List of aircraft of Ireland in World War II explained

This is a list of aircraft used by the Irish Air Corps during World War II. During World War II the Irish airforce obtained some aircraft through the confiscation of aircraft that had been forced to land in Ireland.

Fighters

• Gloster Gladiator^[1]
• Hawker Hurricane^[2]

Bombers

• Fairey Battle^[3] -1 confiscated

Maritime patrol

• Supermarine Walrus^[4]
• Avro Anson^[5]
• Lockheed Hudson^[6] -1 confiscated

Liaison or army cooperation aircraft

• Vickers Vespa^[7] -Retired June 1940
• Westland Lysander

See also

• List of World War II weapons used in Ireland

Notes and References

1. Web site: Håkans aviation page - Irish Army Air Corps use of the Gloster Gladiator during the Second World War. 2021-05-06. surfcity.kund.dalnet.se.
2. Web site: asisbiz.com. 2019-02-09. Hawker Hurricane I Irish AF P3416 Ireland 02. 2021-05-06. asisbiz. en.
3. Web site: WINGS PALETTE - Fairey Battle - Ireland. 2021-05-06. wp.scn.ru.
4. Web site: The extraordinary war/emergency story of one British made Irish flown Supermarine Walrus (L2301)…. 2021-05-10. Slugger O'Toole. en-GB.
5. Web site: K. James. 2015-04-13. A Close Call for the Air Corp (1939). 2021-05-10. an tAtlantach. en.
6. Web site: Lockheed Hudson, FH263, Mayo, 1942. 2021-05-06. www.ww2irishaviation.com.
7. Web site: Vickers Vespa. 2021-05-10. BAE Systems International. en.