Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Many types have served in the 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. For an explanation of the alphanumeric codes that follow many of the aircraft, please see here. Table of contents 1 Regular service with the RAF 2 Captured or Interned 3 Pre-RAF 4 Training gliders 5 External links and references Regular service with the RAF Bell Airacobra I - USA - single engine, piston - interceptor Fairey Albacore - UK Armstrong Whitworth Albemarle I, II, V, VI - UK Avro Aldershot III - UK Hawker Siddeley Andover C1, CC2, E3 - UK Avro Anson I, X, C11, XII, C19, T21 - UK Armstrong 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 Avro 504 - UK Avro 504K(NF) - UK Avro 504N -UK BAe 146 CC2 - UK Boulton Paul Balliol T2 - UK Martin Baltimore I, II, III, IV, V - UK Beagle Basset CC 1 UK Fairey Battle I -UK BE2e BE2f BE2g BE3 BE4 BE8 BE8a BE12 BE12a BE12b Bristol Beaufighter I,II,VI,X,XI Bristol Beaufort I,II Be 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 - UK Handley Page Bombay - UK Douglas Boston I, II, III, III (Turbinlite), IV, V Blackburn Botha I Bristol Brigand B1, Met 3 Bristol F2b Fighter Bristol Scout Bristol Britannia C1, S2 Hawker Siddeley Buccaneer S2 Brewster Buffalo I Scottish Aviation Bulldog II (modern trainer) Bristol Bulldog (pre-WW2 fighter) 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, T19 Consolidated Catalina I,II,III,IV - USA - Twin engine, piston - amphibious scout Caproni Ca 42 (served for 1 month) - IT Caudron G II,III,IV Boeing-Vertol Chinook HC1, HC2, HC2A, HC3 - twin rotor heavy lift helicopter De Havilland Chipmunk T10 Saro Cloud Handley Page Clive Cody V De Havilland Comet (transport) C2, C2(RC), C4 Consolidated PB2Y Coronado I - USA Sopwith Cuckoo Curtiss JN 3, 4 Curtiss H12, H16 General Aircraft GA42 Cygnet Douglas Dakota - USA Twin engine, piston - transport Douglas DC2 Boulton Paul Defiant I, II, III Hawker 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) Lockheed Electra - USA - Four engine, turbine - transport Martinsyde Elephant Armstrong Whitworth AW27 Ensign Airspeed Envoy Beech Expediter I - USA De Havilland Express (DH 86) Fairey III A, B, C, D, F Fairey Fawn FE2a FE2b FE2d FE8 Felixstowe F2A, F3, F5 De Havilland Flamingo (DH 95) Ford 5AT-D Trimotor - USA - Three engine, piston - transport Boeing Fortress I, II - USA -Boeing- Four engine, piston - bomber Fairey Fox Fox Moth (DH 83) Fairey Fulmar II Hawker Fury I, II Gloster Gamecock I Westland/Aerospatiale Gazelle HCC4 Gloster Gauntlet I, II De Havilland Genet Moth De Havilland Gipsy Moth (DH 60) Gloster Gladiator I, II Folland Gnat T1 Grumman Goose - USA - single engine, piston - Amphibious rescue Fairey Gordon I, II Gloster Grebe II Bell Griffin HT1, HAR2 - USA Vega Gull Handley Page Hadrian Handley Page Halifax I, II, III, V, VI, VII, A7, VIII, A9 Hamble Baby Hamble Baby Convert Handley Page Hampden Hawker Hardy Hawker Siddeley Harrier GR1, GR3 UK - Single engine, jet, vertical take off and landing Harrier GR5, GR7, GR7A, GR9, GR9A, T10 - Single engine, jet vertical take off and landing Handley Page Harrow I, II Hawker Hart North American Harvard T2 - USA - Singel engine, piston - Trainer Handley Page Hastings C1, C2, C4, Met 1 Douglas (A 20) Havoc I, I(Turbinlite), II, II (Turbinlite) - USA - Twin engine, piston - Attack British Aerospace Hawk T1, T1A, T1W Heck III Hawker Hector Handley Page Hendon II, III Lockheed Hercules C1, C3, C4, C5 - US - Lockheed - Four engine, turbine, transport Handley Page Hereford De Havilland Heron C4 Handley Page Heyford I, II, III Hiller HTE-2 - USA - Helicopter Handley Page Hinaidi Hawker Hind De Havilland Hornet F1, F3 De Havilland Hornet Moth (DH 87) Hawker Horsley Sikorsky Hoverfly I,II Hawker Siddley HS 125 CC1, CC2, CC3 Lockheed Hudson I, II, III, IV, V, VI - USA - Twin engine, piston - transport Hawker Hunter F1, F2, F4, F5,F6, FGA9, FR9 Hawker Hurricane I, II, IV Handley Page Hyderabad De Havilland Hummingbird Blackburn Iris III,V SEPECAT Jaguar GR1, GR1A, GR1B, GR3, GR3A, T4 Gloster Javelin FAW1, FAW2, FAW3, FAW5, FAW6, FAW7, FAW8, FAW9 BAC Jet Provost BAe Jetstream Blackburn Kangaroo Curtiss Kittyhawk I, II, III, IV - USA - Single engine pursuit -[ USAA Desig. P-40] Avro Lancaster I, PR1, II, III, GR, ASR3, VI, VII, B7, X Avro Lancastrian C2 Saro Lerwick I De Havilland Leopard Moth (DH 85) Consolidated Liberator I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX - USA - Consolidated Vultee -four engine, piston - bomber English Electric Lightning F1, F1A, F2, F2A, F3, F6 Avro Lincoln B2 Lockheed 12 Lockheed 14 Lockheed Lodestar (usually known as Ventura in service) - USA - Twin engine, piston - transport Saro London I, II Westland Lysander I, II, III Miles Magister I Avro Manchester I Handley Page Marathan Martin Marauder I, II, III - USA - Twin engine, piston - light attack/bomber Martin Mariner I Miles Martinet I Martinsyde S1 Martinsyde G100 Martinsyde G102 Martin Maryland Miles Master III Miles (M 16) Mentor Miles Messenger European Helicopter Industries Merlin HC3 Gloster Meteor I, III, F3, F4, F8, FR9, PR10, NF11, NF12, NF13, NF14 North 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 (DH 60) De Havilland Moth Major (DH 60) North American Mustang I, II, III, IV - USA - North American Aviation - Single engine, piston - pursuit Lockheed Neptune MR1 Nieuport Nighthawk (trial only) Miles Nighthawk Nieuport Nightjar BAe Nimrod MR1, MR2, R1, AEW3 - four engine jet maritime patrol aircraft and failed British AWACS design Northrop N3P-B - USA - Four engine, turbine, patrol, recon Boulton Paul Overstrand Airspeed Oxford 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 HC1 Sopwith Pup De Havilland Puss Moth (DH 80) Short Rangoon RE8 Vultee-Stinson Reliant (known as AT-19) - USA - Single engine, piston - trainer Blackburn Roc Avro Rota I, II North American F-86 Sabre F4 - USA - Single engine, jet, fighter/interceptor Salamandar Saro A7 Supermarine Scapa Scion Senior Neiuport Scout SE5a Short Seaford (trials only) Gloster Sea Gladiator Westland Sea King HAR3, HAR3A Fairey Seal Supermarine Sea Otter Vultee-Stinson Sentinel - USA Sentry AEW1 - USA - Boeing - Four engine, jet - Patrol/Recon - aka AWACS Avro Shackleton MR1, MR2, AEW2, MR3 Boulton Paul Sidestrand Short Singapore II, III Armstrong Whitworth Siskin III, IIIA Bell Sioux Saro Skeeter Douglas Skymaster I - USA SM 73P SM 79K Sopwith Snipe - UK Supermarine Southampton - UK SPAD S.VII - FR SPAD S.XIII - FR Supermarine 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 - pursuit Stampe SV 4B Shorts Stirling I, III, IV, V Supermarine Stranraer Shorts Sunderland I, II, III, V, GR5 Supermarine Swift F1, F2, FR5 Fairey Swordfish I, III Bristol Sycamore HC11, HC12, HC13, HC14 Taylorcraft Plus C, C1, D Hawker Tempest II, F2, V, VI, F6 Republic Thunderbolt I, II - USA - Republic Aviation - Single engine, piston - pursuit De Havilland Tiger Moth Curtiss 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 Scottish Aviation Twin Pioneer CC1, CC2 Twin Squirrel HCC1 Hawker Typhoon I Eurofighter Typhoon T1 Vickers Valentia Vickers Valetta C1 Vickers Valiant B1, B1(K), B(PR)1, B(PR)K1 De Havilland Vampire F1, F3, FB5, FB9, NF 10 Vickers 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, FB4 Lockheed Ventura I, II, V (Lodestar in civilian service) - USA - Twin engine, piston - transport Vickers Vernon Handley Page Victor B1, B1A, K1, K1A, B2, B2R, B2(SR), K2 Vickers 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) Westland Wallace Westland Walrus Supermarine Walrus Westland Wapiti Vickers Warwick I, III, V Boeing Washington B1 - USA - Four engine, piston - Strategic bomber Vickers Wellesley Vickers Wellington I, II, III, IV, VI, VIII, X, XI, XIII, XIV, XVI Westland Wessex HC2, HAR2, HCC4, HU5C Westland Whirlwind (fixed wing) I Westland Whirlwind (rotary wing) HAR2, HAR4, HAR10, HCC12 Armstrong Whitworth Whitley I, II, III, IV, V, VII Whitney Straight Foster Wikner Warferry (Foster Wikner Wicko) Hawker Woodcock II Avro York C1 Captured or Interned Captured or interned examples of the following aircraft were at one time flown by the RAF. Dornier Do22 - DE Fokker F.XXII - DE Fokker T.VIIIw/G - DE Junkers Ju52 - DE Junkers Ju53m - DE Koolhoven FK43 - DE Messerschmitt Bf108 - DE Messerschmitt Bf 109 F - DE Messerschmitt Bf 110C - DE 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 BE2 BE2a BE2b BE2c BE2d Blériot XI Blériot XXI Blériot Parasol Breguet Biplane Bristol Boxkite Bristol Coanda Monoplane Bristol M1B Bristol M1C Bristol Prier Monoplane Deperdussin Monoplane - FR DH 1A DH 2 Farman F40 Farman Henry Farman III Henry Farman Biplane Henry Farman F20 Henry Farman F27 Armstrong Whitworth FK3 Armstrong Whitworth FK8 HP O/100 HP O/400 HP V/1500 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 SE5 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 Grob Tutor T1 External links and references RAF Squadrons, 2nd Edition, Wing Commander C. G. Jefford MBE, BA, RAF (Retd), Airlife Publishing, Shrewsbury, 2001, ISBN 1-84037-141-2 RAF Museum collection by type List of aircraft types and details This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.