Name |
Manufacturer |
Role |
Service |
Squadrons |
Notes |
Elephant |
Martinsyde |
Fighter/Bomber |
? - 1919 |
30, 51, 72, |
|
Expeditor |
Beech |
Transport |
|
|
|
F 2A |
Felixstowe |
General Recce |
? - 1923 |
228, 230, 231, 232, 238, 240, 247, 249, 257,
259, 261, 267 |
|
F 3 |
Felixstowe |
General Recce |
? - 1921 |
231, 232, 234, 247, 249, 259, 261, 263, 265,
267, 271, |
|
F2b
(Fighter) |
Bristol |
Fighter |
1917 - 1932 |
2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 20, 22,
24, 28, 31, 33, 34, 36, 39, 48,
51, 62, 75, 76, 88, 100, 105, 111, 114, 138, 139, 140, 141, 208 |
Bristol Fighters of No 22 Sqn made the first
sorties of the RAF on 1 April 1918. |
F5 |
Felixstowe |
General Recce |
1918 - 1925 |
230, 231 |
|
Fawn |
Fairey |
Bomber |
1924 - 1929 |
11, 12, 100, 503, 602 |
|
FE 2 |
Royal Aircraft Factory |
Fighter/Bomber |
1916 - 1919 |
6, 11,12, 16, 18, 19, 20, 22, 23, 25, 28, 33,
35, 36, 38, 45, 51, 57, 58, 64, 75, 78, 83, 90, 100, 101, 102, 148, 149,
166, 191, 192, 246 |
|
Firefly
Seaplane |
Fairey |
Training Seaplane |
1931 |
RAF High Speed Flight |
Used for training |
FK 8 |
Armstrong Whitworth |
Corps Recce |
? - 1919 |
2, 8, 10, 17, 35, 39, 47, 50, 82, 142, 143 |
|
Flamingo |
De Havilland |
Transport |
1940 - |
King's Flight, 24 |
|
Fleetwing |
Fairey |
Training Seaplane |
1931 |
RAF High Speed Flight |
Used for training |
Flycatcher |
Fairey |
Fleet Fighter |
|
|
Seaplane version used by RAF High Speed Flight
in 1929 |
Fortress |
Boeing |
Bomber/General Reconnaissance |
1941 - 1946 |
59,
90, 206, 214, 223, 220, 251, 519, 521 |
Used in Electronic counter measures role by
Bomber Command. |
Fox |
Fairey |
Bomber |
1926 - 1931 |
12 |
|
Fury I |
Hawker |
Fighter |
1931 - 1939 |
1, 25, 43 |
First RAF fighter to exceed 200 mph |
Fury II |
Hawker |
Fighter |
1931 - 1939 |
25, 41, 43, 73, 87, 2 FTS,
3 FTS, 6 FTS, 7 FTS, 8 FTS, 8 FTS, 9 FTS, 10 FTS, RAFC |
|
Gamecock |
Gloster |
Fighter |
1926 - 1933 |
3, 17, 23, 32, 43 |
|
Gauntlet |
Gloster |
Fighter |
1935 - 1940 |
6, 17, 19,
32, 33, 46, 54, 56, 65, 66, 74, 79, 80, 111, 112, 151, 213, 504, 601, 602,
615, 616 |
|
Gazelle |
Westland/Aerspatiale |
Training Helicopter |
1973 - |
2 FTS, 32 |
Some were used for communications |
Genet Moth |
De Havilland |
Trainer |
1927 - |
CFS |
|
Gipsy Moth |
De Havilland |
Trainer |
192? - 193? |
24, 601, 604, 5 FTS, CFS, 15 ERFTS, 17 ERFTS |
|
Gladiator |
Gloster |
Fighter |
1937 - 1942 |
3,
6, 25, 33, 54, 56, 65, 72, 73, 79, 80, 85, 87, 94, 112, 127, 152, 247,
261, 263, 267, 274, 521, 602, 603, 605, 607, 615, |
The RAF's last
biplane fighter |
Gloster I |
Gloster |
Racing Seaplane |
1925 - 1927 |
RAF High Speed Flight |
|
Gloster III |
Gloster |
Racing Seaplane |
1925 - 1927 |
RAF High Speed Flight |
|
Gloster IV |
Gloster |
Racing Seaplane |
1926 - 1927 |
RAF High Speed Flight |
|
Gloster VI |
Gloster |
Racing Seaplane |
1929 - 1931 |
RAF High Speed Flight |
Also called the Golden Arrow |
Gnat |
Hawker Siddeley (Folland) |
Advanced Trainer |
1962 - 1978 |
CFS, 4 FTS |
|
Goose |
Grumman |
Communications |
1943 - |
24, ATA |
|
Gordon |
Fairey |
General Purpose |
1931 - 1939 |
6, 14, 35, 40,
45, 47, 207, |
|
Grebe |
Gloster |
Fighter |
1923 - 1929 |
19, 25, 29, 32, 56, 111* |
*1 flight only |
Hadrian |
Waco |
Transport Glider |
1943 - 1945 |
668, 669, 670, 671, 672, 673 |
|
Halifax I -
VII |
Handley Page |
Bomber |
1940 - 1952 |
10, 35,
47, 51, 58, 76, 77, 78, 96, 102, 103, 113, 138, 147, 148, 158, 161, 171,
178, 187, 190, 192, 199, 202, 224, 246, 295, 296, 297, 298, 301, 304, 346,
347, 405, 408, 415, 419, 420, 424, 425, 426, 427, 428, 429, 431, 432, 433,
434, 460, 462, 466, 502, 517, 518, 519, 520, 521, 578, 614, 620, 624, 640,
644 |
Also widely used by Coastal Command and
Transport Command |
Halifax VIII
- IX |
Handley Page |
Airborne Forces Transport |
1945 - 1946 |
47, 113, 147, 295, 296, 297, 301, 304, 620, 644 |
|
Hamilcar |
General Aircraft |
Transport Glider |
1942 - 1945 |
|
|
Hampden |
Handley Page |
Bomber |
1938 - 1943 |
7, 4 , 49, 50, 61, 76, 83, 106, 144, 185, 207,
408, 415, 420, 455, 489, 517, 519, 521 |
|
Hardy |
Hawker |
Army Co-operation |
1935 - 1941 |
6, 30,
237 |
|
Harrier GR1
- 3 |
British Aerospace |
Ground-Attack Fighter |
1969 - ? |
1, 3, 4, 20 |
Also a trainer version (T2/4) |
Harrier GR5
- 7 |
British Aerospace |
Ground-Attack Fighter |
1987 - Current |
1, 3. 4, 20, 233 OCU |
Also a trainer version (T10) |
Harrow |
Handley Page |
Bomber |
1937 - 1945 |
37,
75, 93, 115, 214, 215, 271, |
After service as a bomber many were used as
transports |
Hart |
Hawker |
Bomber |
1930 - 1939 |
6, 11, 12, 15, 18, 21, 24, 33,
39, 40, 57, 60 142, 600, 601, 602, 603, 605, 609, 610, 611 |
|
Hart Trainer |
Hawker |
Advanced Trainer |
1935 - 1939 |
|
|
Harvard |
North American |
Advanced Trainer |
1938 - 1955 |
|
|
Hastings |
Handley Page |
Transport |
1948 - 1977 |
24, 36, 47,
48, 53, 70, 99, 114, 116, 202, 297, 511 |
202 Sqn used the Hastings for Met duties |
Havoc |
Douglas |
Night Fighter/Intruder |
1941 - 1943 |
23, 85,
93, 530, 531, 532, 533, 534, 535, 536, 537, 538, 539, 418, 605 |
|
Hawk |
British Aerospace |
Advanced trainer |
1976 - Current |
4 FTS, 19, 63, 74, 79, 92,
100, 151, 234, Red Arrows |
Most squadrons are reserve units within 4 FTS |
Hector |
Hawker |
Army Co-operation |
1937 - 1942 |
2, 4,
13, 26, 53, 59, 296, 602, 612, 613, 614, 615 |
Used as glider tugs after first line service |
Hendon |
Fairey |
Bomber |
1936 - 1939 |
38, 115 |
|
Henley |
Hawker |
Target Tug |
1938 - 1945 |
587, 595, 631, 639, 695 |
|
Hercules |
Lockheed |
Transport/Tanker |
1966 - Current |
24, 30, 36, 47, 48, 70, 242
OCU |
|
Heron |
De Havilland |
Communications |
1955 - |
Queen's Flight |
|
Heyford |
Handley Page |
Bomber |
1933 - 1941 |
7, 9, 10, 38, 78, 97, 99,
102, 148, 149, 166 |
|
Hinaidi |
Handley Page |
Bomber |
1929 - 1935 |
10, 99,
503 |
|
Hind |
Hawker |
Bomber |
1935 - 1939 |
12, 15, 18, 21,
34, 40, 44, 49, 50, 52, 57, 62, 63, 83, 88, 90, 98, 103, 104, 106, 107,
108, 110, 113, 114, 139, 142, 185, 211, 218, 500, 501, 502, 503, 504, 602,
603, 605, 609, 610, 611, 613, 616 |
|
Hornet |
De Havilland |
Fighter |
1946 - 1955 |
19, 33, 41, 45, 64,
65, 80 |
|
Horsa |
Airspeed |
Transport Glider |
1942 - 1945 |
|
|
Horsley |
Hawker |
Bomber/Torpedo Bomber |
1927 - 1935 |
11, 15, 33, 36, 100, 504 |
|
Hotspur |
Airspeed |
Training Glider |
1941 - 1945 |
1 GTS, 2 GTS, 3 GTS, 4 GTS, 5 GTS |
|
Hoverfly I |
Sikorsky |
Helicopter |
1945 |
HTF, 529 |
|
Hoverfly II |
Sikorsky |
Helicopter |
1946 - |
657 |
|
Hudson |
Lockheed |
Maritime Recce |
1939 - 1945 |
8, 48, 53, 59, 62, 117, 139, 161, 163, 194,
200, 216, 217, 206, 220, 224, 233, 251, 267, 269, 279, 280, 285, 287,
288, 289, 320, 353, 357, 407, 459, 500, 517, 519, 520, 521, 608 |
After 1944 many were used as transports |
Humming Bird |
De Havilland |
Communications |
1924 - |
24 |
|
Hunter 1 - 6 |
Hawker |
Fighter |
1954 - 1962 |
1, 3, 4, 14, 19, 20, 26, 34, 41, 43, 54, 56,
63, 65, 66, 67, 71, 74, 92, 93, 98, 111, 112, 118, 130, 208, 222, 234,
245, 247, 257, 263 |
|
Hunter 7 |
Hawker |
Advanced Trainer |
1958 - 198? |
229 OCU (63, 79, 145, 234),
TWU, 237 OCU, 4 FTS |
All Hunter squadrons also used them. |
Hunter
9
& 10 |
Hawker |
Fighter/Fighter Recce |
1960 - 1976 |
1, 2, 4, 8,
20, 28, 43, 45, 54, 58, 62, 66, 79, 208, 234, 1417 Flt |
|
Hurricane |
Hawker |
Fighter |
1937 - 1947 |
1, 3, 5, 6, 11, 17, 20, 28, 30, 32, 33, 34, 42,
43, 46, 56, 60, 63, 67, 71, 73, 74, 79, 80, 81, 85, 87, 94, 96, 111,
113, 116, 121, 123, 126, 127, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 145, 146, 151, 164,
174, 175, 176, 182, 184, 185, 186, 208, 213, 225, 229, 232, 237, 238, 239,
241, 242, 245, 247, 249, 250, 253, 255, 257, 258, 260, 261, 263, 273, 274,
285, 286, 287, 288, 289, 290, 302, 303, 310, 306, 308, 309, 312, 315, 316,
317, 318, 331, 335, 336, 351, 401, 402, 417, 438, 439, 440, 451, 486, 501,
504, 516, 521, 527, 567, 577, 587, 595, 601, 607, 615, 631, 639, 667, 679,
680, 681, 691, 695 |
First RAF fighter to exceed 300 mph
Hurricane Website |
Hydrabad |
Handley Page |
Bomber |
1925 - 1934 |
10, 99,
502, 503 |
|
Iris |
Blackburn |
General Reconnaissance |
1930 - 1934 |
209 |
Flying boat |
Jaguar |
Sepecat |
Tactical Support |
1973 - Current |
2, 6, 14, 17, 20, 31, 41, 54, 226
OCU |
|
Javelin |
Gloster |
All Weather Fighter |
1956 - 1968 |
3, 5, 11, 23, 25, 29, 33, 41, 46,
60, 64, 72, 85, 87, 89, 96, 141, 151 |
|
Jet Provost
1 |
Hunting Percival |
Trainer |
1955 - |
2 FTS, CFS |
|
Jet Provost
3, 4 & 5 |
BAC (Hunting) |
Trainer |
1959 - 199? |
1 FTS, 2
FTS, 3 FTS, 6 FTS |
|
Jetstream |
Scottish Aviation |
Advanced Trainer |
1973 - Current |
6 FTS (METS),
45 R |
|
Kangaroo |
Blackburn |
Anti-Submarine |
1918 - 1919 |
246 |
|
Kestrel |
Hawker Siddeley |
Fighter |
1964 - 1965 |
Kestral Evaluation Squadron |
Used to prove the concept which lead to the
Harrier |
Kirby Cadet |
Slingsby |
Training Glider |
|
|
|
Kittyhawk |
Curtiss |
Fighter |
1942 - 1945 |
94, 112, 250,
260, 450 |
|
Lancaster |
Avro |
Bomber |
1941 - 1954 |
7, 9, 12, 15, 18, 35, 37, 38, 40, 44,
49, 50, 57, 61, 70, 75, 82, 83, 90, 97, 100, 101, 103, 104, 106, 115, 120,
138, 148, 149, 150, 153, 156, 160, 166, 170, 178, 179, 186, 189, 195, 203,
207, 210, 224, 279, 214, 218, 227, 300, 405, 408, 409, 419, 420, 424, 425,
426, 427, 428, 429, 431, 432, 433, 434, 460, 463, 467, 514, 541, 550, 576,
582, 617, 619, 621, 622, 625, 626, 630, 635, 683 |
Used for General Reconnaissance and Photo
Reconnaissance, post-war. |
Lancastrian |
Avro |
Transport |
1946 - 1947 |
24, 231, 232 |
|
Lerwick |
Saro |
General Recce |
1939 - 1942 |
209, 402 |
|
Liberator |
Consolidated |
General Reconnaissance/Bomber |
1941 - 1947 |
8, 37, 40, 53, 59, 70, 86, 99, 102, 104, 108, 120,
148, 159, 160, 178, 200, 203, 206, 215, 220, 223, 224, 231, 232, 246, 301,
511, 547, 614 |
Also used in the transport role |
Lightning |
BAC (English Electric) |
Interceptor |
1960 - 198? |
5, 11, 19, 23, 29, 56, 74,
92, 111 |
|
Lincoln |
Avro |
Bomber |
1945 - 1963 |
7, 9, 12, 15, 35, 44, 49, 50, 57,
58, 61, 75, 83, 90, 97, 100, 101, 115,116,
138, 145, 149, 151, 192, 199, 207, 214, 527, 617, |
|
Lodestar |
Lockheed |
Transport |
1942 - 1944 |
162, 173 |
|
London |
Saro |
General Recce |
1936 - 1940 |
201, 202, 204,
240 |
|
Long Range
Monoplane |
Fairey |
Experimental |
1928 - 1933 |
|
|
Lysander |
Westland |
Army Co-operation |
1938 - 1946 |
2, 4, 6, 13, 16, 20, 26, 28, 116, 138, 161,
208, 225, 231, 237, 239, 241, 268, 275, 276, 277, 278, 285, 287, 288, 289,
309, 357, 400, 414, 598, 613, 614, Flts - 1403, 1433, 1419 |
Heavily used in the ASR role and for special
duties, droppings agents behind enemy lines |