Aircraft

List of British RAF Planes — World War II

Fighters · Bombers · Transports · Carrier-Based · Reconnaissance

Fighters

  • Bolton Paul P.82 Mk II Defiant — Monoplane fighter
  • De Havilland FB Mk.VI DH98 Mosquito — Fighter-bomber
  • Gloster Meteor — Jet fighter
  • Hawker Hurricane — Monoplane fighter
  • Hawker Tempest — Fighter
  • Hawker Typhoon — Fighter-bomber
  • Supermarine Spitfire — Fighter

Bombers

  • Avro 683 Lancaster — Heavy bomber
  • Bristol Mk IV Blenheim — Light bomber
  • Bristol Beaufighter — Heavy fighter/strike
  • Handley Page Halifax — Heavy bomber
  • Short Stirling — Heavy bomber
  • Vickers Wellington — Medium bomber

Transport & Reconnaissance

  • Avro Mk.I 652 Anson — Light transport & reconnaissance
  • Avro 621 Tutor — Trainer (biplane)
  • Short Sunderland — Maritime patrol flying boat

Carrier-Based Aircraft

  • Fairey Swordfish — Torpedo bomber (biplane)
  • Fairey Barracuda — Torpedo/dive bomber
  • Fairey Fulmar — Fighter
  • Fairey Firefly — Fighter/anti-submarine
  • Supermarine Seafire — Naval fighter