# List of aircraft of the Royal Air Force

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:
* Refer to List of aircraft of the Royal Flying Corps
* Refer to List of aircraft of the Royal Naval Air Service

## Regular service with the RAF

| Manufacturer | Type | Origin | Class | Role | Introduced | Retired | Engine(s) | Notes |
| Sopwith | 1½ Strutter | UK | Propeller | Fighter/bomber/reconnaissance | 1918 | 1920 | 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 | UK | Propeller | Fleet spotter | 1918 | 1941 | Single-engined | piston biplane |
| Bristol | 138 | 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 | Four-engined | jet monoplane |
| Short | 184 | UK | Propeller | Bomber | 1918 | 1921 | Single-engined | biplane floatplane |
| Short | 320 | UK | Propeller | Torpedo bomber | 1918 | | Single-engined | biplane floatplane |
| Avro | 504K & N | UK | Propeller | Trainer/communications | 1918 | 1933 | Single-engined | piston biplane |
| Agusta | A109E/A109SP | Italy | Rotorcraft | Liaison | 2006 | 2024 | Twin-engined | turboshaft helicopter |
| Bell | Airacobra | 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 | UK | Propeller | Bomber/transport/glider tug | 1943 | 1946 | Twin-engined | piston monoplane |
| Avro | Aldershot | UK | Propeller | Long range day/night bomber | 1924 | 1926 | Single-engined | piston biplane |
| Avro | Andover | UK | Propeller | Transport/ambulance | 1924 | | Single-engined | piston biplane |
| Hawker Siddeley | Andover | UK | Propeller | Transport | 1965 | | Twin-engined | turboprop monoplane |
| Avro | Anson | UK | Propeller | Bomber/maritime patrol/trainer/transport | 1936 | 1968 | Twin-engined | piston monoplane |
| Avro | Athena | UK | Propeller | Trainer | 1950 | 1955 | Single-engined | piston monoplane |
| Armstrong Whitworth/ Hawker Siddeley | Argosy | UK | Propeller | Transport | 1962 | 1978 | Four-engined | turboprop monoplane |
| Fairchild | Argus | 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 | UK | Propeller | Army co-operation/trainer | 1927 | 1935 | Single-engined | piston biplane |
| Hawker | Audax | UK | Propeller | Army co-operation | 1931 | 1945 | Single-engined | piston biplane |
| Taylorcraft | Auster AOP.6/AOP.9 | UK | Propeller | Air Observation | 1942 | 1954 | Single-engined | piston monoplane |
| Auster | AOP.6/T.7/AOP.9 | UK | Propeller | Air Observation | 1945 | 1957 | Single-engined | piston monoplane |
| Boulton Paul | Balliol | UK | Propeller | Trainer | 1950 | 1957 | Single-engined | piston monoplane |
| Martin | Baltimore | 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 | UK | Propeller | Communications transport | 1965 | 1974 | Twin-engined | piston monoplane |
| Fairey | Battle | UK | Propeller | Bomber | 1937 | 1949 | Single-engined | piston monoplane |
| Royal Aircraft Factory | B.E.2 | UK | Propeller | Reconnaissance | 1912 | 1919 | Single-engined | piston biplane |
| Royal Aircraft Factory | B.E.12 | UK | Propeller | Fighter | 1918 | 1918 | Single-engined | piston biplane |
| Bristol | Beaufighter | UK | Propeller | Strike fighter/night fighter/target tug | 1940 | 1960 | Twin-engined | piston monoplane |
| Bristol | Beaufort | UK | Propeller | Torpedo bomber | 1939 | 1946 | Twin-engined | piston monoplane |
| Short | Belfast | UK | Propeller | Transport | 1966 | 1976 | Four-engined | turboprop monoplane |
| Bristol/ Westland | Belvedere | UK | Rotorcraft | Transport | 1961 | 1969 | Twin-engined | turboshaft twin-rotor helicopter |
| Brewster | Bermuda | USA | Propeller | Dive bomber | 1942 | 1944 | Single-engined | piston monoplane |
| Blackburn | Beverley | UK | Propeller | Transport | 1955 | 1967 | Four-engined | piston monoplane |
| Avro | Bison | UK | Propeller | Fleet spotter | 1922 | 1929 | Single-engined | piston biplane |
| Blackburn | Blackburn | UK | Propeller | Fleet spotter | 1923 | 1931 | Single-engined | piston biplane |
| Bristol | Blenheim | UK | Propeller | Bomber | 1937 | 1944 | Twin-engined | piston monoplane |
| Bristol | Bombay | UK | Propeller | Bomber/transport | 1939 | 1944 | Twin-engined | piston monoplane |
| Douglas | Boston | USA | Propeller | Medium bomber/trainer/night fighter | 1940 | 1945 | Twin-engined | piston monoplane |
| Blackburn | Botha | UK | Propeller | Torpedo bomber/trainer | 1939 | 1944 | Twin-engined | piston monoplane |
| Bristol | Brigand | UK | Propeller | Torpedo fighter/medium bomber/naval strike/trainer | 1946 | 1958 | Twin-engined | piston monoplane |
| Bristol | F.2B Fighter | UK | Propeller | Fighter/army cooperation/light bomber | 1918 | 1932 | Single-engined | piston biplane |
| Bristol | Britannia | UK | Propeller | Transport | 1959 | 1975 | Four-engined | turboprop monoplane |
| Blackburn Hawker Siddeley | Buccaneer | UK | Jet | Naval strike | 1969 | 1994 | Twin-engined | jet monoplane |
| Bristol | Buckingham | UK | Propeller | Bomber, transport | 1944 | 1950 | Twin-engined | piston monoplane |
| Bristol | Buckmaster | UK | Propeller | Trainer | 1945 | 1958 | Twin-engined | piston monoplane |
| Brewster | Buffalo | USA | Propeller | Fighter | 1940 | 1942 | Single-engined | piston monoplane |
| Bristol | Bulldog | UK | Propeller | Fighter/trainer | 1929 | 1937 | Single-engined | piston biplane |
| Scottish Aviation | Bulldog | UK | Propeller | Basic trainer | 1972 | 2001 | Single-engined | piston monoplane |
| Martinsyde | Buzzard | UK | Propeller | Fighter | 1918 | 1922 | Single-engined | piston biplane |
| Sopwith | Camel | UK | Propeller | Fighter | 1918 | 1920 | Single-engined | piston biplane |
| Fairey | Campania | UK | Propeller | Reconnaissance | 1918 | 1919 | Single-engined | piston biplane |
| English Electric | Canberra | UK | Jet | Bomber, photo reconnaissance, trainer | 1951 | 2006 | Twin-engined | jet monoplane |
| Consolidated | Catalina | USA | Propeller | Maritime patrol | 1939 | 1945 | Twin-engined | monoplane flying boat/amphibian |
| Boeing/ Boeing Vertol | Chinook | USA | Rotorcraft | Transport | 1980 | In service | Twin-engined | turboshaft twin-rotor helicopter |
| de Havilland Canada | Chipmunk | UK | Propeller | Trainer | 1949 | 1996 | Single-engined | piston monoplane |
| de Havilland | Cirrus Moth | UK | Propeller | Communications/trainer | 1926 | 1930 | Single-engined | piston biplane |
| Curtiss | Cleveland | USA | Propeller | Dive-bomber | 1940 | 1941 | Single-engined | piston biplane |
| Handley Page | Clive | UK | Propeller | Transport | 1931 | | Twin-engined | piston biplane |
| Saro | Cloud | UK | Propeller | Navigational trainer | 1933 | 1936 | Twin-engined | amphibious monoplane |
| de Havilland | Comet | UK | Propeller | Experimental | 1935 | 1936 | Twin-engined | piston monoplane |
| de Havilland | Comet | UK | Jet | Reconnaissance | 1956 | 1975 | Four-engined | jet monoplane |
| Consolidated | Coronado | USA | Propeller | Transport | 1943 | 1946 | Four-engined | monoplane flying boat |
| Fairchild | Cornell | USA | Propeller | Trainer | 1943 | 1945 | Single-engined | piston monoplane |
| Sopwith | Cuckoo | UK | Propeller | Torpedo bomber | 1918 | 1923 | Single-engined | piston biplane |
| Douglas | Dakota | USA | Propeller | Transport | 1942 | 1970 | Twin-engined | piston monoplane |
| Blackburn | Dart | UK | Propeller | Torpedo bomber | 1923 | 1933 | Single-engined | piston biplane |
| Britten-Norman | Defender R.2/T.3 | UK | Propeller | Trainer/Surveillance | 2019 | 2021 | Twin-engined | turboprop monoplane |
| Boulton Paul | Defiant | UK | Propeller | Fighter/night fighter/target tug | 1939 | 1945 | Single-engined | piston monoplane |
| Hawker | Demon | UK | Propeller | Fighter | 1931 | 1939 | Single-engined | piston biplane |
| de Havilland | Devon | UK | Propeller | Transport | 1948 | 1984 | Twin-engined | piston monoplane |
| Airco | DH.4A | UK | Propeller | Bomber/transport | 1918 | | Single-engined | piston biplane |
| Airco | DH.6 | UK | Propeller | Trainer | 1918 | | Single-engined | piston biplane |
| Airco | DH.9 | UK | Propeller | Bomber | 1918 | | Single-engined | piston biplane |
| Airco | DH.9A | UK | Propeller | Bomber | 1918 | 1931 | Single-engined | piston biplane |
| Airco | DH.10 Amiens | UK | Propeller | Bomber | 1918 | 1923 | Twin-engined | piston biplane |
| de Havilland | DH.86 Express | UK | Propeller | Transport | 1937 | | Four-engined | piston biplane |
| Sopwith | Dolphin | UK | Propeller | Fighter | 1918 | 1919 | Single-engined | piston biplane |
| de Havilland | Dominie | UK | Propeller | Transport/trainer | 1938 | 1946 | Twin-engined | piston monoplane |
| Hawker Siddeley | Dominie | UK | Jet | Navigation trainer | 1965 | 2011 | Twin-engined | jet monoplane |
| de Havilland | Don | UK | Propeller | Trainer/communications/liaison | 1938 | 1939 | Single-engined | piston monoplane |
| Sopwith | Dragon | UK | Propeller | Fighter | 1919 | 1919 | Single-engined | piston biplane |
| Westland | Dragonfly | UK | Rotorcraft | Transport | 1950 | 1956 | Single-engined | piston helicopter |
| Airspeed | Envoy | UK | Propeller | Transport | 1938 | | Twin-engined | piston monoplane |
| Beechcraft | Expeditor | USA | Propeller | Transport/trainer | 1937 | | Twin-engined | piston monoplane |
| Miles | Falcon | UK | Propeller | Communications/trainer | 1935 | | Single-engined | piston monoplane |
| Fairey | Fawn | UK | Propeller | Bomber | 1924 | 1929 | Single-engined | piston biplane |
| Royal Aircraft Factory | F.E.2d | UK | Propeller | Bomber | 1918 | 1918 | Single-engined | pusher biplane |
| Felixstowe | F.2A | UK | Propeller | Maritime patrol | 1918 | | Twin-engined | biplane flying boat |
| Felixstowe | F.3 | UK | Propeller | Maritime patrol | 1918 | | Twin-engined | biplane flying boat |
| Felixstowe | F.5 | 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 | UK | Propeller | Artillery Spotter, Bomber | 1918 | 1919 | Single-engined | piston biplane |
| de Havilland | Flamingo | UK | Propeller | Transport | 1939 | 1940 | Twin-engined | piston monoplane |
| Boeing | Fortress | USA | Propeller | Bomber/maritime patrol/electronic warfare | 1941 | 1945 | Four-engined | piston monoplane |
| Fairey | Fox | UK | Propeller | Bomber/trainer | 1926 | 1933 | Single-engined | piston biplane |
| Hawker | Fury | UK | Propeller | Fighter | 1931 | 1939 | Single-engined | piston biplane |
| Gloster | Gamecock | UK | Propeller | Fighter | 1926 | 1931 | Single-engined | piston biplane |
| Gloster | Gauntlet | UK | Propeller | Fighter | 1935 | 1939 | Single-engined | piston biplane |
| Westland | Gazelle | UK | Rotorcraft | Trainer/VIP transport | 1973 | | Single-engined | turboshaft helicopter |
| de Havilland | Genet Moth | UK | Propeller | Trainer | 1927 | | Single-engined | piston biplane |
| de Havilland | Gispy Moth | UK | Propeller | Trainer/communications | 1930 | | Single-engined | piston biplane |
| Gloster | Gladiator | UK | Propeller | Fighter/meteorology | 1937 | 1944 | Single-engined | piston biplane |
| Boeing | C-17A Globemaster III | USA | Jet | Transport | 2001 | In service | Four-engined | jet monoplane |
| Folland/Hawker Siddeley | Gnat | UK | Jet | Trainer | 1962 | 1979 | Single-engined | jet monoplane |
| Fairey | Gordon | UK | Propeller | Bomber/trainer | 1931 | 1941 | Single-engined | piston biplane |
| Gloster | Grebe | 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 | USA | Glider | Infantry glider | 1943 | 1947 | Nil | Glider |
| Handley Page | Halifax | UK | Propeller | Bomber/transport | 1940 | 1952 | Four-engined | piston monoplane |
| Fairey | Hamble Baby | UK | Propeller | Reconnaissance | 1918 | | Single-engined | biplane floatplane |
| General Aircraft | Hamilcar | UK | Glider | Transport | 1942 | 1950 | Nil | Glider |
| Handley Page | Hampden | UK | Propeller | Bomber | 1938 | 1945 | Twin-engined | piston monoplane |
| Hawker | Hardy | UK | Propeller | Tropicalized general purpose/bomber | 1935 | 1941 | Single-engined | piston biplane |
| Hawker Siddeley/ BAe | Harrier | 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 | UK | Propeller | Bomber/transport | 1937 | 1945 | Twin-engined | piston monoplane |
| Hawker | Hart | UK | Propeller | Bomber/trainer | 1930 | 1943 | Single-engined | piston biplane |
| North American | Harvard | USA | Propeller | Trainer | 1939 | 1955 | Single-engined | piston monoplane |
| Handley Page | Hastings | UK | Propeller | Transport/trainer | 1948 | 1977 | Four-engined | piston monoplane |
| Douglas | Havoc | USA | Propeller | Medium bomber/night fighter | 1940 | 1943 | Twin-engined | piston monoplane |
| Hawker Siddeley/BAe | Hawk | UK | Jet | Trainer | 1976 | In service | Single-engined | jet monoplane |
| Hawker | Hector | UK | Propeller | Army co-operation/glider tug | 1937 | 1942 | Single-engined | piston biplane |
| Fairey | Hendon | UK | Propeller | Bomber | 1936 | 1939 | Twin-engined | piston monoplane |
| Hawker | Henley | UK | Propeller | Target tug | 1939 | 1942 | Single-engined | piston monoplane |
| Lockheed | C-130 Hercules | USA | Propeller | Transport | 1967 | 2023 | Four-engined | turboprop monoplane |
| Handley Page | Hereford | UK | Propeller | Bomber/trainer | 1940 | 1940 | Twin-engined | piston monoplane |
| de Havilland | Heron | UK | Propeller | Transport | 1955 | 1972 | Four-engined | piston monoplane |
| Handley Page | Heyford | UK | Propeller | Bomber/trainer | 1933 | 1941 | Twin-engined | piston biplane |
| Handley Page | Hinaidi | UK | Propeller | Bomber | 1929 | 1937 | Twin-engined | piston biplane |
| Hawker | Hind | UK | Propeller | Bomber/trainer | 1935 | 1939 | Single-engined | piston biplane |
| de Havilland | Hornet | UK | Propeller | Fighter | 1945 | 1955 | Twin-engined | piston monoplane |
| de Havilland | Hornet Moth | UK | Propeller | Communications | 1938 | 1946 | Single-engined | piston monoplane |
| Airspeed | Horsa | UK | Glider | Troop glider | 1942 | 1945 | Nil | Glider |
| Hawker | Horsley | UK | Propeller | Bomber/torpedo bomber | 1927 | 1935 | Single-engined | piston biplane |
| General Aircraft | Hotspur | UK | Glider | Trainer | 1941 | 1945 | Nil | Glider |
| Sikorsky | Hoverfly I | USA | Rotorcraft | Trainer | 1945 | 1945 | Single-engined | piston helicopter |
| Sikorsky | Hoverfly II | USA | Rotorcraft | Trainer | 1946 | 1950 | Single-engined | piston helicopter |
| Lockheed | Hudson | USA | Propeller | Maritime patrol/bomber/transport | 1939 | 1945 | Twin-engined | piston monoplane |
| de Havilland | Hummingbird | UK | Propeller | Trainer | 1924 | 1927 | Single-engined | piston monoplane |
| Hawker | Hunter | UK | Jet | Fighter/fighter-bomber/reconnaissance/trainer | 1954 | 1994 | Single-engined | jet monoplane |
| Hawker | Hurricane | UK | Propeller | Fighter/fighter-bomber/night fighter | 1937 | 1947 | Single-engined | piston monoplane |
| Beagle | Husky | UK | Propeller | Trainer | 1969 | 1989 | Single-engined | piston monoplane |
| Handley Page | Hyderabad | UK | Propeller | Bomber | 1925 | 1933 | Twin-engined | piston biplane |
| Beardmore | Inflexible | UK | Propeller | Bomber | 1928 | 1930 | Three-engined | piston monoplane |
| Blackburn | Iris | UK | Propeller | Maritime patrol | 1930 | 1934 | Three-engined | biplane flying boat |
| Britten-Norman | Islander CC.2 | UK | Propeller | Surveillance | 1992 | 2017 | Twin-engined | turboprop monoplane |
| Britten-Norman | Islander R.1 | UK | Propeller | Surveillance | 2019 | 2021 | Twin-engined | turboprop monoplane |
| SEPECAT | Jaguar | UK | Jet | Ground-attack/reconnaissance/trainer | 1974 | 2007 | Twin-engined | jet monoplane |
| Gloster | Javelin | UK | Jet | All-weather fighter/interceptor | 1956 | 1968 | Twin-engined | jet monoplane |
| Hunting Percival/ Hunting/ BAC | Jet Provost | UK | Jet | Trainer | 1955 | 1993 | Single-engined | jet monoplane |
| Handley Page Scottish Aviation | Jetstream | UK | Propeller | Trainer | 1973 | 2003 | Twin-engined | turboprop monoplane |
| Blackburn | Kangaroo | UK | Propeller | Torpedo bomber | 1918 | 1919 | Twin-engined | piston biplane |
| Hawker Siddeley | Kestrel | 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 | UK | Propeller | Heavy bomber/reconnaissance/maritime patrol | 1942 | 1954 | Four-engined | piston monoplane |
| Avro | Lancastrian | UK | Propeller | Transport | 1945 | 1950 | Four-engined | piston monoplane |
| Saunders-Roe | Lerwick | UK | Propeller | Maritime patrol | 1939 | 1942 | Twin-engined | monoplane flying boat |
| Consolidated | Liberator | USA | Propeller | Heavy bomber, transport, maritime patrol | 1941 | 1947 | Four-engined | piston monoplane |
| English Electric/ BAC | Lightning | UK | Jet | Fighter/interceptor | 1959 | 1988 | Twin-engined | jet monoplane |
| Lockheed | Lightning | USA | Propeller | Heavy fighter | 1942 | 1943 | Twin-engined | piston monoplane |
| Avro | Lincoln | UK | Propeller | Bomber | 1945 | 1963 | Four-engined | piston monoplane |
| Lockheed | Lodestar | USA | Propeller | Transport | 1941 | | Twin-engined | piston monoplane |
| Saro | London | UK | Propeller | Maritime patrol | 1936 | 1941 | Twin-engined | biplane flying boat |
| Fairey | Long-range Monoplane | UK | Propeller | Experimental (Distance record) | 1928 | 1933 | Single-engined | piston monoplane |
| Westland | Lysander | 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 | UK | Propeller | Trainer | 1937 | 1944 | Single-engined | piston monoplane |
| Avro | Manchester | UK | Propeller | Bomber | 1940 | 1942 | Twin-engined | piston monoplane |
| Handley Page | Marathon | UK | Propeller | Navigation trainer | 1953 | 1958 | Four-engined | piston monoplane |
| Martin | Marauder | USA | Propeller | Bomber | 1942 | 1945 | Twin-engined | piston monoplane |
| Martin | Mariner | USA | Propeller | Maritime patrol/transport | 1943 | 1947 | Twin-engined | monoplane flying boat |
| Miles | Martinet | UK | Propeller | Target tug | 1942 | 1950 | Single-engined | piston monoplane |
| Martin | Maryland | USA | Propeller | Bomber | 1940 | 1943 | Twin-engined | piston monoplane |
| Miles | Master | UK | Propeller | Trainer | 1939 | 1945 | Single-engined | piston monoplane |
| Miles | Mentor | UK | Propeller | Trainer/communications | 1938 | | Single-engined | piston monoplane |
| AgustaWestland | Merlin | UK | Rotorcraft | Transport | 2001 | 2016 | Three-engined | turboshaft helicopter |
| Miles | Messenger | UK | Propeller | Liaison | 1943 | 1948 | Single-engined | piston monoplane |
| Gloster | Meteor | UK | Jet | Fighter/Reconnaissance | 1944 | 1977 | Twin-engined | jet monoplane |
| Armstrong Whitworth | Meteor | UK | Jet | Night fighter | 1951 | 1961 | Twin-engined | jet monoplane |
| North American | Mitchell | USA | Propeller | Bomber | 1942 | 1950 | Twin-engined | piston monoplane |
| Curtiss | Mohawk | USA | Propeller | Fighter | 1940 | 1944 | Single-engined | piston monoplane |
| de Havilland | Mosquito | UK | Propeller | Bomber/reconnaissance/fighter-bomber/ night fighter/target tug | 1941 | 1956 | Twin-engined | piston monoplane |
| North American | Mustang | USA | Propeller | Fighter/fighter-bomber | 1942 | 1946 | Single-engined | piston monoplane |
| Lockheed | Neptune | USA | Propeller | Maritime patrol/AEW | 1952 | 1957 | Twin-engined | piston monoplane |
| Nieuport Gloster | Nighthawk | UK | Propeller | Fighter | 1920 | 1923 | Single-engined | piston biplane |
| Miles | Nighthawk | UK | Propeller | Trainer | 1938 | 1940 | Single-engined | piston monoplane |
| Nieuport | Nightjar | UK | Propeller | Fighter | 1922 | 1924 | Single-engined | piston biplane |
| Hawker Siddeley BAE | Nimrod | UK | Jet | Maritime patrol/airborne early warning | 1969 | 2011 | Four-engined | jet monoplane |
| Northop | Nomad | USA | Propeller | Bomber/trainer | 1940 | 1940 | Single-engined | piston monoplane |
| Northrop | N-3PB | 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 | 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 | UK | Propeller | Medium bomber/gunnery trainer | 1934 | 1941 | Twin-engined | piston biplane |
| Airspeed | Oxford | UK | Propeller | Trainer | 1937 | 1956 | Twin-engined | piston monoplane |
| Parnall | Panther | UK | Propeller | Reconnaissance | 1919 | 1926 | Single-engined | piston biplane |
| Hunting Percival | Pembroke | UK | Propeller | Reconnaissance | 1953 | 1988 | Twin-engined | piston monoplane |
| Blackburn | Perth | UK | Propeller | Maritime patrol | 1934 | 1938 | Three-engined | biplane flying boat |
| Percival | Petrel | UK | Propeller | Communications | 1938 | 1947 | Twin-engined | piston monoplane |
| McDonnell Douglas | Phantom | USA | Jet | Fighter/ground attack/reconnaissance | 1969 | 1992 | Twin-engined | jet monoplane |
| Scottish Aviation | Pioneer | UK | Propeller | Transport | 1953 | 1969 | Single-engined | piston monoplane |
| Avro | Prefect | UK | Propeller | Trainer | 1935 | | Single-engined | piston biplane |
| Percival | Prentice | UK | Propeller | Trainer/communications | 1947 | 1953 | Single-engined | piston monoplane |
| Percival | Proctor | UK | Propeller | Trainer/communications | 1939 | 1955 | Single-engined | piston monoplane |
| Hunting Percival | Provost | UK | Propeller | Trainer | 1953 | 1969 | Single-engined | piston monoplane |
| Westland/ Aérospatiale/ Airbus Helicopters | Puma | 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 | UK | Propeller | Pilotless target drone | | | Single-engined | piston biplane |
| Airspeed | Queen Wasp | UK | Propeller | Pilotless target piston drone | 1940 | | Single-engined | piston biplane |
| Short | Rangoon | UK | Propeller | Maritime patrol | 1931 | 1939 | Three-engined | biplane flying boat |
| Royal Aircraft Factory | R.E.8 | 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 | UK | Rotorcraft | Army co-operation | 1934 | 1945 | Single-engined | piston autogyro |
| Canadair | Sabre | Canada | Jet | Fighter | 1953 | 1956 | Single-engined | jet monoplane |
| Sopwith | Salamander | UK | Propeller | Ground attack | 1918 | 1922 | Single-engined | piston biplane |
| Supermarine | Scapa | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | USA | Propeller | Liaison | 1943 | 1946 | Single-engined | piston monoplane |
| Boeing | Sentry | USA | Jet | Airborne early warning | 1990 | 2021 | Four-engined | jet monoplane |
| Avro | Shackleton | 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 | UK | Propeller | Bomber | 1928 | 1934 | Twin-engined | piston biplane |
| Short | Singapore | UK | Propeller | Maritime patrol | 1935 | 1941 | Four-engined | biplane flying boat |
| Armstrong Whitworth | Siskin | UK | Propeller | Fighter/trainer | 1924 | 1932 | Single-engined | piston biplane |
| Bell/Westland | Sioux | UK | Rotorcraft | Trainer | 1967 | | Single-engined | piston helicopter |
| Saunders-Roe | Skeeter | UK | Rotorcraft | Trainer | 1958 | 1964 | Single-engined | piston helicopter |
| Blackburn | Skua | UK | Propeller | Fighter/dive-bomber | 1938 | 1945 | Single-engined | piston monoplane |
| Douglas | Skymaster | USA | Propeller | Transport | 1944 | 1946 | Four-engined | piston monoplane |
| Sopwith | Snipe | UK | Propeller | Fighter | 1918 | 1926 | Single-engined | piston biplane |
| Supermarine | Southampton | UK | Propeller | Reconnaissance | 1925 | 1937 | Twin-engined | biplane flying boat |
| SPAD | S.XIII | France | Propeller | Fighter | 1918 | | Single-engined | piston biplane |
| Supermarine | Spitfire | UK | Propeller | Fighter, photo Reconnaissance | 1938 | 1954 | Single-engined | piston monoplane |
| Supermarine | Spiteful | UK | Propeller | Fighter | | | Single-engined | piston monoplane |
| Eurocopter | Squirrel | France | Rotorcraft | Trainer | 1997 | | Single-engined | turboshaft helicopter |
| Short | Stirling | UK | Propeller | Bomber/transport | 1940 | 1946 | Four-engined | piston monoplane |
| Supermarine | Stranraer | UK | Propeller | Maritime patrol | 1936 | 1940 | Twin-engined | biplane flying boat |
| Short | Sunderland | UK | Propeller | Maritime patrol/transport | 1938 | 1959 | Four-engined | monoplane flying boat |
| Supermarine | Swift | 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 | UK | Rotorcraft | Communications/ambulance/search and rescue | 1952 | 1971 | Single-engined | piston helicopter |
| Hawker | Tempest | UK | Propeller | Fighter/target tug | 1944 | 1951 | Single-engined | piston monoplane |
| Republic | Thunderbolt | USA | Propeller | Fighter/fighter-bomber | 1944 | 1945 | Single-engined | piston monoplane |
| de Havilland | Tiger Moth | UK | Propeller | Trainer | 1932 | 1951 | Single-engined | piston biplane |
| Curtiss | Tomahawk | USA | Propeller | Fighter/fighter-bomber | 1940 | 1944 | Single-engined | piston monoplane |
| Hawker | Tomtit | UK | Propeller | Trainer | 1929 | 1935 | Single-engined | piston biplane |
| Panavia | Tornado | UK | Jet | Fighter/bomber | 1979 | 2019 | 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 | 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 | UK | Propeller | Transport | 1958 | 1969 | Twin-engined | piston monoplane |
| Eurocopter | Twin Squirrel | France | Rotorcraft | Transport/communications | | | Twin-engined | turboshaft helicopter |
| Hawker | Typhoon | 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 | UK | Propeller | Bomber/transport | 1934 | 1944 | Twin-engined | piston biplane |
| Vickers | Valetta | UK | Propeller | Transport/trainer | 1948 | 1969 | Twin-engined | piston monoplane |
| Vickers | Valiant | UK | Jet | Bomber/tanker | 1955 | 1965 | Four-engined | jet monoplane |
| de Havilland | Vampire | UK | Jet | Fighter/night fighter/trainer | 1946 | 1972 | Single-engined | jet monoplane |
| Vickers | Varsity | UK | Propeller | Trainer | 1951 | 1976 | Twin-engined | piston monoplane |
| Vickers/ BAC | VC10 | UK | Jet | Transport/tanker | 1966 | 2013 | Four-engined | jet monoplane |
| Percival | Vega Gull | UK | Propeller | Communications | 1938 | | Single-engined | piston monoplane |
| Vultee | Vengeance | UK | Propeller | Dive bomber/target tug | 1942 | 1948 | Single-engined | piston monoplane |
| de Havilland | Venom | UK | Jet | Fighter-bomber/night fighter | 1952 | 1962 | Single-engined | jet monoplane |
| Lockheed | Ventura | USA | Propeller | Medium bomber/maritime patrol | 1942 | 1946 | Twin-engined | piston monoplane |
| Vickers | Vernon | UK | Propeller | Transport | 1922 | 1927 | Twin-engined | piston biplane |
| Handley Page | Victor | UK | Jet | Strategic bomber/tanker/Reconnaissance | 1957 | 1993 | Four-engined | jet monoplane |
| Vickers | Victoria | UK | Propeller | Transport | 1926 | 1935 | Twin-engined | piston biplane |
| Vultee Stinson | Vigiliant | USA | Propeller | Army co-operation | 1941 | | Single-engined | piston monoplane |
| Vickers | Viking | UK | Propeller | Transport | 1946 | 1959 | Twin-engined | piston monoplane |
| Vickers | Vildebeest | UK | Propeller | Torpedo bomber | 1933 | 1942 | Single-engined | piston biplane |
| Vickers | Vimy | UK | Propeller | Bomber | 1918 | 1931 | Twin-engined | piston biplane |
| Vickers | Vincent | UK | Propeller | Army co-operation | 1934 | 1941 | Single-engined | piston biplane |
| Vickers | Virginia | 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 | UK | Jet | Strategic bomber/tanker/Reconnaissance | 1957 | 1984 | Four-engined | jet monoplane |
| Westland | Wallace | UK | Propeller | Utility | 1933 | 1943 | Single-engined | piston biplane |
| Westland | Walrus | UK | Propeller | Fleet Reconnaissance | 1921 | 1925 | Single-engined | piston biplane |
| Supermarine | Walrus | UK | Propeller | Air-sea rescue, fleet spotting and communications | 1936 | 1946 | Single-engined | pusher amphibian biplane |
| Westland | Wapiti | UK | Propeller | General purpose/bomber/trainer | 1928 | 1940 | Single-engined | piston biplane |
| Vickers | Warwick | UK | Propeller | Bomber/maritime patrol/transport | 1943 | 1946 | Twin-engined | piston monoplane |
| Boeing | Washington | USA | Propeller | Bomber | 1950 | 1958 | Four-engined | piston monoplane |
| Westland | Welkin | UK | Propeller | High altitude fighter | 1944 | 1944 | Twin-engined | piston monoplane |
| Vickers | Wellesley | UK | Propeller | Bomber | 1937 | 1942 | Single-engined | piston monoplane |
| Vickers | Wellington | UK | Propeller | Medium bomber/Maritime patrol/transport/trainer/AEW | 1938 | 1953 | Twin-engined | piston monoplane |
| Westland | Wessex | UK | Rotorcraft | Transport/air-sea rescue | 1964 | 1985 | Twin-engined | turboshaft helicopter |
| Westland | Whirlwind | UK | Propeller | Fighter | 1940 | 1943 | Twin-engined | piston monoplane |
| Westland | Whirlwind | UK | Rotorcraft | Air-sea rescue/transport | 1955 | 1977 | Single-engined | piston helicopter |
| Armstrong Whitworth | Whitley | 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 | UK | Propeller | Night fighter | 1924 | 1928 | Single-engined | piston biplane |
| Avro | York | 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 |

## Aircraft impressed into RAF service
### Military aircraft

Title :
| 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 | 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

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.

### Argentine aircraft

* FMA IA 58 Pucará, 11 aircraft were captured during the Falklands War. Six were taken back to the United Kingdom. Two are on display - one at the RAF Museum Cosford and one at the North East Aircraft Museum.

### German aircraft

* Arado Ar 96, Ar 196, Ar 232, Ar 234
* Blohm & Voss BV 138, BV 155, BV 222
* Brunswick LF-1 Zaunkonig
* Bücker Bü 131, Bü 180, Bü 181
* Dornier Do 17, Do 24, Do 217, Do 335
* DFS 228
* Fieseler Fi 103, Fi 156, Fl 282
* Focke-Achgelis Fa 223, Fa 330
* Focke-Wulf Fw 58, Fw 189, Fw 190, Ta 152, Fw 200
* Fokker D.VII
* Gotha Go 145, Go 150
* Halberstadt D.III
* Heinkel He 59, He 111, He 115, He 162, He 177, He 219
* Henschel Hs 129, Hs 130
* Horten Ho IV, Ho 229
* Junkers Ju 52/3m, Ju 87, Ju 88, Ju 188, Ju 290, Ju 352, Ju 388, W 34
* Klemm Kl 35
* Messerschmitt Bf 108, Bf 109, Bf 110, Me 163, Me 262, Me 323, Me 410
* Siebel Fh 104, Si 204

### Italian aircraft

* Caproni Ca.100, Ca.101, Ca.148, Ca 309, Ca.311
* Caproni-Campini CC.2
* Cant Z.501, Z.506
* Fiat CR.42, G.12, G.50, G.55
* Macchi MC.200, MC.202
* Saiman 200, 202
* Savoia-Marchetti SM.73, SM.79, SM.81, SM.82, SM.95

### Japanese aircraft

* Kawasaki Ki-48, Ki-61, Ki-100
* Kawanishi H6K
* Kyushu K9W
* Mitsubishi A6M, G4M, J2M, Ki-21, Ki-46, Ki-67
* Nakajima A6M2-N, L2D, Ki-43, Ki-44
* Yokosuka MXY8
* Tachikawa Ki-36, Ki-54, Ki-55

## Schneider Trophy seaplanes

Aircraft used by the Royal Air Force in support of its efforts in the Schneider Trophy races, and includes aircraft used solely as trainers.
* Fairey Flycatcher biplane floatplane
* Fairey Firefly IIM biplane floatplane
* Fairey Fleetwing biplane floatplane
* Gloster I 1925 & 1927 biplane floatplane
* Gloster III 1925 biplane floatplane
* Gloster IV 1926-1927 biplane floatplane
* Gloster VI Golden Arrow 1929 monoplane floatplane
* Short Crusader 1927 monoplane floatplane
* Supermarine S.5 1927 monoplane floatplane
* Supermarine S.6 1929 monoplane floatplane
* Supermarine S.6B 1931 monoplane floatplane

## Training gliders

The following Gliders are or were flown by RAF training squadrons:
* Slingsby Cadet TX.1 - Single-seat training glider
* Slingsby Cadet TX.2 - Single-seat training glider
* Slingsby Sedbergh TX.1 - Two-seat training glider
* Slingsby Prefect TX.1 - Single-seat training glider
* Slingsby Cadet TX.3 - Two-seat training glider
* Slingsby Grasshopper TX.1 - Primary Glider
* Slingsby T.45 Swallow - Single-seat Glider
* Slingsby T.53B
* Slingsby Venture T.2 - Two-seat self launching motor glider
* Elliotts Eton TX.1 - Primary glider
* Grob Viking TX.1 - German built training glider
* Grob Vigilant T.1 - German built self Launching motor glider (1991)
* Schempp-Hirth Janus C - German built training sailplane
* Schleicher Valiant TX.1 - German built sailplane
* Schleicher Vanguard TX.1 - German built training glider

## Airships and balloons

* List of British airships
* Barrage balloons

## UAVs and drones

* Airspeed Queen Wasp - target drone
* de Havilland Queen Bee - target drone
* Fairey Queen - target drone
* GAF Jindivik - Target drone
* General Atomics Reaper - ISTAR
* Meggitt Banshee
* Miles Queen Martinet
* Target Technology Ltd Imp