List of aircraft of the United Kingdom in World War II

A list of aircraft used by the British Royal Air Force, Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm, and Army Air Corps during the Second World War.

Contents

1 Fighter aircraft
2 Fighter bombers and ground attack
3 Bomber aircraft
4 Reconnaissance & patrol aircraft
5 Transport aircraft
6 Gliders
7 See also

Fighter aircraft

Bell Airacobra (Royal Air Force) (Brief use)
Blackburn Roc (Royal Navy)
Blackburn Skua (Royal Navy)
Boulton Paul Defiant (Royal Air Force)
Brewster Buffalo (Royal Air Force)
Bristol Beaufighter (Royal Air Force)
Curtiss Mohawk (Royal Air Force)
Curtiss Kittyhawk and Tomahawk (Royal Air Force)
Fairey Firefly (Royal Navy)
Fairey Fulmar (Royal Navy)
Gloster Gladiator (Royal Air Force, Royal Navy)
Gloster Meteor (Royal Air Force)
Grumman Wildcat (Royal Navy) (Called Martlet until January 1944)
Grumman Hellcat (Royal Navy)
Hawker Hurricane (Royal Air Force, Royal Navy)
Hawker Tempest (Royal Air Force)
Lockheed Lightning (Royal Air Force) (Brief use)
North American Mustang (Royal Air Force)
Republic Thunderbolt (Royal Air Force)
Supermarine Spitfire (Royal Air Force, Royal Navy)
Vought Corsair (Royal Navy)
Westland Whirlwind (Royal Air Force)

Fighter bombers and ground attack

de Havilland Mosquito (Royal Air Force, Royal Navy)
Hawker Typhoon (Royal Air Force)
Fairey Albacore (Royal Air Force, Royal Navy)
Fairey Barracuda (Royal Navy)
Fairey Swordfish (Royal Navy)

Bomber aircraft

Armstrong Whitworth Whitley (Royal Air Force)
Avro Manchester (Royal Air Force)
Avro Lancaster (Royal Air Force)
Boeing Flying Fortress (Royal Air Force)
Bristol Beaufort (Royal Air Force, Royal Navy)
Bristol Blenheim (Royal Air Force)
Consolidated Liberator (Royal Air Force)
Douglas Boston/Havoc (Royal Air Force)
Fairey Battle (Royal Air Force)
Handley Page Halifax (Royal Air Force)
Handley Page Hampden (Royal Air Force)
Lockheed Hudson (Royal Air Force)
Lockheed Ventura (Royal Air Force)
Martin Maryland (Royal Air Force, Royal Navy)
Martin Marauder (Royal Air Force)
Martin Baltimore (Royal Air Force, Royal Navy)
North American Mitchell (Royal Air Force, Royal Navy)
Short Stirling (Royal Air Force)
Vickers Wellesley (Royal Air Force)
Vickers Wellington (Royal Air Force)

Reconnaissance & patrol aircraft

Avro Anson (Royal Air Force, Royal Navy)
Consolidated Catalina (Royal Air Force)
Fairey Seafox (Royal Navy)
Saunders Roe London (Royal Air Force)
Saunders Roe Lerwick (Royal Air Force)
Short Singapore (Royal Air Force)
Short Sunderland (Royal Air Force)
Westland Lysander (Royal Air Force)

Transport aircraft

Douglas Dakota (Royal Air Force)
Armstrong Whitworth Albemarle (Royal Air Force)

Gliders

General Aircraft Hotspur (Army Air Corps)
Airspeed Horsa (Army Air Corps)
General Aircraft Hamilcar (Army Air Corps)
Waco Hadrian (Army Air Corps)

See also