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:
Manufacturer | Type | Origin | Class | Role | Introduced | Retired | Engine(s) | Notes |
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Sopwith | 1½ Strutter | UK | Propeller | Fighter/bomber/reconnaissance | 1918 | Single-engined | piston biplane | |
Lockheed Martin | F-35B Lightning II | USA | Jet | Fighter/Stealth/Bomber | 2018 | In service | Single-engined | jet STOVL 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/ Hawker Siddeley | 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 | A109EE | Italy | Rotorcraft | Liaison | 2006 | Twin-engined | turboshaft helicopter | |
Bell | Airacobra [7] | USA | Propeller | Fighter/ground attack | 1941 | 1942 | Single-engined | piston 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/ Hawker Siddeley | Argosy [14] | UK | Propeller | Transport | 1962 | 1978 | Four-engined | turboprop monoplane |
Fairchild | Argus [15] | USA | Propeller | Transport | 1941 | 1945 | Single-engined | piston monoplane |
Airbus | Atlas C.1 | 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 |
Taylorcraft | Auster AOP.6/AOP.9 [18] | UK | Propeller | Air Observation | 1942 | 1954 | Single-engined | piston monoplane |
Auster | AOP.6/T.7/AOP.9 [19] | UK | Propeller | Air Observation | 1945 | 1957 | Single-engined | piston monoplane |
Boulton Paul | Balliol [20] | UK | Propeller | Trainer | 1950 | 1957 | Single-engined | piston monoplane |
Martin | Baltimore [21] | 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 [22] | UK | Propeller | Communications transport | 1965 | 1974 | Twin-engined | piston monoplane |
Fairey | Battle [23] | 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 [24] | UK | Propeller | Strike fighter/night fighter/target tug | 1940 | 1960 | Twin-engined | piston monoplane |
Bristol | Beaufort [25] | UK | Propeller | Torpedo bomber | 1939 | 1946 | Twin-engined | piston monoplane |
Short | Belfast [26] | UK | Propeller | Transport | 1966 | 1976 | Four-engined | turboprop monoplane |
Bristol/ Westland | Belvedere [27] | UK | Rotorcraft | Transport | 1961 | 1969 | Twin-engined | turboshaft twin-rotor helicopter |
Brewster | Bermuda [28] | USA | Propeller | Dive bomber | 1942 | 1944 | Single-engined | piston monoplane |
Blackburn | Beverley [29] | UK | Propeller | Transport | 1955 | 1967 | Four-engined | piston monoplane |
Avro | Bison [30] | UK | Propeller | Fleet spotter | 1922 | 1929 | Single-engined | piston biplane |
Blackburn | Blackburn | UK | Propeller | Fleet spotter | 1923 | 1931 | Single-engined | piston biplane |
Bristol | Blenheim [31] | UK | Propeller | Bomber | 1937 | 1944 | Twin-engined | piston monoplane |
Bristol | Bombay [32] | UK | Propeller | Bomber/transport | 1939 | 1944 | Twin-engined | piston monoplane |
Douglas | Boston [33] | USA | Propeller | Medium bomber/trainer/night fighter | 1940 | 1945 | Twin-engined | piston monoplane |
Blackburn | Botha [34] | UK | Propeller | Torpedo bomber/trainer | 1939 | 1944 | Twin-engined | piston monoplane |
Bristol | Brigand [35] | UK | Propeller | Torpedo fighter/medium bomber/naval strike/trainer | 1946 | 1958 | Twin-engined | piston monoplane |
Bristol | F.2B Fighter [36] | UK | Propeller | Fighter/army cooperation/light bomber | 1918 | 1932 | Single-engined | piston biplane |
Bristol | Britannia [37] | UK | Propeller | Transport | 1959 | 1975 | Four-engined | turboprop monoplane |
Blackburn Hawker Siddeley | Buccaneer [38] | UK | Jet | Naval strike | 1969 | 1994 | Twin-engined | jet monoplane |
Bristol | Buckingham [39] | UK | Propeller | Bomber, transport | 1944 | 1950 | Twin-engined | piston monoplane |
Bristol | Buckmaster [40] | UK | Propeller | Trainer | 1945 | 1958 | Twin-engined | piston monoplane |
Brewster | Buffalo [41] | USA | Propeller | Fighter | 1940 | 1942 | Single-engined | piston monoplane |
Bristol | Bulldog [42] | UK | Propeller | Fighter/trainer | 1929 | 1937 | Single-engined | piston biplane |
Scottish Aviation | Bulldog [43] | UK | Propeller | Basic trainer | 1972 | 2001 | Single-engined | piston monoplane |
Martinsyde | Buzzard [44] | UK | Propeller | Fighter | 1918 | 1922 | Single-engined | piston biplane |
Sopwith | Camel [45] | UK | Propeller | Fighter | 1918 | 1920 | Single-engined | piston biplane |
Fairey | Campania | UK | Propeller | Reconnaissance | 1918 | 1919 | Single-engined | piston biplane |
English Electric | Canberra [46] | UK | Jet | Bomber, photo reconnaissance, trainer | 1951 | 2006 | Twin-engined | jet monoplane |
Consolidated | Catalina [47] | USA | Propeller | Maritime patrol | 1939 | 1945 | Twin-engined | monoplane flying boat/amphibian |
Boeing/ Boeing Vertol | Chinook [48] | USA | Rotorcraft | Transport | 1980 | In service | Twin-engined | turboshaft twin-rotor helicopter |
de Havilland Canada | Chipmunk [49] [Note 1] | UK | Propeller | Trainer | 1949 | 1996 | Single-engined | piston monoplane |
de Havilland | Cirrus Moth [50] | UK | Propeller | Communications/trainer | 1926 | 1930 | Single-engined | piston biplane |
Curtiss | Cleveland [51] | USA | Propeller | Dive-bomber | 1940 | 1941 | Single-engined | piston biplane |
Handley Page | Clive [52] | UK | Propeller | Transport | 1931 | Twin-engined | piston biplane | |
Saro | Cloud [53] | 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 [54] | UK | Jet | Reconnaissance | 1956 | 1975 | Four-engined | jet monoplane |
Consolidated | Coronado [51] | USA | Propeller | Transport | 1943 | 1946 | Four-engined | monoplane flying boat |
Fairchild | Cornell [55] | USA | Propeller | Trainer | 1943 | 1945 | Single-engined | piston monoplane |
Sopwith | Cuckoo [56] | UK | Propeller | Torpedo bomber | 1918 | 1923 | Single-engined | piston biplane |
Douglas | Dakota [57] | USA | Propeller | Transport | 1942 | 1970 [Note 3] | Twin-engined | piston monoplane |
Blackburn | Dart | UK | Propeller | Torpedo bomber | 1923 | 1933 | Single-engined | piston biplane |
Britten-Norman | Defender R.2/T.3 [58] [Note 4] | UK | Propeller | Trainer/Surveillance | 2019 | 2021 | Twin-engined | turboprop monoplane |
Boulton Paul | Defiant [61] | UK | Propeller | Fighter/night fighter/target tug | 1939 | 1945 | Single-engined | piston monoplane |
Hawker | Demon [62] | UK | Propeller | Fighter | 1931 | 1939 | Single-engined | piston biplane |
de Havilland | Devon [63] | UK | Propeller | Transport | 1948 | 1984 | Twin-engined | piston monoplane |
Airco | DH.4A [64] | UK | Propeller | Bomber/transport | 1918 | Single-engined | piston biplane | |
Airco | DH.6 | UK | Propeller | Trainer | 1918 | Single-engined | piston biplane | |
Airco | DH.9 [64] | UK | Propeller | Bomber | 1918 | Single-engined | piston biplane | |
Airco | DH.9A [65] [Note 5] | UK | Propeller | Bomber | 1918 | 1931 | Single-engined | piston biplane |
Airco | DH.10 Amiens [66] | UK | Propeller | Bomber | 1918 | 1923 | Twin-engined | piston biplane |
de Havilland | DH.86 Express [67] | UK | Propeller | Transport | 1937 | Four-engined | piston biplane | |
Sopwith | Dolphin [56] | UK | Propeller | Fighter | 1918 | 1919 | Single-engined | piston biplane |
de Havilland | Dominie [68] [Note 6] | UK | Propeller | Transport/trainer | 1938 | 1946 | Twin-engined | piston monoplane |
Hawker Siddeley | Dominie [69] | UK | Jet | Navigation trainer | 1965 | 2011 | Twin-engined | jet monoplane |
de Havilland | Don [70] | UK | Propeller | Trainer/communications/liaison | 1938 | 1939 | Single-engined | piston monoplane |
Sopwith | Dragon [71] | UK | Propeller | Fighter | 1919 | 1919 | Single-engined | piston biplane |
Westland | Dragonfly [72] | UK | Rotorcraft | Transport | 1950 | 1956 | Single-engined | piston helicopter |
Airspeed | Envoy [73] | UK | Propeller | Transport | 1938 | Twin-engined | piston monoplane | |
Beechcraft | Expeditor [74] | USA | Propeller | Transport/trainer | 1937 | Twin-engined | piston monoplane | |
Miles | Falcon [75] | UK | Propeller | Communications/trainer | 1935 | Single-engined | piston monoplane | |
Fairey | Fawn [76] | UK | Propeller | Bomber | 1924 | 1929 | Single-engined | piston biplane |
Royal Aircraft Factory | F.E.2d [77] | UK | Propeller | Bomber | 1918 | 1918 | Single-engined | pusher biplane |
Felixstowe | F.2A [77] | UK | Propeller | Maritime patrol | 1918 | Twin-engined | biplane flying boat | |
Felixstowe | F.3 [78] | UK | Propeller | Maritime patrol | 1918 | Twin-engined | biplane flying boat | |
Felixstowe | F.5 [79] | 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 [30] | UK | Propeller | Artillery Spotter, Bomber | 1918 | 1919 | Single-engined | piston biplane |
de Havilland | Flamingo [70] [Note 7] | UK | Propeller | Transport | 1939 | 1940 | Twin-engined | piston monoplane |
Boeing | Fortress [80] | USA | Propeller | Bomber/maritime patrol/electronic warfare | 1941 | 1945 | Four-engined | piston monoplane |
Fairey | Fox [81] | UK | Propeller | Bomber/trainer | 1926 | 1933 | Single-engined | piston biplane |
Hawker | Fury [82] | UK | Propeller | Fighter | 1931 | 1939 | Single-engined | piston biplane |
Gloster | Gamecock [83] | UK | Propeller | Fighter | 1926 | 1931 | Single-engined | piston biplane |
Gloster | Gauntlet [84] | UK | Propeller | Fighter | 1935 | 1939 | Single-engined | piston biplane |
Westland | Gazelle [85] | UK | Rotorcraft | Trainer/VIP transport | 1973 | Single-engined | turboshaft helicopter | |
de Havilland | Genet Moth [50] | UK | Propeller | Trainer | 1927 | Single-engined | piston biplane | |
de Havilland | Gispy Moth [86] | UK | Propeller | Trainer/communications | 1930 | Single-engined | piston biplane | |
Gloster | Gladiator [87] | UK | Propeller | Fighter/meteorology | 1937 | 1944 | Single-engined | piston biplane |
Boeing | C-17A Globemaster III | USA | Jet | Transport | 2001 [88] | In service | Four-engined | jet monoplane |
Folland/Hawker Siddeley | Gnat [89] | UK | Jet | Trainer | 1962 | 1979 | Single-engined | jet monoplane |
Fairey | Gordon [90] | UK | Propeller | Bomber/trainer | 1931 | 1941 | Single-engined | piston biplane |
Gloster | Grebe [91] | UK | Propeller | Fighter | 1923 | 1931 | Single-engined | piston biplane |
Bell | Griffin | Canada | Rotorcraft | Training Search and rescue/support | 1997 | 2023 | Twin-engined | turboshaft helicopter |
Waco | Hadrian [92] | USA | Glider | Infantry glider | 1943 | 1947 | Nil | Glider |
Handley Page | Halifax [93] | UK | Propeller | Bomber/transport | 1940 | 1952 | Four-engined | piston monoplane |
Fairey | Hamble Baby | UK | Propeller | Reconnaissance | 1918 | Single-engined | biplane floatplane | |
General Aircraft | Hamilcar [94] | UK | Glider | Transport | 1942 | 1950 | Nil | Glider |
Handley Page | Hampden [95] | UK | Propeller | Bomber | 1938 | 1945 | Twin-engined | piston monoplane |
Hawker | Hardy [96] | UK | Propeller | Tropicalized general purpose/bomber | 1935 | 1941 | Single-engined | piston biplane |
Hawker Siddeley/ BAe | Harrier [97] | UK | Jet | Ground attack/reconnaissance/trainer | 1969 | 1994 | Single-engined | jet VTOL monoplane |
British Aerospace | Harrier II | UK | Jet | Ground attack/reconnaissance/trainer | 1989 | 2011 | Single-engined | jet VTOL monoplane |
Handley Page | Harrow | UK | Propeller | Torpedo bomber/Reconnaissance | 1926 | 1928 | Single-engined | piston biplane |
Handley Page | Harrow [98] | UK | Propeller | Bomber/transport | 1937 | 1945 | Twin-engined | piston monoplane |
Hawker | Hart [99] | UK | Propeller | Bomber/trainer | 1930 | 1943 | Single-engined | piston biplane |
North American | Harvard [100] | USA | Propeller | Trainer | 1939 | 1955 | Single-engined | piston monoplane |
Handley Page | Hastings [101] | UK | Propeller | Transport/trainer | 1948 | 1977 | Four-engined | piston monoplane |
Douglas | Havoc [102] | USA | Propeller | Medium bomber/night fighter | 1940 | 1943 | Twin-engined | piston monoplane |
Hawker Siddeley/BAe | Hawk [103] | UK | Jet | Trainer | 1976 | In service | Single-engined | jet monoplane |
Hawker | Hector [104] | UK | Propeller | Army co-operation/glider tug | 1937 | 1942 | Single-engined | piston biplane |
Fairey | Hendon [105] | UK | Propeller | Bomber | 1936 | 1939 | Twin-engined | piston monoplane |
Hawker | Henley [106] | UK | Propeller | Target tug | 1939 | 1942 | Single-engined | piston monoplane |
Lockheed | C-130 Hercules [107] | USA | Propeller | Transport | 1967 | 2023 | Four-engined | turboprop monoplane |
Handley Page | Hereford [95] | UK | Propeller | Bomber/trainer | 1940 | 1940 | Twin-engined | piston monoplane |
de Havilland | Heron [63] [Note 8] | UK | Propeller | Transport | 1955 | 1972 | Four-engined | piston monoplane |
Handley Page | Heyford [108] | UK | Propeller | Bomber/trainer | 1933 | 1941 | Twin-engined | piston biplane |
Handley Page | Hinaidi [109] | UK | Propeller | Bomber | 1929 | 1937 | Twin-engined | piston biplane |
Hawker | Hind [110] | UK | Propeller | Bomber/trainer | 1935 | 1939 | Single-engined | piston biplane |
de Havilland | Hornet [111] | UK | Propeller | Fighter | 1945 | 1955 | Twin-engined | piston monoplane |
de Havilland | Hornet Moth | UK | Propeller | Communications | 1938 | 1946 | Single-engined | piston monoplane |
Airspeed | Horsa [112] | UK | Glider | Troop glider | 1942 | 1945 | Nil | Glider |
Hawker | Horsley [113] | UK | Propeller | Bomber/torpedo bomber | 1927 | 1935 | Single-engined | piston biplane |
General Aircraft | Hotspur | UK | Glider | Trainer | 1941 | 1945 | Nil | Glider |
Sikorsky | Hoverfly I [114] | USA | Rotorcraft | Trainer | 1945 | 1945 | Single-engined | piston helicopter |
Sikorsky | Hoverfly II [114] | USA | Rotorcraft | Trainer | 1946 | 1950 | Single-engined | piston helicopter |
Lockheed | Hudson [115] | USA | Propeller | Maritime patrol/bomber/transport | 1939 | 1945 | Twin-engined | piston monoplane |
de Havilland | Hummingbird [116] [117] | UK | Propeller | Trainer | 1924 | 1927 | Single-engined | piston monoplane |
Hawker | Hunter [118] | UK | Jet | Fighter/fighter-bomber/reconnaissance/trainer | 1954 | 1994 | Single-engined | jet monoplane |
Hawker | Hurricane [119] | UK | Propeller | Fighter/fighter-bomber/night fighter | 1937 | 1947 | Single-engined | piston monoplane |
Beagle | Husky [Note 9] | UK | Propeller | Trainer | 1969 | 1989 | Single-engined | piston monoplane |
Handley Page | Hyderabad [120] | UK | Propeller | Bomber | 1925 | 1933 | Twin-engined | piston biplane |
Beardmore | Inflexible | UK | Propeller | Bomber | 1928 | 1930 | Three-engined | piston monoplane |
Blackburn | Iris [121] | UK | Propeller | Maritime patrol | 1930 | 1934 | Three-engined | biplane flying boat |
Britten-Norman | Islander CC.2 [122] [Note 10] | UK | Propeller | Surveillance | 1992 | 2017 | Twin-engined | turboprop monoplane |
Britten-Norman | Islander R.1 [58] [Note 11] | UK | Propeller | Surveillance | 2019 | 2021 | Twin-engined | turboprop monoplane |
SEPECAT | Jaguar [124] | UK | Jet | Ground-attack/reconnaissance/trainer | 1974 | 2007 | Twin-engined | jet monoplane |
Gloster | Javelin [125] | UK | Jet | All-weather fighter/interceptor | 1956 | 1968 | Twin-engined | jet monoplane |
Hunting Percival/ Hunting/ BAC | Jet Provost [126] | UK | Jet | Trainer | 1955 | 1993 | Single-engined | jet monoplane |
Handley Page Scottish Aviation | Jetstream [127] | UK | Propeller | Trainer | 1973 | 2003 | Twin-engined | turboprop monoplane |
Blackburn | Kangaroo [28] | UK | Propeller | Torpedo bomber | 1918 | 1919 | Twin-engined | piston biplane |
Hawker Siddeley | Kestrel [128] | UK | Jet | Fighter/ground-attack | 1964 | 1965 | Single-engined | jet VTOL monoplane |
Beechcraft | 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 [129] | UK | Propeller | Heavy bomber/reconnaissance/maritime patrol | 1942 | 1954 | Four-engined | piston monoplane |
Avro | Lancastrian [130] [131] | UK | Propeller | Transport | 1945 | 1950 | Four-engined | piston monoplane |
Saunders-Roe | Lerwick [132] | UK | Propeller | Maritime patrol | 1939 | 1942 | Twin-engined | monoplane flying boat |
Consolidated | Liberator [133] | USA | Propeller | Heavy bomber, transport, maritime patrol | 1941 | 1947 | Four-engined | piston monoplane |
English Electric/ BAC | Lightning [134] | UK | Jet | Fighter/interceptor | 1959 | 1988 | Twin-engined | jet monoplane |
Lockheed | Lightning [135] | USA | Propeller | Heavy fighter | 1942 | 1943 | Twin-engined | piston monoplane |
Avro | Lincoln [136] | UK | Propeller | Bomber | 1945 | 1963 | Four-engined | piston monoplane |
Lockheed | Lodestar [135] | USA | Propeller | Transport | 1941 | Twin-engined | piston monoplane | |
Saro | London [137] | UK | Propeller | Maritime patrol | 1936 | 1941 | Twin-engined | biplane flying boat |
Fairey | Long-range Monoplane [138] | UK | Propeller | Experimental (Distance record) | 1928 | 1933 | Single-engined | piston monoplane |
Westland | Lysander [139] | 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 [140] | UK | Propeller | Trainer | 1937 | 1944 | Single-engined | piston monoplane |
Avro | Manchester [141] | UK | Propeller | Bomber | 1940 | 1942 | Twin-engined | piston monoplane |
Handley Page | Marathon [142] | UK | Propeller | Navigation trainer | 1953 | 1958 | Four-engined | piston monoplane |
Martin | Marauder [143] | USA | Propeller | Bomber | 1942 | 1945 | Twin-engined | piston monoplane |
Martin | Mariner [44] | USA | Propeller | Maritime patrol/transport | 1943 | 1947 | Twin-engined | monoplane flying boat |
Miles | Martinet [144] | UK | Propeller | Target tug | 1942 | 1950 | Single-engined | piston monoplane |
Martin | Maryland [145] | USA | Propeller | Bomber | 1940 | 1943 | Twin-engined | piston monoplane |
Miles | Master [146] | UK | Propeller | Trainer | 1939 | 1945 | Single-engined | piston monoplane |
Miles | Mentor [75] | UK | Propeller | Trainer/communications | 1938 | Single-engined | piston monoplane | |
AgustaWestland | Merlin | UK | Rotorcraft | Transport | 2001 | 2016 | Three-engined | turboshaft helicopter |
Miles | Messenger [147] | UK | Propeller | Liaison | 1943 | 1948 | Single-engined | piston monoplane |
Gloster | Meteor [148] | UK | Jet | Fighter/Reconnaissance | 1944 | 1977 | Twin-engined | jet monoplane |
Armstrong Whitworth | Meteor [149] | UK | Jet | Night fighter | 1951 | 1961 | Twin-engined | jet monoplane |
North American | Mitchell [150] | USA | Propeller | Bomber | 1942 | 1950 | Twin-engined | piston monoplane |
Curtiss | Mohawk [151] | USA | Propeller | Fighter | 1940 | 1944 | Single-engined | piston monoplane |
de Havilland | Mosquito [152] | UK | Propeller | Bomber/reconnaissance/fighter-bomber/ night fighter/target tug | 1941 | 1956 | Twin-engined | piston monoplane |
North American | Mustang [153] | USA | Propeller | Fighter/fighter-bomber | 1942 | 1946 | Single-engined | piston monoplane |
Lockheed | Neptune [154] | USA | Propeller | Maritime patrol/AEW | 1952 | 1957 | Twin-engined | piston monoplane |
Nieuport Gloster | Nighthawk [155] | UK | Propeller | Fighter | 1920 | 1923 | Single-engined | piston biplane |
Miles | Nighthawk [75] | UK | Propeller | Trainer | 1938 | 1940 | Single-engined | piston monoplane |
Nieuport | Nightjar [147] | UK | Propeller | Fighter | 1922 | 1924 | Single-engined | piston biplane |
Hawker Siddeley BAE | Nimrod [156] | UK | Jet | Maritime patrol/airborne early warning | 1969 | 2011 | Four-engined | jet monoplane |
Northop | Nomad [157] | USA | Propeller | Bomber/trainer | 1940 | 1940 | Single-engined | piston monoplane |
Northrop | N-3PB [157] | USA | Propeller | Maritime patrol | 1941 | 1943 | Single-engined | monoplane floatplane |
Norman | N.T.2B | UK | Propeller | Trainer | 1918 | Single-engined | pusher flying boat biplane | |
Handley Page | O/400 [52] | 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 [158] | UK | Propeller | Medium bomber/gunnery trainer | 1934 | 1941 | Twin-engined | piston biplane |
Airspeed | Oxford [159] | UK | Propeller | Trainer | 1937 [160] | 1956 [161] | Twin-engined | piston monoplane |
Parnall | Panther | UK | Propeller | Reconnaissance | 1919 | 1926 | Single-engined | piston biplane |
Hunting Percival | Pembroke [162] | UK | Propeller | Reconnaissance | 1953 | 1988 | Twin-engined | piston monoplane |
Blackburn | Perth [163] | UK | Propeller | Maritime patrol | 1934 | 1938 | Three-engined | biplane flying boat |
Percival | Petrel [164] | UK | Propeller | Communications | 1938 | 1947 | Twin-engined | piston monoplane |
McDonnell Douglas | Phantom [165] | USA | Jet | Fighter/ground attack/reconnaissance | 1969 | 1992 | Twin-engined | jet monoplane |
Scottish Aviation | Pioneer [166] | UK | Propeller | Transport | 1953 | 1969 | Single-engined | piston monoplane |
Avro | Prefect [10] | UK | Propeller | Trainer | 1935 | Single-engined | piston biplane | |
Percival | Prentice [167] | UK | Propeller | Trainer/communications | 1947 | 1953 | Single-engined | piston monoplane |
Percival | Proctor [168] | UK | Propeller | Trainer/communications | 1939 | 1955 | Single-engined | piston monoplane |
Hunting Percival | Provost [169] | UK | Propeller | Trainer | 1953 | 1969 | Single-engined | piston monoplane |
Westland/ Aérospatiale/ Airbus Helicopters | Puma [170] | 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 [67] | UK | Propeller | Pilotless target drone | Single-engined | piston biplane | ||
Airspeed | Queen Wasp [73] | UK | Propeller | Pilotless target piston drone | 1940 | Single-engined | piston biplane | |
Short | Rangoon [171] | UK | Propeller | Maritime patrol | 1931 | 1939 | Three-engined | biplane flying boat |
Royal Aircraft Factory | R.E.8 [164] | UK | Propeller | Artillery spotting and reconnaissance | 1918 | 1920 | Single-engined | piston biplane |
Vultee | Reliant | USA | Propeller | Trainer/communications | Single-engined | piston monoplane | ||
Boeing | Rivet Joint/ Airseeker | USA | Jet | SIGINT | 2013 | In service | Four-engined | jet monoplane |
Blackburn | Roc | UK | Propeller | Carrier fighter, target tug, | 1939 | 1943 | Single-engined | piston monoplane |
Avro | Rota [130] | UK | Rotorcraft | Army co-operation | 1934 | 1945 | Single-engined | piston autogyro |
Canadair | Sabre [172] | Canada | Jet | Fighter | 1953 | 1956 | Single-engined | jet monoplane |
Sopwith | Salamander [71] | UK | Propeller | Ground attack | 1918 | 1922 | Single-engined | piston biplane |
Supermarine | Scapa [173] | 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 [45] | 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 [174] | 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 [175] | 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 [176] | USA | Propeller | Liaison | 1943 | 1946 | Single-engined | piston monoplane |
Boeing | Sentry | USA | Jet | Airborne early warning | 1990 | 2021 | Four-engined | jet monoplane |
Avro | Shackleton [177] | UK | Propeller | Maritime patrol/AEW/trainer | 1951 | 1991 | Four-engined | piston monoplane |
Beechcraft | Shadow R1 | USA | Propeller | Battlefield Surveillance | 2009 | In service | Twin-engined | turboprop monoplane |
Blackburn | Shark | UK | Propeller | Torpedo bomber | 1936 | 1942 | Single-engined | piston biplane |
Boulton Paul | Sidestrand [178] | UK | Propeller | Bomber | 1928 | 1934 | Twin-engined | piston biplane |
Short | Singapore [179] | UK | Propeller | Maritime patrol | 1935 | 1941 | Four-engined | biplane flying boat |
Armstrong Whitworth | Siskin [180] | UK | Propeller | Fighter/trainer | 1924 | 1932 | Single-engined | piston biplane |
Bell/Westland | Sioux [74] | UK | Rotorcraft | Trainer | 1967 | Single-engined | piston helicopter | |
Saunders-Roe | Skeeter [181] | 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 [182] | UK | Propeller | Fighter | 1918 | 1926 | Single-engined | piston biplane |
Supermarine | Southampton [183] | UK | Propeller | Reconnaissance | 1925 | 1937 | Twin-engined | biplane flying boat |
SPAD | S.XIII | France | Propeller | Fighter | 1918 | Single-engined | piston biplane | |
Supermarine | Spitfire [184] | UK | Propeller | Fighter, photo Reconnaissance | 1938 | 1954 | Single-engined | piston monoplane |
Supermarine | Spiteful [185] | UK | Propeller | Fighter | Single-engined | piston monoplane | ||
Eurocopter | Squirrel [186] | France | Rotorcraft | Trainer | 1997 | Single-engined | turboshaft helicopter | |
Short | Stirling [187] | UK | Propeller | Bomber/transport | 1940 | 1946 | Four-engined | piston monoplane |
Supermarine | Stranraer [188] | UK | Propeller | Maritime patrol | 1936 | 1940 | Twin-engined | biplane flying boat |
Short | Sunderland [189] | UK | Propeller | Maritime patrol/transport | 1938 | 1959 | Four-engined | monoplane flying boat |
Supermarine | Swift [190] | 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 [191] | UK | Rotorcraft | Communications/ambulance/search and rescue | 1952 | 1971 | Single-engined | piston helicopter |
Hawker | Tempest [192] | UK | Propeller | Fighter/target tug | 1944 | 1951 | Single-engined | piston monoplane |
Republic | Thunderbolt [193] | USA | Propeller | Fighter/fighter-bomber | 1944 | 1945 | Single-engined | piston monoplane |
de Havilland | Tiger Moth [194] | UK | Propeller | Trainer | 1932 | 1951 | Single-engined | piston biplane |
Curtiss | Tomahawk [195] | USA | Propeller | Fighter/fighter-bomber | 1940 | 1944 | Single-engined | piston monoplane |
Hawker | Tomtit [196] | UK | Propeller | Trainer | 1929 | 1935 | Single-engined | piston biplane |
Panavia | Tornado [197] | UK | Jet | Fighter/bomber | 1979 | 2019 [198] | 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 |
Short | Tucano | UK | Propeller | Trainer | 1988 | 2019 | Single-engined | turboprop monoplane |
Avro | Tutor [199] | UK | Propeller | Trainer | 1930 | 1937 | Single-engined | piston biplane |
Grob | Tutor | Germany | Propeller | Trainer | 1998 | In service | Single-engined | piston monoplane |
Scottish Aviation | Twin Pioneer [200] | UK | Propeller | Transport | 1958 | 1969 | Twin-engined | piston monoplane |
Eurocopter | Twin Squirrel | France | Rotorcraft | Transport/communications | Twin-engined | turboshaft helicopter | ||
Hawker | Typhoon [201] | 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 | Valentia [202] | UK | Propeller | Bomber/transport | 1934 | 1944 | Twin-engined | piston biplane |
Vickers | Valetta [203] | UK | Propeller | Transport/trainer | 1948 | 1969 | Twin-engined | piston monoplane |
Vickers | Valiant [204] | UK | Jet | Bomber/tanker | 1955 | 1965 | Four-engined | jet monoplane |
de Havilland | Vampire [205] | UK | Jet | Fighter/night fighter/trainer | 1946 | 1972 | Single-engined | jet monoplane |
Vickers | Varsity [206] | UK | Propeller | Trainer | 1951 | 1976 | Twin-engined | piston monoplane |
Vickers/ BAC | VC10 [207] [208] | UK | Jet | Transport/tanker | 1966 | 2013 | Four-engined | jet monoplane |
Percival | Vega Gull [209] | UK | Propeller | Communications | 1938 | Single-engined | piston monoplane | |
Vultee | Vengeance [210] [211] | UK | Propeller | Dive bomber/target tug | 1942 | 1948 | Single-engined | piston monoplane |
de Havilland | Venom [212] | UK | Jet | Fighter-bomber/night fighter | 1952 | 1962 | Single-engined | jet monoplane |
Lockheed | Ventura [213] | USA | Propeller | Medium bomber/maritime patrol | 1942 | 1946 | Twin-engined | piston monoplane |
Vickers | Vernon [214] | UK | Propeller | Transport | 1922 | 1927 | Twin-engined | piston biplane |
Handley Page | Victor [215] | UK | Jet | Strategic bomber/tanker/Reconnaissance | 1957 | 1993 | Four-engined | jet monoplane |
Vickers | Victoria [216] | UK | Propeller | Transport | 1926 | 1935 | Twin-engined | piston biplane |
Vultee Stinson | Vigiliant [176] | USA | Propeller | Army co-operation | 1941 | Single-engined | piston monoplane | |
Vickers | Viking [131] [217] [218] [Note 12] | UK | Propeller | Transport | 1946 | 1959 | Twin-engined | piston monoplane |
Vickers | Vildebeest [219] | UK | Propeller | Torpedo bomber | 1933 | 1942 | Single-engined | piston biplane |
Vickers | Vimy [220] | UK | Propeller | Bomber | 1918 | 1931 | Twin-engined | piston biplane |
Vickers | Vincent [182] | UK | Propeller | Army co-operation | 1934 | 1941 | Single-engined | piston biplane |
Vickers | Virginia [221] | 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 Hawker Siddeley | Vulcan [222] | UK | Jet | Strategic bomber/tanker/Reconnaissance | 1957 | 1984 | Four-engined | jet monoplane |
Westland | Wallace [223] | UK | Propeller | Utility | 1933 | 1943 | Single-engined | piston biplane |
Westland | Walrus [224] | UK | Propeller | Fleet Reconnaissance | 1921 | 1925 | Single-engined | piston biplane |
Supermarine | Walrus [225] | UK | Propeller | Air-sea rescue, fleet spotting and communications | 1936 | 1946 | Single-engined | pusher amphibian biplane |
Westland | Wapiti [226] | UK | Propeller | General purpose/bomber/trainer | 1928 | 1940 | Single-engined | piston biplane |
Vickers | Warwick [227] | UK | Propeller | Bomber/maritime patrol/transport | 1943 | 1946 | Twin-engined | piston monoplane |
Boeing | Washington [228] | USA | Propeller | Bomber | 1950 | 1958 | Four-engined | piston monoplane |
Westland | Welkin [224] | UK | Propeller | High altitude fighter | 1944 | 1944 | Twin-engined | piston monoplane |
Vickers | Wellesley [229] | UK | Propeller | Bomber | 1937 | 1942 | Single-engined | piston monoplane |
Vickers | Wellington [230] | UK | Propeller | Medium bomber/Maritime patrol/transport/trainer/AEW | 1938 | 1953 | Twin-engined | piston monoplane |
Westland | Wessex [231] | UK | Rotorcraft | Transport/air-sea rescue | 1964 | 1985 | Twin-engined | turboshaft helicopter |
Westland | Whirlwind [232] | UK | Propeller | Fighter | 1940 | 1943 | Twin-engined | piston monoplane |
Westland | Whirlwind [233] | UK | Rotorcraft | Air-sea rescue/transport | 1955 | 1977 | Single-engined | piston helicopter |
Armstrong Whitworth | Whitley [234] | UK | Propeller | Medium bomber/maritime patrol/transport/trainer | 1937 | 1945 | Twin-engined | piston monoplane |
Embraer | Phenom T.1 | Brazil | Jet | Trainer | 2016 | In service | Twin-engined | jet monoplane |
Hawker | Woodcock [235] | UK | Propeller | Night fighter | 1924 | 1928 | Single-engined | piston biplane |
Avro | York [236] | UK | Propeller | Transport | 1943 | 1957 | Four-engined | piston monoplane |
Dassault | Falcon 900LX Envoy CC.1 | France | Jet | Transport | 2022 | In service | Three-engined | jet monoplane |
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 [78] | 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 examples of the following aircraft were at one time flown by either the RAF or more normally by the Royal Aircraft Establishment for evaluation.
Aircraft used by the Royal Air Force in support of its efforts in the Schneider Trophy races, and includes aircraft used solely as trainers.
The following Gliders are or were flown by RAF training squadrons:
The Gloster Gladiator is a British biplane fighter. It was used by the Royal Air Force (RAF) and the Fleet Air Arm (FAA) and was exported to a number of other air forces during the late 1930s.
The Fairey Battle is a British single-engine light bomber that was designed and manufactured by the Fairey Aviation Company. It was developed during the mid-1930s for the Royal Air Force (RAF) as a monoplane successor to the Hawker Hart and Hind biplanes. The Battle was powered by the same high-performance Rolls-Royce Merlin piston engine that powered various contemporary British fighters such as the Hawker Hurricane and Supermarine Spitfire. As the Battle, with its three-man crew and bomb load, was much heavier than the fighters, it was therefore much slower. Though a great improvement over the aircraft that preceded it, its relatively slow speed, limited range and inadequate defensive armament of only two .303 (7.7 mm) machine guns left it highly vulnerable to enemy fighters and anti-aircraft fire.
The Fairey Albacore is a single-engine biplane torpedo bomber designed and produced by the British aircraft manufacturer Fairey Aviation. It was primarily operated by the Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm (FAA) during the Second World War.
Royal Naval Air Station Lee-on-Solent,, is a former Royal Naval Air Station located near Lee-on-the-Solent in Hampshire, approximately 4 miles (6.44 km) west of Portsmouth, on the coast of the Solent.
The Fairey Aviation Company Fairey III was a family of British reconnaissance biplanes that enjoyed a very long production and service history in both landplane and seaplane variants. First flying on 14 September 1917, examples were still in use during the Second World War.
The Fairey Flycatcher was a British single-seat biplane carrier-borne fighter aircraft made by Fairey Aviation Company which served from 1923 to 1934. It was produced with a conventional undercarriage for carrier use, although this could be exchanged for floats for catapult use aboard capital ships.
The Gloster Grebe was developed by the Gloster Aircraft Company from the Gloster Grouse, and was the Royal Air Force's first post-First World War fighter aircraft, entering service in 1923.
The Handley Page Heyford was a twin-engine biplane bomber designed and produced by the British aircraft manufacturer Handley Page. It holds the distinction of being the last biplane heavy bomber to be operated by the Royal Air Force (RAF).
Newark Air Museum is an air museum located on a former Royal Air Force station at Winthorpe, near Newark-on-Trent in Nottinghamshire, England. The museum contains a variety of aircraft.
The Fairey Seal was a British carrier-borne spotter-reconnaissance aircraft, operated in the 1930s. The Seal was derived – like the Gordon – from the IIIF. To enable the Fairey Seal to be launched by catapult from warships, it could be fitted with floats.
Number 72 (Fighter) Squadron of the Royal Air Force is a training squadron that is currently based at RAF Valley using the Beechcraft Texan T.1 to deliver Basic Fast Jet Training (BFJT).
No. 504 Squadron was one of the Special Reserve Squadrons of the Auxiliary Air Force, and today is a reserve force of the RAF Regiment. It was integrated into the AAF proper in 1936. Based at RAF Cottesmore, Rutland, 504 Squadron used a variety of light bombers before being re-tasked to fighters with the Hawker Hurricane in 1939. It subsequently became a Fighter Squadron. Currently No. 504 Squadron no longer has a flying role, but as part of No 85 Expeditionary Logistics Wing of the RAF A4 Force.
The Fairey Long-range Monoplane was a British experimental aircraft first flown in 1928. It was single-engine, high-wing aircraft with fixed tail skid landing gear. Two examples were built.
No. 616 Squadron is an active Reserve unit of the Royal Auxiliary Air Force (RAuxAF) assigned to the RAF ISTAR Force at RAF Waddington. It was originally formed as a unit of the British Auxiliary Air Force in 1938, active throughout World War 2 as a fighter unit, becoming the 1st operational RAF unit to fly jets and disbanded in 1957. The unit reformed in its current guise in April 2019 as 616 Squadron Royal Auxiliary Air Force.
No. 204 Squadron was a Royal Air Force unit first formed in March 1915 as No.4 Squadron Royal Naval Air Service.
703 Naval Air Squadron of the Fleet Air Arm of the Royal Navy was formed as a long-range catapult squadron on 3 March 1942 at RNAS Lee-on-Solent. During the Cold War, it was reformed as an experimental trials unit, and then as a helicopter training squadron. Since 2003, the squadron has formed the Royal Naval wing of the Defence Elementary Flying Training School at RAF Barkston Heath.
730 Naval Air Squadron was a Naval Air Squadron of the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm. It was active between 1944 and 1945 as a Communications Squadron. The squadron was formed and operated out of RNAS Abbotsinch from April to November 1944, by that point in time it operated four types of aircraft. It moved to RNAS Ayr and while there gained two more aircraft types. For the first three months of 1945 a detachment operated out of RNAS Machrihanish, however, the squadron remained at RNAS Ayr until disbanding in August 1945.
765 Naval Air Squadron was a Naval Air Squadron of the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm. It formed at RNAS Lee-on-Solent, in May 1939, as a Seaplane School and Pool squadron. The squadron moved to RNAS Sandbanks, in August 1940, where it undertook the Seaplane Flying Training Course Part I. Lieutenant Commander Wilson was appointed as dual officer in charge of the air base, and Commanding officer of 765 NAS. By the middle of 1943, dedicated Seaplane Training schools ended and the squadron disbanded in the October. 765 NAS reformed at RNAS Charlton Horethorne, in early February 1944, as a Travelling Recording Unit. The squadron moved to RNAS Lee-on-Solent in March, before moving to RNAS Worthy Down on one month later during April, then in May it moved to RNAS Stretton, were it remained during June.
775 Naval Air Squadron was a Naval Air Squadron of the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm which last disbanded in March 1946. 775 Naval Air Squadron formed at HMS Grebe, RNAS Dekheila, during November 1940, as a Fleet Requirements Unit in support of the Mediterranean Fleet, based at Alexandria, Egypt. Between October 1941 and March 1942 the squadron also included the RN Fighter Flight. It absorbed 728 Naval Air Squadron in July 1943 and moved to R.N.Air Section Gibraltar at the start of February 1944. The squadron returned to HMS Grebe, RNAS Dekheila during August 1945.