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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.
briefly
used
Bell Air Royal Air
p-39 Caza by one
cobra Force
squadr
on
Blackburn Royal
naval turret fighter
Roc Navy
Boulton
turret fighter/night Royal Air
Paul
fighter Force
Defiant
Brewster
Buffalo
Bristol
Royal Air
Beaufighte strike fighter
Force
r
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
Fairey Royal
fleet fighter
Firefly Navy
Royal Air
Gloster Force,
Caza
Gladiator Royal
Navy
Gloster
Royal
Sea Royal Navy
Navy
Gladiator
Grumman
Caza fighter/fighter- Royal
Martlet/Wil
bomber Navy
dcat
Hawker
caz fighter/fighter- Royal
Sea
bomber a Navy
Hurricane
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
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
Vought
Royal
Chesapeak dive bomber
Navy
e
RAF Bombers
Avro Manchester Mk IA
Avro Lancaster
Aircraft 1st Service
Name Role # Used Refs
Modelo flight entry
Short Sunderland
Consolidated Catalina Mk.II
Photo Reconnaissance
Avro Anson— navigation and bomber trainer (Royal Air Force, Royal Navy)
Boulton & Paul Overstrand— obsolete bomber used as gunnery trainer (Royal Air Force)
De Havilland Tiger Moth— primary trainer (Royal Air Force, Royal Navy)
Fairey Gordon— obsolete bomber used as trainer and target tug (Royal Air Force)
Handley Page Heyford— obsolete bomber used as trainer (Royal Air Force)
Hawker Hart— obsolete bomber used as trainer and target tug (Royal Air Force)
North American Harvard— advanced trainer (Royal Air Force, Royal Navy)
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
Beechcraft Expeditor 1937 & 9000 Royal Air Force, Royal Navy
Consolidated PB2Y
1937 1946 217# Royal Air Force
Coronado
Consolidated B-24
1943 1945 18482# Royal Air Force
Liberator
de Havilland Hornet
1934 & 164 Royal Air Force (impressed)
Moth
Moth
de Havilland Moth
1937 & 140 Royal Air Force, Royal Navy
Minor
de Havilland Puss Moth 1930 & 140 Royal Air Force (impressed)
Douglas C-54
1942 1975 1170# Royal Air Force
Skymaster
Grumman G-21 Goose 1935 & 345# Royal Air Force, Royal Navy
Grumman Gosling 1940 & 317# Royal Air Force, Royal Navy
21 (72 produced
Miles Messenger 1942 & Royal Air Force
post-war)
Model Name Introducción Retired Build Operator
Stinson Reliant 1937 1943 1327# Royal Air Force, Royal Navy
Stinson L-1 Vigilant 1941 & 324# Royal Air Force, Royal Navy
General Aircraft GAL.56 tailless swept wing glider (Royal Air Force)
Gloster Gauntlet obsolete fighter used for meteorological flights (Royal Air Force)
Gliders
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:
Propelle Single-engined
Auster T.7 UK Trainer
r monoplane
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
Origi Introduc Retir
Type Class Role Notes
n ed ed
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 Single-engined
Avro Andover[8] UK Transport/ambulance 1924
r biplane
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
r biplane
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
Origi Introduc Retir
Type Class Role Notes
n ed ed
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
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
Origi Introduc Retir
Type Class Role Notes
n ed ed
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
Twin-engined
Bristol
UK Bomber, transport 1944 1950 piston
Buckingham[36]
monoplane
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
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
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
Origi Introduc Retir
Type Class Role Notes
n ed ed
monoplane
Single-engined
Blackburn Dart UK Torpedo bomber 1923 1933
biplane
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
biplane
Airco Single-engined
UK Bomber 1918 1931
DH.9A[59][Notes 4] 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
Don[64] on monoplane
Single-engined
Sopwith Dragon[65] UK Fighter 1919 1919
biplane
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
Origi Introduc Retir
Type Class Role Notes
n ed ed
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]
Origi Introduc Retir
Type Class Role Notes
n ed ed
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
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
Single-engined
Fairey Hamble
UK Reconnaissance 1918 biplane
Baby
floatplane
General Aircraft
UK Transport 1942 1950 Glider
Hamilcar [88]
Ground
Hawker Siddeley Single-engined
UK Jet attack/reconnaissance/traine 1969 1994
Harrier [91] VTOL
r
Origi Introduc Retir
Type Class Role Notes
n ed ed
Ground
Single-engined
BAE Harrier II UK Jet attack/reconnaissance/traine 1989 2011
VTOL
r
Single-engined
Hawker Hart[93] UK Bomber/trainer 1930 1943
biplane
Four-engined
Handley Page
UK Transport/trainer 1948 1977 piston
Hastings[95]
monoplane
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
De Havilland Four-engined
UK Transport 1955 1972
Heron [57][Notes 7] monoplane
Origi Introduc Retir
Type Class Role Notes
n ed ed
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
Hawker Single-engined
UK Bomber/torpedo bomber 1927 1935
Horsley[107] biplane
General Aircraft
UK Trainer 1941 1945 Glider
Hotspur
Origi Introduc Retir
Type Class Role Notes
n ed ed
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
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
Single-engined
Beagle Husky[Notes
8]
UK Trainer 1969 1989 piston
monoplane
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
Origi Introduc Retir
Type Class Role Notes
n ed ed
All-weather Twin-engined
Gloster Javelin[117] UK 1956 1968
fighter/interceptor jet
Blackburn Twin-engined
UK Torpedo bomber 1918 1919
Kangaroo[25] biplane
Single-engined
Curtiss Kittyhawk USA Fighter/fighter-bomber 1942
monoplane
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
Lockheed Twin-engined
USA Heavy fighter 1942 1943
Lightning[127] twin-boom
Origi Introduc Retir
Type Class Role Notes
n ed ed
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
Westland Single-engined
UK Army co-operation/liaison 1938 1946
Lysander[131] monoplane
Single-engined
Bristol M.1C UK Fighter 1918
monoplane
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
Origi Introduc Retir
Type Class Role Notes
n ed ed
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]
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
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
Origi Introduc Retir
Type Class Role Notes
n ed ed
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
Single-
de Havilland
Canada Light Transport 1954 engined STOLb
Canada Otter
ush plane.
Single-engined
Parnall Panther UK Reconnaissance 1919 1926
biplane
Three-engined
Blackburn
UK Maritime patrol 1934 1938 biplane flying
Perth[155]
boat
Twin-engined
Percival Petrel[156] UK Communications 1938 1947
monoplane
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
Three-engined
Short Rangoon[163] UK Maritime patrol 1931 1939 biplane flying
boat
Vultee-Stinson Single-engined
USA Trainer/communications
Reliant monoplane
Single-engined
Blackburn Roc UK Carrier fighter, target tug, 1939 1943
monoplane
Canadair Single-engined
Canada Fighter 1953 1956
Sabre[164] jet
Origi Introduc Retir
Type Class Role Notes
n ed ed
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
Four-engined
Short Seaford[42] UK Maritime patrol 1946 1948
flying boat
Single-engined
Fairey Seal UK Fleet spotter 1933 1943
biplane
Origi Introduc Retir
Type Class Role Notes
n ed ed
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
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
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 Single-engined
UK Fighter
Spiteful[177] monoplane
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
Hawker Single-engined
UK Fighter/target tug 1944 1951
Tempest[184] monoplane
Republic Single-engined
USA Fighter/fighter-bomber 1944 1945
Thunderbolt[185] monoplane
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
Origi Introduc Retir
Type Class Role Notes
n ed ed
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
Typhoon[192] monoplane
Eurofighter Twin-engined
UK Fighter-bomber 2007 n/a
Typhoon jet
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
monoplane
Vickers Four-engined
UK Transport/tanker 1966 2013
VC10[198][199] jet
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
Origi Introduc Retir
Type Class Role Notes
n ed ed
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
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
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
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
Civil aircraft[edit]
[228]
Number
Aircraft type Unit(s)/location/purpose
impressed
Airspeed AS 5 Courier[229] 9
Airspeed AS 6 Envoy[229] 2
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]
Beech 17 Traveller 4
Bellanca Pacemaker 1
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
De Havilland Dragon[229] 17
De Havilland Dragon
40
Rapide[229]
De Havilland Dragonfly[229] 15
Desoutter Mk.II[232] 4
General Aircraft Cygnet[232] 5 Nos. 23, 24, 85, 88 and 510 Squadrons
Miles Falcon[232] 6 Station Flights at RAF Heston, RAF Northolt and RAF Sealand
Percival Gull[232] 1
Short Scion[237] 11
Stinson Reliant[237] 11
Stinson Voyager[237] 2
Westland Wessex 1
Military aircraft[edit]
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Title
Bücker Bü 1945-
Luftwaffe 70 ~ Various Communications
181 1946
Khartoum
Caproni Communications
Regia Aeronautica 1 1940- Transport
Ca.148 Flight & 117
Squadron
Dewoitine
L'Armee de l'Air 3 1940- Fighter
D.520
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
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
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
Arado Ar 96
Arado Ar 196
Arado Ar 232
Dornier Do 17
Dornier Do 24
Dornier Do 217
DFS 228
Fieseler Fi 103
Focke-Wulf Fw 58 Weihe
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
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 W 34
Klemm Kl 35
Messerschmitt Bf 109E F G - DE
Messerschmitt Bf 110C - DE
Siebel Si 204
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 G.12
Fiat G.50
Fiat G.55
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
Kawasaki Ki-48
Kawasaki Ki-61
Kawasaki Ki-100
Kawanishi H6K
Kyushu K9W
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
Aircraft used by the Royal Air Force in support of its efforts in the Schneider Trophy races, and includes
aircraft used solely as trainers.
Training gliders[edit]
Slingsby T.53B
Barrage balloons
Meggitt Banshee
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
[hide]
1Conventional Aircraft
5Gliders
6.1Air-to-air missiles
6.2Air-to-surface missiles
6.3Unguided rockets
6.4Torpedoes
7See also
8External links
Conventional Aircraft[edit]
Acronyms in table
ASW; Anti-submarine warfare
In
Origi Withdraw
Model Role Servic Notes
n n
e
2 impressed
Avro 652 Transport UK 1941 1942
airliners
Supermarine
Fighter/fighter-bomber UK 1951 1957
Attacker
Lend-
Grumman
Torpedo bomber/ASW/EW US 1943 1962 leaseand MD
Avenger/Tarpon
AP
In
Origi Withdraw
Model Role Servic Notes
n n
e
British Aerospace
VIP transport UK ? n/a
BAe 125
Bristol
Torpedo bomber UK 1943 1946
Beaufighter
Torpedo
Bristol Beaufort UK 1943 1946
bomber/minelayer/trainer
5 for
Brewster
Dive bomber US n/a n/a evaluation
Bermuda
only
In
Origi Withdraw
Model Role Servic Notes
n n
e
Blackburn
Spotter UK 1923 1931
Blackburn
Blackburn
Strike UK 1962 1978
Buccaneer
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
evaluation
only
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
In
Origi Withdraw
Model Role Servic Notes
n n
e
-RAF
De Havilland Some
Trainer/transport UK 1940 1963
Dominie impressed
Westland
Air-sea rescue UK 1951 1960
Dragonfly
Beechcraft
Expeditor/Navigat Transport US 1943 1954 Lend-lease
or
Blackburn
Torpedo-fighter UK 1944 1956
Firebrand
Fighter/night
Fairey Firefly UK 1943 1956
fighter/ASW/trainer
In
Origi Withdraw
Model Role Servic Notes
n n
e
De Havilland
Transport UK 1940 1946 2 impressed
Flamingo
De Havilland Fox
Communications UK 1941 1943 1 impressed
Moth
ASW/Airborne Early
Fairey Gannet Warning/transport/EW/train UK 1954 1979
er
De Havilland
Trainer UK 1940 1943 1 impressed
Gipsy Moth
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
Hawker Siddeley
Trainer UK 1994 n/a
Hawk
Grumman
Fighter/night fighter US 1943 1946
Hellcat/Gannet
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
Beechcraft King
Trainer US 2011 n/a
AirAvenger
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
1 for
North American
Medium bomber US 1943 1943 evaluation
Mitchell
only
De Havilland
various UK 1944 ?
Mosquito
6
De Havilland
Trainer UK 1939 1943 impressed/ex
DH.60M Moth
-RAF
Bellanca
Communications US 1939 1940 1 impressed
Pacemaker
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
In
Origi Withdraw
Model Role Servic Notes
n n
e
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
Torpedo
Blackburn Ripon UK 1929 1935
bomber/reconnaissance
Supermarine
Fighter/tanker UK 1957 1970
Scimitar
Balliol
De Havilland Sea
Transport UK 1955 1981
Devon
Gloster Sea
Fighter/communications UK 1939 1945
Gladiator
Fighter/fighter-
Hawker Sea Hawk UK 1953 1969
bomber/ground attack
Hawker Sea
Fighter UK 1941 1944
Hurricane
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 UK 1958 1972
Vixen
Supermarine
Fighter/reconnaissance UK 1942 1954
Seafire
Never used
Curtiss Seamew Reconnaissance US 1944 1945
operationally
Evaluation
Short Seamew ASW/Maritime patrol UK 1956 1957
only
Fighter/dive bomber/target
Blackburn Skua UK 1938 1941
tug
Supermarine
Fighter UK 1942 1945
Spitfire
2 for
Grumman
Fighter US 1944 1945 evaluation
Tigercat
only
De Havilland Tiger
Trainer/communications UK 1939 1965 113 ex-RAF
Moth
German
Grob G 115 Tutor Trainer ? ?
y
evaluation
only
de Havilland
Fighter/fighter-bomber UK ? ?
Vampire
1 for
Lockheed Ventura Medium bomber US 1942 1942 evaluation
only
Supermarine
Spotter/air-sea rescue/ UK 1936 1946
Walrus
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
In
Origi Withdraw
Model Role Servic Notes
n n
e
Expected to
AgustaWestland
Attack UK n/a n/a enter service
Wildcat
2015
Grumman
Fighter US 1940 1944 Lend-lease
Wildcat/Martlet
Aerospatiale Gazelle
Agusta-Bell Sioux
Westland-Bell Sioux
Westland Lynx
Westland Scout
Barrage balloons
R23X-class airship
R31-class airship
R33-class airship
R38-class airship
R80 (airship)
Gliders[edit]
Air-to-air missiles[edit]
Air-to-surface missiles[edit]
AS.12: Anti-ship missile carried by the Wasp and Wessex helicopters. (retired)
Sea Eagle: Anti-ship missile, was carried by Buccaneer and Sea Harrier.
Sea Skua: Anti-ship missile, normally carried by the Lynx.
Unguided rockets[edit]
SNEB
RP-3
Torpedoes[edit]
Mark 24 mine
Mark 43 torpedo
Mark 44 torpedo
Mark 46 torpedo
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