Name |
Manufacturer |
Role |
Service |
Squadrons |
Notes |
184 |
Short |
Recce Seaplane |
? - 1919 |
219, 229, 230, 231, 234, 235, 233, 237, 238,
239, 240, 241, 242, 243, 245, 253, 263, 264, 266, 268, 269 |
|
1½ Strutter |
Sopwith |
Fighter |
? - 1918 |
37, 78 |
|
IIIC |
Fairey |
Recce Seaplane |
1919 |
229 |
|
IIID |
Fairey |
General Purpose |
1920 - |
202, FAA units |
|
IIIF |
Fairey |
General Purpose |
1927 - 1935 |
8, 14, 24, 35, 45, 47,
202, 207 |
|
320 |
Short |
Recce Seaplane |
1916 - 1918 |
253, 263,266, 268 |
|
VII |
SPAD |
Fighter |
1918 |
19, 30, 63, 72 |
|
86B |
De Havilland |
Comms/Radio Trainer |
1937 - |
|
|
Airacobra |
Bell |
Fighter |
1941 - 1942 |
601 |
Rejected by the RAF |
Albemarle |
Armstrong Whitworth |
Glider Tug |
1943 - 1946 |
161, 295,
296, 297, 511, 570 |
|
Aldershot |
Avro |
Bomber |
1924 - 1926 |
99 |
|
Andover |
Hawker Siddeley |
Transport |
1966 - 1975 |
46, 32, 52,
60, 84 |
Special version was used by Queen's Flight |
Andover 3 |
Hawker Siddeley |
Radar Calibration |
1976 - |
115 |
|
Anson |
Avro |
General Reconnaissance, Navigation Trainer,
Transport |
1936 - 1968 |
24, 31, 48,
58, 116, 138, 161, 206, 217, 220, 224, 233, 269, 275, 276, 278, 280, 281,
320, 321, 437, 500, 502, 527, 608, 612, |
RAF's first aircraft to feature retractable
undercarriage. |
Argosy |
Hawker Siddeley |
Transport |
1962 - 1977 |
70, 114,
105, 115, 215, 267 |
115 Sqn used them for Radar Calibration duties |
Argus |
Fairchild |
Communications |
1941 - |
|
|
Athena |
Avro |
Advanced Trainer |
1950 - 1955 |
RAFFC |
|
Atlas |
Armstrong Whitworth |
Army Co-operation |
1927 - 1935 |
2, 4, 13, 16, 26,
208 |
Also used as an advanced trainer and
communications a/c |
Audax |
Hawker |
Army Co-operation |
1932 - 1941 |
2, 4,
5, 13, 16, 20, 26, 28, 52, 146, 208, 237, 615, |
|
Auster I - V |
British Taylorcraft |
Air Observation Post |
1941 - 194? |
651,
652, 653, 654, 655, 657, 656, 658, 659, 660, 661, 663, 664, 665, 666 |
|
Auster
AOP 6 |
Auster |
Air Observation Post |
1947 - 1957 |
651, 652, 656, 657,
661, 662, 663, 664, 666 |
These aircraft were transferred to the AAC on
its formation. |
Auster
AOP 9 |
Auster |
Air Observation Post |
1955 - 1957 |
652, 656, 1900 1901, 1902, 1903, 1906, 1907,
1911, 1912, 1914 Flts |
These aircraft were transferred to the AAC on
its formation. |
Avro 504K |
Avro |
Trainer |
1918 - 1933 |
CFS, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 FTSs, 24, 600, 601, 602, 603 |
Single seat conversions served with 33, 75, 76,
77, 90 on Home Defence duties |
Avro 504N |
Avro |
Trainer |
1927 - 1933 |
CFS, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 FTSs, 24, 600, 601, 602, 603 |
|
Baby
Seaplane |
Sopwith |
Anti-Submarine |
? - |
219, 229, 233, 246, 248, 249, 270 |
|
BAe 125 |
British Aerospace |
Communications |
1971 - Current |
32 |
|
BAe 146 |
British Aerospace |
VIP Transport |
1986 - Current |
Queen's Flight, 32 |
|
Balliol |
Boulton-Paul |
Advanced Trainer |
195? - 1956 |
7 FTS, RAFC, 288, 238 OCU |
|
Baltimore |
Martin |
Light Bomber |
1942 - 1946 |
13, 52, 55, 69, 203,
223, 249, 454, 459, 500,
680 |
|
Basset |
Beagle |
Communications |
1965 - 1974 |
26, 32, 207 |
|
Battle |
Fairey |
Light Bomber |
1937 - 1944 |
12, 15, 35, 40, 52, 63,
88, 98, 103, 105, 106, 142, 150, 185, 207, 218, 226, 300, 301, 304, 305 |
Many served in training schools |
BE12 |
Royal Aircraft Factory |
Home Defence |
? - 1918 |
33, 36, 37, 38, 39, 50, 75, 76, 77, 78, 141 |
|
BE2e |
Royal Aircraft Factory |
Corps Recce/Home Defence |
?- 1919 |
30, 31, 33, 37, 38, 39, 50, 75, 76, 77, 78,
114, 142 |
|
Beaufighter |
Bristol |
Night-Fighter/Strike Fighter |
1940 - 1960 |
FIU, 5, 17, 22, 25, 27, 29,
34, 39, 42, 45, 46, 47, 68, 84, 89, 96, 108, 125, 141, 143, 144, 153, 176,
177, 211, 217, 219, 227, 235, 236, 248, 252, 254, 255, 256, 272, 287, 307,
404, 406, 409, 410, 455, 456, 459, 488, 489, 515, 577, 600, 603, 604, 695 |
Also used as a Target Tug after first line
service |
Beaufort |
Bristol |
Torpedo Bomber |
1939 - 1946 |
22, 39, 42, 47, 86, 217,
415, |
|
Belfast |
Short |
Transport |
1966 - 1976 |
53 |
|
Belvedere |
Westland |
Transport Helicopter |
1961 - 1969 |
26, 66,
72 |
|
Bermuda |
Brewster |
Target tug |
1941 - 1945 |
|
|
Beverley |
Blackburn |
Transport |
1956 - 1968 |
30, 34, 47,
53, 84 |
|
Bison |
Avro |
Fleet Spotter Recce |
1922 - |
423 Flt |
|
Blenheim I |
Bristol |
Bomber/Night Fighter |
1937 - 1940 |
8, 11, 18, 20, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29, 30, 34, 39,
44, 45, 55, 57, 60, 61, 62, 64, 68, 82, 84, 90, 92, 101, 104, 107, 108,
110, 113, 114, 139, 141,
144, 145, 203, 211, 219, 222, 223, 229, 234, 235, 236, 242, 245, 248, 600,
601,604 |
The first RAF aircraft to be equipped with
airborne radar.
The Blenheim Society.
|
Blenheim IV
|
Bristol |
Bomber/Night Fighter |
1939 - 1942 |
8, 11, 13, 14, 15, 18, 21, 34, 35, 39, 40, 45,
53, 55, 57, 59, 60, 82, 84, 86, 88, 90,
101, 104, 105, 107, 108, 110, 113, 114, 139, 143, 162, 203, 211, 218, 226,
235, 236, 244, 248, 252, 254, 272, 404, 500, 600, 608, 614 |
The Blenheim Society.
|
Blenheim V |
Bristol |
Bomber |
1942 - 1943 |
8, 13, 18, 34, 42, 113, 114, 139, 162, 203,
244, 454, 614 |
The Blenheim Society.
|
Bloodhound |
Bristol/Farranti |
Surface to Air Missile |
1958 - |
25, 33, 41, 62, 85, 94, 112, 141, 222, 242,
247, 257, 263, 264, 266 |
|
Bombay |
Bristol |
Bomber-transport |
1939 - 1944 |
117, 216,
271 |
|
Boston |
Douglas |
Light Bomber |
1941 - 1946 |
13, 18, 23, 55, 88,
107, 114, 223, 226, 342, 418, 605 |
|
Botha |
Blackburn |
General Reconnaissance/Torpedo Bomber |
1940 - 1944 |
608 |
Withdrawn from operations after only 308 sorties
and used as trainers |
Brigand |
Bristol |
Light Attack Bomber |
1949 - 1953 |
8, 45, 84 |
A trainer version served from 1951 until 1958 |
Britannia |
Bristol |
Transport |
1959 - 1976 |
99, 511 |
|
Buccaneer
|
Hawker Siddeley |
Strike/Recce |
1974 - 199? |
12, 15, 16, 208, 216, 237
OCU |
|
Buckingham |
Bristol |
Bomber/Transport |
1944 - ? |
TCDU |
|
Buckmaster |
Bristol |
Advanced Trainer |
1945 - 1956 |
|
|
Buffalo |
Brewster |
Fighter |
1940 - 1942 |
60, 67, 71,
146, 243, 453, 488, 21 RAAF, 4 PRU |
|
Bulldog |
Bristol |
Fighter |
1929 - 1937 |
3, 17, 19, 23, 29, 32, 41,
54, 56, 111 |
|
Bulldog |
Scottish Aviation |
Trainer |
1973 - 2001 |
1 FTS, CFS, UASs |
|
Buzzard |
Martinsyde |
Fighter |
1918 - 1919 |
95 (not completed) |
|
C17 |
Boeing |
Transport |
2001 - Current |
99 |
|
Camel |
Sopwith |
Fighter |
1917 - 1920 |
3, 28, 43, 44, 45, 46, 50, 51, 54, 61, 65, 66, 70,
73, 75, 78, 80, 87, 112, 143, 150, 151, 152, 155, 187, 188, 189, 198, 201,
203, 204, 208, 209, 213, 220, 222, 225, 233 |
|
Campania |
Fairey |
Recce Seaplane |
1918 -1919 |
240, 241, 242 |
|
Canberra 2,
6, 15, & 16
|
English Electric |
Bomber |
1951 - 1970 |
6, 9, 10, 12, 15, 18, 21, 27, 32, 35, 40, 44,
45, 50, 51, 57, 59, 61, 73, 76, 90, 98, 100, 101,
102, 103, 104, 109, 115, 139, 149, 192, 199, 207, 245, 249, 542, 617, |
The RAF's first jet bomber |
Canberra 6
& 8 |
English Electric |
Intruder |
1955 - 1972 |
3, 14, 16, 59, 88,
213 |
|
Canberra 3,
7 & 9
|
English Electric |
Photo Recce |
1952 - |
13, 17, 31, 32, 39, 45, 58, 69, 73, 80, 81, 82,
249, 540, 542 |
|
Canberra 4,
11 & 19 |
English Electric |
Trainer |
1954 - |
|
|
Canberra 15 |
English Electric |
Radar Calibration |
1958 - |
98, 100 |
|
Canberra 17 |
English Electric |
ECM Trainer |
1966 - |
360 |
|
Canberra 18 |
English Electric |
Target Tug |
1970 - |
7, 100 |
|
Catalina |
Consolidated |
General Reconnaissance |
1941 - 1945? |
119, 190, 191, 202, 205, 209, 210, 212, 240,
259, 262, 265, 270, 321, 330, 333, 413, 422, 490, 628 |
|
Chinook
|
Boeing-Vertol |
Transport Helicopter |
1981 - Current |
7, 18,
27 |
|
Chipmunk |
De Havilland |
Trainer |
1950 - 199? |
UAS's, RFS's, RAFC, EFTS |
|
Cirrus Moth |
De Havilland |
Trainer/Comms |
? - 1930 |
CFS, 24 |
|
Cleveland |
Curtiss |
Communications |
1940 - |
24 |
Only 5 received |
Clive |
Handley Page |
Transport |
1931 - 1934 |
Bomber Transport Flight |
|
Cloud |
Saro |
Trainer |
1933 - 1936 |
48 |
|
Comet |
De Havilland |
Transport |
1956 - 1975 |
51, 192, 216 |
51 (192) used it for Electronic recce |
Cornell |
Fairchild |
Trainer |
1943 - 1945 |
|
|
Coronado |
Consolidated |
Transport Flying Boat |
1943 - |
231 |
|
Cuckoo |
Sopwith |
Torpedo Bomber |
1918 - 1923 |
210 |
|
Dakota |
Douglas |
Transport |
1943 - 1970 |
21, 24,
31, 48, 52, 62, 70, 76, 78, 96, 110, 117, 147, 187, 194, 204, 209, 215,
216, 233, 238, 243, 267, 271, 353, 357, 435, 436, 437, 510, 512, 525, 575, |
|
Defiant |
Boulton-Paul |
Turret Fighter |
1939 - 1942 |
85, 96, 125, 141, 151, 153, 255, 256, 264, 285,
286, 287, 288, 289, 307, 409, 410, 456, 515, 667, 691 |
Used as Target Tug and for ASR duties after
withdrawal from front line. |
Demon |
Hawker |
Fighter |
1931 - 1939 |
6, 23,
25, 29, 41, 64, 65, 74, 600, 601, 604, 607, 608 |
|
Devon |
De Havilland |
Communications |
1948 - 1984 |
31, 32, 207 |
|
DH 4 |
De Havilland |
Bomber |
1917 - 1920 |
18, 25, 55, 57, 125, 202, 211, 212, 217, 226,
227, 273 |
|
DH 6 |
De Havilland |
Anti-Submarine |
1918 |
236, 244, 250, 251, 252, 253, 254, 255, 256,
258, 272 |
|
DH 9 |
De Havilland |
Bomber |
1918 - 1920 |
17, 27, 47, 49, 98, 99, 103, 104, 107, 108,
109, 110, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 132,
137, 144, 202, 206, 211, 212, 218, 221, 222, 223, 224, 225, 226, 227, 250,
273 |
|
DH9A |
De Havilland |
Bomber |
1918 - 1931 |
3, 8, 11, 12, 14, 15, 27, 30, 35, 39, 45, 47,
55, 57, 60, 84, 100, 101, 110,
120, 207, 212, 221, 273, 501, 600, 601, 602, 603, 604, 605, |
|
DH10 Amiens |
De Havilland |
Bomber |
1918 - 1923 |
60, 97, 104,
216 |
|
Dolphin |
Sopwith |
Fighter |
1918 - 1919 |
19, 23, 79, 87, 90 |
|
Dominie |
Hawker Siddeley |
Navigation trainer |
1965 - Current |
1 ANS, 6 FTS, 55R |
|
Dominie |
De Havilland |
Radio/Navigation Trainer |
1939 - ? |
24, Radio Schools, |
|
Don |
De Havilland |
Trainer/Comms |
1937 - 1939 |
24, FTSs |
|
Dragonfly |
Westland |
Casevac/Comms Helicopter |
1950 - 1956 |
Casualty Evacuation Flight,
194 |
|