List of aircraft of the United Kingdom in World War II explained

Here is a list of aircraft used by the British Royal Air Force (RAF), Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm (FAA), Army Air Corps (AAC) and British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC)^[1] during the Second World War.

Transport and communications

Model name	Introduction	Retired	Built	Operator
Airspeed Envoy	1934	1952	52	RAF
Airspeed Courier	1933	1947	16	RAF^[2]
Armstrong Whitworth Albemarle	1940	1945	602	RAF
Armstrong Whitworth Ensign	1938	1946	14	BOAC
Armstrong Whitworth Whitley	1937	1945	1814	RAF
Avro Lancastrian	1945	1960	91	RAF, BOAC
Avro York	1944	1964	259	RAF
Beechcraft Expeditor	1937	unk.	9000	RAF, FAA
Boeing Clipper	1939	1946	3	BOAC
Bristol Bombay	1939	1944	51	RAF
Bristol Buckingham	1943	1945	119	RAF
Consolidated PB2Y Coronado	1937	1946	10	RAF
Consolidated Liberator	1943	1945	200	RAF
de Havilland Albatross	1938	1943	7	Imperial Airways, BOAC, RAF
de Havilland Express	1934	1941	62	RAF, FAA
de Havilland Dragon Rapide	1934	1958	731	RAF, FAA
de Havilland Dragonfly	1936	1945	67	RAF
de Havilland Flamingo	1939	1950	14	RAF, FAA, BOAC
de Havilland Hornet Moth	1934	unk.	164	RAF
de Havilland Leopard Moth	1933	unk.	133	RAF
de Havilland Mosquito	1941	1963	7781	BOAC
de Havilland Moth Minor	1937	unk.	140	RAF, FAA
de Havilland Puss Moth	1930	unk.	140	RAF
Douglas Dakota	1942	unk.	1900+	RAF, BOAC
Douglas Skymaster	1942	1975	22	RAF
Fairchild Argus	1932	1948	831	RAF
Foster Wikner Warferry	1936	unk.	10	RAF
Grumman G-21 Goose	1935	unk.	49	RAF, FAA
Grumman Gosling	1940	unk.	15	RAF, FAA
Handley Page Halifax	1940	1961	6176^[3]	RAF
Handley Page H.P.42	1931	1940	4	RAF
Handley Page H.P.54 Harrow	1937	1945	100	RAF
Hawker Hardy	1934	1941	8	RAF
Heston Phoenix	1936	1952	6	RAF
Percival Petrel	1938	1947	27	RAF
Percival Proctor	1939	1955	1147	RAF
Percival Vega Gull	1935	1945	90	RAF
Lockheed Lodestar	1940	unk.	625	RAF, BOAC
Messerschmitt Aldon	1939	1950s	4	RAF
Miles Mentor	1938	1950	45	RAF
Miles Mercury	1941	1946	6	RAF
Miles Messenger	1942	unk.	21	RAF
Short C-Class Empire	1939			RAF, BOAC
Short Hythe	1942	1946	29	BOAC
Short S.26 G-Class Empire	1939	1947	3	RAF, BOAC
Short Stirling	1941	1946	2,371	RAF
Short Scylla	1934	1940	2	BOAC
Sikorsky Hoverfly	1945	1946	52	RAF
Stinson Reliant	1937	1943	500	RAF, FAA
Stinson L-5 Sentinel	1942	1945	100	RAF
Stinson L-1 Vigilant	1941	unk.	30-71	RAF, FAA
Taylorcraft Auster	1942	1965	1630	RAF
Vickers Type 264 Valentia	1934	1944	82	RAF
Vickers Warwick	1939	1945	842	RAF
Westland Lysander	1938	1946	1,786	RAF

See also

• List of aircraft of the Royal Air Force
• List of aircraft of the Fleet Air Arm
• List of Fleet Air Arm aircraft in World War II
• List of aircraft of World War II

References

Bibliography

• O. Thetford: Aircraft of the Royal Air Force since 1918 6th edition. Putnam & Co., London,UK, 1976, .

Notes and References

1. Used for logistics support with RAF crews.
2. impressed
3. all types produced