Aircraft

Types of aircraft flown by the squadrons and airmen in this database.

TypeRoleManufacturer First flight Airframes in DB
Gloster Gladiator Fighter Gloster Aircraft Company 1934 0
Gloster Meteor Fighter Gloster Aircraft Company 1943 0
Hawker Hurricane Fighter Hawker Aircraft 1935 0
Hawker Tempest Fighter Hawker Aircraft 1942 0
Lockheed Lightning Fighter Lockheed 1939 0
North American Mustang Fighter North American Aviation 1940 0
Republic Thunderbolt Fighter Republic Aviation 1941 0
Supermarine Spitfire Fighter Supermarine 1936 0
Westland Welkin Fighter Westland Aircraft 1942 0
Westland Whirlwind Fighter Westland Aircraft 1938 0
Hawker Typhoon Fighter-bomber Hawker Aircraft 1940 0
Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Heavy bomber Armstrong Whitworth 1936 0
Avro Lancaster Heavy bomber Avro 1941 142
Avro Lincoln Heavy bomber Avro 1944 0
Avro Manchester Heavy bomber Avro 1939 1
Boeing Flying Fortress Heavy bomber Boeing 1935 0
Consolidated Liberator Heavy bomber Consolidated Aircraft 1939 1
Handley Page Halifax Heavy bomber Handley Page 1939 24
Short Stirling Heavy bomber Short Brothers 1939 9
Bristol Blenheim Light bomber Bristol Aeroplane Company 1936 3
de Havilland Mosquito Light bomber de Havilland 1940 2
Douglas Boston Light bomber Douglas Aircraft 1938 0
Fairey Battle Light bomber Fairey Aviation 1936 1
Martin Baltimore Light bomber Glenn L. Martin Company 1941 0
Vickers Wellesley Light bomber Vickers-Armstrongs 1935 0
Blackburn Botha Maritime patrol Blackburn Aircraft 1938 0
Bristol Beaufort Maritime patrol Bristol Aeroplane Company 1938 1
Consolidated Catalina Maritime patrol Consolidated Aircraft 1935 2
Fairey Swordfish Maritime patrol Fairey Aviation 1934 0
Lockheed Hudson Maritime patrol Lockheed 1938 0
Short Sunderland Maritime patrol Short Brothers 1937 0
Supermarine Walrus Maritime patrol Supermarine 1933 0
Vickers Vildebeest Maritime patrol Vickers-Armstrongs 1928 0
Vickers Warwick Maritime patrol Vickers-Armstrongs 1939 0
Handley Page Hampden Medium bomber Handley Page 1936 2
Lockheed Ventura Medium bomber Lockheed 1941 1
Martin Marauder Medium bomber Glenn L. Martin Company 1940 0
North American Mitchell Medium bomber North American Aviation 1940 0
Vickers Wellington Medium bomber Vickers-Armstrongs 1936 14
Boulton Paul Defiant Night fighter Boulton Paul Aircraft 1937 0
Bristol Beaufighter Night fighter Bristol Aeroplane Company 1939 0
Douglas Havoc Night fighter Douglas Aircraft 1938 0
Martin Maryland Reconnaissance Glenn L. Martin Company 1939 0
Westland Lysander Reconnaissance Westland Aircraft 1936 0
Airspeed Oxford Trainer Airspeed 1937 0
Avro Anson Trainer Avro 1935 0
de Havilland Tiger Moth Trainer de Havilland 1931 0
Miles Master Trainer Miles Aircraft 1939 0
Armstrong Whitworth Albemarle Transport / glider tug Armstrong Whitworth 1940 0
Bristol Bombay Transport / glider tug Bristol Aeroplane Company 1935 0
Douglas Dakota Transport / glider tug Douglas Aircraft 1941 0