List of aircraft of the United Kingdom in World War II
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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.
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[edit] 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)
[edit] 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)
[edit] 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)
[edit] 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)
[edit] Transport aircraft
- Douglas Dakota (Royal Air Force)
- Armstrong Whitworth Albemarle (Royal Air Force)
[edit] Gliders
- General Aircraft Hotspur (Army Air Corps)
- Airspeed Horsa (Army Air Corps)
- General Aircraft Hamilcar (Army Air Corps)
- Waco Hadrian (Army Air Corps)
