Name |
Manufacturer |
Role |
Service |
Squadrons |
Notes |
M1C
Monoplane |
Bristol |
Fighter |
? - 1919 |
72, 150 |
|
Magister |
Miles |
Trainer |
1937 |
CFS, EFTSs - 3, 4, 8, 11,
15, 19, 21, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30, 39, 40, 44 |
|
Manchester |
Avro |
Bomber |
1940 - 1942 |
49, 50, 61, 83, 97, 106, 207,
408, 460 |
This aircraft was a failure but it lead to the
development of the Lancaster |
Marathan |
Handley Page |
Navigation Trainer |
1953 - 1958 |
ANS, 1 ANS, 2 ANS |
|
Marauder |
Martin |
Medium Bomber |
1942 - 1946 |
14, 39 |
|
Mariner |
Martin |
General Recce |
1943 |
524 |
|
Martinet |
Miles |
Target Tug |
1942 - |
269, 285, 286, 287, 289, 290, 291, 567, 587,
595, 598, 631, 679, 691. 695 |
|
Maryland |
Martin |
Recce-Bomber |
1940 - 1942 |
22, 39, 69, 203, 223 OTU, 431
Flt |
|
Master |
Miles |
Advanced Trainer |
1939 - 1950 |
|
|
Mentor |
Miles |
Trainer/Comms |
1938 - |
24 |
|
Merlin |
Westland/Augusta |
Transport Helicopter |
2001 - Current |
28 |
|
Messenger |
Miles |
Communications |
|
|
|
Meteor I
-
IV |
Gloster |
Fighter |
1944 - |
1, 41, 43, 56, 63, 66, 74, 91, 92, 124, 222,
234, 257, 263, 266, 500, 600, 611, 615, 616 |
|
Meteor 7 |
Gloster |
Trainer |
1949 - 1957 |
AFS's |
|
Meteor 8 |
Gloster |
Fighter |
1950 - 1977 |
1, 19, 34, 41, 43, 54, 56, 63, 64, 65, 66, 72,
74, 92, 111, 222, 245, 247,
257, 263, 500, 504, 600, 601, 604, 609, 610, 611, 615, 616 |
After front line service many were used as
target tugs |
Meteor 9
& 10 |
Gloster |
Fighter/Photo Recce |
1950 - 1961 |
2, 13, 79, 81, 208, 541 |
|
Meteor NF 11
- 14 |
Armstrong Whitworth |
Night Fighter |
1951 - 1968 |
25, 29,
33, 46, 64, 72, 85, 125, 151, 152, 153, 264 |
|
Mitchell |
North American |
Light Bomber |
1942 - 1944 |
98, 180, 226, 305, 320,
342, 681, 684, 3 PRU |
|
Mohawk |
Curtiss |
Fighter |
1940 - 1944 |
5, 146, 155, |
|
Mosquito
I, IV, VIII, IX, XVI, PR34 & PR35 |
De Havilland |
Photo Reconnaissance |
1941 - 1955 |
4, 13, 58, 81, 140, 540, 544, 680, 684, PDU,
1 PRU |
|
Mosquito III, VI, XVII, XVIII, XIX, XXX, NF36, NF38
|
De Havilland |
Fighter/ Fighter Bomber |
1942 - 1951 |
4, 11, 14, 18, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29, 36, 39, 45,
47, 55, 68, 82, 84, 85, 89, 96, 107, 110, 125, 141, 143, 151, 157,
169, 176, 219, 235, 239, 248, 249, 254, 255, 256, 264, 268, 305, 307, 333,
334, 404, 406, 409, 410, 418, 456, 464, 487, 488, 600, 604, 605, 608, 609,
613, 616, |
|
Mosquito
IV, IX, XVI, XX, XXV & B35
|
De Havilland |
Bomber |
1941 - 1953 |
14, 55, 69, 98, 105,
109, 128, 139, 142, 162, 163, 180, 192, 249, 502, 571, 578, 608, 613, 618,
627, 692, 693 |
|
Mustang
I
& II |
North American |
Fighter Recce |
1942 - |
2, 4, 16, 26,
63, 168, 169, 170, 171, 225, 231, 239, 241, 268, 309, 400, 414, 430, 516,
613 |
|
Mustang
III
& IV |
North American |
Fighter Bomber |
1943 - 1947 |
19, 64, 65,
112, 118, 122, 126, 129, 154, 165, 213, 234, 249, 250, 260, 303, 306, 309,
315, 316, 441, 442, 611 |
|
N3P-B |
Northrop |
General Recce |
1941 - 1942 |
330 |
|
Neptune |
Lockheed |
Maritime Recce |
1952 - 1957 |
36, 203, 210, 217 |
4 operated in the AEW role with Fighter Command |
Nieuport
Scout |
Nieuport |
Fighter |
1916 - 1918 |
111, |
Various models used - 17, 23, 24, 27 |
Nighthawk |
Miles |
Trainer/Comms |
|
24 |
|
Nighthawk |
Nieuport |
Fighter |
1923 - |
1, 8 |
These squadrons only used small trial batches |
Nightjar |
Nieuport |
Fighter |
1923 |
203 |
|
Nimrod |
Hawker Siddeley |
Maritime Recce |
1969 - Current |
42, 51, 120, 201, 203, 206,
236 OCU |
51 Sqn operate the R1 in the ECM role |
O/400 |
Handley Page |
Bomber |
? - 1921 |
58, 97, 115, 207, 214, 215, 216 |
|
Overstrand |
Boulton-Paul |
Bomber |
1935 - 1940 |
101 |
|
Oxford |
Airspeed |
Advanced Trainer |
1937 - 1954 |
|
|
Panther |
Parnall |
Fighter Recce |
1920 - |
205, 441 Flt |
|
Pembroke
|
Hunting Percival |
Communications |
1954 - 1988 |
21, 32, 60, 70, 81, 152, 207, 267 |
|
Perth |
Blackburn |
General Reconnaissance |
1934 - 1936 |
209 |
|
Petrel |
|
Communications |
1939 - |
24 |
|
Phantom |
McDonnell |
Fighter |
1968 - 199? |
2, 6, 14, 17, 19, 23, 29, 31, 41, 43, 54, 56,
64R, 92, 111, 228 OCU |
|
Pioneer |
Scottish Aviation |
Transport/Comms |
1954 - 1970 |
20, 78, 209, 215, 230, 267 |
|
Prentice |
Percival |
Trainer |
1948 - 1956+ |
|
Used for pilot
training until 1953, but used for signaller training after that. |
Proctor |
Percival |
Trainer/Comms |
1940 - 1955 |
|
|
Provost |
Hunting Percival |
Trainer |
1953 - 1969 |
CFS, RAFC, 1 FTS, 2 FTS, 3
FTS, 4 FTS, 6 FTS |
|
Puma |
Westland/ Aerspatiale |
Transport Helicopter |
1971 - Current |
33, 230, 1563 Flt |
|
Queen Bee |
De Havilland |
Radio Controlled target |
1935 - 1947 |
|
Remote control version of Tiger Moth |
Rangoon |
Short |
General Recce |
1931 - 1936 |
203, 210 |
|
RE 8 |
Royal Aircraft Factory |
Corps Recce |
1916 - 1920 |
4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 13, 14, 15, 16, 21, 30, 34,
42, 52, 53, 59, 63, 105, 106, 113, 208 |
|
Rota |
Avro |
Army Co-operation |
1934 - 1945 |
529, 1448 Flt, Sch of AC |
|
S5 |
Supermarine |
Racing Seaplane |
1927 |
RAF High Speed Flight |
Competed in 1927 Schneider Trophy |
S6/S6B |
Supermarine |
Racing Seaplane |
1929 - 1931 |
RAF High Speed Flight |
S6 - Competed in 1929 Schneider Trophy, S6B in
1931 |
Sabre |
North American |
Fighter |
1953 - 1955 |
3, 4, 20, 26, 66, 67,
72, 92, 93, 112, 130, 234 |
|
Scapa |
Supermarine |
General Recce |
1935 - 1938 |
202, 204, 228, 240 |
|
Scout |
Bristol |
Home Defence |
1918 |
36 |
|
SE 5A |
Royal Aircraft Factory |
Fighter |
1917 - 1920 |
1, 24, 29, 32, 37, 39, 40, 41, 50, 56, 60, 61,
64, 72, 74, 84, 85, 92, 93, 94, 111, 143, 145, 150 |
|
Sea King |
Westland |
SAR Helicopter |
1978 - Current |
22, 202,
78 |
|
Sea Otter |
Supermarine |
Air Sea Rescue |
1944 - 1945 |
278, 281, 282, Flts - 1347, 1348, 1349, 1350,
1351, 1352 |
|
Seaford |
Short |
General Recce |
1946 |
201 (trials only) |
|
Sedburgh |
Slingsby |
Training Glider |
|
|
|
Sentinel |
Vultee-Stinson |
Casevac |
1945 |
194 |
|
Sentry
|
Boeing |
Airborne Early Warning |
1991 - Current |
8, 23 |
Purchased following the failure of the Nimrod
AEW project |
Shackleton
AEW 2
|
Avro |
Airborne Early Warning |
1972 - 199? |
8 |
|
Shackleton
MR 1-3 |
Avro |
Maritime Reconnaissance |
1951 - 1972 |
37, 38, 42, 120,
203, 204, 205, 206, 210, 220, 224, 228, 240, 269 |
|
Sidestrand |
Boulton-Paul |
Bomber |
1929 - 1935 |
101 |
|
Singapore III |
Short |
General Recce |
1935 - 1941 |
203, 205, 209, 210,
228, 230, 240, |
|
Sioux |
Bell |
Training Helicopter |
1965 - ? |
CFS, 2 FTS |
|
Siskin III |
Armstrong Whitworth |
Fighter |
1924 - 1927 |
41, 111 |
|
Siskin IIIA |
Armstrong Whitworth |
Fighter |
1926 - 1932 |
1, 17, 19, 25, 29, 32, 41, 43, 54, 56, 111 |
|
Skeeter |
Saro |
Training Helicopter |
? - 1964 |
CFS |
|
Skymaster |
Douglas |
Transport |
1944 - |
232, 246 |
|
Snipe |
Sopwith |
Fighter |
1918 - 1926 |
1, 3, 17, 19, 23, 25, 29, 32, 37, 41, 43, 56,
70, 78, 80, 111, 112, 143, 201, 208, |
Used by training schools after this date |
Southampton |
Supermarine |
General Recce |
1925 - 1936 |
201, 203, 204, 205, 210, 480
Flt |
|
Spitfire
I, II, IV, V, IX XI, XVI (Merlin) |
Supermarine |
Fighter |
1938 - 1951 |
1, 2, 4, 5, 16, 17, 19,
20, 26, 28, 32, 33, 41, 43, 54, 56, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 69, 71, 72, 73,
74, 80, 81, 87, 91, 92, 93, 94, 111, 118, 121, 122, 123, 124, 126, 127,
129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 136,
140, 145, 152, 154, 155, 164, 165, 167, 185, 208, 212, 222, 225, 229, 232,
234, 237, 241, 242, 243, 249, 253, 266, 302, 303, 306, 308, 310, 312, 313,
315, 316, 317, 318, 322, 329, 331, 332, 340, 341, 345, 349, 350, 400,
401,402, 403, 411, 412, 414, 416, 417, 421, 441, 442, 443, 451, 452, 453,
457, 485, 501, 504, 521, 541, 542, 543, 544, 548, 595, 601, 602, 603, 607,
609, 610, 611, 612, 614, 615, 616, 680,
681, 682, 683, 1435 |
RAF's first stressed skin aircraft |
Spitfire
XII, XIV, F/FR18, PR19, F21, F22, F24 (Griffon)
|
Supermarine |
Fighter |
1943 - 1954 |
1, 2, 11, 17, 20, 26, 28, 32, 41,
60, 73, 81, 91, 122,
130, 132, 152, 155, 208, 268, 322, 350, 401, 402, 414, 430, 502, 541, 542,
600, 602, 603, 607, 608, 610, 611, 612, 613, 614, 615, 682 |
|
Stirling I -
IV |
Short |
Heavy Bomber |
1940 - 1945 |
7, 15, 75, 90, 138, 148,
149, 161, 171, 190, 196, 199, 214, 218, 295, 299, 513, 570, 620, 622, 623,
624 |
|
Stirling V |
Short |
Transport |
1945 - 1946 |
46, 51, 158, 196, 242, 299 |
|
Stranraer |
Supermarine |
General Recce |
1937 - 1941 |
201, 209, 228,
240 |
|
Sunderland |
Short |
General Recce |
1938 - 1959 |
88, 95, 119, 201, 202, 204, 205, 209, 210,
228, 230 240, 246,
330, 343, 422, 423, 461, 490 |
|
Swift 1 - 4 |
Supermarine |
Fighter |
1954 - 1955 |
2 (2 a/c), 56,
79 (2 a/c) |
|
Swift 5 |
Supermarine |
Fighter Recce |
1956 - 1961 |
2, 79 |
|
Swift 7 |
Supermarine |
Fighter |
1957 - 1958 |
No 1 GWDS |
Used for guided missile trials |
Sycamore |
Bristol |
SAR Helicopter |
1952 - 1972 |
32, 103, 110, 118, 194, 225, 228, 275,
284 |
First British designed helicopter to serve in
the RAF |
T 8W |
Fokker |
General Recce |
1940 |
320 |
Brought to Britain by their Dutch crews after
the invasion of Holland |
Tempest II |
Hawker |
Fighter-Bomber |
1945 - 1951 |
5, 16, 20, 26, 30, 33, 54, 152, 183,
247, |
|
Tempest
V
& VI |
Hawker |
Fighter-Bomber |
1944 - 1949 |
3, 6, 8, 33, 39, 56, 80, 174, 213, 222, 249,
274, 287, 349, 486, 501 |
Used as a target tug until 1955 |
Thor |
Douglas |
Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile |
1958 - 1963 |
|
|
Thunderbolt |
Republic |
Fighter Bomber |
1944 - 1946 |
5, 30, 34, 42, 60, 79, 81, 113, 123, 131, 134, 135,
146, 258, 261, 615 |
|
Tiger Moth |
De Havilland |
Trainer |
1932 - 1951 |
|
|
Tomahawk |
Curtiss |
Tactical Recce Fighter |
1941 - 1943 |
2, 4, 16, 26,
112, 168, 171, 208, 231, 234, 239, 241, 250, 260, 268, 400, 403, 414, 430,
613 |
|
Tomtit |
Hawker |
Trainer |
1929 - 1935 |
24, 3 FTS,
CFS |
|
Tornado
1
& 4
|
Panavia |
Tactical Strike |
1980 - Current |
9, 14, 15, 16, 17, 20, 27, 31, 45R, 617, TTTE,
TWCU |
|
Tornado
2
& 3
|
Panavia |
Fighter |
1987 - Current |
5, 11, 25, 29, 43, 65R, 111, 229
OCU |
|
Tristar
|
Lockheed |
Transport/Tanker |
1983 - Current |
216 |
|
Tucano |
Short |
Tranier |
1988 - Current |
1 FTS, 7 FTS,
CFS |
|
Tutor |
Avro |
Trainer |
1933 - 1939 |
|
|
Twin Pioneer
|
Scottish Aviation |
Transport |
1958 - 1968 |
21, 78,
152, 209, 230 |
|
Typhoon |
Hawker |
Fighter-Bomber |
1941 - 1945? |
1, 3, 4, 56,
137, 164, 168, 174, 175, 181, 182, 183, 184, 186, 193, 195, 197, 198, 245,
247, 257, 263, 268, 266, 438, 439, 440, 486, 609, |
|