighter
1941 (Fighter) Flight

Rogožarski Royal Yugoslav Air No. 2 (Yugoslav)

1 1941-
SIM-XIV-H Force Squadron

1 with No.2
Savoia- Photographic
Royal Yugoslav Air 1941-
Marchetti 4 Reconnaissance Transport
Force 1942
SM.79K Unit,
3 with 117 Sqdn

Savoia-
1945-
Marchetti Regia Aeronautica 2 Transport
1946
SM.82

Siebel Si 1945-
Luftwaffe 65 ~ Various Communications
204 1946

Captured or interned[edit]

Captured or interned examples of the following aircraft were at one time flown by either the RAF or more
normally by the Royal Aircraft Establishment for evaluation.

Argentine aircraft[edit]

FMA IA 58 Pucará, two Argentinian aircraft captured during the Falklands War. Now on display at the RAF
Museum Cosford and at the North East Aircraft Museum.
German aircraft 1918-1919[edit]

Fokker D.VII

Halberstadt D.III

German aircraft 1938-1947[edit]

Arado Ar 96

Arado Ar 196

Arado Ar 232

Arado Ar 234 Blitz

Blohm & Voss BV 138

Blohm & Voss BV 155

Blohm & Voss BV 222 Wiking

Brunswick LF-1 Zaunkonig

Bücker Bü 131 Jungmann

Bücker Bü 180 Student

Bücker Bü 181 Bestmann

Dornier Do 17
Dornier Do 24

Dornier Do 217

Dornier Do 335 Pfeil

DFS 228

Fieseler Fi 103

Fieseler Fi 156 Storch

Flettner Fl 282 Kolibri

Focke-Achgelis Fa 223 Drache

Focke-Achgelis Fa 330 Bachsteltze

Focke-Wulf Fw 58 Weihe

Focke-Wulf Fw 189 Uhu

Focke-Wulf Fw 190

Focke-Wulf Ta 152

Focke-Wulf Fw 200 German-built four-engined transport (one former Danish civil aircraft impressed)

Gotha Go 145

Gotha Go 150
Heinkel He 59

Heinkel He 111

Heinkel He 115

Heinkel He 162 Salamander

Heinkel He 177A-5 Greif - German bomber

Heinkel He 219 Uhu

Henschel Hs 129

Henschel Hs 130

Horten Ho IV

Horten Ho 229

Junkers Ju 52/3m- DE

Junkers Ju 87 Stuka

Junkers Ju 88 - DE

Junkers Ju 188

Junkers Ju 290

Junkers Ju 352 Herkules - three captured in 1945.

Junkers Ju 388 - one captured in 1945

Junkers W 34

Klemm Kl 35

Messerschmitt Aldon (Bf 108) - DE

Messerschmitt Bf 109E F G - DE

Messerschmitt Bf 110C - DE

Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet

Messerschmitt Me 262 Schwalbe

Messerschmitt Me 323 Gigant

Messerschmitt Me 410 Hornisse

Siebel Fh 104 Hallore

Siebel Si 204

Italian aircraft 1939-1945[edit]

Caproni Ca.100

Caproni Ca.101

Caproni Ca.148
Caproni Ca 309

Caproni Ca.311

Caproni-Campini CC.2

Cant Z.501

Cant Z.506

Fiat CR.42 Falco

Fiat G.12

Fiat G.50

Fiat G.55

Macchi MC.200 Saetta

Macchi MC.202

Saiman 200

Saiman 202

Savoia-Marchetti SM.73

Savoia-Marchetti SM.79

Savoia-Marchetti SM.81
Savoia-Marchetti SM.82

Savoia-Marchetti SM.95

Japanese aircraft 1939-1945[edit]

Kawasaki Ki-48

Kawasaki Ki-61

Kawasaki Ki-100

Kawanishi H6K

Kyushu K9W

Mitsubishi A6M Zero

Mitsubishi G4M

Mitsubishi J2M

Mitsubishi Ki-21

Mitsubishi Ki-46

Mitsubishi Ki-67

Nakajima A6M2-N

Nakajima L2D
Nakajima Ki-43

Nakajima Ki-44

Yokosuka MXY8

Tachikawa Ki-36

Tachikawa Ki-54

Tachikawa Ki-55

Schneider Trophy seaplanes[edit]

Aircraft used by the Royal Air Force in support of its efforts in the Schneider Trophy races, and includes
aircraft used solely as trainers.

Fairey Flycatcher biplane floatplane

Fairey Firefly IIM biplane floatplane

Fairey Fleetwing biplane floatplane

Gloster I 1925 & 1927 biplane floatplane[238]

Gloster III 1925 biplane floatplane[238]

Gloster IV 1926-1927 biplane floatplane[239]

Gloster VI Golden Arrow 1929 monoplane floatplane[239]

Short Crusader 1927 monoplane floatplane[3]

Supermarine S.5 1927 monoplane floatplane[240]

Supermarine S.6 1929 monoplane floatplane[241]

Supermarine S.6B 1931 monoplane floatplane[241]

Training gliders[edit]

The following Gliders are or were flown by RAF training squadrons:

Slingsby Cadet TX.1 - Single-seat training glider

Slingsby Cadet TX.2 - Single-seat training glider

Slingsby Sedbergh TX.1 - Two-seat training glider

Slingsby Prefect TX.1 - Single-seat training glider

Slingsby Cadet TX.3 - Two-seat training glider

Slingsby Grasshopper TX.1 - Primary Glider

Slingsby T.45 Swallow - Single-seat Glider

Slingsby T.53B

Slingsby Venture T.2 - Two-seat self launching motor glider

Elliotts Eton TX.1 - Primary glider

Grob Viking TX.1 - German built training glider

Grob Vigilant T.1 - German built self Launching motor glider (1991)

Schempp-Hirth Janus C - German built training sailplane

Schleicher Valiant TX.1 - German built sailplane

Schleicher Vanguard TX.1 - German built training glider

Airships and balloons[edit]

Barrage balloons

R23X class airship

SST class blimp

UAVs and drones[edit]

Airspeed Queen Wasp - target drone

de Havilland Queen Bee - target drone

Fairey Queen - target drone

GAF Jindivik - Target drone

General Atomics Reaper - ISTAR

Meggitt Banshee

Miles Queen Martinet[242]

Target Technology Ltd Imp

List of aircraft of the Fleet Air Arm

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This is a list of aircraft of the Fleet Air Arm (FAA).

Fleet Air Arm Fairey Swordfishtorpedo bomber

On 1 April 1918 the Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS) was merged with the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) to form
the Royal Air Force (RAF) which directly operated and controlled all naval aircraft. On 1 April 1924
the Fleet Air Arm of the Royal Air Forcewas created as a distinct component of the RAF, which existed
until 24 May 1939 when command of the Fleet Air Arm was transferred back to Royal Navy control. Coastal
Command patrol aircraft, including most large seaplanes, remained with the RAF despite their operations
in a naval environment. Prototypes were largely under the control of the Air Ministry and not the Fleet Air
Arm until their introduction into service.

Contents
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1Conventional Aircraft

2Helicopters to support the Royal Marines

3Airships and Balloons

4UAVs and drones

5Gliders

6List of Missiles, Weapons and Equipment of the Fleet Air Arm

6.1Air-to-air missiles

6.2Air-to-surface missiles

6.3Unguided rockets

6.4Torpedoes

6.5Free fall bombs

7See also

8External links

Conventional Aircraft[edit]

Acronyms in table
ASW; Anti-submarine warfare

ECM; Electronic counter measures

EW; Electronic Warfare aircraft

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Fairey IIID & F Spotter/target tug UK 1918 1940

2 impressed
Avro 652 Transport UK 1941 1942
airliners

Fairey Albacore Torpedo/dive bomber UK 1940 1943

Avro Anson Trainer/Communications UK 1942 1955

Supermarine
Fighter/fighter-bomber UK 1951 1957
Attacker

Hawker Audax Trainer UK 1941 1945 4 ex-RAF

Lend-
Grumman
Torpedo bomber/ASW/EW US 1943 1962 leaseand MD
Avenger/Tarpon
AP
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British Aerospace
VIP transport UK ? n/a
BAe 125

Blackburn Baffin Torpedo bomber UK 1934 1946

Martin Baltimore Medium bomber US 1944 1946 ex-RAF

Fairey Barracuda Torpedo/dive bomber UK 1943 1953

Fairey Battle Trainer UK 1939 1944 3 ex-RAF

Bristol
Torpedo bomber UK 1943 1946
Beaufighter

Torpedo
Bristol Beaufort UK 1943 1946
bomber/minelayer/trainer

Avro Bison Spotter UK 1922 1929

5 for
Brewster
Dive bomber US n/a n/a evaluation
Bermuda
only
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Blackburn
Spotter UK 1923 1931
Blackburn

Bristol Blenheim Trainer UK 1941 1944 ex-RAF

Douglas Boston Medium bomber US 1943 1945 ex-RAF

Blackburn
Strike UK 1962 1978
Buccaneer

Brewster Buffalo Fighter US 1940 1941 ex-Belgian

English Electric
Trainer/target tug/drone UK ? 1992
Canberra

Vought-Sikorsky
Torpedo bomber/trainer US 1941 1944
Chesapeake

De Havilland
Trainer UK 1965 ? ex-RAF
Chipmunk

Curtiss Cleveland Dive bomber US n/a n/a 1 for

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only

Vought Corsair Fighter US 1943 1947 Lend-lease

Douglas Dakota Transport US 1944 1946

Blackburn Dart Torpedo bomber UK 1922 1935

Douglas
Dive bomber US 1944 1946
Dauntless

Eurocopter
AS.365N-2 Trainer France 1999 n/a
Dauphin 2

Boulton Paul
Target tug UK 1943 1946
Defiant

De Havilland 6
Transport/trainer UK 1940 1945
DH.86 impressed/ex
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De Havilland Some
Trainer/transport UK 1940 1963
Dominie impressed

Westland
Air-sea rescue UK 1951 1960
Dragonfly

Airspeed Envoy Transport/trainer UK 1941 1941 1 ex-RAF

Beechcraft
Expeditor/Navigat Transport US 1943 1954 Lend-lease
or

Miles Falcon Six Communications UK 1940 1941 1 impressed

Blackburn
Torpedo-fighter UK 1944 1956
Firebrand

Fighter/night
Fairey Firefly UK 1943 1956
fighter/ASW/trainer
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De Havilland
Transport UK 1940 1946 2 impressed
Flamingo

Fairey Flycatcher Fighter UK 1923 1934

De Havilland Fox
Communications UK 1941 1943 1 impressed
Moth

Fairey Fulmar Fighter/night fighter UK 1940 1945

ASW/Airborne Early
Fairey Gannet Warning/transport/EW/train UK 1954 1979
er

Westland Gazelle Trainer/utility UK 1974 2010

De Havilland
Trainer UK 1940 1943 1 impressed
Gipsy Moth

Gloster Gladiator Fighter UK 1938 1945

Grumman Goose Transport US 1942 1946 Lend-lease

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British Aerospace
Strike UK 2006 2011
Harrier II

Handley Page
Transport UK 1942 1943 ex-RAF
H.P.54 Harrow

Hawker Hart/Hart
Trainer UK 1939 1942 ex-RAF
Trainer

North American
Trainer US 1943 1955
Harvard

Douglas Havoc Medium Bomber US 1941 1943 9 ex-RAF

Hawker Siddeley
Trainer UK 1994 n/a
Hawk

Grumman
Fighter/night fighter US 1943 1946
Hellcat/Gannet

Curtiss Helldiver Dive bomber US 1943 1945 Lend-lease

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Hawker Henley Target tug UK 1939 1944 7 ex-RAF

1 impressed
De Havilland
Communications UK 1939 1945 & 4 from
Hornet Moth
Canada

Vought-Sikorsky
Training/rescue/utility US 1944 1948?
Hoverfly I

Vought-Sikorsky
? US ? ?
Hoverfly II

Hiller HT Trainer/communications US 1963 1975

Lockheed Hudson Transport US 1944 1945 4 ex-RAF

Hawker Hunter Trainer/drone UK ? 1994

Hawker Hurricane Fighter UK 1941 1945

BAe Jetstream Trainer UK 1979 2011 ex-RAF

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Beechcraft King
Trainer US 2011 n/a
AirAvenger

Vought Kingfisher Reconnaissance US 1942 1943 Lend-lease

Avro Lancaster Heavy bomber UK 1945 1947 ex-RAF

De Havilland
? UK 1940 1946 2 impressed
Leopard Moth

ASW/air-sea
Westland Lynx UK 1976 n/a
rescue/transport

Westland
Target tug UK 1940 1944 67 ex-RAF
Lysander

Miles Magister Trainer UK 1937 1945

Miles Martinet Target tug UK 1943 1947

Martin Maryland Medium bomber/target tug US 1940 1944 7 ex-RAF

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Miles Master Trainer UK 1940 1948

Westland Merlin ASW/Transport UK 2000 n/a

Gloster Meteor Trainer/target tug UK ? ?

1 for
North American
Medium bomber US 1943 1943 evaluation
Mitchell
only

Miles Monitor Target tug UK 1945 1955 ex-RAF

De Havilland
various UK 1944 ?
Mosquito

6
De Havilland
Trainer UK 1939 1943 impressed/ex
DH.60M Moth
-RAF

Gloster Nightjar Fighter UK 1920 1924

Hawker Nimrod Fighter/utility UK 1932 1942

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Hawker Osprey Fighter/reconnaissance UK 1931 1940

Airspeed Oxford Trainer UK 1942 1954 ex-RAF

Bellanca
Communications US 1939 1940 1 impressed
Pacemaker

Parnall Panther Spotter UK 1919 1926

Submarine-borne
Parnall Peto UK 1926 1932
reconnaissance

4
Percival Petrel Transport UK 1939 1944 impressed/ex
-RAF

McDonnell
Fighter/ground attack US 1968 1978
Douglas Phantom

Operational
Parnall Plover Fighter UK 1923 1924
evaluation
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Percival Proctor Trainer UK 1939 ?

De Havilland Puss
Communications UK 1940 1943 1 impressed
Moth

De Havilland
Target drone UK 1941 1946 5 examples
Queen Bee

Miles Queen
Target drone UK 1945 1946 3 examples
Martinet

Stinson Reliant Trainer/communications US 1944 1946 Lend-lease

Torpedo
Blackburn Ripon UK 1929 1935
bomber/reconnaissance

Blackburn Roc Fighter UK 1938 1943

Supermarine
Fighter/tanker UK 1957 1970
Scimitar

Boulton Paul Sea Trainer UK 1952 1963

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Balliol

De Havilland Sea
Transport UK 1955 1981
Devon

Hawker Sea Fury Fighter UK 1947 1962

Gloster Sea
Fighter/communications UK 1939 1945
Gladiator

British Aerospace Fighter/reconnaissance/grou

UK 1979 2006
Sea Harrier nd attack/trainer

Fighter/fighter-
Hawker Sea Hawk UK 1953 1969
bomber/ground attack

de Havilland Sea Bought

Transport UK 1961 1981
Heron second hand

de Havilland Sea Fighter/night-

UK 1947 1954
Hornet fighter/reconnaissance
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Hawker Sea
Fighter UK 1941 1944
Hurricane

Westland Sea ASW/air-sea

UK 1969 n/a
King rescue/transport

De Havilland Sea
Strike/target tug UK 1946 1950s
Mosquito

Air-sea
Supermarine Sea
rescue/reconnaissance/spott UK 1944 1950
Otter
ing

Hunting Sea
Trainer/transport UK 1953 1978
Prince

de Havilland Sea
Fighter/trainer UK 1948 1968
Vampire

de Havilland Sea Fighter/electronic

UK 1954 1961
Venom countermeasures
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de Havilland Sea
Fighter UK 1958 1972
Vixen

Supermarine
Fighter/reconnaissance UK 1942 1954
Seafire

Fairey Seafox Spotting/reconnaissance UK 1937 1943

Fairey Seal Spotter/reconnaissance UK 1933 1943

Never used
Curtiss Seamew Reconnaissance US 1944 1945
operationally

Evaluation
Short Seamew ASW/Maritime patrol UK 1956 1957
only

Blackburn Shark Torpedo bomber/target tug UK 1934 1944

Fighter/dive bomber/target
Blackburn Skua UK 1938 1941
tug

Douglas Skyraider Airborne Early Warning US 1951 1960

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Supermarine
Fighter UK 1942 1945
Spitfire

Short Sturgeon Target tug UK 1951 1959

Fairey Swordfish Torpedo bomber UK 1936 1946

2 for
Grumman
Fighter US 1944 1945 evaluation
Tigercat
only

De Havilland Tiger
Trainer/communications UK 1939 1965 113 ex-RAF
Moth

Beech Traveller Communications US 1944 1946 Lend-lease

Avro Tutor Trainer UK 1937 1942

German
Grob G 115 Tutor Trainer ? ?
y

Hawker Typhoon Fighter/ground attack UK 1943 1943 1 for

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only

de Havilland
Fighter/fighter-bomber UK ? ?
Vampire

Percival Vega Gull Communications UK 1939 1945 7 impressed

Vultee Vengeance Dive bomber/target tug US 1944 1947 Lend-lease

1 for
Lockheed Ventura Medium bomber US 1942 1942 evaluation
only

Supermarine
Spotter/air-sea rescue/ UK 1936 1946
Walrus

Westland Walrus Spotter/reconnaissance UK 1921 1925

Westland Wasp ASW UK 1963 1980

Vickers Trainer/transport UK 1942 1946 Ex-RAF

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Wellington

ASW/air-sea
Westland Wessex UK 1961 1983
rescue/transport

Sikorsky ASW/transport/air-sea
US 1952 1969 MDAP
Whirlwind rescue

Westland ASW/air-sea
UK 1956 1977
Whirlwind rescue/transport

Miles Whitney
Communications UK 1940 1943 1 impressed
Straight

Armstrong
Whitworth Trainer/transport UK 1942 1947
Whitley

Grumman
Transport US 1943 1946
Widgeon
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AgustaWestland
Attack UK n/a n/a enter service
Wildcat
2015

Grumman
Fighter US 1940 1944 Lend-lease
Wildcat/Martlet

Westland Wyvern Torpedo/trainer/strike UK 1953 1958

Helicopters to support the Royal Marines[edit]

Aerospatiale Gazelle

Agusta-Bell Sioux

Westland-Bell Sioux

Westland Lynx

Westland Scout

Airships and Balloons[edit]

Barrage balloons
R23X-class airship

R31-class airship

R33-class airship

R38-class airship

R80 (airship)

UAVs and drones[edit]

Airspeed Queen Wasp

Boeing Insitu ScanEagle

Curtiss Queen Seamew

de Havilland DH.82 Queen Bee

Miles Queen Martinet

Gliders[edit]

Akaflieg München Mü13 - One former Luftwaffe (1945–1957)

DFS SG 38 Schulgleiter - Three (1947–1952)

Eliotts Olympia I - One (1946–1955)

DFS Kranich I - One (1946–1960)

DFS Kranich II - One (1946–1953)

Schneider Grunau Baby - Six (1946–1952)

Slingsby Cadet - One (1946–1949)

Slingsby Prefect - One (1953–1956)

List of Missiles, Weapons and Equipment of the Fleet Air Arm[edit]

Air-to-air missiles[edit]

AMRAAM: Medium-range air-to-air missile

Firestreak: Air-to-air missile (retired)

Red Top: Air-to-air missile (retired)

Sidewinder: Short-range air-to-air missiles

Sparrow: Medium-range air-to-air missile

Air-to-surface missiles[edit]

AS.11: Anti-ship missile carried by the Scout helicopter (retired)

AS.12: Anti-ship missile carried by the Wasp and Wessex helicopters. (retired)

Bullpup: Air-to-surface missile carried by the Scimitar (retired)

Sea Eagle: Anti-ship missile, was carried by Buccaneer and Sea Harrier.
Sea Skua: Anti-ship missile, normally carried by the Lynx.

Sea Venom: Anti-ship missile, on order for use on the Wildcat.

Unguided rockets[edit]

SNEB

RP-3

Torpedoes[edit]

18" Mark 30 torpedo

British 18 inch torpedo

Mark 24 mine

Mark 43 torpedo

Mark 44 torpedo

Mark 46 torpedo

Sting Ray torpedo

Free fall bombs[edit]

BL755