List of aircraft of the Royal Air Force
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Many aircraft types have served in the British
List of aircraft of the Army Air Corps
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For aircraft operated before the merger of the RFC and RNAS in 1918:
- Refer to List of aircraft of the Royal Flying Corps
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Regular service with the RAF
Manufacturer | Type | Origin | Class | Role | Introduced | Retired | Engine(s) | Notes |
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Sopwith | 1½ Strutter | UK | Propeller | Fighter/bomber/reconnaissance | 1918 | Single-engined | piston biplane | |
Lockheed Martin | F-35B Lightning II
|
USA | Jet | Fighter/Stealth/Bomber | 2018 | In service | Single-engined | jet STOVL monoplane |
Fairey | IIIC, D & F[1] | UK | Propeller | Fleet spotter | 1918 | 1941 | Single-engined | piston biplane |
Bristol | 138[2] | UK | Propeller | Research | 1936 | 1937 | Single-engined | piston monoplane |
British Aerospace/ Hawker Siddeley |
125 | UK | Jet | Transport | 1965 | 2015 | Twin-engined | jet monoplane |
British Aerospace | 146 | UK | Jet | Transport | 1986 | 2022[3][4] | Four-engined | jet monoplane |
Short | 184 | UK | Propeller | Bomber | 1918 | 1921 | Single-engined | biplane floatplane |
Short | 320[5] | UK | Propeller | Torpedo bomber | 1918 | Single-engined | biplane floatplane | |
Avro | 504K & N[6] | UK | Propeller | Trainer/communications | 1918 | 1933 | Single-engined | piston biplane |
Agusta | A109EE | Italy | Rotorcraft | Liaison | 2006 | Twin-engined | turboshaft helicopter | |
Bell | Airacobra[7] | USA | Propeller | Fighter/ground attack | 1941 | 1942 | Single-engined | piston monoplane |
Fairey | Albacore | UK | Propeller | Torpedo bomber | 1940 | 1944 | Single-engined | piston biplane |
Armstrong Whitworth | Albemarle[8] | UK | Propeller | Bomber/transport/glider tug | 1943 | 1946 | Twin-engined | piston monoplane |
Avro | Aldershot[9] | UK | Propeller | Long range day/night bomber | 1924 | 1926 | Single-engined | piston biplane |
Avro | Andover[10] | UK | Propeller | Transport/ambulance | 1924 | Single-engined | piston biplane | |
Hawker Siddeley | Andover[11] | UK | Propeller | Transport | 1965 | Twin-engined | turboprop monoplane | |
Avro | Anson[12] | UK | Propeller | Bomber/maritime patrol/trainer/transport | 1936 | 1968 | Twin-engined | piston monoplane |
Avro | Athena[13] | UK | Propeller | Trainer | 1950 | 1955 | Single-engined | piston monoplane |
Armstrong Whitworth/ Hawker Siddeley |
Argosy[14] | UK | Propeller | Transport | 1962 | 1978 | Four-engined | turboprop monoplane |
Fairchild | Argus[15] | USA | Propeller | Transport | 1941 | 1945 | Single-engined | piston monoplane |
Airbus | Atlas C.1 | Spain | Propeller | Transport | 2014 | In service | Four-engined | turboprop monoplane |
Armstrong Whitworth | Atlas[16] | UK | Propeller | Army co-operation/trainer | 1927 | 1935 | Single-engined | piston biplane |
Hawker | Audax[17]
|
UK | Propeller | Army co-operation | 1931 | 1945 | Single-engined | piston biplane |
Taylorcraft | Auster AOP.6/AOP.9[18] | UK | Propeller | Air Observation | 1942 | 1954 | Single-engined | piston monoplane |
Auster | AOP.6/T.7/AOP.9[19] | UK | Propeller | Air Observation | 1945 | 1957 | Single-engined | piston monoplane |
Boulton Paul | Balliol[20] | UK | Propeller | Trainer | 1950 | 1957 | Single-engined | piston monoplane |
Martin | Baltimore[21] | USA | Propeller | Medium bomber | 1941 | 1946 | Twin-engined | piston monoplane |
Fairey | Barracuda | UK | Propeller | Torpedo/dive bomber | 1943 | 1945 | Single-engined | piston monoplane |
Beagle | Basset[22] | UK | Propeller | Communications transport | 1965 | 1974 | Twin-engined | piston monoplane |
Fairey | Battle[23] | UK | Propeller | Bomber | 1937 | 1949 | Single-engined | piston monoplane |
Royal Aircraft Factory | B.E.2[13] | UK | Propeller | Reconnaissance | 1918 | 1919 | Single-engined | piston biplane |
Royal Aircraft Factory | B.E.12 | UK | Propeller | Fighter | 1918 | 1918 | Single-engined | piston biplane |
Bristol | Beaufighter[24] | UK | Propeller | Strike fighter/night fighter/target tug | 1940 | 1960 | Twin-engined | piston monoplane |
Bristol | Beaufort[25] | UK | Propeller | Torpedo bomber | 1939 | 1946 | Twin-engined | piston monoplane |
Short | Belfast[26] | UK | Propeller | Transport | 1966 | 1976 | Four-engined | turboprop monoplane |
Bristol/ Westland |
Belvedere[27] | UK | Rotorcraft | Transport | 1961 | 1969 | Twin-engined | turboshaft twin-rotor helicopter |
Brewster | Bermuda[28] | USA | Propeller | Dive bomber | 1942 | 1944 | Single-engined | piston monoplane |
Blackburn | Beverley[29] | UK | Propeller | Transport | 1955 | 1967 | Four-engined | piston monoplane |
Avro | Bison[30] | UK | Propeller | Fleet spotter | 1922 | 1929 | Single-engined | piston biplane |
Blackburn | Blackburn | UK | Propeller | Fleet spotter | 1923 | 1931 | Single-engined | piston biplane |
Bristol | Blenheim[31] | UK | Propeller | Bomber | 1937 | 1944 | Twin-engined | piston monoplane |
Bristol | Bombay[32] | UK | Propeller | Bomber/transport | 1939 | 1944 | Twin-engined | piston monoplane |
Douglas | Boston[33] | USA | Propeller | Medium bomber/trainer/night fighter | 1940 | 1945 | Twin-engined | piston monoplane |
Blackburn | Botha[34] | UK | Propeller | Torpedo bomber/trainer | 1939 | 1944 | Twin-engined | piston monoplane |
Bristol | Brigand[35] | UK | Propeller | Torpedo fighter/medium bomber/naval strike/trainer | 1946 | 1958 | Twin-engined | piston monoplane |
Bristol | F.2B Fighter[36] | UK | Propeller | Fighter/army cooperation/light bomber | 1918 | 1932 | Single-engined | piston biplane |
Bristol | Britannia[37] | UK | Propeller | Transport | 1959 | 1975 | Four-engined | turboprop monoplane |
Blackburn Hawker Siddeley |
Buccaneer[38] | UK | Jet | Naval strike | 1969 | 1994 | Twin-engined | jet monoplane |
Bristol | Buckingham[39] | UK | Propeller | Bomber, transport | 1944 | 1950 | Twin-engined | piston monoplane |
Bristol | Buckmaster[40] | UK | Propeller | Trainer | 1945 | 1958 | Twin-engined | piston monoplane |
Brewster | Buffalo[41] | USA | Propeller | Fighter | 1940 | 1942 | Single-engined | piston monoplane |
Bristol | Bulldog[42] | UK | Propeller | Fighter/trainer | 1929 | 1937 | Single-engined | piston biplane |
Scottish Aviation | Bulldog[43] | UK | Propeller | Basic trainer | 1972 | 2001 | Single-engined | piston monoplane |
Martinsyde | Buzzard[44] | UK | Propeller | Fighter | 1918 | 1922 | Single-engined | piston biplane |
Sopwith | Camel[45] | UK | Propeller | Fighter | 1918 | 1920 | Single-engined | piston biplane |
Fairey | Campania | UK | Propeller | Reconnaissance | 1918 | 1919 | Single-engined | piston biplane |
English Electric | Canberra[46] | UK | Jet | Bomber, photo reconnaissance, trainer | 1951 | 2006 | Twin-engined | jet monoplane |
Consolidated | Catalina[47] | USA | Propeller | Maritime patrol | 1939 | 1945 | Twin-engined | monoplane flying boat/amphibian |
Boeing/ Boeing Vertol |
Chinook[48] | USA | Rotorcraft | Transport | 1980 | In service | Twin-engined | turboshaft twin-rotor helicopter |
de Havilland Canada | Chipmunk[49][Note 1] | UK | Propeller | Trainer | 1949 | 1996 | Single-engined | piston monoplane |
de Havilland | Cirrus Moth[50] | UK | Propeller | Communications/trainer | 1926 | 1930 | Single-engined | piston biplane |
Curtiss | Cleveland[51] | USA | Propeller | Dive-bomber | 1940 | 1941 | Single-engined | piston biplane |
Handley Page | Clive[52] | UK | Propeller | Transport | 1931 | Twin-engined | piston biplane | |
Saro | Cloud[53] | UK | Propeller | Navigational trainer | 1933 | 1936 | Twin-engined | amphibious monoplane |
de Havilland | Comet[Note 2] | UK | Propeller | Experimental | 1935 | 1936 | Twin-engined | piston monoplane |
de Havilland | Comet[54] | UK | Jet | Reconnaissance | 1956 | 1975 | Four-engined | jet monoplane |
Consolidated | Coronado[51] | USA | Propeller | Transport | 1943 | 1946 | Four-engined | monoplane flying boat |
Fairchild | Cornell[55] | USA | Propeller | Trainer | 1943 | 1945 | Single-engined | piston monoplane |
Sopwith | Cuckoo[56] | UK | Propeller | Torpedo bomber | 1918 | 1923 | Single-engined | piston biplane |
Douglas | Dakota[57] | USA | Propeller | Transport | 1942 | 1970[Note 3] | Twin-engined | piston monoplane |
Blackburn | Dart | UK | Propeller | Torpedo bomber | 1923 | 1933 | Single-engined | piston biplane |
Britten-Norman | Defender R.2/T.3[58][Note 4] | UK | Propeller | Trainer/Surveillance | 2019 | 2021 | Twin-engined | turboprop monoplane |
Boulton Paul | Defiant[61] | UK | Propeller | Fighter/night fighter/target tug | 1939 | 1945 | Single-engined | piston monoplane |
Hawker | Demon[62]
|
UK | Propeller | Fighter | 1931 | 1939 | Single-engined | piston biplane |
de Havilland | Devon[63] | UK | Propeller | Transport | 1948 | 1984 | Twin-engined | piston monoplane |
Airco | DH.4A[64] | UK | Propeller | Bomber/transport | 1918 | Single-engined | piston biplane | |
Airco | DH.6 | UK | Propeller | Trainer | 1918 | Single-engined | piston biplane | |
Airco | DH.9[64] | UK | Propeller | Bomber | 1918 | Single-engined | piston biplane | |
Airco | DH.9A[65][Note 5] | UK | Propeller | Bomber | 1918 | 1931 | Single-engined | piston biplane |
Airco | DH.10 Amiens[66] | UK | Propeller | Bomber | 1918 | 1923 | Twin-engined | piston biplane |
de Havilland | DH.86 Express[67] | UK | Propeller | Transport | 1937 | Four-engined | piston biplane | |
Sopwith | Dolphin[56] | UK | Propeller | Fighter | 1918 | 1919 | Single-engined | piston biplane |
de Havilland | UK | Propeller | Transport/trainer | 1938 | 1946 | Twin-engined | piston monoplane | |
Hawker Siddeley | Dominie[69] | UK | Jet | Navigation trainer | 1965 | 2011 | Twin-engined | jet monoplane |
de Havilland | Don[70] | UK | Propeller | Trainer/communications/liaison | 1938 | 1939 | Single-engined | piston monoplane |
Sopwith | Dragon[71] | UK | Propeller | Fighter | 1919 | 1919 | Single-engined | piston biplane |
Westland | Dragonfly[72] | UK | Rotorcraft | Transport | 1950 | 1956 | Single-engined | piston helicopter |
Airspeed | Envoy[73] | UK | Propeller | Transport | 1938 | Twin-engined | piston monoplane | |
Beechcraft | Expeditor[74] | USA | Propeller | Transport/trainer | 1937 | Twin-engined | piston monoplane | |
Miles | Falcon[75] | UK | Propeller | Communications/trainer | 1935 | Single-engined | piston monoplane | |
Fairey | Fawn[76] | UK | Propeller | Bomber | 1924 | 1929 | Single-engined | piston biplane |
Royal Aircraft Factory | F.E.2d[77] | UK | Propeller | Bomber | 1918 | 1918 | Single-engined | pusher biplane |
Felixstowe | F.2A[77] | UK | Propeller | Maritime patrol | 1918 | Twin-engined | biplane flying boat | |
Felixstowe | F.3[78] | UK | Propeller | Maritime patrol | 1918 | Twin-engined | biplane flying boat | |
Felixstowe | F.5[79] | UK | Propeller | Maritime patrol | 1918 | 1925 | Twin-engined | biplane flying boat |
Slingsby | Firefly | UK | Propeller | Trainer | 1995 | 2010 | Single-engined | piston monoplane |
Armstrong Whitworth | F.K.8[30] | UK | Propeller | Artillery Spotter, Bomber | 1918 | 1919 | Single-engined | piston biplane |
de Havilland | Flamingo[70][Note 7] | UK | Propeller | Transport | 1939 | 1940 | Twin-engined | piston monoplane |
Boeing | Fortress[80] | USA | Propeller | Bomber/maritime patrol/electronic warfare | 1941 | 1945 | Four-engined | piston monoplane |
Fairey | Fox[81] | UK | Propeller | Bomber/trainer | 1926 | 1933 | Single-engined | piston biplane |
Hawker | Fury[82] | UK | Propeller | Fighter | 1931 | 1939 | Single-engined | piston biplane |
Gloster | Gamecock[83] | UK | Propeller | Fighter | 1926 | 1931 | Single-engined | piston biplane |
Gloster | Gauntlet[84] | UK | Propeller | Fighter | 1935 | 1939 | Single-engined | piston biplane |
Westland | Gazelle[85] | UK | Rotorcraft | Trainer/VIP transport | 1973 | Single-engined | turboshaft helicopter | |
de Havilland | Genet Moth[50] | UK | Propeller | Trainer | 1927 | Single-engined | piston biplane | |
de Havilland | Gispy Moth[86] | UK | Propeller | Trainer/communications | 1930 | Single-engined | piston biplane | |
Gloster | Gladiator[87] | UK | Propeller | Fighter/meteorology | 1937 | 1944 | Single-engined | piston biplane |
Boeing | C-17A Globemaster III | USA | Jet | Transport | 2001[88] | In service | Four-engined | jet monoplane |
Folland/Hawker Siddeley | Gnat[89] | UK | Jet | Trainer | 1962 | 1979 | Single-engined | jet monoplane |
Fairey | Gordon[90] | UK | Propeller | Bomber/trainer | 1931 | 1941 | Single-engined | piston biplane |
Gloster | Grebe[91] | UK | Propeller | Fighter | 1923 | 1931 | Single-engined | piston biplane |
Bell | Griffin | Canada | Rotorcraft | Training Search and rescue/support |
1997 | 2023 | Twin-engined | turboshaft helicopter |
Waco | Hadrian[92] | USA | Glider | Infantry glider | 1943 | 1947 | Nil | Glider |
Handley Page | Halifax[93] | UK | Propeller | Bomber/transport | 1940 | 1952 | Four-engined | piston monoplane |
Fairey | Hamble Baby | UK | Propeller | Reconnaissance | 1918 | Single-engined | biplane floatplane | |
General Aircraft | Hamilcar[94] | UK | Glider | Transport | 1942 | 1950 | Nil | Glider |
Handley Page | Hampden[95] | UK | Propeller | Bomber | 1938 | 1945 | Twin-engined | piston monoplane |
Hawker | Hardy[96] | UK | Propeller | Tropicalized general purpose/bomber | 1935 | 1941 | Single-engined | piston biplane |
Hawker Siddeley/ BAe |
Harrier[97] | UK | Jet | Ground attack/reconnaissance/trainer | 1969 | 1994 | Single-engined | jet VTOL monoplane |
British Aerospace | Harrier II | UK | Jet | Ground attack/reconnaissance/trainer | 1989 | 2011 | Single-engined | jet VTOL monoplane |
Handley Page | Harrow | UK | Propeller | Torpedo bomber/Reconnaissance | 1926 | 1928 | Single-engined | piston biplane |
Handley Page | Harrow[98] | UK | Propeller | Bomber/transport | 1937 | 1945 | Twin-engined | piston monoplane |
Hawker | Hart[99] | UK | Propeller | Bomber/trainer | 1930 | 1943 | Single-engined | piston biplane |
North American | Harvard[100] | USA | Propeller | Trainer | 1939 | 1955 | Single-engined | piston monoplane |
Handley Page | Hastings[101] | UK | Propeller | Transport/trainer | 1948 | 1977 | Four-engined | piston monoplane |
Douglas | Havoc[102] | USA | Propeller | Medium bomber/night fighter | 1940 | 1943 | Twin-engined | piston monoplane |
Hawker Siddeley/BAe | Hawk[103] | UK | Jet | Trainer | 1976 | In service | Single-engined | jet monoplane |
Hawker | Hector[104] | UK | Propeller | Army co-operation/glider tug | 1937 | 1942 | Single-engined | piston biplane |
Fairey | Hendon[105] | UK | Propeller | Bomber | 1936 | 1939 | Twin-engined | piston monoplane |
Hawker | Henley[106] | UK | Propeller | Target tug | 1939 | 1942 | Single-engined | piston monoplane |
Lockheed | C-130 Hercules[107] | USA | Propeller | Transport | 1967 | 2023 | Four-engined | turboprop monoplane |
Handley Page | Hereford[95] | UK | Propeller | Bomber/trainer | 1940 | 1940 | Twin-engined | piston monoplane |
de Havilland | Heron[63][Note 8] | UK | Propeller | Transport | 1955 | 1972 | Four-engined | piston monoplane |
Handley Page | Heyford[108] | UK | Propeller | Bomber/trainer | 1933 | 1941 | Twin-engined | piston biplane |
Handley Page | Hinaidi[109] | UK | Propeller | Bomber | 1929 | 1937 | Twin-engined | piston biplane |
Hawker | Hind[110] | UK | Propeller | Bomber/trainer | 1935 | 1939 | Single-engined | piston biplane |
de Havilland | Hornet[111] | UK | Propeller | Fighter | 1945 | 1955 | Twin-engined | piston monoplane |
de Havilland | Hornet Moth | UK | Propeller | Communications | 1938 | 1946 | Single-engined | piston monoplane |
Airspeed | Horsa[112] | UK | Glider | Troop glider | 1942 | 1945 | Nil | Glider |
Hawker | Horsley[113] | UK | Propeller | Bomber/torpedo bomber | 1927 | 1935 | Single-engined | piston biplane |
General Aircraft | Hotspur | UK | Glider | Trainer | 1941 | 1945 | Nil | Glider |
Sikorsky | Hoverfly I[114] | USA | Rotorcraft | Trainer | 1945 | 1945 | Single-engined | piston helicopter |
Sikorsky | Hoverfly II[114] | USA | Rotorcraft | Trainer | 1946 | 1950 | Single-engined | piston helicopter |
Lockheed | Hudson[115] | USA | Propeller | Maritime patrol/bomber/transport | 1939 | 1945 | Twin-engined | piston monoplane |
de Havilland | Hummingbird[116][117] | UK | Propeller | Trainer | 1924 | 1927 | Single-engined | piston monoplane |
Hawker | Hunter[118] | UK | Jet | Fighter/fighter-bomber/reconnaissance/trainer | 1954 | 1994 | Single-engined | jet monoplane |
Hawker | Hurricane[119] | UK | Propeller | Fighter/fighter-bomber/night fighter | 1937 | 1947 | Single-engined | piston monoplane |
Beagle | Husky[Note 9] | UK | Propeller | Trainer | 1969 | 1989 | Single-engined | piston monoplane |
Handley Page | Hyderabad[120] | UK | Propeller | Bomber | 1925 | 1933 | Twin-engined | piston biplane |
Beardmore | Inflexible | UK | Propeller | Bomber | 1928 | 1930 | Three-engined | piston monoplane |
Blackburn | Iris[121] | UK | Propeller | Maritime patrol | 1930 | 1934 | Three-engined | biplane flying boat |
Britten-Norman | Islander CC.2[122][Note 10] | UK | Propeller | Surveillance | 1992 | 2017 | Twin-engined | turboprop monoplane |
Britten-Norman | Islander R.1[58][Note 11] | UK | Propeller | Surveillance | 2019 | 2021 | Twin-engined | turboprop monoplane |
SEPECAT | Jaguar[124] | UK | Jet | Ground-attack/reconnaissance/trainer | 1974 | 2007 | Twin-engined | jet monoplane |
Gloster | Javelin[125] | UK | Jet | All-weather fighter/interceptor | 1956 | 1968 | Twin-engined | jet monoplane |
Hunting Percival/ Hunting/ BAC |
Jet Provost[126] | UK | Jet | Trainer | 1955 | 1993 | Single-engined | jet monoplane |
Handley Page Scottish Aviation |
Jetstream[127] | UK | Propeller | Trainer | 1973 | 2003 | Twin-engined | turboprop monoplane |
Blackburn | Kangaroo[28] | UK | Propeller | Torpedo bomber | 1918 | 1919 | Twin-engined | piston biplane |
Hawker Siddeley | Kestrel[128] | UK | Jet | Fighter/ground-attack | 1964 | 1965 | Single-engined | jet VTOL monoplane |
Beechcraft | King Air | USA | Propeller | Trainer | 1972 | Twin-engined | turboprop monoplane | |
Curtiss | Kittyhawk | USA | Propeller | Fighter/fighter-bomber | 1942 | Single-engined | piston monoplane | |
Short | Knuckleduster | UK | Propeller | Maritime patrol | 1935 | 1935 | Twin-engined | monoplane flying boat. Trials only |
Avro | Lancaster[129] | UK | Propeller | Heavy bomber/reconnaissance/maritime patrol | 1942 | 1954 | Four-engined | piston monoplane |
Avro | Lancastrian[130][131] | UK | Propeller | Transport | 1945 | 1950 | Four-engined | piston monoplane |
Saunders-Roe | Lerwick[132] | UK | Propeller | Maritime patrol | 1939 | 1942 | Twin-engined | monoplane flying boat |
Consolidated | Liberator[133] | USA | Propeller | Heavy bomber, transport, maritime patrol | 1941 | 1947 | Four-engined | piston monoplane |
English Electric/ BAC |
Lightning[134] | UK | Jet | Fighter/interceptor | 1959 | 1988 | Twin-engined | jet monoplane |
Lockheed | Lightning[135] | USA | Propeller | Heavy fighter | 1942 | 1943 | Twin-engined | piston monoplane |
Avro | Lincoln[136] | UK | Propeller | Bomber | 1945 | 1963 | Four-engined | piston monoplane |
Lockheed | Lodestar[135] | USA | Propeller | Transport | 1941 | Twin-engined | piston monoplane | |
Saro | London[137] | UK | Propeller | Maritime patrol | 1936 | 1941 | Twin-engined | biplane flying boat |
Fairey | Long-range Monoplane[138] | UK | Propeller | Experimental (Distance record) | 1928 | 1933 | Single-engined | piston monoplane |
Westland | Lysander[139] | UK | Propeller | Army co-operation/liaison | 1938 | 1946 | Single-engined | piston monoplane |
Bristol | M.1C | UK | Propeller | Fighter | 1918 | Single-engined | piston monoplane | |
Miles | Magister[140] | UK | Propeller | Trainer | 1937 | 1944 | Single-engined | piston monoplane |
Avro | Manchester[141] | UK | Propeller | Bomber | 1940 | 1942 | Twin-engined | piston monoplane |
Handley Page | Marathon[142] | UK | Propeller | Navigation trainer | 1953 | 1958 | Four-engined | piston monoplane |
Martin | Marauder[143] | USA | Propeller | Bomber | 1942 | 1945 | Twin-engined | piston monoplane |
Martin | Mariner[44] | USA | Propeller | Maritime patrol/transport | 1943 | 1947 | Twin-engined | monoplane flying boat |
Miles | Martinet[144] | UK | Propeller | Target tug | 1942 | 1950 | Single-engined | piston monoplane |
Martin | Maryland[145] | USA | Propeller | Bomber | 1940 | 1943 | Twin-engined | piston monoplane |
Miles | Master[146] | UK | Propeller | Trainer | 1939 | 1945 | Single-engined | piston monoplane |
Miles | Mentor[75] | UK | Propeller | Trainer/communications | 1938 | Single-engined | piston monoplane | |
AgustaWestland | Merlin | UK | Rotorcraft | Transport | 2001 | 2016 | Three-engined | turboshaft helicopter |
Miles | Messenger[147] | UK | Propeller | Liaison | 1943 | 1948 | Single-engined | piston monoplane |
Gloster | Meteor[148] | UK | Jet | Fighter/Reconnaissance | 1944 | 1977 | Twin-engined | jet monoplane |
Armstrong Whitworth | Meteor[149] | UK | Jet | Night fighter | 1951 | 1961 | Twin-engined | jet monoplane |
North American | Mitchell[150] | USA | Propeller | Bomber | 1942 | 1950 | Twin-engined | piston monoplane |
Curtiss | Mohawk[151] | USA | Propeller | Fighter | 1940 | 1944 | Single-engined | piston monoplane |
de Havilland | Mosquito[152] | UK | Propeller | Bomber/reconnaissance/fighter-bomber/ night fighter/target tug |
1941 | 1956 | Twin-engined | piston monoplane |
North American | Mustang[153] | USA | Propeller | Fighter/fighter-bomber | 1942 | 1946 | Single-engined | piston monoplane |
Lockheed | Neptune[154] | USA | Propeller | Maritime patrol/AEW | 1952 | 1957 | Twin-engined | piston monoplane |
Nieuport Gloster |
Nighthawk[155] | UK | Propeller | Fighter | 1920 | 1923 | Single-engined | piston biplane |
Miles | Nighthawk[75] | UK | Propeller | Trainer | 1938 | 1940 | Single-engined | piston monoplane |
Nieuport | Nightjar[147]
|
UK | Propeller | Fighter | 1922 | 1924 | Single-engined | piston biplane |
Hawker Siddeley BAE |
Nimrod[156] | UK | Jet | Maritime patrol/airborne early warning | 1969 | 2011 | Four-engined | jet monoplane |
Northop | Nomad[157] | USA | Propeller | Bomber/trainer | 1940 | 1940 | Single-engined | piston monoplane |
Northrop | N-3PB[157] | USA | Propeller | Maritime patrol | 1941 | 1943 | Single-engined | monoplane floatplane |
Norman | N.T.2B | UK | Propeller | Trainer | 1918 | Single-engined | pusher flying boat biplane | |
Handley Page | O/400[52]
|
UK | Propeller | Bomber | 1918 | 1920 | Twin-engined | piston biplane |
de Havilland Canada | Otter | Canada | Propeller | Light Transport STOL bush plane | 1954 | Single-engined | piston monoplane | |
Boulton Paul | Overstrand[158] | UK | Propeller | Medium bomber/gunnery trainer | 1934 | 1941 | Twin-engined | piston biplane |
Airspeed | Oxford[159] | UK | Propeller | Trainer | 1937[160] | 1956[161] | Twin-engined | piston monoplane |
Parnall | Panther | UK | Propeller | Reconnaissance | 1919 | 1926 | Single-engined | piston biplane |
Hunting Percival | Pembroke[162]
|
UK | Propeller | Reconnaissance | 1953 | 1988 | Twin-engined | piston monoplane |
Blackburn | Perth[163] | UK | Propeller | Maritime patrol | 1934 | 1938 | Three-engined | biplane flying boat |
Percival | Petrel[164] | UK | Propeller | Communications | 1938 | 1947 | Twin-engined | piston monoplane |
McDonnell Douglas | Phantom[165]
|
USA | Jet | Fighter/ground attack/reconnaissance | 1969 | 1992 | Twin-engined | jet monoplane |
Scottish Aviation | Pioneer[166] | UK | Propeller | Transport | 1953 | 1969 | Single-engined | piston monoplane |
Avro | Prefect[10]
|
UK | Propeller | Trainer | 1935 | Single-engined | piston biplane | |
Percival | Prentice[167] | UK | Propeller | Trainer/communications | 1947 | 1953 | Single-engined | piston monoplane |
Percival | Proctor[168] | UK | Propeller | Trainer/communications | 1939 | 1955 | Single-engined | piston monoplane |
Hunting Percival | Provost[169] | UK | Propeller | Trainer | 1953 | 1969 | Single-engined | piston monoplane |
Westland/ Aérospatiale/ Airbus Helicopters |
Puma[170]
|
UK | Rotorcraft | Transport | 1971 | In service | Twin-engined | turboshaft helicopter |
Sopwith | Pup | UK | Propeller | Fighter | 1918 | Single-engined | piston biplane | |
de Havilland | Puss Moth | UK | Propeller | Communications | 1930 | 1943 | Single-engined | piston monoplane |
de Havilland | Queen Bee[67]
|
UK | Propeller | Pilotless target drone | Single-engined | piston biplane | ||
Airspeed | Queen Wasp[73] | UK | Propeller | Pilotless target piston drone | 1940 | Single-engined | piston biplane | |
Short | Rangoon[171] | UK | Propeller | Maritime patrol | 1931 | 1939 | Three-engined | biplane flying boat |
Royal Aircraft Factory | R.E.8[164] | UK | Propeller | Artillery spotting and reconnaissance | 1918 | 1920 | Single-engined | piston biplane |
Vultee | Reliant
|
USA | Propeller | Trainer/communications | Single-engined | piston monoplane | ||
Boeing | Rivet Joint/ Airseeker |
USA | Jet | SIGINT | 2013 | In service | Four-engined | jet monoplane |
Blackburn | Roc | UK | Propeller | Carrier fighter, target tug, | 1939 | 1943 | Single-engined | piston monoplane |
Avro | Rota[130]
|
UK | Rotorcraft | Army co-operation | 1934 | 1945 | Single-engined | piston autogyro |
Canadair | Sabre[172] | Canada | Jet | Fighter | 1953 | 1956 | Single-engined | jet monoplane |
Sopwith | Salamander[71] | UK | Propeller | Ground attack | 1918 | 1922 | Single-engined | piston biplane |
Supermarine | Scapa[173] | UK | Propeller | General Reconnaissance | 1935 | 1938 | Twin-engined | biplane flying boat |
Nieuport | Scout | France | Propeller | Fighter | 1918 | Single-engined | piston biplane | |
Royal Aircraft Factory | S.E.5A | UK | Propeller | Fighter | 1918 | Single-engined | piston biplane | |
Short | Seaford[45] | UK | Propeller | Maritime patrol | 1946 | 1948 | Four-engined | monoplane flying boat |
Fairey | Seafox | UK | Propeller | Ship-borne reconnaissance seaplane | 1937 | 1939 | Single-engined | biplane floatplane |
Westland | Sea King[174] | UK | Rotorcraft | Air-sea rescue | 1977 | 2015 | Twin-engined | turboshaft helicopter |
Fairey | Seal | UK | Propeller | Fleet spotter | 1933 | 1943 | Single-engined | piston biplane |
Supermarine | Sea Otter[175] | UK | Propeller | Air-sea rescue/fleet spotting/communications | 1943 | 1949 | Single-engined | amphibious biplane |
Raytheon | Sentinel | Canada | Jet | Battlefield Surveillance | 2008 | 2021 | Twin-engined | jet monoplane |
Stinson | Sentinel[176]
|
USA | Propeller | Liaison | 1943 | 1946 | Single-engined | piston monoplane |
Boeing | Sentry | USA | Jet | Airborne early warning | 1990 | 2021 | Four-engined | jet monoplane |
Avro | Shackleton[177] | UK | Propeller | Maritime patrol/AEW/trainer | 1951 | 1991 | Four-engined | piston monoplane |
Beechcraft | Shadow R1 | USA | Propeller | Battlefield Surveillance | 2009 | In service | Twin-engined | turboprop monoplane |
Blackburn | Shark | UK | Propeller | Torpedo bomber | 1936 | 1942 | Single-engined | piston biplane |
Boulton Paul | Sidestrand[178] | UK | Propeller | Bomber | 1928 | 1934 | Twin-engined | piston biplane |
Short | Singapore[179] | UK | Propeller | Maritime patrol | 1935 | 1941 | Four-engined | biplane flying boat |
Armstrong Whitworth | Siskin[180] | UK | Propeller | Fighter/trainer | 1924 | 1932 | Single-engined | piston biplane |
Bell/Westland | Sioux[74] | UK | Rotorcraft | Trainer | 1967 | Single-engined | piston helicopter | |
Saunders-Roe | Skeeter[181] | UK | Rotorcraft | Trainer | 1958 | 1964 | Single-engined | piston helicopter |
Blackburn | Skua | UK | Propeller | Fighter/dive-bomber | 1938 | 1945 | Single-engined | piston monoplane |
Douglas | Skymaster[15] | USA | Propeller | Transport | 1944 | 1946 | Four-engined | piston monoplane |
Sopwith | Snipe[182] | UK | Propeller | Fighter | 1918 | 1926 | Single-engined | piston biplane |
Supermarine | Southampton[183] | UK | Propeller | Reconnaissance | 1925 | 1937 | Twin-engined | biplane flying boat |
SPAD | S.XIII | France | Propeller | Fighter | 1918 | Single-engined | piston biplane | |
Supermarine | Spitfire[184] | UK | Propeller | Fighter, photo Reconnaissance | 1938 | 1954 | Single-engined | piston monoplane |
Supermarine | Spiteful[185] | UK | Propeller | Fighter | Single-engined | piston monoplane | ||
Eurocopter | Squirrel[186] | France | Rotorcraft | Trainer | 1997 | Single-engined | turboshaft helicopter | |
Short | Stirling[187] | UK | Propeller | Bomber/transport | 1940 | 1946 | Four-engined | piston monoplane |
Supermarine | Stranraer[188] | UK | Propeller | Maritime patrol | 1936 | 1940 | Twin-engined | biplane flying boat |
Short | Sunderland[189] | UK | Propeller | Maritime patrol/transport | 1938 | 1959 | Four-engined | monoplane flying boat |
Supermarine | Swift[190] | UK | Jet | Fighter/Reconnaissance | 1954 | 1961 | Single-engined | jet monoplane |
Fairey | Swordfish | UK | Propeller | Torpedo-bomber/Reconnaissance | 1936 | 1945 | Single-engined | piston biplane |
Bristol | Sycamore[191] | UK | Rotorcraft | Communications/ambulance/search and rescue | 1952 | 1971 | Single-engined | piston helicopter |
Hawker | Tempest[192] | UK | Propeller | Fighter/target tug | 1944 | 1951 | Single-engined | piston monoplane |
Republic | Thunderbolt[193] | USA | Propeller | Fighter/fighter-bomber | 1944 | 1945 | Single-engined | piston monoplane |
de Havilland | Tiger Moth[194] | UK | Propeller | Trainer | 1932 | 1951 | Single-engined | piston biplane |
Curtiss | Tomahawk[195] | USA | Propeller | Fighter/fighter-bomber | 1940 | 1944 | Single-engined | piston monoplane |
Hawker | Tomtit[196] | UK | Propeller | Trainer | 1929 | 1935 | Single-engined | piston biplane |
Panavia | Tornado[197] | UK | Jet | Fighter/bomber | 1979 | 2019[198] | Twin-engined | jet monoplane |
Beech | Traveller | USA | Propeller | Transport | Single-engined | piston biplane | ||
Lockheed | TriStar | USA | Jet | Transport/tanker | 1984 | 2013 | Three-engined | jet monoplane |
Short | Tucano | UK | Propeller | Trainer | 1988 | 2019 | Single-engined | turboprop monoplane |
Avro | Tutor[199] | UK | Propeller | Trainer | 1930 | 1937 | Single-engined | piston biplane |
Grob | Tutor | Germany | Propeller | Trainer | 1998 | In service | Single-engined | piston monoplane |
Scottish Aviation | Twin Pioneer[200] | UK | Propeller | Transport | 1958 | 1969 | Twin-engined | piston monoplane |
Eurocopter | Twin Squirrel | France | Rotorcraft | Transport/communications | Twin-engined | turboshaft helicopter | ||
Hawker | Typhoon[201] | UK | Propeller | Fighter/fighter-bomber | 1941 | 1945 | Single-engined | piston monoplane |
Eurofighter | Typhoon | UK | Jet | Fighter-bomber | 2007 | In service | Twin-engined | jet monoplane |
Handley Page | V/1500 | UK | Propeller | Bomber | 1918 | 1920 | Four-engined | piston biplane |
Vickers | Valentia[202] | UK | Propeller | Bomber/transport | 1934 | 1944 | Twin-engined | piston biplane |
Vickers | Valetta[203] | UK | Propeller | Transport/trainer | 1948 | 1969 | Twin-engined | piston monoplane |
Vickers | Valiant[204] | UK | Jet | Bomber/tanker | 1955 | 1965 | Four-engined | jet monoplane |
de Havilland | Vampire[205] | UK | Jet | Fighter/night fighter/trainer | 1946 | 1972 | Single-engined | jet monoplane |
Vickers | Varsity[206] | UK | Propeller | Trainer | 1951 | 1976 | Twin-engined | piston monoplane |
Vickers/ BAC |
VC10[207][208] | UK | Jet | Transport/tanker | 1966 | 2013 | Four-engined | jet monoplane |
Percival | Vega Gull[209] | UK | Propeller | Communications | 1938 | Single-engined | piston monoplane | |
Vultee | Vengeance[210][211] | UK | Propeller | Dive bomber/target tug | 1942 | 1948 | Single-engined | piston monoplane |
de Havilland | Venom[212] | UK | Jet | Fighter-bomber/night fighter | 1952 | 1962 | Single-engined | jet monoplane |
Lockheed | Ventura[213] | USA | Propeller | Medium bomber/maritime patrol | 1942 | 1946 | Twin-engined | piston monoplane |
Vickers | Vernon[214] | UK | Propeller | Transport | 1922 | 1927 | Twin-engined | piston biplane |
Handley Page | Victor[215] | UK | Jet | Strategic bomber/tanker/Reconnaissance | 1957 | 1993 | Four-engined | jet monoplane |
Vickers | Victoria[216] | UK | Propeller | Transport | 1926 | 1935 | Twin-engined | piston biplane |
Vultee Stinson |
Vigiliant[176] | USA | Propeller | Army co-operation | 1941 | Single-engined | piston monoplane | |
Vickers | Viking[131][217][218][Note 12] | UK | Propeller | Transport | 1946 | 1959 | Twin-engined | piston monoplane |
Vickers | Vildebeest[219] | UK | Propeller | Torpedo bomber | 1933 | 1942 | Single-engined | piston biplane |
Vickers | Vimy[220] | UK | Propeller | Bomber | 1918 | 1931 | Twin-engined | piston biplane |
Vickers | Vincent[182] | UK | Propeller | Army co-operation | 1934 | 1941 | Single-engined | piston biplane |
Vickers | Virginia[221] | UK | Propeller | Heavy bomber/parachute training | 1924 | 1937 | Twin-engined | piston biplane |
Airbus | Voyager
|
Spain | Jet | Tanker/Transport | 2012 | In service | Twin-engined | jet monoplane |
Avro Hawker Siddeley |
Vulcan[222] | UK | Jet | Strategic bomber/tanker/Reconnaissance | 1957 | 1984 | Four-engined | jet monoplane |
Westland | Wallace[223] | UK | Propeller | Utility | 1933 | 1943 | Single-engined | piston biplane |
Westland | Walrus[224] | UK | Propeller | Fleet Reconnaissance | 1921 | 1925 | Single-engined | piston biplane |
Supermarine | Walrus[225] | UK | Propeller | Air-sea rescue, fleet spotting and communications | 1936 | 1946 | Single-engined | pusher amphibian biplane |
Westland | Wapiti[226] | UK | Propeller | General purpose/bomber/trainer | 1928 | 1940 | Single-engined | piston biplane |
Vickers | Warwick[227] | UK | Propeller | Bomber/maritime patrol/transport | 1943 | 1946 | Twin-engined | piston monoplane |
Boeing | Washington[228]
|
USA | Propeller | Bomber | 1950 | 1958 | Four-engined | piston monoplane |
Westland | Welkin[224] | UK | Propeller | High altitude fighter | 1944 | 1944 | Twin-engined | piston monoplane |
Vickers | Wellesley[229] | UK | Propeller | Bomber | 1937 | 1942 | Single-engined | piston monoplane |
Vickers | Wellington[230] | UK | Propeller | Medium bomber/Maritime patrol/transport/trainer/AEW | 1938 | 1953 | Twin-engined | piston monoplane |
Westland | Wessex[231] | UK | Rotorcraft | Transport/air-sea rescue | 1964 | 1985 | Twin-engined | turboshaft helicopter |
Westland | Whirlwind[232] | UK | Propeller | Fighter | 1940 | 1943 | Twin-engined | piston monoplane |
Westland | Whirlwind[233] | UK | Rotorcraft | Air-sea rescue/transport | 1955 | 1977 | Single-engined | piston helicopter |
Armstrong Whitworth | Whitley[234] | UK | Propeller | Medium bomber/maritime patrol/transport/trainer | 1937 | 1945 | Twin-engined | piston monoplane |
Embraer | Phenom T.1 | Brazil | Jet | Trainer | 2016 | In service | Twin-engined | jet monoplane |
Hawker | Woodcock[235] | UK | Propeller | Night fighter | 1924 | 1928 | Single-engined | piston biplane |
Avro | York[236] | UK | Propeller | Transport | 1943 | 1957 | Four-engined | piston monoplane |
Dassault | Falcon 900LX Envoy CC.1 | France | Jet | Transport | 2022 | In service | Three-engined | jet monoplane |
Aircraft impressed into RAF service
Civil aircraft
Aircraft type | Number impressed |
Unit(s)/location/purpose |
---|---|---|
Aeronca 50 Chief | 1 | India |
Airspeed AS 5 Courier[238] |
9 | |
Airspeed AS 6 Envoy[238] |
2 | |
Airspeed Ferry | 2 | One used by RAF Halton in 1940, then both used as instructional airframes.[239] |
Armstrong Whitworth Atalanta[238] | 5 | 31 Squadron in India and Iraq, ex-Imperial Airways/BOAC |
Armstrong Whitworth Ensign[238] | 2 | 24 Squadron, ex-Imperial Airways/BOAC |
Avro 504N[238] | 7 | glider tug |
Avro 642 Eighteen | 1 | |
Avro 652[238] | 2 | navigation training |
Avro Cadet |
32 | No. 3 Elementary Flying Training School (EFTS) at RAF Hamble and RAF Watchfield |
Avro Commodore[238] |
1 | RAF Cranfield Communications Flight
|
Avro 619 Five |
1 | No. 11 Air Observer Navigation School (AONS) at RAF Hamble |
Beech 17 Traveller |
4 | |
Bellanca Pacemaker | 1 | |
British Aircraft Double Eagle | 2 | |
British Aircraft Eagle[238] | 4 | |
British Aircraft Swallow[238] | 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[238] | 1 | RCAF
|
Cessna C-34 Airmaster |
1 | Used a few weeks in 1941 by RAF Hucknall, sold in 1942.[240]
|
Cierva C.30A[238] | 5 | 529 Squadron |
Cierva C.40 Rota Mk II | 2 | |
Comper Swift[238] | 2 | 1 used by 25 Squadron and second by 247 Squadron |
Curtiss T-32 Condor II | 4 | |
De Havilland DH.86B[238] |
2 | 24 Squadron |
De Havilland Albatross[238] | 2 | 271 Squadron, ex-Imperial Airways/BOAC |
De Havilland Dragon[238] | 17 | |
De Havilland Dragon Rapide[238] | 40 | |
De Havilland Dragonfly[238] | 15 | |
De Havilland Flamingo[238] | 3 | BOAC
|
De Havilland Fox Moth | 2 | |
De Havilland Gipsy Moth[238] |
37 | |
De Havilland Hornet Moth[238] | 64 | 25 used for coastal patrol |
De Havilland Moth Minor[238] | 26 | glider tug |
De Havilland Leopard Moth[238] | 45 | communications |
De Havilland Moth Major[238] |
unk. | |
De Havilland Puss Moth[238] | 47 | communications |
De Havilland Tiger Moth[238] | 160 + | training |
Desoutter Mk.II[241] | 4 | |
Douglas DC-2[241] | 19 | No. 31 Squadron RAF in India, Iraq and Burma, 1941 - 1943[242][243][244] |
Douglas DC-3 | 10 | SABENA ).
|
Fairchild 24 | 2 | RAF Halton Communications Flight |
Fairchild 91[241] |
1 | air-sea rescue in the Middle East |
Focke-Wulf Fw 200 Condor | 1 | War prize seized after Germany invaded Denmark.
Flown by BOAC but rarely used due to restrictions on flying German aircraft. Crashed on delivery to Air Transport Auxiliary and dismantled.[245] |
Fokker F.XXII[241] | 2 | ex-KLM. No. 1 Air Observer Navigation School (AONS) at Prestwick |
Fokker F.XXXVI[241] | 1 | ex-KLM, No. 1 Air Observer Navigation School (AONS) at Prestwick |
Ford Trimotor[241] | 1 | 271 Squadron, ex-Guinness family private aircraft |
Foster Wikner Warferry[246] |
3 | 24 Squadron, Communications Flights RAF Cranwell and RAF Northolt |
General Aircraft Cagnet[241] | 1 | School of Army Co-operation
|
General Aircraft Cygnet[241] | 5 | Nos. 23, 24, 85, 88 and 510 Squadrons |
General Aircraft Owlet[241] | 1 | 23 Squadron |
General Aircraft Monospar (ST-6, 10 & 12)[241] | 4 | Nos 7 and 8 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Units (AACU) |
General Aircraft Monospar ST-25[241] | 13 | |
General Aircraft Owlet | 1 | Nos. 23 and 605 Squadrons. |
Grumman Goose[52] |
2 | Operated by 24 Squadron and ATA in 1943 |
Grumman Widgeon |
1 | West Africa |
Handley Page HP.42[241] |
3 | 271 Squadron, ex-Imperial Airways/BOAC |
Harlow PC-5A | 5 | India |
Heston Phoenix[241] | 3 | 24 Squadron |
Koolhoven F.K.43 | 1 | Dutch private aircraft |
Lockheed Model 10 Electra[241] | 4 | 24 Squadron |
Lockheed Model 12 Electra Junior[241] | 2 | 24 Squadron |
Messerschmitt Aldon[241] |
3 | Station Flights at RAF Abingdon, RAF Andover and RAF Northolt |
Miles Falcon[241] | 6 | Station Flights at RAF Sealand
|
Miles Hawk Major[241] | 11 | |
Miles Hawk Trainer[241] |
11 | No. 8 Elementary Flying Training School (EFTS). |
Miles Mohawk[241] | 1 | RAF Andover |
Miles Monarch[241] | 5 | Abingdon and Halton Communications Flights |
Miles Whitney Straight[241] | 21 | |
Parnall Heck[241] | 3 | 1 at Communications Flight RAF Turnhouse and 1 at 24 Squadron |
Percival Gull[241] | 1 | |
Percival Q.6 Petrel[246] |
9 | |
Percival Vega Gull[246] | 20 | |
Piper J-4 Cub Coupe[246] |
19 | |
Saro Cutty Sark | 2 | No. 3 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School (ERFTS) |
Savoia-Marchetti S.73[246] | 7 | Nos. SABENA
|
Short Empire[246] | 4 | Maritime patrol with Nos. 413 squadrons, ex-Imperial Airways/BOAC
|
Short G-class[246] |
3 | Maritime patrol with 119 Squadron |
Short Mercury[246] |
1 | 320 Squadron
|
Short Scion[246] | 11 | |
Short Scion Senior | 1 | 173 Squadron |
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[246] |
1 | 510 Squadron |
Stinson Reliant[246] | 11 | |
Stinson Voyager[246] | 2 | |
Taylorcraft Auster Plus C and Plus D[246] | 23 | |
Tipsy B/Trainer | 6 | No. 18 (Pilots) Advanced Flying Unit RAF |
Westland Wessex | 1 | |
Zlin 212 |
1 | Used by the RAF in India |
Military aircraft
Type | Original operator | Number | Period | Unit(s) | Purpose |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bloch MB.81 | L'Armee de l'Air |
1 | 1940 | No.2 Free French Flight | Communications |
Bücker Bü 181 |
Luftwaffe | 70 ~ | 1945-1946 | Various | Communications |
Caudron Simoun | L'Armee de l'Air |
2 | 1940- | 1 with 267 Squadron | Communications |
Caproni Ca.148 |
Regia Aeronautica | 1 | 1941 | Khartoum Communications Flight & 117 Squadron | Transport |
Dewoitine D.520 | L'Armee de l'Air |
3 | 1940- | Free French Flight | Fighter |
Dornier Do 17Ka | Royal Yugoslav Air Force | 2 | 1941 | Egypt | Bomber/transport |
Dornier Do 22Kj | Royal Yugoslav Navy | 8 | 1941-1942 | 230 Squadron | Anti-submarine patrol |
Fieseler Fi 156 |
Luftwaffe | 50 ~ | 1939-1946 | Various | Communications/reconnaissance |
Focke-Wulf Fw 58 |
Luftwaffe | 9 ~ | 1945-1946 | Various | Communications |
Fokker T.VIIIW[78] | Marineluchtvaartdienst | 5 | 1940-1940 | 320 Squadron |
Convoy patrol |
Heinkel He 115A-2 | Marinens Flyvevsen | 4 | 1940-1943 | Royal Norwegian Navy flight | Clandestine operations |
Junkers Ju 52/3m | Luftwaffe | 70 ~ | 1945-1946 | Various | Transport |
Loire 130 | 1 | 1940-1941 | No. 2 Free French Flight | Communications | |
Morane-Saulnier M.S.406 | L'Armee de l'Air |
3 | 1940-1942 | No. 2 Free French Flight | Fighter |
Potez 29 | L'Armee de l'Air |
2 | 1940-? | No. 2 Free French Flight | communications |
Potez 63 -11 |
L'Armee de l'Air |
4 | 1940-1942 | No. 2 Free French Flight | Communications |
Rogožarski SIM-XIV-H | Royal Yugoslav Navy | 1 | 1941-1942 | 230 Squadron | Reconnaissance |
Savoia-Marchetti SM.79 K |
Royal Yugoslav Air Force | 4 | 1941-1943 | 1 with No.2 Photographic Reconnaissance Unit, 3 with 117 Sqdn, 1 with 173 Sqdn |
Transport |
Savoia-Marchetti SM.82 | Regia Aeronautica | 2 | 1945-1946 | Transport | |
Siebel Si 204 | Luftwaffe | 65 ~ | 1945-1946 | Various | Communications |
Captured or interned
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
- North East Aircraft Museum.
German aircraft
- Arado Ar 96, Ar 196, Ar 232, Ar 234
- Blohm & Voss BV 138, BV 155, BV 222
- Brunswick LF-1 Zaunkonig
- Bü 181
- Dornier Do 17, Do 24, Do 217, Do 335
- DFS 228
- Fi 156, Fl 282
- Focke-Achgelis Fa 223, Fa 330
- Fw 200
- Fokker D.VII
- Gotha Go 145, Go 150
- Halberstadt D.III
- He 177, He 219
- Henschel Hs 129, Hs 130
- Horten Ho IV, Ho 229
- Klemm Kl 35
- Me 410
- Siebel Fh 104, Si 204
Italian aircraft
- Ca 309, Ca.311
- Caproni-Campini CC.2
- Z.506
- MC.202
- 202
Japanese aircraft
- Kawasaki Ki-48, Ki-61, Ki-100
- Kawanishi H6K
- Kyushu K9W
- Ki-43, Ki-44
- Yokosuka MXY8
- Tachikawa Ki-36, Ki-54, Ki-55
Schneider Trophy seaplanes
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[247]
- Gloster III 1925 biplane floatplane[247]
- Gloster IV 1926-1927 biplane floatplane[248]
- Gloster VI Golden Arrow 1929 monoplane floatplane[248]
- Short Crusader 1927 monoplane floatplane[5]
- Supermarine S.5 1927 monoplane floatplane[249]
- Supermarine S.6 1929 monoplane floatplane[250]
- Supermarine S.6B 1931 monoplane floatplane[250]
Training gliders
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
UAVs and drones
- 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[251]
- Target Technology Ltd Imp
See also
- List of aircraft of the Royal Naval Air Service
- List of aircraft of the Fleet Air Arm
- List of aircraft of the Army Air Corps (United Kingdom)
Notes
- ^ UK variant completely redesigned from Canadian original and shared few interchangeable parts.
- ^ Racer evaluated as K5084
- ^ One aircraft for training and support with Memorial Flight
- ^ AL2 and T3 transferred from the Army on 2 April 2019.[59] In July 2021, reported were retired from service on 30 June 2021.[60]
- ^ The DH-9A wasn't a variant of the DH-9, but was instead entirely redesigned by Westland.
- ^ Dominie was the RAF's name for the Dragon Rapide - impressed examples retained original name
- ^ Evaluation only, later impressed. RAF name was to have been Hertfordshire
- ^ Used by Queen's flight
- ^ Single example donated to RAF
- ^ Sold in 2017.[123]
- ^ AL1 transferred from the Army on 2 April 2019.[59] In July 2021, reported were retired from service on 30 June 2021.[60]
- ^ Used by Queen's flight
Footnotes
- ^ Thetford, 1978, pp. 237–238, 243–245, 587
- ^ Thetford, 1978, pp. 130–131
- ^ "Royal Air Force".
- ^ "UK's Royal Air Force ends BAe 146 operations".
- ^ a b Thetford, 1978, p. 604
- ^ Thetford, 1978, pp. 44–47
- ^ Thetford, 1978, pp. 98–99
- ^ Thetford, 1978, pp. 34–35
- ^ Thetford, 1978, pp. 48–49
- ^ a b Thetford, 1978, p. 574
- ^ Thetford, 1978, pp. 370–372
- ^ Thetford, 1978, pp. 53–58
- ^ a b Thetford, 1978, p. 576
- ^ Thetford, 1978, pp. 368–369
- ^ a b Thetford, 1978, p. 586
- ^ Thetford, 1978, pp. 25–27
- ^ Thetford, 1978, pp. 326–327
- ^ Thetford, 1978, pp. 39–43, 159–160
- ^ Thetford, 1978, pp. 39–43, 159–160
- ^ Thetford, 1978, pp. 121–122
- ^ Thetford, 1978, pp. 401–402
- ^ Thetford, 1978, pp. 96–97
- ^ Thetford, 1978, pp. 252–255
- ^ Thetford, 1978, pp. 140–145
- ^ Thetford, 1978, pp. 138–139
- ^ Thetford, 1978, pp. 465–466
- ^ Thetford, 1978, pp. 561–562
- ^ a b Thetford, 1978, p. 578
- ^ Thetford, 1978, pp. 106–107
- ^ a b Thetford, 1978, p. 573
- ^ Thetford, 1978, pp. 132–135, 146–147
- ^ Thetford, 1978, pp. 136–137
- ^ Thetford, 1978, pp. 224–226
- ^ Thetford, 1978, pp. 104–105
- ^ Thetford, 1978, pp. 152–154
- ^ Thetford, 1978, pp. 125–126
- ^ Thetford, 1978, pp. 157–158
- ^ Thetford, 1978, pp. 377–378
- ^ Thetford, 1978, pp. 148–149
- ^ Thetford, 1978, pp. 150–151
- ^ Thetford, 1978, pp. 123–124
- ^ Thetford, 1978, pp. 127–129
- ^ Thetford, 1978, pp. 443–444
- ^ a b Thetford, 1978, p. 596
- ^ a b Thetford, 1978, p. 605
- ^ Thetford, 1978, pp. 229–236
- ^ Thetford, 1978, pp. 161–162
- ^ Thetford, 1978, pp. 611–612
- ^ Thetford, 1978, pp. 210–211
- ^ a b Thetford, 1978, p. 582
- ^ a b Thetford, 1978, p. 579
- ^ a b c Thetford, 1978, p. 592
- ^ Thetford, 1978, pp. 43–434
- ^ Thetford, 1978, pp. 220–221
- ^ Thetford, 1978, p. 587
- ^ a b Thetford, 1978, p. 606
- ^ Thetford, 1978, pp. 227–228
- ^ a b "Avionic Upgrades for the RAF's Britten-Norman Islanders". Britten-Norman (Press release). 23 July 2019. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
- ^ a b Jennings, Gareth (2 April 2019). "UK transfers Defender and Islander special mission aircraft from AAC to RAF". Jane's Defence Weekly. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
- ^ a b "Farewell Islander/Defender". Scramble. Dutch Aviation Society. 11 July 2021. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
- ^ Thetford, 1978, pp. 118–120
- ^ Thetford, 1978, pp. 324–325
- ^ a b Thetford, 1978, p. 585
- ^ a b Thetford, 1978, p. 580
- ^ Thetford, 1978, pp. 177–178
- ^ Thetford, 1978, pp. 179–180
- ^ a b Thetford, 1978, p. 583
- ^ Thetford, 1978, pp. 185–186
- ^ Thetford, 1978, pp. 372–373
- ^ a b Thetford, 1978, p. 584
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