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Here is a list of aircraft used by the British
Royal Air Force (RAF),
Royal Navy
Fleet Air Arm (FAA),
Army Air Corps (AAC) and
British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC)
[1] during the
Second World War.
Fighters and fighter-bombers
Supermarine Spitfire Mk.II
de Havilland Mosquito NF.II night fighter
Hawker Hurricane Mk.IIc night fighter
Torpedo bombers, dive bombers and army cooperation
Fairey Swordfish torpedo bomber
Level bombers
Handley Page Hampden
Formation of Avro Lancaster Mk.Is
Maritime patrol and coastal reconnaissance
Coastal Command Short Sunderland
Coastal Command Consolidated Liberator, the type that closed the
Mid-Atlantic gap
Photo reconnaissance
RAF 544 Squadron de Havilland Mosquito PR.XVI
Trainers and target tugs
Avro Anson trainer
North American Harvard Mk.I
Miles Master trainer
Transport and communications
Avro York - LV633 Ascalon, Churchill's personal aircraft.
No. 115 Squadron RAF Handley Page Harrow transport
Model name |
Introduction |
Retired |
Built |
Operator
|
Airspeed Envoy |
1934 |
1952 |
52 |
RAF
|
Airspeed Courier |
1933 |
1947 |
16 |
RAF
[note 2]
|
Armstrong Whitworth Albemarle |
1940 |
1945 |
602 |
RAF
|
Armstrong Whitworth Ensign |
1938 |
1946 |
14 |
BOAC
|
Armstrong Whitworth Whitley |
1937 |
1945 |
1814
[note 3] |
RAF
|
Avro Lancastrian |
1945 |
1960 |
91 |
RAF, BOAC
|
Avro York |
1944 |
1964 |
259 |
RAF
|
Beechcraft Expeditor |
1937 |
unk. |
9000 |
RAF, FAA
|
Boeing Clipper |
1939 |
1946 |
3 |
BOAC
|
Bristol Bombay |
1939 |
1944 |
51 |
RAF
|
Bristol Buckingham |
1943 |
1945 |
119 |
RAF
|
Consolidated PB2Y Coronado |
1937 |
1946 |
10 |
RAF
|
Consolidated Liberator |
1943 |
1945 |
200 |
RAF
|
de Havilland Albatross |
1938 |
1943 |
7 |
Imperial Airways, BOAC, RAF
[note 2]
|
de Havilland Express |
1934 |
1941 |
62 |
RAF, FAA
[note 2]
|
de Havilland Dragon Rapide |
1934 |
1958 |
731 |
RAF, FAA
[note 2]
|
de Havilland Dragonfly |
1936 |
1945 |
67 |
RAF
[note 2]
|
de Havilland Flamingo |
1939 |
1950 |
14 |
RAF, FAA, BOAC
|
de Havilland Hornet Moth |
1934 |
unk. |
164 |
RAF
[note 2]
|
de Havilland Leopard Moth |
1933 |
unk. |
133 |
RAF
[note 2]
|
de Havilland Mosquito |
1941 |
1963 |
7781 |
BOAC
|
de Havilland Moth Minor |
1937 |
unk. |
140 |
RAF, FAA
|
de Havilland Puss Moth |
1930 |
unk. |
140 |
RAF
[note 2]
|
Douglas Dakota |
1942 |
unk. |
1900+ |
RAF, BOAC
|
Douglas Skymaster |
1942 |
1975 |
22 |
RAF
|
Fairchild Argus |
1932 |
1948 |
831 |
RAF
|
Foster Wikner Warferry |
1936 |
unk. |
10 |
RAF
[note 2]
|
Grumman G-21 Goose |
1935 |
unk. |
49 |
RAF, FAA
|
Grumman Gosling |
1940 |
unk. |
15 |
RAF, FAA
|
Handley Page Halifax |
1940 |
1961 |
6176
[note 3] |
RAF
|
Handley Page H.P.42 |
1931 |
1940 |
4 |
RAF
[note 2]
|
Handley Page H.P.54 Harrow |
1937 |
1945 |
100 |
RAF
|
Hawker Hardy |
1934 |
1941 |
8 |
RAF
|
Heston Phoenix |
1936 |
1952 |
6 |
RAF
[note 2]
|
Percival Petrel |
1938 |
1947 |
27 |
RAF
[note 2]
|
Percival Proctor |
1939 |
1955 |
1147 |
RAF
|
Percival Vega Gull |
1935 |
1945 |
90 |
RAF
[note 2]
|
Lockheed Lodestar |
1940 |
unk. |
625 |
RAF, BOAC
|
Messerschmitt Aldon |
1939 |
1950s |
4 |
RAF
[note 2]
|
Miles Mentor |
1938 |
1950 |
45 |
RAF
|
Miles Mercury |
1941 |
1946 |
6 |
RAF
|
Miles Messenger |
1942 |
unk. |
21 |
RAF
|
Short C-Class Empire |
1939 |
|
|
RAF, BOAC
[note 2]
|
Short Hythe |
1942 |
1946 |
29 |
BOAC
|
Short S.26 G-Class Empire |
1939 |
1947 |
3 |
RAF, BOAC
[note 2]
|
Short Stirling |
1941 |
1946 |
2,371
[note 3] |
RAF
|
Short Scylla |
1934 |
1940 |
2 |
BOAC
|
Sikorsky Hoverfly |
1945 |
1946 |
52 |
RAF
|
Stinson Reliant |
1937 |
1943 |
500 |
RAF, FAA
|
Stinson L-5 Sentinel |
1942 |
1945 |
100 |
RAF
|
Stinson L-1 Vigilant |
1941 |
unk. |
30-71 |
RAF, FAA
|
Taylorcraft Auster |
1942 |
1965 |
1630 |
RAF
|
Vickers Type 264 Valentia |
1934 |
1944 |
82 |
RAF
|
Vickers Warwick |
1939 |
1945 |
842
[note 3] |
RAF
|
Westland Lysander |
1938 |
1946 |
1,786
[note 3] |
RAF
|
Experimental and other
Gloster E.28/39 jet engine testbed
Prototypes & trials
Brewster Bermuda I
Martin-Baker M.B.5
Gliders
Airspeed Horsa troop glider
See also
References
Notes
Citations
Bibliography
- O. Thetford: Aircraft of the Royal Air Force since 1918 6th edition. Putnam & Co., London,UK, 1976,
ISBN
0-370-10056-5.