List of aircraft of the RAF

Many aircraft types have served in the Royal Air Force since it was formed in 1918 by the merger of the Royal Flying Corps and Royal Naval Air Service. Here can be found a list of RAF aircraft, those types that have served and been retired by the RAF, and also those types that are currently in service. The aircraft are listed in alphabetic order of their RAF type name, and then in mark order within that type.

Refer to List of active United Kingdom military aircraft for current aircraft.

For aircraft operated before the merger of the RFC and RNAS:
* Refer to List of aircraft of the Royal Flying Corps
* Refer to List of aircraft of the Royal Naval Air Service.

For an explanation of the alphanumeric codes that follow many of the aircraft, please see here.

Regular service with the RAF

0-9

C

F

I

L

O

R

V

Captured or Interned

Captured or interned examples of the following aircraft were at one time flown by the RAF.

* Blohm und Voss Bv 222 Wiking - German-built six-engined flying boat
* Dornier Do 17
* Dornier Do 22 - German-built single-engined floatplane
* Dornier Do 217
* Dornier Do 335
* FMA IA 58 Pucará, an Argentinian aircraft captured during the Falklands War and trialed afterwards. Now on display at the RAF Museum Cosford
* Focke-Wulf Fw 190
* Focke-Wulf Ta 152
* Focke-Wulf Fw 200 Condor German-built four-engined transport monoplane (one former Danish civil aircraft impressed)
* Fokker F.XXII - Dutch-built four-engined transport monoplane (former Dutch civil aircraft)
* Fokker T.VIIIw/G - Dutch-built twin-engined patrol seaplane
* Heinkel He 111
* Heinkel He 115 - four Royal Norwegian Navy Air Service examples flown to the UK in June 1940
* Heinkel He 162
* Heinkel He 177A/5 - German bomber
* Junkers Ju 52 - DE
* Junkers Ju 52/3m - DE
* Junkers Ju 87
* Junkers Ju 88 - DE
* Koolhoven F.K.43 - Dutch-built single-engined three-seat liaison aircraft
* Messerschmitt Aldon (Bf 108) - DE
* Messerschmitt Bf 109E F G- DE
* Messerschmitt Bf 110C - DE
* Messerschmitt Me 163
* Messerschmitt Me 210
* Messerschmitt Me 262
* A6M Zero

Training gliders

The following Gliders are or were flown by RAF training squadrons:
* Slingsby T7 Kirby Cadet TX1 - Single-seat training glider
* Slingsby T8 Kirby Cadet TX2 - Single-seat training glider
* Slingsby Sedburgh TX1 - Two-seat training glider
* Slingsby T30 Prefect
* Slingsby Cadet TX3 - Two seat training glider
* Slingsby Grasshopper TX1 - Primary Glider
* Slingsby T45 Swallow - Single-seat Glider
* Slingsby T53B
* Slingsby T61 Venture - Two-seat self launching motor glider
* Schleicher Valiant T1
* Grob Viking TX1 - German built training glider
* Grob Vigilant T1 - German built self Launching motor Glider

Airships

* HMA R.80

UAVs and Drones

*Jindivik - Target drone
*General Atomics Reaper - ISTAR

External links and references

*"RAF Squadrons", 2nd Edition, Wing Commander C. G. Jefford MBE, BA, RAF (Retd), Airlife Publishing, Shrewsbury, 2001, ISBN 1-84037-141-2
* [http://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/raf-museum-collection.htm RAF Museum collection by type]
* [http://www.rafweb.org/aircraftA-D.htm List of aircraft types and details]