List of aircraft of the Royal Air Force

This is a list of historical aircraft of the RAF. For a list of the current aircraft used by the RAF, see List of active United Kingdom military aircraft

Many aircraft types have served in the British Royal Air Force since its formation in April 1918 from the merger of the Royal Flying Corps and Royal Naval Air Service. This is a list of RAF aircraft, including all currently active and retired types listed in alphabetic order by their RAF type name. For just those aircraft currently in service, see List of active United Kingdom military aircraft. Aircraft operated with the Fleet Air Arm from 1924 until 1939 were operated by the Royal Air Force on behalf of the Navy and are included; those operated by the Royal Navy after it re-acquired control of the aircraft used to support its operations in 1939 are not, but all aircraft operated in conjunction with the Navy are listed at List of aircraft of the Fleet Air Arm. Army Air Corps aircraft are not included but can be found at List of aircraft of the Army Air Corps.

For aircraft operated before the merger of the RFC and RNAS in 1918:

• Refer to List of aircraft of the Royal Flying Corps
• Refer to List of aircraft of the Royal Naval Air Service.

Regular service with the RAF

Type	Origin	Class	Role	Introduced	Retired	Notes
Sopwith 1½ Strutter	UK	Propeller	Fighter/bomber/reconnaissance	1918		Single-engined piston biplane
Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II	USA	Jet	Fighter/Stealth/Bomber	2020	In service	Single-engined STOVL jet monoplane
Fairey IIIC, D & F^[1]	UK	Propeller	Fleet spotter	1918	1941	Single-engined piston biplane
Bristol 138^[2]	UK	Propeller	Research	1936	1937	Single-engined piston monoplane
British Aerospace 125	UK	Jet	Transport	1965	2015	Twin-engined jet monoplane
British Aerospace 146	UK	Jet	Transport	1986	2022^[3]^[4]	Four-engined jet monoplane
Short 184	UK	Propeller	Bomber	1918	1921	Single-engined biplane floatplane
Short 320^[5]	UK	Propeller	Torpedo bomber	1918		Single-engined biplane floatplane
Avro 504K & N^[6]	UK	Propeller	Trainer/communications	1918	1933	Single-engined piston biplane
Agusta A109E	Italy	Rotorcraft	Liaison	2006		Twin-engined turboshaft helicopter
Bell Airacobra^[7]	USA	Propeller	Fighter/ground attack	1941	1942	Single-engined piston monoplane
Boeing Rivet Joint	USA	Jet	SIGINT	2013	In service	Four-engined jet monoplane
Fairey Albacore	UK	Propeller	Torpedo bomber	1940	1944	Single-engined piston biplane
Armstrong Whitworth Albemarle^[8]	UK	Propeller	Bomber/transport/glider tug	1943	1946	Twin-engined piston monoplane
Avro Aldershot^[9]	UK	Propeller	Long range day/night bomber	1924	1926	Single-engined piston biplane
Avro Andover^[10]	UK	Propeller	Transport/ambulance	1924		Single-engined piston biplane
Hawker Siddeley Andover^[11]	UK	Propeller	Transport	1965		Twin-engined turboprop monoplane
Avro Anson^[12]	UK	Propeller	Bomber/maritime patrol/trainer/transport	1936	1968	Twin-engined piston monoplane
Avro Athena^[13]	UK	Propeller	Trainer	1950	1955	Single-engined piston monoplane
Armstrong Whitworth Argosy^[14]	UK	Propeller	Transport	1962	1978	Four-engined turboprop monoplane
Fairchild Argus^[15]	USA	Propeller	Transport	1941	1945	Single-engined piston monoplane
Airbus A400M Atlas	Spain	Propeller	Transport	2014	In service	Four-engined turboprop monoplane
Armstrong Whitworth Atlas^[16]	UK	Propeller	Army co-operation/trainer	1927	1935	Single-engined piston biplane
Hawker Audax^[17]	UK	Propeller	Army co-operation	1931	1945	Single-engined piston biplane
Auster AOP.6/AOP.9^[18]	UK	Propeller	Air Observation	1942	1957	Single-engined piston monoplane
Boulton Paul Balliol^[19]	UK	Propeller	Trainer	1950	1957	Single-engined piston monoplane
Martin Baltimore^[20]	USA	Propeller	Medium bomber	1941	1946	Twin-engined piston monoplane
Fairey Barracuda	UK	Propeller	Torpedo/dive bomber	1943	1945	Single-engined piston monoplane
Beagle Basset^[21]	UK	Propeller	Communications transport	1965	1974	Twin-engined piston monoplane
Fairey Battle^[22]	UK	Propeller	Bomber	1937	1949	Single-engined piston monoplane
Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2^[13]	UK	Propeller	Reconnaissance	1918	1919	Single-engined piston biplane
Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.12	UK	Propeller	Fighter	1918	1918	Single-engined piston biplane
Bristol Beaufighter^[23]	UK	Propeller	Strike fighter/night fighter/target tug	1940	1960	Twin-engined piston monoplane
Bristol Beaufort^[24]	UK	Propeller	Torpedo bomber	1939	1946	Twin-engined piston monoplane
Short Belfast^[25]	UK	Propeller	Transport	1966	1976	Four-engined turboprop monoplane
Bristol Belvedere^[26]	UK	Rotorcraft	Transport	1961	1969	Twin-engined twin-rotor helicopter
Brewster Bermuda^[27]	USA	Propeller	Dive bomber	1942	1944	Single-engined piston monoplane
Blackburn Beverley^[28]	UK	Propeller	Transport	1955	1967	Four-engined piston monoplane
Avro Bison^[29]	UK	Propeller	Fleet spotter	1922	1929	Single-engined piston biplane
Blackburn Blackburn	UK	Propeller	Fleet spotter	1923	1931	Single-engined piston biplane
Bristol Blenheim^[30]	UK	Propeller	Bomber	1937	1944	Twin-engined piston monoplane
Bristol Bombay^[31]	UK	Propeller	Bomber/transport	1939	1944	Twin-engined piston monoplane
Douglas Boston^[32]	USA	Propeller	Medium bomber/trainer/night fighter	1940	1945	Twin-engined piston monoplane
Blackburn Botha^[33]	UK	Propeller	Torpedo bomber/trainer	1939	1944	Twin-engined piston monoplane
Bristol Brigand^[34]	UK	Propeller	Torpedo fighter/medium bomber/naval strike/trainer	1946	1958	Twin-engined piston monoplane
Bristol Fighter^[35]	UK	Propeller	Fighter/army cooperation/light bomber	1918	1932	Single-engined piston biplane
Bristol Britannia^[36]	UK	Propeller	Transport	1959	1975	Four-engined turboprop monoplane
Hawker Siddeley Buccaneer^[37]	UK	Jet	Naval strike	1969	1994	Twin-engined jet monoplane
Bristol Buckingham^[38]	UK	Propeller	Bomber, transport	1944	1950	Twin-engined piston monoplane
Bristol Buckmaster^[39]	UK	Propeller	Trainer	1945	1958	Twin-engined piston monoplane
Brewster Buffalo^[40]	USA	Propeller	Fighter	1940	1942	Single-engined piston monoplane
Bristol Bulldog^[41]	UK	Propeller	Fighter/trainer	1929	1937	Single-engined piston biplane
Scottish Aviation Bulldog^[42]	UK	Propeller	Basic trainer	1972	2001	Single-engined piston monoplane
Martinsyde Buzzard^[43]	UK	Propeller	Fighter	1918	1922	Single-engined piston biplane
Sopwith Camel^[44]	UK	Propeller	Fighter	1918	1920	Single-engined piston biplane
Fairey Campania	UK	Propeller	Reconnaissance	1918	1919	Single-engined piston biplane
English Electric Canberra^[45]	UK	Jet	Bomber, photo reconnaissance, trainer	1951	2006	Twin-engined jet monoplane
Consolidated Catalina^[46]	USA	Propeller	Maritime patrol	1939	1945	Twin-engined monoplane flying boat/amphibian
Boeing-Vertol Chinook^[47]	USA	Rotorcraft	Transport	1980	In service	Twin-engined turboshaft twin-rotor helicopter
De Havilland Chipmunk^[48]^[Note 1]	UK	Propeller	Trainer	1949	1996	Single-engined piston monoplane
De Havilland Cirrus Moth^[49]	UK	Propeller	Communications/trainer	1926	1930	Single-engined piston biplane
Curtiss Cleveland^[50]	USA	Propeller	Dive-bomber	1940	1941	Single-engined piston biplane
Handley Page Clive^[51]	UK	Propeller	Transport	1931		Twin-engined piston biplane
Saro Cloud^[52]	UK	Propeller	Navigational trainer	1933	1936	Twin-engined amphibious monoplane
De Havilland Comet^[Note 2]	UK	Propeller	Experimental	1935	1936	Twin-engined piston monoplane
De Havilland Comet^[53]	UK	Jet	Reconnaissance	1956	1975	Four-engined jet monoplane
Consolidated Coronado^[50]	USA	Propeller	Transport	1943	1946	Four-engined monoplane flying boat
Fairchild Cornell^[54]	USA	Propeller	Trainer	1943	1945	Single-engined piston monoplane
Sopwith Cuckoo^[55]	UK	Propeller	Torpedo bomber	1918	1923	Single-engined piston biplane
Douglas Dakota^[56]	USA	Propeller	Transport	1942	1970^[Note 3]	Twin-engined piston monoplane
Blackburn Dart	UK	Propeller	Torpedo bomber	1923	1933	Single-engined piston biplane
Boulton Paul Defiant^[57]	UK	Propeller	Fighter/night fighter/target tug	1939	1945	Single-engined piston monoplane
Hawker Demon^[58]	UK	Propeller	Fighter	1931	1939	Single-engined piston biplane
De Havilland Devon^[59]	UK	Propeller	Transport	1948	1984	Twin-engined piston monoplane
Airco DH.4A^[60]	UK	Propeller	Bomber/transport	1918		Single-engined piston biplane
Airco DH.6	UK	Propeller	Trainer	1918		Single-engined piston biplane
Airco DH.9^[60]	UK	Propeller	Bomber	1918		Single-engined piston biplane
Airco DH.9A^[61]^[Note 4]	UK	Propeller	Bomber	1918	1931	Single-engined piston biplane
Airco DH.10 Amiens^[62]	UK	Propeller	Bomber	1918	1923	Twin-engined piston biplane
De Havilland DH.86 Express^[63]	UK	Propeller	Transport	1937		Four-engined piston biplane
Sopwith Dolphin^[55]	UK	Propeller	Fighter	1918	1919	Single-engined piston biplane
de Havilland Dominie^[64]^[Note 5]	UK	Propeller	Transport/trainer	1938	1946	Twin-engined piston monoplane
Hawker Siddeley Dominie^[65]	UK	Jet	Navigation trainer	1965	2011	Twin-engined jet monoplane
De Havilland Don^[66]	UK	Propeller	Trainer/communications/liaison	1938	1939	Single-engined piston monoplane
Sopwith Dragon^[67]	UK	Propeller	Fighter	1919	1919	Single-engined piston biplane
Westland Dragonfly^[68]	UK	Rotorcraft	Transport	1950	1956	Single-engined piston helicopter
Airspeed Envoy^[69]	UK	Propeller	Transport	1938		Twin-engined piston monoplane
Beechcraft Expeditor^[70]	USA	Propeller	Transport/trainer	1937		Twin-engined piston monoplane
Miles Falcon^[71]	UK	Propeller	Communications/trainer	1935		Single-engined piston monoplane
Fairey Fawn^[72]	UK	Propeller	Bomber	1924	1929	Single-engined piston biplane
Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.2d^[73]	UK	Propeller	Bomber	1918	1918	Single-engined pusher biplane
Felixstowe F.2A^[73]	UK	Propeller	Maritime patrol	1918		Twin-engined biplane flying boat
Felixstowe F.3^[74]	UK	Propeller	Maritime patrol	1918		Twin-engined biplane flying boat
Felixstowe F.5^[75]	UK	Propeller	Maritime patrol	1918	1925	Twin-engined biplane flying boat
Slingsby Firefly	UK	Propeller	Trainer	1995	2010	Single-engined piston monoplane
Armstrong Whitworth F.K.8^[29]	UK	Propeller	Artillery Spotter, Bomber	1918	1919	Single-engined piston biplane
De Havilland Flamingo^[66]^[Note 6]	UK	Propeller	Transport	1939	1940	Twin-engined piston monoplane
Boeing Fortress^[76]	USA	Propeller	Bomber/maritime patrol/electronic warfare	1941	1945	Four-engined piston monoplane
Fairey Fox^[77]	UK	Propeller	Bomber/trainer	1926	1933	Single-engined piston biplane
Hawker Fury^[78]	UK	Propeller	Fighter	1931	1939	Single-engined piston biplane
Gloster Gamecock^[79]	UK	Propeller	Fighter	1926	1931	Single-engined piston biplane
Gloster Gauntlet^[80]	UK	Propeller	Fighter	1935	1939	Single-engined piston biplane
Westland Gazelle^[81]	UK	Rotorcraft	Trainer/VIP transport	1973		Single-engined turboshaft helicopter
De Havilland Genet Moth^[49]	UK	Propeller	Trainer	1927		Single-engined piston biplane
De Havilland Gipsy Moth^[82]	UK	Propeller	Trainer/communications	1930		Single-engined piston biplane
Gloster Gladiator^[83]	UK	Propeller	Fighter/meteorology	1937	1944	Single-engined piston biplane
Boeing Globemaster	USA	Jet	Transport	2001^[84]	In service	Four-engined jet monoplane
Folland/Hawker Siddeley Gnat^[85]	UK	Jet	Trainer	1962	1979	Single-engined jet monoplane
Fairey Gordon^[86]	UK	Propeller	Bomber/trainer	1931	1941	Single-engined piston biplane
Gloster Grebe^[87]	UK	Propeller	Fighter	1923	1931	Single-engined piston biplane
Bell Griffin	Canada	Rotorcraft	Training Search and rescue/support	1997	In service	Twin-engined turboshaft helicopter
Waco Hadrian^[88]	USA	Glider	Infantry glider	1943	1947	Glider
Handley Page Halifax^[89]	UK	Propeller	Bomber/transport	1940	1952	Four-engined piston monoplane
Fairey Hamble Baby	UK	Propeller	Reconnaissance	1918		Single-engined biplane floatplane
General Aircraft Hamilcar^[90]	UK	Glider	Transport	1942	1950	Glider
Handley Page Hampden^[91]	UK	Propeller	Bomber	1938	1945	Twin-engined piston monoplane
Hawker Hardy^[92]	UK	Propeller	Tropicalized general purpose/bomber	1935	1941	Single-engined piston biplane
Hawker Siddeley Harrier^[93]	UK	Jet	Ground attack/reconnaissance/trainer	1969	1994	Single-engined VTOL jet monoplane
BAE Harrier II	UK	Jet	Ground attack/reconnaissance/trainer	1989	2011	Single-engined VTOL jet monoplane
Handley Page Harrow	UK	Propeller	Torpedo bomber/Reconnaissance	1926	1928	Single-engined piston biplane
Handley Page Harrow^[94]	UK	Propeller	Bomber/transport	1937	1945	Twin-engined piston monoplane
Hawker Hart^[95]	UK	Propeller	Bomber/trainer	1930	1943	Single-engined piston biplane
North American Harvard^[96]	USA	Propeller	Trainer	1939	1955	Single-engined piston monoplane
Handley Page Hastings^[97]	UK	Propeller	Transport/trainer	1948	1977	Four-engined piston monoplane
Douglas Havoc^[98]	USA	Propeller	Medium bomber/night fighter	1940	1943	Twin-engined piston monoplane
Hawker Siddeley/BAe Hawk^[99]	UK	Jet	Trainer	1976	In service	Single-engined jet monoplane
Hawker Hector^[100]	UK	Propeller	Army co-operation/glider tug	1937	1942	Single-engined piston biplane
Fairey Hendon^[101]	UK	Propeller	Bomber	1936	1939	Twin-engined piston monoplane
Hawker Henley^[102]	UK	Propeller	Target tug	1939	1942	Single-engined piston monoplane
Lockheed Hercules^[103]	USA	Propeller	Transport	1967	In service	Four-engined turboprop monoplane
Handley Page Hereford^[91]	UK	Propeller	Bomber/trainer	1940	1940	Twin-engined piston monoplane
De Havilland Heron^[59]^[Note 7]	UK	Propeller	Transport	1955	1972	Four-engined piston monoplane
Handley Page Heyford^[104]	UK	Propeller	Bomber/trainer	1933	1941	Twin-engined piston biplane
Handley Page Hinaidi^[105]	UK	Propeller	Bomber	1929	1937	Twin-engined piston biplane
Hawker Hind^[106]	UK	Propeller	Bomber/trainer	1935	1939	Single-engined piston biplane
De Havilland Hornet^[107]	UK	Propeller	Fighter	1945	1955	Twin-engined piston monoplane
De Havilland Hornet Moth	UK	Propeller	Communications	1938	1946	Single-engined piston monoplane
Airspeed Horsa^[108]	UK	Glider	Troop glider	1942	1945	Glider
Hawker Horsley^[109]	UK	Propeller	Bomber/torpedo bomber	1927	1935	Single-engined piston biplane
General Aircraft Hotspur	UK	Glider	Trainer	1941	1945	Glider
Vought-Sikorsky Hoverfly I^[110]	USA	Rotorcraft	Trainer	1945	1945	Single-engined piston helicopter
Vought-Sikorsky Hoverfly II^[110]	USA	Rotorcraft	Trainer	1946	1950	Single-engined piston helicopter
Lockheed Hudson^[111]	USA	Propeller	Maritime patrol/bomber/transport	1939	1945	Twin-engined piston monoplane
De Havilland Hummingbird^[112]^[113]	UK	Propeller	Trainer	1924	1927	Single-engined piston monoplane
Hawker Hunter^[114]	UK	Jet	Fighter/fighter-bomber/reconnaissance/trainer	1954	1994	Single-engined jet monoplane
Hawker Hurricane^[115]	UK	Propeller	Fighter/fighter-bomber/night fighter	1937	1947	Single-engined piston monoplane
Beagle Husky^[Note 8]	UK	Propeller	Trainer	1969	1989	Single-engined piston monoplane
Handley Page Hyderabad^[116]	UK	Propeller	Bomber	1925	1933	Twin-engined piston biplane
Beardmore Inflexible	UK	Propeller	Bomber	1928	1930	Three-engined piston monoplane
Blackburn Iris^[117]	UK	Propeller	Maritime patrol	1930	1934	Three-engined biplane flying boat
Britten-Norman Defender R Mk2/T Mk3^[118]^[Note 9]	UK	Propeller	Trainer/Surveillance	2019	2021	Twin-engined turboprop monoplane
Britten-Norman Islander CC Mk2^[121]^[Note 10]	UK	Propeller	Surveillance	1992	2017	Twin-engined turboprop monoplane
Britten-Norman Islander R Mk1^[118]^[Note 11]	UK	Propeller	Surveillance	2019	2021	Twin-engined turboprop monoplane
SEPECAT Jaguar^[123]	UK	Jet	Ground-attack/reconnaissance/trainer	1974	2007	Twin-engined jet monoplane
Gloster Javelin^[124]	UK	Jet	All-weather fighter/interceptor	1956	1968	Twin-engined jet monoplane
BAC Jet Provost^[125]	UK	Jet	Trainer	1955	1993	Single-engined jet monoplane
Scottish Aviation Jetstream^[126]	UK	Propeller	Trainer	1973	2003	Twin-engined turboprop monoplane
Blackburn Kangaroo^[27]	UK	Propeller	Torpedo bomber	1918	1919	Twin-engined piston biplane
Hawker Siddeley Kestrel^[127]	UK	Jet	Fighter/ground-attack	1964	1965	Single-engined jet VTOL monoplane
Beechcraft Super King Air	USA	Propeller	Trainer	1972		Twin-engined turboprop monoplane
Curtiss Kittyhawk	USA	Propeller	Fighter/fighter-bomber	1942		Single-engined piston monoplane
Short Knuckleduster	UK	Propeller	Maritime patrol	1935	1935	Twin-engined monoplane flying boat. Trials only
Avro Lancaster^[128]	UK	Propeller	Heavy bomber/reconnaissance/maritime patrol	1942	1954	Four-engined piston monoplane
Avro Lancastrian^[129]^[130]	UK	Propeller	Transport	1945	1950	Four-engined piston monoplane
Saro Lerwick^[131]	UK	Propeller	Maritime patrol	1939	1942	Twin-engined monoplane flying boat
Consolidated Liberator^[132]	USA	Propeller	Heavy bomber, transport, maritime patrol	1941	1947	Four-engined piston monoplane
English Electric Lightning^[133]	UK	Jet	Fighter/interceptor	1959	1988	Twin-engined jet monoplane
Lockheed Lightning^[134]	USA	Propeller	Heavy fighter	1942	1943	Twin-engined piston monoplane
Avro Lincoln^[135]	UK	Propeller	Bomber	1945	1963	Four-engined piston monoplane
Lockheed Lodestar^[134]	USA	Propeller	Transport	1941		Twin-engined piston monoplane
Saro London^[136]	UK	Propeller	Maritime patrol	1936	1941	Twin-engined biplane flying boat
Fairey Long-Range Monoplane^[137]	UK	Propeller	Experimental (Distance record)	1928	1933	Single-engined piston monoplane
Westland Lysander^[138]	UK	Propeller	Army co-operation/liaison	1938	1946	Single-engined piston monoplane
Bristol M.1C	UK	Propeller	Fighter	1918		Single-engined piston monoplane
Miles Magister^[139]	UK	Propeller	Trainer	1937	1944	Single-engined piston monoplane
Avro Manchester^[140]	UK	Propeller	Bomber	1940	1942	Twin-engined piston monoplane
Handley Page Marathon^[141]	UK	Propeller	Navigation trainer	1953	1958	Four-engined piston monoplane
Martin Marauder^[142]	USA	Propeller	Bomber	1942	1945	Twin-engined piston monoplane
Martin Mariner^[43]	USA	Propeller	Maritime patrol/transport	1943	1947	Twin-engined monoplane flying boat
Miles Martinet^[143]	UK	Propeller	Target tug	1942	1950	Single-engined piston monoplane
Martin Maryland^[144]	USA	Propeller	Bomber	1940	1943	Twin-engined piston monoplane
Miles Master^[145]	UK	Propeller	Trainer	1939	1945	Single-engined piston monoplane
Miles Mentor^[71]	UK	Propeller	Trainer/communications	1938		Single-engined piston monoplane
AgustaWestland Merlin	UK	Rotorcraft	Transport	2001	2016	Three-engined turboshaft helicopter
Miles Messenger^[146]	UK	Propeller	Liaison	1943	1948	Single-engined piston monoplane
Gloster Meteor^[147]	UK	Jet	Fighter/Reconnaissance	1944	1977	Twin-engined jet monoplane
Armstrong Whitworth Meteor^[148]	UK	Jet	Night fighter	1951	1961	Twin-engined jet monoplane
North American Mitchell^[149]	USA	Propeller	Bomber	1942	1950	Twin-engined piston monoplane
Curtiss Mohawk^[150]	USA	Propeller	Fighter	1940	1944	Single-engined piston monoplane
De Havilland Mosquito^[151]	UK	Propeller	Bomber/reconnaissance/fighter-bomber/night fighter/target tug	1941	1956	Twin-engined piston monoplane
North American Mustang^[152]	USA	Propeller	Fighter/fighter-bomber	1942	1946	Single-engined piston monoplane
Lockheed Neptune^[153]	USA	Propeller	Maritime patrol/AEW	1952	1957	Twin-engined piston monoplane
Nieuport Nighthawk^[154]	UK	Propeller	Fighter	1920	1923	Single-engined piston biplane
Miles Nighthawk^[71]	UK	Propeller	Trainer	1938	1940	Single-engined piston monoplane
Nieuport Nightjar^[146]	UK	Propeller	Fighter	1922	1924	Single-engined piston biplane
Hawker Siddeley/BAE Nimrod^[155]	UK	Jet	Maritime patrol/airborne early warning	1969	2011	Four-engined jet monoplane
Northrop Nomad^[156]	USA	Propeller	Bomber/trainer	1940	1940	Single-engined piston monoplane
Northrop N-3PB^[156]	USA	Propeller	Maritime patrol	1941	1943	Single-engined monoplane floatplane
Norman Thompson N.T.2B	UK	Propeller	Trainer	1918		Single-engined pusher flying boat biplane
Handley Page O/400^[51]	UK	Propeller	Bomber	1918	1920	Twin-engined piston biplane
de Havilland Canada Otter	Canada	Propeller	Light Transport STOL bush plane	1954		Single-engined piston monoplane
Boulton Paul Overstrand^[157]	UK	Propeller	Medium bomber/gunnery trainer	1934	1941	Twin-engined piston biplane
Airspeed Oxford^[158]	UK	Propeller	Trainer	1937^[159]	1956^[160]	Twin-engined piston monoplane
Parnall Panther	UK	Propeller	Reconnaissance	1919	1926	Single-engined piston biplane
Hunting Percival Pembroke^[161]	UK	Propeller	Reconnaissance	1953	1988	Twin-engined piston monoplane
Blackburn Perth^[162]	UK	Propeller	Maritime patrol	1934	1938	Three-engined biplane flying boat
Percival Petrel^[163]	UK	Propeller	Communications	1938	1947	Twin-engined piston monoplane
McDonnell Douglas Phantom^[164]	USA	Jet	Fighter/ground attack/reconnaissance	1969	1992	Twin-engined jet monoplane
Scottish Aviation Pioneer^[165]	UK	Propeller	Transport	1953	1969	Single-engined piston monoplane
Avro Prefect^[10]	UK	Propeller	Trainer	1935		Single-engined piston biplane
Percival Prentice^[166]	UK	Propeller	Trainer/communications	1947	1953	Single-engined piston monoplane
Percival Proctor^[167]	UK	Propeller	Trainer/communications	1939	1955	Single-engined piston monoplane
Percival Provost^[168]	UK	Propeller	Trainer	1953	1969	Single-engined piston monoplane
Westland/Aérospatiale Puma^[169]	UK	Rotorcraft	Transport	1971	In service	Twin-engined turboshaft helicopter
Sopwith Pup	UK	Propeller	Fighter	1918		Single-engined piston biplane
De Havilland Puss Moth	UK	Propeller	Communications	1930	1943	Single-engined piston monoplane
De Havilland Queen Bee^[63]	UK	Propeller	Pilotless target drone			Single-engined piston biplane
Airspeed Queen Wasp^[69]	UK	Propeller	Pilotless target piston drone	1940		Single-engined piston biplane
Short Rangoon^[170]	UK	Propeller	Maritime patrol	1931	1939	Three-engined biplane flying boat
Royal Aircraft Factory R.E.8^[163]	UK	Propeller	Artillery spotting and reconnaissance	1918	1920	Single-engined piston biplane
Vultee-Stinson Reliant	USA	Propeller	Trainer/communications			Single-engined piston monoplane
Blackburn Roc	UK	Propeller	Carrier fighter, target tug,	1939	1943	Single-engined piston monoplane
Avro Rota^[129]	UK	Rotorcraft	Army co-operation	1934	1945	Single-engined piston autogyro
Canadair Sabre^[171]	Canada	Jet	Fighter	1953	1956	Single-engined jet monoplane
Sopwith Salamander^[67]	UK	Propeller	Ground attack	1918	1922	Single-engined piston biplane
Supermarine Scapa^[172]	UK	Propeller	General Reconnaissance	1935	1938	Twin-engined biplane flying boat
Nieuport Scout	France	Propeller	Fighter	1918		Single-engined piston biplane
Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5A	UK	Propeller	Fighter	1918		Single-engined piston biplane
Short Seaford^[44]	UK	Propeller	Maritime patrol	1946	1948	Four-engined monoplane flying boat
Fairey Seafox	UK	Propeller	Ship-borne reconnaissance seaplane	1937	1939	Single-engined biplane floatplane
Westland Sea King^[173]	UK	Rotorcraft	Air-sea rescue	1977	2015	Twin-engined turboshaft helicopter
Fairey Seal	UK	Propeller	Fleet spotter	1933	1943	Single-engined piston biplane
Supermarine Sea Otter^[174]	UK	Propeller	Air-sea rescue/fleet spotting/communications	1943	1949	Single-engined amphibious biplane
Raytheon Sentinel	Canada	Jet	Battlefield Surveillance	2008	2021	Twin-engined jet monoplane
Stinson Sentinel^[175]	USA	Propeller	Liaison	1943	1946	Single-engined piston monoplane
Boeing Sentry	USA	Jet	Airborne early warning	1990	2021	Four-engined jet monoplane
Avro Shackleton^[176]	UK	Propeller	Maritime patrol/AEW/trainer	1951	1991	Four-engined piston monoplane
Beechcraft Shadow R1	USA	Propeller	Battlefield Surveillance		In service	Twin-engined turboprop monoplane
Blackburn Shark	UK	Propeller	Torpedo bomber	1936	1942	Single-engined piston biplane
Boulton Paul Sidestrand^[177]	UK	Propeller	Bomber	1928	1934	Twin-engined piston biplane
Short Singapore^[178]	UK	Propeller	Maritime patrol	1935	1941	Four-engined biplane flying boat
Armstrong Whitworth Siskin^[179]	UK	Propeller	Fighter/trainer	1924	1932	Single-engined piston biplane
Westland Sioux^[70]	UK	Rotorcraft	Trainer	1967		Single-engined piston helicopter
Saro Skeeter^[180]	UK	Rotorcraft	Trainer	1958	1964	Single-engined piston helicopter
Blackburn Skua	UK	Propeller	Fighter/dive-bomber	1938	1945	Single-engined piston monoplane
Douglas Skymaster^[15]	USA	Propeller	Transport	1944	1946	Four-engined piston monoplane
Sopwith Snipe^[181]	UK	Propeller	Fighter	1918	1926	Single-engined piston biplane
Supermarine Southampton^[182]	UK	Propeller	Reconnaissance	1925	1937	Twin-engined biplane flying boat
SPAD S.XIII	France	Propeller	Fighter	1918		Single-engined piston biplane
Supermarine Spitfire^[183]	UK	Propeller	Fighter, photo Reconnaissance	1938	1954	Single-engined piston monoplane
Supermarine Spiteful^[184]	UK	Propeller	Fighter			Single-engined piston monoplane
Eurocopter Squirrel^[185]	France	Rotorcraft	Trainer	1997		Single-engined turboshaft helicopter
Short Stirling^[186]	UK	Propeller	Bomber/transport	1940	1946	Four-engined piston monoplane
Supermarine Stranraer^[187]	UK	Propeller	Maritime patrol	1936	1940	Twin-engined biplane flying boat
Short Sunderland^[188]	UK	Propeller	Maritime patrol/transport	1938	1959	Four-engined monoplane flying boat
Supermarine Swift^[189]	UK	Jet	Fighter/Reconnaissance	1954	1961	Single-engined jet monoplane
Fairey Swordfish	UK	Propeller	Torpedo-bomber/Reconnaissance	1936	1945	Single-engined piston biplane
Bristol Sycamore^[190]	UK	Rotorcraft	Communications/ambulance/search and rescue	1952	1971	Single-engined piston helicopter
Hawker Tempest^[191]	UK	Propeller	Fighter/target tug	1944	1951	Single-engined piston monoplane
Republic Thunderbolt^[192]	USA	Propeller	Fighter/fighter-bomber	1944	1945	Single-engined piston monoplane
De Havilland Tiger Moth^[193]	UK	Propeller	Trainer	1932	1951	Single-engined piston biplane
Curtiss Tomahawk^[194]	USA	Propeller	Fighter/fighter-bomber	1940	1944	Single-engined piston monoplane
Hawker Tomtit^[195]	UK	Propeller	Trainer	1929	1935	Single-engined piston biplane
Panavia Tornado^[196]	UK	Jet	Fighter/bomber	1979	2019^[197]	Twin-engined jet monoplane
Beech Traveller	USA	Propeller	Transport			Single-engined piston biplane
Lockheed TriStar	USA	Jet	Transport/tanker	1984	2013	Three-engined jet monoplane
Shorts Tucano	UK	Propeller	Trainer	1988	2019	Single-engined turboprop monoplane
Avro Tutor^[198]	UK	Propeller	Trainer	1930	1937	Single-engined piston biplane
Grob Tutor	Germany	Propeller	Trainer		In service	Single-engined piston monoplane
Scottish Aviation Twin Pioneer^[199]	UK	Propeller	Transport	1958	1969	Twin-engined piston monoplane
Eurocopter Twin Squirrel	France	Rotorcraft	Transport/communications			Twin-engined turboshaft helicopter
Hawker Typhoon^[200]	UK	Propeller	Fighter/fighter-bomber	1941	1945	Single-engined piston monoplane
Eurofighter Typhoon	UK	Jet	Fighter-bomber	2007	In service	Twin-engined jet monoplane
Handley Page V/1500	UK	Propeller	Bomber	1918	1920	Four-engined piston biplane
Vickers Type 264 Valentia^[201]	UK	Propeller	Bomber/transport	1934	1944	Twin-engined piston biplane
Vickers Valetta^[202]	UK	Propeller	Transport/trainer	1948	1969	Twin-engined piston monoplane
Vickers Valiant^[203]	UK	Jet	Bomber/tanker	1955	1965	Four-engined jet monoplane
De Havilland Vampire^[204]	UK	Jet	Fighter/night fighter/trainer	1946	1972	Single-engined jet monoplane
Vickers Varsity^[205]	UK	Propeller	Trainer	1951	1976	Twin-engined piston monoplane
Vickers VC10^[206]^[207]	UK	Jet	Transport/tanker	1966	2013	Four-engined jet monoplane
Percival Vega Gull^[208]	UK	Propeller	Communications	1938		Single-engined piston monoplane
Vultee Vengeance^[209]^[210]	UK	Propeller	Dive bomber/target tug	1942	1948	Single-engined piston monoplane
de Havilland Venom^[211]	UK	Jet	Fighter-bomber/night fighter	1952	1962	Single-engined jet monoplane
Lockheed Ventura^[212]	USA	Propeller	Medium bomber/maritime patrol	1942	1946	Twin-engined piston monoplane
Vickers Vernon^[213]	UK	Propeller	Transport	1922	1927	Twin-engined piston biplane
Handley Page Victor^[214]	UK	Jet	Strategic bomber/tanker/Reconnaissance	1957	1993	Four-engined jet monoplane
Vickers Victoria^[215]	UK	Propeller	Transport	1926	1935	Twin-engined piston biplane
Vultee Vigilant^[175]	USA	Propeller	Army co-operation	1941		Single-engined piston monoplane
Vickers Viking^[130]^[216]^[217]^[Note 12]	UK	Propeller	Transport	1946	1959	Twin-engined piston monoplane
Vickers Vildebeest^[218]	UK	Propeller	Torpedo bomber	1933	1942	Single-engined piston biplane
Vickers Vimy^[219]	UK	Propeller	Bomber	1918	1931	Twin-engined piston biplane
Vickers Vincent^[181]	UK	Propeller	Army co-operation	1934	1941	Single-engined piston biplane
Vickers Virginia^[220]	UK	Propeller	Heavy bomber/parachute training	1924	1937	Twin-engined piston biplane
Airbus Voyager	Spain	Jet	Tanker/Transport	2012	In service	Twin-engined jet monoplane
Avro Vulcan^[221]	UK	Jet	Strategic bomber/tanker/Reconnaissance	1957	1984	Four-engined jet monoplane
Westland Wallace^[222]	UK	Propeller	Utility	1933	1943	Single-engined piston biplane
Westland Walrus^[223]	UK	Propeller	Fleet Reconnaissance	1921	1925	Single-engined piston biplane
Supermarine Walrus^[224]	UK	Propeller	Air-sea rescue, fleet spotting and communications	1936	1946	Single-engined pusher amphibian biplane
Westland Wapiti^[225]	UK	Propeller	General purpose/bomber/trainer	1928	1940	Single-engined piston biplane
Vickers Warwick^[226]	UK	Propeller	Bomber/maritime patrol/transport	1943	1946	Twin-engined piston monoplane
Boeing Washington^[227]	USA	Propeller	Bomber	1950	1958	Four-engined piston monoplane
Westland Welkin^[223]	UK	Propeller	High altitude fighter	1944	1944	Twin-engined piston monoplane
Vickers Wellesley^[228]	UK	Propeller	Bomber	1937	1942	Single-engined piston monoplane
Vickers Wellington^[229]	UK	Propeller	Medium bomber/Maritime patrol/transport/trainer/AEW	1938	1953	Twin-engined piston monoplane
Westland Wessex^[230]	UK	Rotorcraft	Transport/air-sea rescue	1964	1985	Twin-engined turboshaft helicopter
Westland Whirlwind^[231]	UK	Propeller	Fighter	1940	1943	Twin-engined piston monoplane
Westland Whirlwind^[232]	UK	Rotorcraft	Air-sea rescue/transport	1955	1977	Single-engined piston helicopter
Armstrong Whitworth Whitley^[233]	UK	Propeller	Medium bomber/maritime patrol/transport/trainer	1937	1945	Twin-engined piston monoplane
Embraer Phenom 100	Brazil	Jet	Trainer	2016	In service	Two-engined jet monoplane
Hawker Woodcock^[234]	UK	Propeller	Night fighter	1924	1928	Single-engined piston biplane
Avro York^[235]	UK	Propeller	Transport	1943	1957	Four-engined piston monoplane
Dassault Falcon 900LX	France	Jet	Transport	2022	In service	Three-engined jet monoplane

Aircraft impressed into RAF service

Civil aircraft

Civil aircraft^[236]

Aircraft type	Number impressed	Unit(s)/location/purpose
Aeronca 50 Chief	1	India
Airspeed AS 5 Courier^[237]	9
Airspeed AS 6 Envoy^[237]	2
Airspeed Ferry	2	One used by RAF Halton in 1940, then both used as instructional airframes.^[238]
Armstrong Whitworth Atalanta^[237]	5	31 Squadron in India and Iraq, ex-Imperial Airways/BOAC
Armstrong Whitworth Ensign^[237]	2	24 Squadron, ex-Imperial Airways/BOAC
Avro 504N^[237]	7	glider tug
Avro 642 Eighteen	1
Avro 652^[237]	2	navigation training
Avro Cadet	32	No. 3 Elementary Flying Training School (EFTS) at RAF Hamble and RAF Watchfield
Avro Commodore^[237]	1	RAF Cranfield Communications Flight
Avro 619 Five	1	No. 11 Air Observer Navigation School (AONS) at RAF Hamble
Beech 17 Traveller	4
Bellanca Pacemaker	1
British Aircraft Double Eagle	2
British Aircraft Eagle^[237]	4
British Aircraft Swallow^[237]	9	some converted into gliders
British Aircraft Company Drone	1	608 Squadron
Blackburn B-2	31	No. 4 Elementary Flying Training School (EFTS) at Brough
Boeing 247D^[237]	1	Telecommunications Research Establishment, ex-RCAF
Cessna C-34 Airmaster	1	Used a few weeks in 1941 by RAF Hucknall, sold in 1942.^[239]
Cierva C.30A^[237]	5	529 Squadron
Cierva C.40 Rota Mk II	2
Comper Swift^[237]	2	1 used by 25 Squadron and second by 247 Squadron
Curtiss T-32 Condor II	4
De Havilland DH.86B^[237]	2	24 Squadron
De Havilland Albatross^[237]	2	271 Squadron, ex-Imperial Airways/BOAC
De Havilland Dragon^[237]	17
De Havilland Dragon Rapide^[237]	40
De Havilland Dragonfly^[237]	15
De Havilland Flamingo^[237]	3	24 Squadron, ex-BOAC
De Havilland Fox Moth	2
De Havilland Gipsy Moth^[237]	37
De Havilland Hornet Moth^[237]	64	25 used for coastal patrol
De Havilland Moth Minor^[237]	26	glider tug
De Havilland Leopard Moth^[237]	45	communications
De Havilland Moth Major^[237]	unk.
De Havilland Puss Moth^[237]	47	communications
De Havilland Tiger Moth^[237]	160 +	training
Desoutter Mk.II^[240]	4
Douglas DC-2^[240]	19	No. 31 Squadron RAF in India, Iraq and Burma, 1941 - 1943^[241]^[242]^[243]
Douglas DC-3	10	31 Squadron and 24 Squadron (2 ex-SABENA).
Fairchild 24	2	RAF Halton Communications Flight
Fairchild 91^[240]	1	air-sea rescue in the Middle East
Focke-Wulf Fw 200 Condor	1	Danish Air Lines War prize seized after Germany invaded Denmark. Flown by BOAC but rarely used due to restrictions on flying German aircraft. Crashed on delivery to Air Transport Auxiliary and dismantled.^[244]
Fokker F.XXII^[240]	2	ex-KLM. No. 1 Air Observer Navigation School (AONS) at Prestwick
Fokker F.XXXVI^[240]	1	ex-KLM, No. 1 Air Observer Navigation School (AONS) at Prestwick
Ford Trimotor^[240]	1	271 Squadron, ex-Guinness family private aircraft
Foster Wikner Warferry^[245]	3	24 Squadron, Communications Flights RAF Cranwell and RAF Northolt
General Aircraft Cagnet^[240]	1	School of Army Co-operation
General Aircraft Cygnet^[240]	5	Nos. 23, 24, 85, 88 and 510 Squadrons
General Aircraft Owlet^[240]	1	23 Squadron
General Aircraft Monospar (ST-6, 10 & 12)^[240]	4	Nos 7 and 8 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Units (AACU)
General Aircraft Monospar ST-25^[240]	13
General Aircraft Owlet	1	Nos. 23 and 605 Squadrons.
Grumman Goose^[51]	2	Operated by 24 Squadron and ATA in 1943
Grumman Widgeon	1	West Africa
Handley Page HP.42^[240]	3	271 Squadron, ex-Imperial Airways/BOAC
Harlow PC-5A	5	India
Heston Phoenix^[240]	3	24 Squadron
Koolhoven F.K.43	1	Dutch private aircraft
Lockheed Model 10 Electra^[240]	4	24 Squadron
Lockheed Model 12 Electra Junior^[240]	2	24 Squadron
Messerschmitt Aldon^[240]	3	Station Flights at RAF Abingdon, RAF Andover and RAF Northolt
Miles Falcon^[240]	6	Station Flights at RAF Heston, RAF Northolt and RAF Sealand
Miles Hawk Major^[240]	11
Miles Hawk Trainer^[240]	11	No. 8 Elementary Flying Training School (EFTS).
Miles Mohawk^[240]	1	RAF Andover
Miles Monarch^[240]	5	Abingdon and Halton Communications Flights
Miles Whitney Straight^[240]	21
Parnall Heck^[240]	3	1 at Communications Flight RAF Turnhouse and 1 at 24 Squadron
Percival Gull^[240]	1
Percival Q.6 Petrel^[245]	9
Percival Vega Gull^[245]	20
Piper J-4 Cub Coupe^[245]	19
Saro Cutty Sark	2	No. 3 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School (ERFTS)
Savoia-Marchetti S.73^[245]	7	Nos. 24 and 271 Squadrons, ex-SABENA
Short Empire^[245]	4	Maritime patrol with Nos. 119 and 413 squadrons, ex-Imperial Airways/BOAC
Short G-class^[245]	3	Maritime patrol with 119 Squadron
Short Mercury^[245]	1	320 Squadron
Short Scion^[245]	11
Short Scion Senior	1	173 Squadron
Spartan Cruiser	3	No. 6 and 7 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Units (AACU)
Spartan Executive	1	No. 1 Photographic Reconnaissance Unit RAF
Stampe SV.4B^[245]	1	510 Squadron
Stinson Reliant^[245]	11
Stinson Voyager^[245]	2
Taylorcraft Auster Plus C and Plus D^[245]	23
Tipsy B/Trainer	6	No. 18 (Pilots) Advanced Flying Unit RAF
Westland Wessex	1
Zlin 212	1	Used by the RAF in India

Military aircraft

Title

Type	Original operator	Number	Period	Unit(s)	Purpose
Bloch MB.81	L'Armee de l'Air	1	1940	No.2 Free French Flight	Communications
Bücker Bü 181	Luftwaffe	70 ~	1945-1946	Various	Communications
Caudron Simoun	L'Armee de l'Air	2	1940-	1 with 267 Squadron	Communications
Caproni Ca.148	Regia Aeronautica	1	1941	Khartoum Communications Flight & 117 Squadron	Transport
Dewoitine D.520	L'Armee de l'Air	3	1940-	Free French Flight	Fighter
Dornier Do 17Ka	Royal Yugoslav Air Force	2	1941	Egypt	Bomber/transport
Dornier Do 22Kj	Royal Yugoslav Navy	8	1941-1942	230 Squadron	Anti-submarine patrol
Fieseler Fi 156	Luftwaffe	50 ~	1939-1946	Various	Communications/reconnaissance
Focke-Wulf Fw 58	Luftwaffe	9 ~	1945-1946	Various	Communications
Fokker T.VIIIW^[74]	Marineluchtvaartdienst	5	1940-1940	320 Squadron	Convoy patrol
Heinkel He 115A-2	Marinens Flyvevsen	4	1940-1943	Royal Norwegian Navy flight	Clandestine operations
Junkers Ju 52/3m	Luftwaffe	70 ~	1945-1946	Various	Transport
Loire 130		1	1940-1941	No. 2 Free French Flight	Communications
Morane-Saulnier M.S.406	L'Armee de l'Air	3	1940-1942	No. 2 Free French Flight	Fighter
Potez 29	L'Armee de l'Air	2	1940-?	No. 2 Free French Flight	communications
Potez 63-11	L'Armee de l'Air	4	1940-1942	No. 2 Free French Flight	Communications
Rogožarski SIM-XIV-H	Royal Yugoslav Navy	1	1941-1942	230 Squadron	Reconnaissance
Savoia-Marchetti SM.79K	Royal Yugoslav Air Force	4	1941-1943	1 with No.2 Photographic Reconnaissance Unit, 3 with 117 Sqdn, 1 with 173 Sqdn	Transport
Savoia-Marchetti SM.82	Regia Aeronautica	2	1945-1946		Transport
Siebel Si 204	Luftwaffe	65 ~	1945-1946	Various	Communications

Captured or interned

Captured or interned examples of the following aircraft were at one time flown by either the RAF or more normally by the Royal Aircraft Establishment for evaluation.

Argentine aircraft

• FMA IA 58 Pucará, Eleven Argentinian aircraft were captured during the Falklands War. Six were taken back to the United Kingdom. Two are on display at the RAF Museum Cosford and at the North East Aircraft Museum.

German aircraft

• Arado Ar 96, Ar 196, Ar 232, Ar 234
• Blohm & Voss BV 138, BV 155, BV 222
• Brunswick LF-1 Zaunkonig
• Bücker Bü 131, Bü 180, Bü 181
• Dornier Do 17, Do 24, Do 217, Do 335
• DFS 228
• Fieseler Fi 103, Fi 156, Fl 282
• Focke-Achgelis Fa 223, Fa 330
• Focke-Wulf Fw 58, Fw 189, Fw 190, Ta 152, Fw 200
• Fokker D.VII
• Gotha Go 145, Go 150
• Halberstadt D.III
• Heinkel He 59, He 111, He 115, He 162, He 177, He 219
• Henschel Hs 129, Hs 130
• Horten Ho IV, Ho 229
• Junkers Ju 52/3m, Ju 87, Ju 88, Ju 188, Ju 290, Ju 352, Ju 388, W 34
• Klemm Kl 35
• Messerschmitt Bf 108, Bf 109, Bf 110, Me 163, Me 262, Me 323, Me 410
• Siebel Fh 104, Si 204

Italian aircraft

• Caproni Ca.100, Ca.101, Ca.148, Ca 309, Ca.311
• Caproni-Campini CC.2
• Cant Z.501, Z.506
• Fiat CR.42, G.12, G.50, G.55
• Macchi MC.200, MC.202
• Saiman 200, 202
• Savoia-Marchetti SM.73, SM.79, SM.81, SM.82, SM.95

Japanese aircraft

• Kawasaki Ki-48, Ki-61, Ki-100
• Kawanishi H6K
• Kyushu K9W
• Mitsubishi A6M, G4M, J2M, Ki-21, Ki-46, Ki-67
• Nakajima A6M2-N, L2D, Ki-43, Ki-44
• Yokosuka MXY8
• Tachikawa Ki-36, Ki-54, Ki-55

Schneider Trophy seaplanes

Aircraft used by the Royal Air Force in support of its efforts in the Schneider Trophy races, and includes aircraft used solely as trainers.

• Fairey Flycatcher biplane floatplane
• Fairey Firefly IIM biplane floatplane
• Fairey Fleetwing biplane floatplane
• Gloster I 1925 & 1927 biplane floatplane^[246]
• Gloster III 1925 biplane floatplane^[246]
• Gloster IV 1926-1927 biplane floatplane^[247]
• Gloster VI Golden Arrow 1929 monoplane floatplane^[247]
• Short Crusader 1927 monoplane floatplane^[5]
• Supermarine S.5 1927 monoplane floatplane^[248]
• Supermarine S.6 1929 monoplane floatplane^[249]
• Supermarine S.6B 1931 monoplane floatplane^[249]

Training gliders

The following Gliders are or were flown by RAF training squadrons:

• Slingsby Cadet TX.1 - Single-seat training glider
• Slingsby Cadet TX.2 - Single-seat training glider
• Slingsby Sedbergh TX.1 - Two-seat training glider
• Slingsby Prefect TX.1 - Single-seat training glider
• Slingsby Cadet TX.3 - Two-seat training glider
• Slingsby Grasshopper TX.1 - Primary Glider
• Slingsby T.45 Swallow - Single-seat Glider
• Slingsby T.53B
• Slingsby Venture T.2 - Two-seat self launching motor glider
• Elliotts Eton TX.1 - Primary glider
• Grob Viking TX.1 - German built training glider
• Grob Vigilant T.1 - German built self Launching motor glider (1991)
• Schempp-Hirth Janus C - German built training sailplane
• Schleicher Valiant TX.1 - German built sailplane
• Schleicher Vanguard TX.1 - German built training glider

Airships and balloons

• List of British airships
• Barrage balloons

UAVs and drones

• Airspeed Queen Wasp - target drone
• de Havilland Queen Bee - target drone
• Fairey Queen - target drone
• GAF Jindivik - Target drone
• General Atomics Reaper - ISTAR
• Meggitt Banshee
• Miles Queen Martinet^[250]
• Target Technology Ltd Imp

See also

• List of aircraft of the Royal Naval Air Service
• List of aircraft of the Fleet Air Arm
• List of aircraft of the Army Air Corps (United Kingdom)

Notes

1. UK variant completely redesigned from Canadian original and shared few interchangeable parts.
2. Racer evaluated as K5084
3. One aircraft for training and support with Memorial Flight
4. The DH-9A wasn't a variant of the DH-9, but was instead entirely redesigned by Westland.
5. Dominie was the RAF's name for the Dragon Rapide - impressed examples retained original name
6. Evaluation only, later impressed. RAF name was to have been Hertfordshire
7. Used by Queen's flight
8. Single example donated to RAF
9. AL2 and T3 transferred from the Army on 2 April 2019.^[119] In July 2021, reported were retired from service on 30 June 2021.^[120]
10. Sold in 2017.^[122]
11. AL1 transferred from the Army on 2 April 2019.^[119] In July 2021, reported were retired from service on 30 June 2021.^[120]
12. Used by Queen's flight

Footnotes

1. Thetford, 1978, pp. 237–238, 243–245, 587
2. Thetford, 1978, pp. 130–131
3. "Royal Air Force".
4. "UK's Royal Air Force ends BAe 146 operations".
5. Thetford, 1978, p. 604
6. Thetford, 1978, pp. 44–47
7. Thetford, 1978, pp. 98–99
8. Thetford, 1978, pp. 34–35
9. Thetford, 1978, pp. 48–49
10. Thetford, 1978, p. 574
11. Thetford, 1978, pp. 370–372
12. Thetford, 1978, pp. 53–58
13. Thetford, 1978, p. 576
14. Thetford, 1978, pp. 368–369
15. Thetford, 1978, p. 586
16. Thetford, 1978, pp. 25–27
17. Thetford, 1978, pp. 326–327
18. Thetford, 1978, pp. 39–43, 159–160
19. Thetford, 1978, pp. 121–122
20. Thetford, 1978, pp. 401–402
21. Thetford, 1978, pp. 96–97
22. Thetford, 1978, pp. 252–255
23. Thetford, 1978, pp. 140–145
24. Thetford, 1978, pp. 138–139
25. Thetford, 1978, pp. 465–466
26. Thetford, 1978, pp. 561–562
27. Thetford, 1978, p. 578
28. Thetford, 1978, pp. 106–107
29. Thetford, 1978, p. 573
30. Thetford, 1978, pp. 132–135, 146–147
31. Thetford, 1978, pp. 136–137
32. Thetford, 1978, pp. 224–226
33. Thetford, 1978, pp. 104–105
34. Thetford, 1978, pp. 152–154
35. Thetford, 1978, pp. 125–126
36. Thetford, 1978, pp. 157–158
37. Thetford, 1978, pp. 377–378
38. Thetford, 1978, pp. 148–149
39. Thetford, 1978, pp. 150–151
40. Thetford, 1978, pp. 123–124
41. Thetford, 1978, pp. 127–129
42. Thetford, 1978, pp. 443–444
43. Thetford, 1978, p. 596
44. Thetford, 1978, p. 605
45. Thetford, 1978, pp. 229–236
46. Thetford, 1978, pp. 161–162
47. Thetford, 1978, pp. 611–612
48. Thetford, 1978, pp. 210–211
49. Thetford, 1978, p. 582
50. Thetford, 1978, p. 579
51. Thetford, 1978, p. 592
52. Thetford, 1978, pp. 43–434
53. Thetford, 1978, pp. 220–221
54. Thetford, 1978, p. 587
55. Thetford, 1978, p. 606
56. Thetford, 1978, pp. 227–228
57. Thetford, 1978, pp. 118–120
58. Thetford, 1978, pp. 324–325
59. Thetford, 1978, p. 585
60. Thetford, 1978, p. 580
61. Thetford, 1978, pp. 177–178
62. Thetford, 1978, pp. 179–180
63. Thetford, 1978, p. 583
64. Thetford, 1978, pp. 185–186
65. Thetford, 1978, pp. 372–373
66. Thetford, 1978, p. 584
67. Thetford, 1978, p. 607
68. Thetford, 1978, pp. 554–555
69. Thetford, 1978, p. 572
70. Thetford, 1978, p. 577
71. Thetford, 1978, p. 597
72. Thetford, 1978, pp. 239–240
73. Thetford, 1978, p. 588
74. Thetford, 1978, p. 589
75. Thetford, 1978, pp. 256–257
76. Thetford, 1978, pp. 108–111
77. Thetford, 1978, pp. 241–242
78. Thetford, 1978, pp. 322–323, 335–336
79. Thetford, 1978, pp. 261–262
80. Thetford, 1978, pp. 263–264
81. Thetford, 1978, pp. 568–569
82. Thetford, 1978, pp. 181–182
83. Thetford, 1978, pp. 265–266
84. "First of four Boeing C-17s is handed over to the UK RAF". Flight International: 6. 22–28 May 2001.
85. Thetford, 1978, pp. 366–367
86. Thetford, 1978, pp. 248–249
87. Thetford, 1978, pp. 258–260
88. Thetford, 1978, p. 623
89. Thetford, 1978, pp. 296–303
90. Thetford, 1978, p. 622
91. Thetford, 1978, pp.292-295
92. Thetford, 1978, pp. 330–331
93. Thetford, 1978, pp. 374–376
94. Thetford, 1978, pp. 289–291
95. Thetford, 1978, pp. 320–321, 328–329
96. Thetford, 1978, pp. 415–416
97. Thetford, 1978, pp. 304–306
98. Thetford, 1978, pp. 222–223
99. Thetford, 1978, pp. 381–382
100. Thetford, 1978, pp. 337–338
101. Thetford, 1978, pp. 250–251
102. Thetford, 1978, pp. 347–348
103. Thetford, 1978, pp. 397–398
104. Thetford, 1978, pp. 287–288
105. Thetford, 1978, pp. 285–286
106. Thetford, 1978, pp. 332–334
107. Thetford, 1978, pp. 204–205
108. Thetford, 1978, p. 620
109. Thetford, 1978, pp. 316–317
110. Thetford, 1978, p. 603
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