List of aircraft of the United Kingdom in World War II

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)Used for logistics support with RAF crews. during the Second World War.

Fighters and fighter-bombers

Torpedo bombers, dive bombers and army cooperation

Level bombers

Maritime patrol and coastal reconnaissance

Photo reconnaissance

Trainers and target tugs

Transport and communications

Model name Introduction Retired Built OperatorAirspeed Envoy1934195252RAFAirspeed Courier1933194716RAFimpressedArmstrong Whitworth Albemarle19401945602RAFArmstrong Whitworth Ensign1938194614BOACArmstrong Whitworth Whitley193719451814RAFAvro Lancastrian1945196091RAF, BOACAvro York19441964259RAFBeechcraft Expeditor1937unk.9000RAF, FAABoeing Clipper193919463BOACBristol Bombay1939194451RAFBristol Buckingham19431945119RAFConsolidated PB2Y Coronado1937194610RAFConsolidated Liberator19431945200RAFde Havilland Albatross193819437Imperial Airways, BOAC, RAFde Havilland Express1934194162RAF, FAAde Havilland Dragon Rapide19341958731RAF, FAAde Havilland Dragonfly1936194567RAFde Havilland Flamingo1939195014RAF, FAA, BOACde Havilland Hornet Moth1934unk.164RAFde Havilland Leopard Moth1933unk.133RAFde Havilland Mosquito194119637781BOACde Havilland Moth Minor1937unk.140RAF, FAAde Havilland Puss Moth1930unk.140RAFDouglas Dakota1942unk.1900+RAF, BOACDouglas Skymaster1942197522RAFFairchild Argus19321948831RAFFoster Wikner Warferry1936unk.10RAFGrumman G-21 Goose1935unk.49RAF, FAAGrumman Gosling1940unk.15RAF, FAAHandley Page Halifax194019616176all types producedRAFHandley Page H.P.42193119404RAFHandley Page H.P.54 Harrow19371945100RAFHawker Hardy193419418RAFHeston Phoenix193619526RAFPercival Petrel1938194727RAFPercival Proctor193919551147RAFPercival Vega Gull1935194590RAFLockheed Lodestar1940unk.625RAF, BOACMesserschmitt Aldon19391950s4RAFMiles Mentor1938195045RAFMiles Mercury194119466RAFMiles Messenger1942unk.21RAFShort C-Class Empire1939RAF, BOACShort Hythe1942194629BOACShort S.26 G-Class Empire193919473RAF, BOACShort Stirling194119462,371RAFShort Scylla193419402BOACSikorsky Hoverfly1945194652RAFStinson Reliant19371943500RAF, FAAStinson L-5 Sentinel19421945100RAFStinson L-1 Vigilant1941unk.30-71RAF, FAATaylorcraft Auster194219651630RAFVickers Type 264 Valentia1934194482RAFVickers Warwick19391945842RAFWestland Lysander193819461,786RAF

Experimental and other

Prototypes & trials

Gliders

See also List of aircraft of the Royal Air Force List of aircraft of the Fleet Air Arm List of Fleet Air Arm aircraft in World War II List of aircraft of World War II

References

Notes

Citations

Bibliography O. Thetford: Aircraft of the Royal Air Force since 1918 6th edition. Putnam & Co., London, UK, 1976, .

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