Royal Air Force since it was formed in 1918 by the merger of the Royal Flying Corps and Royal Naval Air Service . Here can be found a list of RAF aircraft , those types that have served and been retired by the RAF, and also those types that are currently in service. The aircraft are listed in alphabetic order of their RAF type name, and then in mark order within that type.
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Regular service with the RAF
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A Bell Airacobra I - USA - single engine, piston - interceptor Fairey Albacore - UKArmstrong Whitworth Albemarle I, II, V, VI - UKAvro Aldershot III - UK Hawker Siddeley Andover C1, CC2, E3 - UK Avro Anson I, X, C11, XII, C19, T21 - UKArmstrong Whitworth Argosy C1, E1 - UK Fairchild Argus -UK Armstrong Whitworth Atlas - UK Hawker Audax - UK British Taylorcraft Auster I, III, IV, V, AOP 6, AOP 9 - UK
B Boulton Paul Balliol T2 - UK Martin Baltimore I, II, III, IV, V - UK Beagle Basset CC 1 UK Fairey Battle I, II, III, V -UKRoyal Aircraft Factory BE.2 a, b, c, d, eBE3 BE4 BE8 BE8a BE12 BE12a BE12b Bristol Beaufighter I,II,VI,X,XIBristol Beaufort I,IIBe 17 - Beechcraft 17 Travelaire - USA - Twin engine, piston - light transport Short Belfast C1 - UK Westland Belvedere - UK Blackburn Beverley - UK Avro Bison - UK Bristol Blenheim I, IV,V - UKBristol Bombay - UKDouglas Boston I, II, III, III (Turbinlite), IV, VBlackburn Botha I Bristol Brigand B1, Met 3Bristol F2b Fighter Bristol Scout Bristol Britannia C1, C2Blackburn Buccaneer S2Bristol Buckingham Bristol Buckmaster Brewster Buffalo IScottish Aviation Bulldog II (modern trainer)Bristol Bulldog (pre-WW2 fighter)
C Boeing C-17 Globemaster III Sopwith Camel Fairey Campania English Electric Canberra B2, PR3, T4, B6, PR7, B(I)8, PR9, T11, B15, E15, B16, T17, TT18, T19Consolidated Catalina I,II,III,IV - USA - Twin engine, piston - amphibious scoutCaproni Ca 42 (served for 1 month) - ITCaudron G II, III, IV Boeing-Vertol Chinook HC1, HC2, HC2A, HC3 - twin rotor heavy lift helicopter De Havilland Chipmunk T10Saro Cloud Handley Page Clive Cody V De Havilland Comet (transport) C2, C2(RC), C4Consolidated Coronado I - USA Sopwith Cuckoo Curtiss JN 3 Curtiss JN 4 Curtiss H12 Curtiss H16 General Aircraft GA42 Cygnet
D Douglas Dakota - USA Twin engine, piston - transport Douglas DC-2 Boulton Paul Defiant I, II, IIIHawker Demon De Havilland Devon C1, C2 DH 4 DH 5 DH 6 DH 9 DH 9A DH 10 DH 10A Sopwith Dolphin De Havilland Dominie (DH 125) De Havilland Don De Havilland Dragon (DH 84) Westland Dragonfly HC2 De Havilland Dragon Rapide (DH 89)
E Lockheed L-10 Electra - USA - Four engine, turbine - transport Martinsyde Elephant Armstrong Whitworth AW27 Ensign Airspeed Envoy Beech Expediter I - USA De Havilland Express (DH 86)
F Fairey III A, B, C, D, FFairey Fawn Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.2 a, b, dFE8 Felixstowe F2A, F3, F5 De Havilland Flamingo (DH 95)Ford Trimotor 5-ATDBoeing Fortress I, II Fairey Fox De Havilland Fox Moth (DH 83) Fairey Fulmar IIHawker Fury I, II
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H Handley Page Hadrian Handley Page Halifax I, II, III, V, VI, VII, A7, VIII, A9Hamble Baby Hamble Baby Convert Handley Page Hampden IHawker Hardy Hawker Siddeley Harrier GR1, GR3 UK - Single engine, jet, vertical take off and landing BAe/McDonnell Douglas Harrier II GR5, GR7, GR7A, GR9, GR9A, T10 - Single engine, jet vertical take off and landingHandley Page Harrow I, II Hawker Hart North American Harvard I, II, IIA, IIB, III - USAHandley Page Hastings C1, C2, C4, Met 1Douglas Havoc I, I(Turbinlite), II, II (Turbinlite) - USA - Twin engine, piston - Attack British Aerospace Hawk T1, T1A, T1WHeck III Hawker Hector Handley Page Hendon II, III Hawker Henley Lockheed Hercules C1, C3, C4, C5 - US - Lockheed - Four engine, turbine, transport Handley Page Hereford De Havilland Heron C4Handley Page Heyford I, II, III Hiller HTE-2 - USA - Helicopter Handley Page Hinaidi Hawker Hind De Havilland Hornet F1, F3De Havilland Hornet Moth (DH 87)Hawker Horsley Sikorsky Hoverfly I,II Handley Page H.P.42 - Imperial Airways 4-engine airlinerHawker Siddeley HS 125 CC1, CC2, CC3 Lockheed Hudson I, II, III, IV, V, VI - USA - Twin engine, piston - transportHawker Hunter F1, F2, F4, F5,F6, FGA9, FR9 Hawker Hurricane I, II, IV Handley Page Hyderabad De Havilland Hummingbird
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J SEPECAT Jaguar GR1, GR1A, GR1B, GR3, GR3A, T4Gloster Javelin FAW1, FAW2, FAW3, FAW5, FAW6, FAW7, FAW8, FAW9BAC Jet Provost BAe Jetstream
K Blackburn Kangaroo Curtiss Kittyhawk I, II, III, IV - USA - Single engine pursuit -[ USAA Desig. P-40]
L Avro Lancaster I, PR1, II, III, GR, ASR3, VI, VII, B7, XAvro Lancastrian C2Saro Lerwick IDe Havilland Leopard Moth (DH 85) Consolidated Liberator I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX - USA - Consolidated Vultee -four engine, piston - bomberEnglish Electric Lightning F1, F1A, F2, F2A, F3, F6Avro Lincoln B2Lockheed 12 Lockheed 14 Lockheed Lodestar (usually known as Ventura in service) - USA - Twin engine, piston - transportSaro London I, IIWestland Lysander I, II, III
M Miles Magister Avro Manchester I, IAHandley Page Marathan Martin Marauder I, II, III - USA - Twin engine, piston - light attack/bomber Martin Mariner IMiles Martinet Martinsyde S1 Martinsyde G100 Martinsyde G102 Martin Maryland Miles Master I, II, III, FighterMiles Mentor Miles Messenger European Helicopter Industries Merlin HC3Gloster Meteor I, III, F3, F4, F8, FR9, PR10, NF11, NF12, NF13, NF14North American Mitchell II, III - USA - Twin engine, piston - bomber Curtiss Mohawk III, IV - USA - Single engine, piston - pursuit (see Curtis Kittyhawk) Morane BB Morane H Morane I Morane L Morane LA Morane N Morane P Morane V De Havilland Mosquito II, IV, VI, VII, IX, XII, XIII, XV, XVI, XVII, XVIII, XIX, XX, B20, XXV, B25, FB26, XXX, NF30, XXXII, XXXIV, PR34, XXXV, B35, PR35, XXXVI, NF36 - UK - Twin engine, piston - attack, recon -De Havilland Moth & Moth Major(DH 60) de Havilland Moth Minor (DH 94) North American Mustang I, II, III, IV - USA - North American Aviation - Single engine, piston - pursuit
N Lockheed Neptune MR1Nieuport Nighthawk (trial only) Miles Nighthawk Nieuport Nightjar BAe Nimrod MR1, MR2, R1, AEW3 - four engine jet maritime patrol aircraft and failed British AWACS designNorthrop N3P-B - USA
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P Parnall Panther Hunting Percival Pembroke C1, C(PR)1 Percival Q6 Blackburn Perth McDonnel Douglas Phantom FG1, FGR2, F-4J[UK] - USA - Lockheed - Twin engine, jet, fighter Phoenix Scottish Aviation Pioneer CC1 Percival Prentice T1 Percival Proctor I, II, III, IV Percival Provost Westland/Aerospatiale Puma HC1Sopwith Pup De Havilland Puss Moth (DH 80)
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S North American Sabre F4 - USA - Single engine, jet, fighter/interceptor Salamandar Saro A7 Supermarine Scapa Scion Senior Neiuport Scout Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5a Short Seaford (trials only) Gloster Sea Gladiator Westland Sea King HAR3, HAR3AFairey Seal Supermarine Sea Otter Raytheon Sentinel - ASTORVultee-Stinson Sentinel - USA Boeing Sentry AEW1 - USA - Boeing - Four engine, jet - Patrol/Recon - aka AWACS Avro Shackleton MR1, MR2, AEW2, MR3Boulton Paul Sidestrand Short Singapore II, III Armstrong Whitworth Siskin III, IIIABell Sioux Saro Skeeter Douglas Skymaster I - USA SM 73P SM 79K Sopwith Snipe - UKSupermarine Southampton - UK SPAD S.VII - FRSPAD S.XIII - FRSupermarine Spitfire C, D, I, II, IV, V, VI, PR VII, VII, VIII, IX X, XI, XII, XIV, 14, XVI, 16, XVIII, 18, XIX, PR19, F21, F22 - UK - Single engine, piston - pursuitStampe SV 4B Shorts Stirling I, III, IV, VSupermarine Stranraer Shorts Sunderland I, II, III, V, GR5Supermarine Swift F1, F2, FR5Fairey Swordfish I, IIIBristol Sycamore HC11, HC12, HC13, HC14
T Taylorcraft Plus C, C1, D Hawker Tempest II, F2, V, VI, F6 Republic Thunderbolt I, II - USA - Republic Aviation - Single engine, piston - pursuitDe Havilland Tiger Moth I, II, Queen BeeCurtiss Tomahawk I, II - USA - Single engine, piston - pursuit (see Curtiss Mohawk, Kitthawk)Hawker Tomtit Panavia Tornado GR1, GR1A, GR1B, GR4 , GR4A, F2, F3 Lockheed Tristar C1, KC1, C2, C2A - USA - Three engine, jet, transport/refueling Shorts Tucano Avro Tutor Grob Tutor T1Scottish Aviation Twin Pioneer CC1, CC2Twin Squirrel HCC1 Hawker Typhoon I Eurofighter Typhoon T1
V Handley Page V/1500 Vickers Valentia Vickers Valetta C1 Vickers Valiant B1, B1(K), B(PR)1, B(PR)K1De Havilland Vampire F1, F3, FB5, FB9, NF 10Vickers Varsity T1 Vickers VC-10 C1, C1(K), K2, K3, K4 - UK - four engine, jet transport Vega Gull - USA Vultee Vengeance I, II, III, IV - USA de Havilland Venom FB1, NF2, NF3, FB4Lockheed Ventura I, II, V (Lodestar in civilian service) - USA - Twin engine, piston - transportVickers Vernon Handley Page Victor B1, B1A, K1, K1A, B2, B2R, B2(SR), K2Vickers Victoria Vultee-Stinson Vigilant - USA Vickers Vildebeest I, II, III, IV Vickers Vimy Vickers Viking Vickers Vincent Vickers Virginia II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X Avro Vulcan B1, B1A, B2, B2A, B2(MAA), B2(K)
W Westland Wallace Westland Walrus Supermarine Walrus Westland Wapiti Vickers Warwick I, III, VBoeing Washington B1 - USA - Four engine, piston - Strategic bomber Westland Welkin Vickers Wellesley Vickers Wellington I, II, III, IV, VI, VIII, X, XI, XIII, XIV, XVIWestland Wessex HC2, HAR2, HCC4, HU5CWestland Whirlwind (fixed wing) I Westland Whirlwind (rotary wing) HAR2, HAR4, HAR10, HCC12 Armstrong Whitworth Whitley I, II, III, IV, V, VIIMiles Whitney Straight A, BFoster Wikner Warferry (Foster Wikner Wicko) Hawker Woodcock II
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Captured or Interned Captured or interned examples of the following aircraft were at one time flown by the RAF.
Pre-RAF The following types were flown by the RFC or RNAS but phased out before the creation of the RAF:
Avro Type E Avro Type Es BE1 Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2 a, b, c, dBlériot XI Blériot XXI Blériot Parasol Breguet Biplane Bristol Boxkite Bristol Coanda Monoplane Bristol M1B Bristol M1C Bristol Prier Monoplane Deperdussin Monoplane - FR DH 1A Airco DH.2 Farman F40 Farman Henry Farman III Henry Farman Biplane Henry Farman F20 Henry Farman F27 Armstrong Whitworth FK3 Armstrong Whitworth FK8 Handley Page O/100 Handley Page O/400 HP 42 Farman MF 7 Longhorn Nieuport Monoplane Nieuport 11 Nieuport 12 Nieuport 16 Nieuport 17 Nieuport 20 Nieuport 23 Nieuport 24 Nieuport 27 RE1 RE5 RE7 SE2 SE2a Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5 Short 184 Short 320 Short Bomber Short R.24 Short R.31 Short S.23M Short S.26M Shorthorn Sopwith 1-1/2 Strutter Sopwith 3-Seater Sopwith Baby Sopwith Tabloid Sopwith Triplane Vickers Boxkite Vickers FB 'Gun Carrier' Vickers FB 5 Vickers FB 9 Vickers ES 1 Vickers FB19 MkII Voisin LA Voisin LA.S Wright Converted
Training gliders The following Gliders are or were flown by RAF training squadrons:
Kirby Cadet Grasshopper Primary Glider Slingsby T21 Sedburgh Slingsby Venture Grob Vigilant T1 - Self Launching Motor Glider Grob Viking TX 1
External links and references RAF Squadrons , 2nd Edition, Wing Commander C. G. Jefford MBE, BA, RAF (Retd), Airlife Publishing, Shrewsbury, 2001, ISBN 1-84037-141-2RAF Museum collection by type (http://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/raf-museum-collection.htm ) List of aircraft types and details (http://www.rafweb.org/aircraftA-D.htm )
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