List of aircraft of the Royal Air Force

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 but not 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		Fighter/bomber/reconnaissance	1918	Propeller	Single-engined biplane
Fairey IIIC, D & F[1]	UK	Propeller	Fleet spotter	1918	1941	Single-engined biplane
Bristol 138[2]	UK	Propeller	Research	1936	1937	Single-engined monoplane
British Aerospace 125	UK	Jet	Transport	1965	2015	Twin-engined
British Aerospace 146	UK	Jet	VIP Transport	1986	n/a	Four-engined
Short 184	UK		Bomber	1918	1921	Single-engined biplane floatplane
Short 320[3]	UK		Torpedo bomber	1918		Single-engined biplane floatplane
Avro 504K & N[4]	UK	Propeller	Trainer/communications	1918	1933	Single-engined biplane
Agusta A109E	Italy	Helicopter	Liaison	2006	n/a	Twin-engined
Bell Airacobra[5]	USA	Propeller	Fighter/ground attack	1941	1942	Single-engined monoplane
Fairey Albacore	UK	Propeller	Torpedo bomber	1940	1944	Single-engined biplane
Armstrong Whitworth Albemarle[6]	UK		Bomber/transport/glider tug	1943	1946	Twin-engined piston monoplane
Avro Aldershot[7]	UK	Propeller	Long range day/night bomber	1924	1926	Single-engined biplane
Avro Andover[8]	UK	Propeller	Transport/ambulance	1924		Single-engined biplane
Hawker Siddeley Andover[9]	UK		Transport	1965	n/a	Twin-engined turboprop
Avro Anson[10]	UK	Propeller	TBomber/maritime patrol/trainer/transport	1936	1968	Twin-engined piston monoplane
Avro Athena[11]	UK	Propeller	Trainer	1950	1955	Single-engined monoplane
Armstrong Whitworth Argosy[12]	UK	Propeller	Transport	1962	1978	Four-engined turboprop monoplane
Fairchild Argus[13]	USA		Transport	1941	1945	Single-engined monoplane
Armstrong Whitworth Atlas[14]	UK	Propeller	Army co-operation/trainer	1927	1935	Single-engined biplane
Hawker Audax[15]	UK	Propeller	Army co-operation	1931	1945	Single-engined biplane
Auster AOP.6/AOP.9[16]	UK	Propeller	Air Observation	1942	1957	Single-engined monoplane
Boulton Paul Balliol[17]	UK		Trainer	1950	1957	Single-engined monoplane
Martin Baltimore[18]	USA	Propeller	Medium bomber	1941	1946	Twin-engined piston monoplane
Fairey Barracuda	UK	Propeller	Torpedo/dive bomber	1943	1945	Single-engined monoplane
Beagle Basset[19]	UK		Communications transport	1965	1974	Twin-engined piston monoplane
Fairey Battle[20]	UK	Propeller	Bomber	1937	1949	Single-engined monoplane
Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2[11]	UK		Reconnaissance	1918	1919	Single-engined biplane
Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.12	UK	Propeller	Fighter	1918	1918	Single-engined biplane
Bristol Beaufighter[21]	UK		Strike fighter/night fighter/target tug	1940	1960	Twin-engined piston monoplane
Bristol Beaufort[22]	UK	Propeller	Torpedo bomber	1939	1946	Twin-engined piston monoplane
Short Belfast[23]	UK	Propeller	Transport	1966	1976	Four-engined turboprop monoplane
Bristol Belvedere[24]	UK	Helicopter	Transport	1961	1969	Twin-engined twin-rotor
Brewster Bermuda[25]	USA	Propeller	Dive bomber	1942	1944	Single-engined monoplane
Blackburn Beverley[26]	UK	Propeller	Transport	1955	1967	Four-engined piston monoplane
Avro Bison[27]	UK	Propeller	Fleet spotter	1922	1929	Single-engined biplane
Blackburn Blackburn	UK		Fleet spotter	1923	1931	Single-engined biplane
Bristol Blenheim[28]	UK		Bomber	1937	1944	Twin-engined monoplane
Bristol 130/Bombay[29]	UK		Bomber/transport	1939	1944	Twin-engined piston monoplane
Douglas Boston[30]	USA		Medium bomber/trainer/night fighter	1940	1945	Twin-engined piston monoplane
Blackburn Botha[31]	UK		Torpedo bomber/trainer	1939	1944	Twin-engined piston monoplane
Bristol Brigand[32]	UK		Torpedo fighter/medium bomber/naval strike/trainer	1946	1958	Twin-engined piston monoplane
Bristol Fighter[33]	UK		Fighter/army cooperation/light bomber	1918	1932	Single-engined biplane
Bristol Britannia[34]	UK		Transport	1959	1975	Four-engined turboprop
Hawker Siddeley Buccaneer[35]	UK		Naval strike	1969	1994	Twin-engined jet
Bristol Buckingham[36]	UK		Bomber, transport	1944	1950	Twin-engined piston monoplane
Bristol Buckmaster[37]	UK		Trainer	1945	1958	Twin-engined piston monoplane
Brewster Buffalo[38]	USA		Fighter	1940	1942	Single-engined monoplane
Bristol Bulldog[39]	UK		Fighter/trainer	1929	1937	Single-engined biplane
Scottish Aviation Bulldog[40]	UK		Basic trainer	1972	2001	Single-engined piston monoplane
Martinsyde Buzzard[41]	UK		Fighter	1918	1922	Single-engined biplane
Sopwith Camel[42]	UK		Fighter	1918	1920	Single-engined biplane
Fairey Campania	UK		Reconnaissance	1918	1919	Single-engined biplane
English Electric Canberra[43]	UK		Bomber, photo reconnaissance, trainer	1951	2006	Twin-engined jet
Consolidated Catalina[44]	USA		Maritime patrol	1939	1945	Twin-engined monoplane seaplane
Boeing-Vertol Chinook[45]	USA	Helicopter	Transport	1980	n/a	Twin-engined turbine twin rotor
De Havilland Chipmunk[46][Notes 1]	UK		Trainer	1949	1996	Single-engined piston monoplane
De Havilland Cirrus Moth[47]	UK		Communications/trainer	1926	1930	Single-engined biplane
Curtiss Cleveland[48]	USA		Dive-bomber	1940	1941	Single-engined biplane
Handley Page Clive[49]	UK		Transport	1931		Twin-engined biplane
Saro Cloud[50]	UK		Navigational trainer	1933	1936	Twin-engined monoplane amphibian
De Havilland Comet[Notes 2]	UK		Experimental	1935	1936	Twin-engined piston monoplane
De Havilland Comet[51]	UK	Jet	Reconnaissance	1956	1975	Four-engined
Consolidated Coronado[48]	USA		Transport	1943	1946	Four-engined flying-boat
Fairchild Cornell[52]	USA		Trainer	1943	1945	Single-engined monoplane
Sopwith Cuckoo[53]	UK		Torpedo bomber	1918	1923	Single-engined biplane
Douglas Dakota[54]	USA		Transport	1942	1970[Notes 3]	Twin-engined piston monoplane
Blackburn Dart	UK		Torpedo bomber	1923	1933	Single-engined biplane
Boulton Paul Defiant[55]	UK		Fighter/night fighter/Air-sea rescue/target tug	1939	1945	Single-engined monoplane
Hawker Demon[56]	UK		Fighter	1931	1939	Single-engined biplane
De Havilland Devon[57]	UK		Transport	1948	1984	Twin-engined piston monoplane
Airco DH.4A[58]	UK		Bomber/transport	1918		Single-engined biplane
Airco DH.6	UK		Trainer	1918		Single-engined biplane
Airco DH.9[58]	UK		Bomber	1918		Single-engined biplane
Airco DH.9A[59][Notes 4]	UK		Bomber	1918	1931	Single-engined biplane
Airco DH.10 Amiens[60]	UK		Bomber	1918	1923	Twin-engined biplane
De Havilland DH.86 Express[61]	UK		Transport	1937		Four-engined biplane
Sopwith Dolphin[53]	UK		Fighter	1918	1919	Single-engined biplane
de Havilland Dominie[62][Notes 5]	UK		Transport/trainer	1938	1946	Twin-engined piston monoplane
Hawker Siddeley Dominie[63]	UK		Navigation trainer	1965	2011	Twin-engined jet
De Havilland Don[64]	UK		Trainer/communications/liaison	1938	1939	Single-engined monoplane
Sopwith Dragon[65]	UK		Fighter	1919	1919	Single-engined biplane
Westland Dragonfly[66]	UK	helicopter	Transport	1950	1956	Single piston engine
Airspeed Envoy[67]	UK		Transport	1938		Twin-engined piston monoplane
Beechcraft Expeditor[68]	USA		Transport/trainer			Twin-engined piston monoplane
Miles Falcon[69]	UK		Communications/trainer			Single-engined monoplane
Fairey Fawn[70]	UK		Bomber	1924	1929	Single-engined biplane
Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.2d[71]	UK		Bomber	1918	1918	Single-engined pusher biplane
Felixstowe F.2A[71]	UK		Maritime patrol	1918		Twin-engined biplane flying boats
Felixstowe F.3[72]	UK		Maritime patrol	1918		Twin-engined biplane flying boats
Felixstowe F.5[73]	UK		Maritime patrol	1918	1925	Twin-engined biplane flying boats
Slingsby Firefly	UK		Trainer	1995	2010	Single-engined monoplane
Armstrong Whitworth F.K.8[27]	UK		Artillery Spotter, Bomber	1918	1919	Single-engined biplane
De Havilland Flamingo[64][Notes 6]	UK		Transport	1939	1940	Twin-engined monoplane
Boeing Fortress[74]	USA		Bomber/maritime patrol/electronic warfare	1941	1945	Four-engined monoplane
Fairey Fox[75]	UK		Bomber/trainer	1926	1933	Single-engined biplane
Hawker Fury[76]	UK		Fighter	1931	1939	Single-engined biplane
Gloster Gamecock[77]	UK		Fighter	1926	1931	Single-engined biplane
Gloster Gauntlet[78]	UK		Fighter	1935	1939	Single-engined biplane
Westland Gazelle[79]	UK	Helicopter	Trainer/VIP transport	1973	n/a	Single-engined
De Havilland Genet Moth[47]	UK		Trainer	1927		Single-engined biplane
De Havilland Gipsy Moth[80]	UK		Trainer/communications	1930		Single-engined biplane
Gloster Gladiator[81]	UK		Fighter/meteorology	1937	1944	Single-engined biplane
Boeing Globemaster	USA	Jet	Transport	2001[82]	n/a	Four-engined
Folland/Hawker Siddeley Gnat[83]	UK	Jet	Trainer	1962	1979	Single-engined
Fairey Gordon[84]	UK		Bomber/trainer	1931	1941	Single-engined biplane
Gloster Grebe[85]	UK		Fighter	1923	1931	Single-engined biplane
Bell Griffin	Canada	Helicopter	Training Search and rescue/support	1997	n/a	Twin-engined turbine
Waco Hadrian[86]	USA		Infantry glider	1943	1947	Glider
Handley Page Halifax[87]	UK		Bomber/transport	1940	1952	Four-engined monoplane
Fairey Hamble Baby	UK		Reconnaissance	1918		Single-engined biplane floatplane
General Aircraft Hamilcar[88]	UK		Transport	1942	1950	Glider
Handley Page Hampden[89]	UK		Bomber	1938	1945	Twin-engined monoplane
Hawker Hardy[90]	UK		Tropicalized general purpose/bomber	1935	1941	Single-engined biplane
Hawker Siddeley Harrier[91]	UK	Jet	Ground attack/reconnaissance/trainer	1969	1994	Single-engined VTOL
BAE Harrier II	UK	Jet	Ground attack/reconnaissance/trainer	1989	2011	Single-engined VTOL
Handley Page Harrow	UK		Torpedo bomber/Reconnaissance	1926	1928	Single-engined biplane
Handley Page Harrow[92]	UK		Bomber/transport	1937	1945	Twin-engined monoplane
Hawker Hart[93]	UK		Bomber/trainer	1930	1943	Single-engined biplane
North American Harvard[94]	USA		Trainer	1939	1955	Single-engined monoplane
Handley Page Hastings[95]	UK		Transport/trainer	1948	1977	Four-engined piston monoplane
Douglas Havoc[96]	USA		Medium bomber/night fighter	1940	1943	Twin-engined monoplane
Hawker Siddeley/BAe Hawk[97]	UK		Trainer	1976	n/a	Single-engined jet
Hawker Hector[98]	UK		Army co-operation/glider tug	1937	1942	Single-engined biplane
Fairey Hendon[99]	UK		Bomber	1936	1939	Twin-engined monoplane
Hawker Henley[100]	UK		Target tug	1939	1942	Single-engined monoplane
Lockheed Hercules[101]	USA		Transport	1967	n/a	Four-engined turboprop
Handley Page Hereford[89]	UK		Bomber/trainer	1940	1940	Twin-engined monoplane
De Havilland Heron[57][Notes 7]	UK		Transport	1955	1972	Four-engined monoplane
Handley Page Heyford[102]	UK		Bomber/trainer	1933	1941	Twin-engined biplane
Handley Page Hinaidi[103]	UK		Bomber	1929	1937	Twin-engined biplane
Hawker Hind[104]	UK		Bomber/trainer	1935	1939	Single-engined biplane
De Havilland Hornet[105]	UK		Fighter	1945	1955	Twin-engined monoplane
De Havilland Hornet Moth	UK		Communications	1938	1946	Single-engined monoplane
Airspeed Horsa[106]	UK		Troop glider	1942	1945	Glider
Hawker Horsley[107]	UK		Bomber/torpedo bomber	1927	1935	Single-engined biplane
General Aircraft Hotspur	UK		Trainer	1941	1945	Glider
Vought-Sikorsky Hoverfly I[108]	USA		Trainer	1945	1945	Single-engined piston helicopter
Vought-Sikorsky Hoverfly II[108]	USA		Trainer	1946	1950	Single-engined piston helicopter
Lockheed Hudson[109]	USA		Maritime patrol/bomber/transport	1939	1945	Twin-engined monoplane
De Havilland Hummingbird[110][111]	UK		Trainer	1924	1927	Single-engined ultralight monoplane
Hawker Hunter[112]	UK		Fighter/fighter-bomber/reconnaissance/trainer	1954	1994	Single-engined jet
Hawker Hurricane[113]	UK/ Canada		Fighter/fighter-bomber/night fighter	1937	1947	Single-engined monoplane
Beagle Husky[Notes 8]	UK		Trainer	1969	1989	Single-engined piston monoplane
Handley Page Hyderabad[114]	UK		Bomber	1925	1933	Twin-engined biplane
Beardmore Inflexible	UK		Bomber	1928	1930	Three-engined monoplane
Blackburn Iris[115]	UK		Maritime patrol	1930	1934	Three-engined biplane flying boat
Britten-Norman Islander	UK		Communications		n/a	Twin-engined piston monoplane
SEPECAT Jaguar[116]	UK		Ground-attack/reconnaissance/trainer	1974	2007	Twin-engined jet
Gloster Javelin[117]	UK		All-weather fighter/interceptor	1956	1968	Twin-engined jet
BAC Jet Provost[118]	UK		Trainer	1955	1993	Single-engined jet
Scottish Aviation Jetstream[119]	UK		Trainer	1973	2003	Twin-engined turboprop
Blackburn Kangaroo[25]	UK		Torpedo bomber	1918	1919	Twin-engined biplane
Hawker Siddeley Kestrel[120]	UK		Fighter/ground-attack	1964	1965	Single-engined VTOL jet
Beechcraft Super King Air	USA		Trainer		n/a	Twin-engined turboprop
Curtiss Kittyhawk	USA		Fighter/fighter-bomber	1942		Single-engined monoplane
Short Knuckleduster	UK		Maritime patrol	1935	1935	Twin-engined monoplane flying boat. Service trials only
Avro Lancaster[121]	UK/ Canada		Heavy bomber/reconnaissance/maritime patrol/air-sea rescue	1942	1954	Four-engined monoplane
Avro Lancastrian[122][123]	UK		Transport	1945	1950	Four-engined monoplane
Saro Lerwick[124]	UK		Maritime patrol	1939	1942	Twin-engined flying boat
Consolidated Liberator[125]	USA		Heavy bomber, transport, maritime patrol	1941	1947	Four-engined monoplane
English Electric Lightning[126]	UK		Fighter/interceptor	1959	1988	Twin-engined jet
Lockheed Lightning[127]	USA		Heavy fighter	1942	1943	Twin-engined twin-boom monoplane
Avro Lincoln[128]	UK		Bomber	1945	1963	Four-engined monoplane
Lockheed Lodestar[127]	USA		Transport	1941		Twin-engined monoplane
Saro London[129]	UK		Maritime patrol	1936	1941	Twin-engined biplane flying boat
Fairey Long-Range Monoplane[130]	UK		Experimental (Distance record)	1928	1933	Single-engined monoplane
Westland Lysander[131]	UK		Army co-operation/liaison	1938	1946	Single-engined monoplane
Bristol M.1C	UK		Fighter	1918		Single-engined monoplane
Miles Magister[132]	UK		Trainer	1937	1944	Single-engined monoplane
Avro Manchester[133]	UK		Bomber	1940	1942	Twin-engined monoplane
Handley Page Marathon[134]	UK		Navigation trainer	1953	1958	Four-engined piston monoplane
Martin Marauder[135]	USA		Bomber	1942	1945	Twin-engined monoplane
Martin Mariner[41]	USA		Maritime patrol/transport	1943	1947	Twin-engined monoplane seaplane
Miles Martinet[136]	UK		Target tug	1942	1950	Single-engined monoplane
Martin Maryland[137]	USA		Bomber	1940	1943	Twin-engined monoplane
Miles Master[138]	UK		Trainer	1939	1945	Single-engined monoplane
Miles Mentor[69]	UK		Trainer/communications	1938		Single-engined monoplane
Miles Messenger[139]	UK		Liaison	1943	1948	Single-engined monoplane
AgustaWestland Merlin	UK		Transport	2001	n/a	Three-engined helicopter
Gloster Meteor[140]	UK		Reconnaissance	1944	1977	Twin-engined jet
Armstrong Whitworth Meteor[141]	UK		Night fighter	1951	1961	Twin-engined jet
North American Mitchell[142]	USA		Bomber	1942	1950	Twin-engined monoplane
Curtiss Mohawk[143]	USA		Fighter	1940	1944	Single-engined monoplane
De Havilland Mosquito[144]	UK		Bomber/reconnaissance/fighter-bomber/night fighter/target tug	1941	1956	Twin-engined monoplane
North American Mustang[145]	USA		Fighter/fighter-bomber	1942	1946	Single-engined monoplane
Lockheed Neptune[146]	USA		Maritime patrol/AEW	1952	1957	Twin-engined monoplane
Nieuport Nighthawk[147]	UK		Fighter	1920	1923	Single-engined biplane
Miles Nighthawk[69]	UK		Trainer	1938	1940	Single-engined monoplane
Nieuport Nightjar[139]	UK		Fighter	1922	1924	Single-engined biplane
Hawker Siddeley/BAE Nimrod[148]	UK		Maritime patrol/airborne early warning	1969	2011	Four-engined jet
Northrop Nomad[149]	USA		Bomber/trainer	1940	1940	Single-engined monoplane
Northrop N-3PB[149]	USA		Maritime patrol	1941	1943	Single-engined floatplane
Norman Thompson N.T.2B	UK		Trainer	1918		Single-engined flying-boat
Handley Page O/400[49]	UK		Bomber	1918	1920	Twin-engined biplane
Boulton Paul Overstrand[150]	UK		Medium bomber/gunnery trainer	1934	1941	Twin-engined biplane
Airspeed Oxford[151]	UK		Trainer	1937[152]	1956[153]	Twin-engined monoplane
Parnall Panther	UK		Reconnaissance	1919	1926	Single-engined biplane
Hunting Percival Pembroke[154]	UK		Reconnaissance	1953	1988	Twin-engined monoplane
Blackburn Perth[155]	UK		Maritime patrol	1934	1938	Three-engined biplane flying boat
Percival Petrel[156]	UK		Communications	1938	1947	Twin-engined monoplane
McDonnell Douglas Phantom[157]	USA		Fighter/ground attack/reconnaissance	1969	1992	Twin-engined jet
Scottish Aviation Pioneer[158]	UK		Transport	1953	1969	Single-engined monoplane
Avro Prefect[8]	UK		Trainer	1935		Single-engined biplane
Percival Prentice[159]	UK		Trainer/communications	1947	1953	Single-engined monoplane
Percival Proctor[160]	UK		Trainer/communications	1939	1955	Single-engined monoplane
Percival Provost[161]	UK		Trainer	1953	1969	Single-engined monoplane
Westland/Aérospatiale Puma[162]	UK		Transport	1971	n/a	Twin-engined helicopter
Sopwith Pup	UK		Fighter	1918		Single-engined biplane
De Havilland Puss Moth	UK		Communications			Single-engined monoplane
De Havilland Queen Bee[61]	UK		Pilotless target drone			Single-engined biplane
Airspeed Queen Wasp[67]	UK		Pilotless target drone	1940		Single-engined biplane
Short Rangoon[163]	UK		Maritime patrol	1931	1939	Three-engined biplane flying boat
Royal Aircraft Factory R.E.8[156]	UK		Artillery spotting and reconnaissance	1918	1920	Single-engined biplane
Vultee-Stinson Reliant	USA		Trainer/communications			Single-engined monoplane
Blackburn Roc	UK		Carrier fighter, target tug,	1939	1943	Single-engined monoplane
Avro Rota[122]	UK		Army co-operation	1934	1945	Autogyro
Canadair Sabre[164]	Canada		Fighter	1953	1956	Single-engined jet
Sopwith Salamander[65]	UK		Ground attack	1918	1922	Single-engined biplane
Supermarine Scapa[165]	UK		General Reconnaissance	1935	1938	Twin-engined biplane flying boat
Nieuport Scout	France		Fighter	1918		Single-engined biplane
Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5A	UK		Fighter	1918		Single-engined biplane
Short Seaford[42]	UK		Maritime patrol	1946	1948	Four-engined flying boat
Westland Sea King[166]	UK		Air-sea rescue	1977	n/a	Twin-engined helicopter
Fairey Seal	UK		Fleet spotter	1933	1943	Single-engined biplane
Supermarine Sea Otter[167]	UK		Air-sea rescue/fleet spotting/communications	1943	1949	Single-engined biplane flying boat
Raytheon Sentinel	Canada		Battlefield Surveillance	2008	n/a	Twin-engined jet
Stinson Sentinel[168]	USA		Liaison	1943	1946	Single-engined monoplane
Boeing Sentry	USA		Airborne early warning	1990	n/a	Four-engined jet
Avro Shackleton[169]	UK		Maritime patrol/AEW/air-sea rescue/trainer	1951	1991	Four-engined piston monoplane
Beechcraft Shadow	USA		Battlefield Surveillance		n/a	Twin-engined turboprop monoplane
Blackburn Shark	UK		Torpedo bomber	1936	1942	Single-engined biplane
Boulton Paul Sidestrand[170]	UK		Bomber	1928	1934	Twin-engined biplane
Short Singapore[171]	UK		Maritime patrol	1935	1941	Four-engined biplane flying boat
Armstrong Whitworth Siskin[172]	UK		Fighter/trainer	1924	1932	Single-engined biplane
Westland Sioux[68]	UK		Trainer			Single-engined piston helicopter
Saro Skeeter[173]	UK		Air observation/trainer	1958	1964	Single-engined piston helicopter
Blackburn Skua	UK		Fighter/dive-bomber	1938	1945	Single-engined monoplane
Douglas Skymaster[13]	USA		Transport	1944	1946	Four-engined monoplane
Sopwith Snipe[174]	UK		Fighter	1918	1926	Single-engined biplane
Supermarine Southampton[175]	UK		Reconnaissance	1925	1937	Twin-engined biplane flying boat
SPAD S.XIII	France		Fighter	1918		Single-engined biplane
Supermarine Spitfire[176]	UK		Fighter, photo Reconnaissance	1938	1954	Single-engined monoplane
Supermarine Spiteful[177]	UK		Fighter			Single-engined monoplane
Eurocopter Squirrel[178]	France		Trainer	1997	n/a	Single-engined helicopter. With Defence Helicopter Flying School
Short Stirling[179]	UK		Bomber/transport	1940	1946	Four-engined monoplane
Supermarine Stranraer[180]	UK		Maritime patrol	1936	1940	Twin-engined biplane flying boat
Short Sunderland[181]	UK		Maritime patrol/transport	1938	1959	Four-engined monoplane flying boat
Supermarine Swift[182]	UK		Fighter/Reconnaissance	1954	1961	Single-engined jet
Fairey Swordfish	UK		Torpedo-bomber/Reconnaissance	1936	1945	Single-engined biplane
Bristol Sycamore[183]	UK		Communications/ambulance/search and rescue	1952	1971	Single-engined piston helicopter
Hawker Tempest[184]	UK		Fighter/target tug	1944	1951	Single-engined monoplane
Republic Thunderbolt[185]	USA		Fighter/fighter-bomber	1944	1945	Single-engined monoplane
De Havilland Tiger Moth[186]	UK		Trainer	1932	1951	Single-engined biplane
Curtiss Tomahawk[187]	USA		Fighter/fighter-bomber	1940	1944	Single-engined monoplane
Hawker Tomtit[188]	UK		Trainer	1929	1935	Single-engined biplane
Panavia Tornado[189]	UK		Fighter/bomber	1979	n/a	Twin-engined jet
Beech Traveller	USA		Transport			Twin-engined cabin biplane
Lockheed TriStar	USA		Transport/tanker	1984	2013	Three-engined jet
Shorts Tucano	UK		Trainer	1988	n/a	Single-engined turboprop monoplane
Avro Tutor[190]	UK		Trainer	1930	1937	Single-engined biplane
Grob Tutor	Germany		Trainer		n/a	Single-engined piston monoplane
Scottish Aviation Twin Pioneer[191]	UK		Transport	1958	1969	Twin-engined piston monoplane
Eurocopter Twin Squirrel	France		Transport/communications		n/a	Twin-engined helicopter
Hawker Typhoon[192]	UK		Fighter/fighter-bomber	1941	1945	Single-engined monoplane
Eurofighter Typhoon	UK		Fighter-bomber	2007	n/a	Twin-engined jet
Handley Page V/1500	UK		Bomber	1918	1920	Four-engined biplane
Vickers Valentia[193]	UK		Bomber/transport	1934	1944	Twin-engined biplane
Vickers Valetta[194]	UK		Transport/trainer	1948	1969	Twin-engined piston monoplane
Vickers Valiant[195]	UK		Bomber/tanker	1955	1965	Four-engined jet
De Havilland Vampire[196]	UK		Fighter/night fighter/trainer	1946	1972	Single-engined jet
Vickers Varsity[197]	UK		Trainer	1951	1976	Twin-engined piston monoplane
Vickers VC10[198][199]	UK		Transport/tanker	1966	2013	Four-engined jet
Percival Vega Gull[200]	UK		Communications	1938		Single-engined monoplane
Vultee Vengeance[201][202]	UK		Dive bomber/target tug	1942	1948	Single-engined monoplane
de Havilland Venom[203]	UK		Fighter-bomber/night fighter	1952	1962	Single-engined jet
Lockheed Ventura[204]	USA		Medium bomber/maritime patrol	1942	1946	Twin-engined piston monoplane
Vickers Vernon[205]	UK		Transport	1922	1927	Twin-engined biplane
Handley Page Victor[206]	UK		Strategic bomber/tanker/Reconnaissance	1957	1993	Four-engined jet
Vickers Victoria[207]	UK		Transport	1926	1935	Twin-engined biplane
Vultee Vigilant[168]	USA		Army co-operation	1941		Single-engined monoplane
Vickers Viking[123][208][209][Notes 9]	UK		Transport	1946	1959	Twin-engined piston monoplane
Vickers Vildebeest[210]	UK		Torpedo bomber	1933	1942	Single-engined biplane
Vickers Vimy[211]	UK		Bomber	1918	1931	Twin-engined biplane
Vickers Vincent[174]	UK		Army co-operation	1934	1941	Single-engined biplane
Vickers Virginia[212]	UK		Heavy bomber/parachute training	1924	1937	Twin-engined biplane
Airbus Voyager	France/ Spain		Tanker/Transport	2012	n/a	Twin-engined jet
Avro Vulcan[213]	UK		Strategic bomber/tanker/Reconnaissance	1957	1984	Four-engined jet
Westland Wallace[214]	UK		Utility	1933	1943	Single-engined biplane
Westland Walrus[215]	UK		Fleet Reconnaissance	1921	1925	Single-engined biplane
Supermarine Walrus[216]	UK		Air-sea rescue, fleet spotting and communications	1936	1946	Single-engined biplane amphibian
Westland Wapiti[217]	UK		General purpose/bomber/trainer	1928	1940	Single-engined biplane
Vickers Warwick[218]	UK		Bomber/maritime patrol/transport	1943	1946	Twin-engined piston monoplane
Boeing Washington[219]	USA		Bomber	1950	1958	Four-engined monoplane
Westland Welkin[215]	UK		High altitude fighter	1944	1944	Twin-engined piston monoplane
Vickers Wellesley[220]	UK		Bomber	1937	1942	Single-engined monoplane
Vickers Wellington[221]	UK		Medium bomber/Maritime patrol/transport/trainer/AEW	1938	1953	Twin-engined piston monoplane
Westland Wessex[222]	UK		Transport/air-sea rescue	1964	1985	Twin-engined helicopter
Westland Whirlwind[223]	UK		Fighter	1940	1943	Twin-engined monoplane
Westland Whirlwind[224]	UK		Air-sea rescue/transport	1955	1977	Single-engined helicopter
Armstrong Whitworth Whitley[225]	UK		Medium bomber/maritime patrol/transport/trainer	1937	1945	Twin-engined piston monoplane
Hawker Woodcock[226]	UK		Night fighter	1924	1928	Single-engined biplane
Avro York[227]	UK		Transport	1943	1957	Four-engined monoplane

Aircraft Impressed into RAF Service

Civil Aircraft

^[228]

Aircraft Type	Number impressed	Unit(s)/location/purpose
Aeronca 50 Chief	1	India
Airspeed AS 5 Courier[229]	9
Airspeed AS 6 Envoy[229]	2
Airspeed Ferry	2	One used by RAF Halton in 1940, then both used as instructional airframes.[230]
Armstrong Whitworth Atlanta[229]	5	31 Squadron in India and Iraq, ex-Imperial Airways/BOAC
Armstrong Whitworth Ensign[229]	2	24 Squadron, ex-Imperial Airways/BOAC
Avro 504N[229]	7	glider tug
Avro 642 Eighteen	1
Avro 652[229]	2	navigation training
Avro Cadet	32	No. 3 Elementary Flying Training School (EFTS) at RAF Hamble and RAF Watchfield
Avro Commodore[229]	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[229]	4
British Aircraft Swallow[229]	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[229]	1	Telecommunications Research Establishment, ex-RCAF
Cessna C-34 Airmaster	1	Used a few weeks in 1941 by RAF Hucknall, sold in 1942.[231]
Cierva C.30A[229]	5	529 Squadron
Cierva C.40 Rota Mk II	2
Comper Swift[229]	2	1 used by 25 Squadron and second by 247 Squadron
Curtiss T-32 Condor II	4
De Havilland DH.86B[229]	2	24 Squadron
De Havilland Albatross[229]	2	271 Squadron, ex-Imperial Airways/BOAC
De Havilland Dragon[229]	17
De Havilland Dragon Rapide[229]	40
De Havilland Dragonfly[229]	15
De Havilland Flamingo[229]	3	24 Squadron, ex-BOAC
De Havilland Fox Moth	2
De Havilland Gipsy Moth[229]	37
De Havilland Hornet Moth[229]	64	25 used for coastal patrol
De Havilland Moth Minor[229]	26	glider tug
De Havilland Leopard Moth[229]	45	communications
De Havilland Moth Major[229]	unk.
De Havilland Puss Moth[229]	47	communications
De Havilland Tiger Moth[229]	160 +	training
Desoutter Mk.II[232]	4
Douglas DC-2[232]	19	No. 31 Squadron RAF in India, Iraq and Burma, 1941 - 1943[233][234][235]
Douglas DC-3	10	31 Squadron and 24 Squadron (2 ex-SABENA).
Fairchild 24	2	RAF Halton Communications Flight
Fairchild 91[232]	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.[236]
Fokker F.XXII[232]	2	ex-KLM. No. 1 Air Observer Navigation School (AONS) at Prestwick
Fokker F.XXXVI[232]	1	ex-KLM, No. 1 Air Observer Navigation School (AONS) at Prestwick
Ford Trimotor[232]	1	271 Squadron, ex-Guinness family private aircraft
Foster Wikner Warferry[237]	3	24 Squadron, Communications Flights RAF Cranwell and RAF Northolt
General Aircraft Cagnet[232]	1	School of Army Co-operation
General Aircraft Cygnet[232]	5	Nos. 23, 24, 85, 88 and 510 Squadrons
General Aircraft Owlet[232]	1	23 Squadron
General Aircraft Monospar (ST-6, 10 & 12)[232]	4	Nos 7 and 8 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Units (AACU)
General Aircraft Monospar ST-25[232]	13
General Aircraft Owlet	1	Nos. 23 and 605 Squadrons.
Grumman Goose[49]	2	Operated by 24 Squadron and ATA in 1943
Grumman Widgeon	1	West Africa
Handley Page HP.42[232]	3	271 Squadron, ex-Imperial Airways/BOAC
Harlow PC-5A	5	India
Heston Phoenix[232]	3	24 Squadron
Koolhoven F.K.43	1	Dutch private aircraft
Lockheed Model 10 Electra[232]	4	24 Squadron
Lockheed Model 12 Electra Junior[232]	2	24 Squadron
Messerschmitt Aldon[232]	3	Station Flights at RAF Abingdon, RAF Andover and RAF Northolt
Miles Falcon[232]	6	Station Flights at RAF Heston, RAF Northolt and RAF Sealand
Miles Hawk Major[232]	11
Miles Hawk Trainer[232]	11	No. 8 Elementary Flying Training School (EFTS).
Miles Mohawk[232]	1	RAF Andover
Miles Monarch[232]	5	Abingdon and Halton Communications Flights
Miles Whitney Straight[232]	21
Parnall Heck[232]	3	1 at Communications Flight RAF Turnhouse and 1 at 24 Squadron
Percival Gull[232]	1
Percival Q.6 Petrel[237]	9
Percival Vega Gull[237]	20
Piper J-4 Cub Coupe[237]	19
Saro Cutty Sark	2	No. 3 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School (ERFTS)
Savoia-Marchetti S.73[237]	7	Nos. 24 and 271 Squadrons, ex-SABENA
Short Empire[237]	4	Maritime patrol with Nos. 119 and 413 squadrons, ex-Imperial Airways/BOAC
Short G-class[237]	3	Maritime patrol with 119 Squadron
Short Mercury[237]	1	320 Squadron
Short Scion[237]	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[237]	1	510 Squadron
Stinson Reliant[237]	11
Stinson Voyager[237]	2
Taylorcraft Auster Plus C and Plus D[237]	23
Tipsy B/Trainer	6	No. 18 (Pilots) Advanced Flying Unit RAF
Westland Wessex	1
Zlin 212	1	India

Military Aircraft

Title

Type	Original Operator	Number	Period	Unit(s)	Purpose
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	1940-	Khartoum Communications Flight & 117 Squadron	Transport
Dewoitine D.520	L'Armee de l'Air	3	1940-		Fighter
Dornier Do 17Ka	Royal Yugoslav Air Force	2	1941	Egypt	Bomber/transport
Dornier Do 22Kj	Royal Yugoslav Air Force	8	1941-1942	No. 2 (Yugoslav) Squadron with 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[72]	Marinens Flyvevaaben	5	1940-1940	320 Squadron	Convoy patrol
Heinkel He 115	Marinens Flyvevaaben	4	1940-1943	Royal Norwegian Navy flight	Clandestine operations
Junkers Ju 52/3m	Luftwaffe	70 ~	1945-1946	Various	Transport
Morane-Saulnier M.S.406	L'Armee de l'Air	a few	1940-1942	No. 2 French (Fighter) Flight	Fighter
Potez 29	L'Armee de l'Air	2	1940-?		Transport
Potez 63	L'Armee de l'Air	6	1940-1941	No. 2 French (Fighter) Flight	Fighter
Rogožarski SIM-XIV-H	Royal Yugoslav Air Force	1	1941-	No. 2 (Yugoslav) Squadron
Savoia-Marchetti SM.79K	Royal Yugoslav Air Force	4	1941-1942	1 with No.2 Photographic Reconnaissance Unit, 3 with 117 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, two Argentinian aircraft captured during the Falklands War. Now on display at the RAF Museum Cosford and at the North East Aircraft Museum.

German Aircraft 1918-1919

• Fokker D.VII
• Halberstadt D.III

German Aircraft 1938-1947

• Arado Ar 96
• Arado Ar 196
• Arado Ar 232
• Arado Ar 234 Blitz
• Blohm & Voss BV 138
• Blohm & Voss BV 155
• Blohm & Voss BV 222 Wiking
• Brunswick LF-1 Zaunkonig
• Bücker Bü 131 Jungmann
• Bücker Bü 180 Student
• Bücker Bü 181 Bestmann
• Dornier Do 17
• Dornier Do 24
• Dornier Do 217
• Dornier Do 335 Pfeil
• DFS 228
• Fieseler Fi 103
• Fieseler Fi 156 Storch
• Flettner Fl 282 Kolibri
• Focke-Achgelis Fa 223 Drache
• Focke-Achgelis Fa 330 Bachsteltze
• Focke-Wulf Fw 58 Weihe
• Focke-Wulf Fw 189 Uhu
• Focke-Wulf Fw 190
• Focke-Wulf Ta 152
• Focke-Wulf Fw 200 German-built four-engined transport (one former Danish civil aircraft impressed)
• Gotha Go 145
• Gotha Go 150
• Heinkel He 59
• Heinkel He 111
• Heinkel He 115
• Heinkel He 162 Salamander
• Heinkel He 177A-5 Greif - German bomber
• Heinkel He 219 Uhu
• Henschel Hs 129
• Henschel Hs 130
• Horten Ho IV
• Horten Ho 229
• Junkers Ju 52/3m- DE
• Junkers Ju 87 Stuka
• Junkers Ju 88 - DE
• Junkers Ju 188
• Junkers Ju 290
• Junkers Ju 352 Herkules - three captured in 1945.
• Junkers Ju 388 - one captured in 1945
• Junkers W 34
• Klemm Kl 35
• Messerschmitt Aldon (Bf 108) - DE
• Messerschmitt Bf 109E F G - DE
• Messerschmitt Bf 110C - DE
• Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet
• Messerschmitt Me 262 Schwalbe
• Messerschmitt Me 323 Gigant
• Messerschmitt Me 410 Hornisse
• Siebel Fh 104 Hallore
• Siebel Si 204

Italian Aircraft 1939-1945

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

Japanese Aircraft 1939-1945

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

Schneider Trophy Seaplanes

Aircraft used by the Royal Air Force in support of its efforts in the 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^[238]
• Gloster III 1925 biplane floatplane^[238]
• Gloster IV 1926-1927 biplane floatplane^[239]
• Gloster VI Golden Arrow 1929 monoplane floatplane^[239]
• Short Crusader 1927 monoplane floatplane^[3]
• Supermarine S.5 1927 monoplane floatplane^[240]
• Supermarine S.6 1929 monoplane floatplane^[241]
• Supermarine S.6B 1931 monoplane floatplane^[241]

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

• Barrage balloons
• R23X class airship
• SST class blimp

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
• Miles Queen Martinet^[242]
• Target Technology Banshee

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. Used by Queen's flight

References

• Halley, James J. The Squadrons of the Royal Air Force & Commonwealth 1918-1988. Tonbridge, Kent, UK: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd., 1988. ISBN 0-85130-164-9.
• Hamlin, John F. The Oxford, Consul & Envoy File. Tonbridge, Kent, UK: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd., 2001. ISBN 0 85130 2890
• Jefford, Wing Commander C.G., MBE, BA, RAF(Retd.). RAF Squadrons, a Comprehensive record of the Movement and Equipment of all RAF Squadrons and their Antecedents since 1912. Shrewsbury, Shropshire, UK: Airlife Publishing, 1988 (second edition 2001). ISBN 1-85310-053-6.
• Moss, Peter W, Impressments Log Volume 1 United Kingdom. Tonbridge, Kent, UK: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd., 1962.
• Moss, Peter W, Impressments Log Volume 3 United Kingdom. Tonbridge, Kent, UK: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd., 1964.
• Moyes, Philip J.R. Bomber Squadrons of the RAF and their Aircraft. London: Macdonald and Jane's (Publishers) Ltd., 2nd edition 1976. ISBN 0-354-01027-1.
• Owen Thetford: Aircraft of the Royal Air Force since 1918 7th edition. Putnam & Co., London 1978, ISBN 0-370-30186-2.
• Rawlings, John D.R. Coastal, Support and Special Squadrons of the RAF and their Aircraft. London: Jane's Publishing Company Ltd., 1982. ISBN 0-7106-0187-5.
• Rawlings, John D.R. Fighter Squadrons of the RAF and their Aircraft. London: Macdonald & Jane's (Publishers) Ltd., 1969 (2nd edition 1976, reprinted 1978). ISBN 0-354-01028-X.
• Unknown (January 1996). "DH 53 Humming Bird". Wingspan & Planes (Wingspan): 52.

Footnotes

1. Thetford, 1978, pp.237-238, 243-245, 587
2. Thetford, 1978, pp.130-131
3. Thetford, 1978, p.604
4. Thetford, 1978, pp.44-47
5. Thetford, 1978, pp.98-99
6. Thetford, 1978, pp.34-35
7. Thetford, 1978, pp.48-49
8. Thetford, 1978, p.574
9. Thetford, 1978, pp.370-372
10. Thetford, 1978, pp.53-58
11. Thetford, 1978, p.576
12. Thetford, 1978, pp.368-369
13. Thetford, 1978, p.586
14. Thetford, 1978, pp.25-27
15. Thetford, 1978, pp.326-327
16. Thetford, 1978, pp.39-43, 159-160
17. Thetford, 1978, pp.121-122
18. Thetford, 1978, pp.401-402
19. Thetford, 1978, pp.96-97
20. Thetford, 1978, pp.252-255
21. Thetford, 1978, pp.140-145
22. Thetford, 1978, pp.138-139
23. Thetford, 1978, pp.465-466
24. Thetford, 1978, pp.561-562
25. Thetford, 1978, p.578
26. Thetford, 1978, pp.106-107
27. Thetford, 1978, p.573
28. Thetford, 1978, pp.132-135, 146-147
29. Thetford, 1978, pp.136-137
30. Thetford, 1978, pp.224-226
31. Thetford, 1978, pp.104-105
32. Thetford, 1978, pp.152-154
33. Thetford, 1978, pp.125-126
34. Thetford, 1978, pp.157-158
35. Thetford, 1978, pp.377-378
36. Thetford, 1978, pp.148-149
37. Thetford, 1978, pp.150-151
38. Thetford, 1978, pp.123-124
39. Thetford, 1978, pp.127-129
40. Thetford, 1978, pp.443-444
41. Thetford, 1978, p.596
42. Thetford, 1978, p.605
43. Thetford, 1978, pp.229-236
44. Thetford, 1978, pp.161-162
45. Thetford, 1978, pp.611-612
46. Thetford, 1978, pp.210-211
47. Thetford, 1978, p.582
48. Thetford, 1978, p.579
49. Thetford, 1978, p.592
50. Thetford, 1978, pp.43-434
51. Thetford, 1978, pp.220-221
52. Thetford, 1978, p.587
53. Thetford, 1978, p.606
54. Thetford, 1978, pp.227-228
55. Thetford, 1978, pp.118-120
56. Thetford, 1978, pp.324-325
57. Thetford, 1978, p.585
58. Thetford, 1978, p.580
59. Thetford, 1978, pp.177-178
60. Thetford, 1978, pp.179-180
61. Thetford, 1978, p.583
62. Thetford, 1978, pp.185-186
63. Thetford, 1978, pp.372-373
64. Thetford, 1978, p.584
65. Thetford, 1978, p.607
66. Thetford, 1978, pp.554-555
67. Thetford, 1978, p.572
68. Thetford, 1978, p.577
69. Thetford, 1978, p.597
70. Thetford, 1978, pp.239-240
71. Thetford, 1978, p.588
72. Thetford, 1978, p.589
73. Thetford, 1978, pp.256-257
74. Thetford, 1978, pp.108-111
75. Thetford, 1978, pp.241-242
76. Thetford, 1978, pp.322-323, 335-336
77. Thetford, 1978, pp.261-262
78. Thetford, 1978, pp.263-264
79. Thetford, 1978, pp.568-569
80. Thetford, 1978, pp.181-182
81. Thetford, 1978, pp.265-266
82. "First of four Boeing C-17s is handed over to the UK RAF". Flight International: 6. 22–28 May 2001.
83. Thetford, 1978, pp.366-367
84. Thetford, 1978, pp.248-249
85. Thetford, 1978, pp.258-260
86. Thetford, 1978, p.623
87. Thetford, 1978, pp.296-303
88. Thetford, 1978, p.622
89. Thetford, 1978, pp.292-295
90. Thetford, 1978, pp.330-331
91. Thetford, 1978, pp.374-376
92. Thetford, 1978, pp.289-291
93. Thetford, 1978, pp.320-321, 328-329
94. Thetford, 1978, pp.415-416
95. Thetford, 1978, pp.304-306
96. Thetford, 1978, pp.222-223
97. Thetford, 1978, pp.381-382
98. Thetford, 1978, pp.337-338
99. Thetford, 1978, pp.250-251
100. Thetford, 1978, pp.347-348
101. Thetford, 1978, pp.397-398
102. Thetford, 1978, pp.287-288
103. Thetford, 1978, pp.285-286
104. Thetford, 1978, pp.332-334
105. Thetford, 1978, pp.204-205
106. Thetford, 1978, p.620
107. Thetford, 1978, pp.316-317
108. Thetford, 1978, p.603
109. Thetford, 1978, pp.387-392
110. Thetford, 1978, p.581
111. Wingspan, January 1996, p.52
112. Thetford, 1978, pp.358-365
113. Thetford, 1978, pp.339-346
114. Thetford, 1978, pp.283-284
115. Thetford, 1978, pp.100-101
116. Thetford, 1978, pp.447-448
117. Thetford, 1978, pp.277-280
118. Thetford, 1978, pp.91-95
119. Thetford, 1978, pp.445-446
120. Thetford, 1978, p.594
121. Thetford, 1978, pp.61-66
122. Thetford, 1978, p.575
123. Air-Britain: Royal Air Force Aircraft SA100 - VZ999, 1985
124. Thetford, 1978, pp.437-438
125. Thetford, 1978, pp.163-170
126. Thetford, 1978, pp.82-88
127. Thetford, 1978, p.595
128. Thetford, 1978, pp.69-70
129. Thetford, 1978, pp.435-436
130. Thetford, 1978, pp.246-247
131. Thetford, 1978, pp.549-551
132. Thetford, 1978, pp.407-408
133. Thetford, 1978, pp.59-60
134. Thetford, 1978, pp.307-308
135. Thetford, 1978, pp.403-404
136. Thetford, 1978, pp.411-412
137. Thetford, 1978, pp.399-400
138. Thetford, 1978, pp409-410
139. Thetford, 1978, p.598
140. Thetford, 1978, pp.267-276
141. Thetford, 1978, pp.36-38
142. Thetford, 1978, pp.419-420
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