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; 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

Manufacturer	Type	Origin	Class	Role	Introduced	Retired	Engine(s)	Notes
Sopwith	1½ Strutter	UK	Propeller	Fighter/bomber/reconnaissance	1918	1920	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	A109E/A109SP	Italy	Rotorcraft	Liaison	2006	2024	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	1993	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	1912	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	Dominie [68] [Note 6]	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	2025	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

Civil aircraft ^[237]

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	Telecommunications Research Establishment, ex-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	24 Squadron, ex-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	31 Squadron and 24 Squadron (2 ex-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	Danish Air Lines 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 Heston, RAF Northolt and 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. 24 and 271 Squadrons, ex-SABENA
Short Empire [246]	4	Maritime patrol with Nos. 119 and 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

Title

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.79K	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

• FMA IA 58 Pucará, 11 aircraft were captured during the Falklands War. Six were taken back to the United Kingdom. Two are on display - one at the Royal Air Force Museum Midlands and one at the North East Land, Sea and Air Museums.

German aircraft

• Arado Ar 96, Ar 196, Ar 232, Ar 234
• Blohm & Voss BV 138, BV 155, BV 222
• Braunschweig LF-1 Zaunkönig
• Bücker Bü 131, Bü 180, Bü 181
• Dornier Do 17, Do 24, Do 217, Do 335
• DFS 228
• Fieseler Fi 103, Fi 156, Fl 282
• Focke-Achgelis Fa 223, Fa 330
• Focke-Wulf Fw 58, Fw 189, Fw 190, Ta 152, Fw 200
• Fokker D.VII
• Gotha Go 145, Go 150
• Halberstadt D.III
• Heinkel He 59, He 111, He 115, He 162, He 177, He 219
• Henschel Hs 129, Hs 130
• Horten Ho IV, Ho 229
• Junkers Ju 52/3m, Ju 87, Ju 88, Ju 188, Ju 290, Ju 352, Ju 388, W 34
• Klemm Kl 35
• Messerschmitt Bf 108, Bf 109, Bf 110, Me 163, Me 262, Me 323, Me 410
• Siebel Fh 104, Si 204

Italian aircraft

• Caproni Ca.100, Ca.101, Ca.148, Ca 309, Ca.311
• Caproni-Campini CC.2
• Cant Z.501, Z.506
• Fiat CR.42, G.12, G.50, G.55
• Macchi MC.200, MC.202
• Saiman 200, 202
• Savoia-Marchetti SM.73, SM.79, SM.81, SM.82, SM.95

Japanese aircraft

• Kawasaki Ki-48, Ki-61, Ki-100
• Kawanishi H6K
• Kyushu K9W
• Mitsubishi A6M, G4M, J2M, Ki-21, Ki-46, Ki-67
• Nakajima A6M2-N, L2D, 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

• List of British airships
• Barrage 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

1. UK variant completely redesigned from Canadian original and shared few interchangeable parts.
2. Racer evaluated as K5084
3. One aircraft for training and support with Memorial Flight
4. 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]
5. The DH-9A wasn't a variant of the DH-9, but was instead entirely redesigned by Westland.
6. Dominie was the RAF's name for the Dragon Rapide - impressed examples retained original name
7. Evaluation only, later impressed. RAF name was to have been Hertfordshire
8. Used by Queen's flight
9. Single example donated to RAF
10. Sold in 2017. ^[123]
11. AL1 transferred from the Army on 2 April 2019. ^[59] In July 2021, reported were retired from service on 30 June 2021. ^[60]
12. Used by Queen's flight

Footnotes

1. Thetford, 1978, pp. 237–238, 243–245, 587
2. Thetford, 1978, pp. 130–131
3. "Royal Air Force".
4. "UK's Royal Air Force ends BAe 146 operations".
5. Thetford, 1978, p. 604
6. Thetford, 1978, pp. 44–47
7. Thetford, 1978, pp. 98–99
8. Thetford, 1978, pp. 34–35
9. Thetford, 1978, pp. 48–49
10. Thetford, 1978, p. 574
11. Thetford, 1978, pp. 370–372
12. Thetford, 1978, pp. 53–58
13. Thetford, 1978, p. 576
14. Thetford, 1978, pp. 368–369
15. Thetford, 1978, p. 586
16. Thetford, 1978, pp. 25–27
17. Thetford, 1978, pp. 326–327
18. Thetford, 1978, pp. 39–43, 159–160
19. Thetford, 1978, pp. 39–43, 159–160
20. Thetford, 1978, pp. 121–122
21. Thetford, 1978, pp. 401–402
22. Thetford, 1978, pp. 96–97
23. Thetford, 1978, pp. 252–255
24. Thetford, 1978, pp. 140–145
25. Thetford, 1978, pp. 138–139
26. Thetford, 1978, pp. 465–466
27. Thetford, 1978, pp. 561–562
28. Thetford, 1978, p. 578
29. Thetford, 1978, pp. 106–107
30. Thetford, 1978, p. 573
31. Thetford, 1978, pp. 132–135, 146–147
32. Thetford, 1978, pp. 136–137
33. Thetford, 1978, pp. 224–226
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