| H.P. 42 |
Handley Page |
Four-engine Biplane Passenger Transport |
1931 |
4 |
| Albacore |
Fairey |
Torpedo Bomber |
1940 |
800 |
| Albemarle |
Armstrong Whitworth |
Glider Tug |
1936 |
602 |
| Anson |
Avro |
Reconnaissance / Trainer |
1936 |
11,022 |
| Atlas |
Armstrong-Whitworth |
Army Cooperation Biplane |
1927 |
RCAF: 23 |
| Audax |
Hawker |
Army Cooperation |
1932 |
624 |
| Auster |
Taylorcraft England |
Liaison / Observation |
1942 |
1,630 |
| Avenger(British service TBF) |
Grumman (USA) |
Torpedo Bomber |
1943 |
1,630 |
| Baffin |
Blackburn Aircraft |
Biplane Torpedo Bomber |
1934 |
97 |
| Baltimore |
Martin (USA) |
Bomber |
1941 |
1,575 |
| Battle |
Fairey |
Bomber |
1937 |
2,419 |
| Beaufighter |
Bristol |
Fighter |
1942 |
5,918 |
| Beaufort |
Bristol |
Torpedo Bomber |
1940 |
2,080 |
| Blenheim I Blenheim IF |
Bristol |
BomberFighter (converted Blenheim I) |
1937 |
1,552included (∼200) |
| Blenheim IV Blenheim IVF |
Bristol |
BomberFighter (converted Blenheim IV) |
1939 |
3280included (∼60) |
| Blenheim V(initially Bisley) |
Bristol |
Bomber |
1941 |
942 |
| Bolingbroke(Canadian Blenheim) |
Fairchild Aircraft (Canada) |
Maritime Patrol Aircraft |
1939 |
676 |
| Bombay |
Bristol |
Bomber |
1939 |
51 |
| Boston(British service A-20) |
Douglas (USA) |
Bomber |
1941 |
7,385 |
| Botha |
Blackburn B.26 |
Recon/Torpedo Bomber |
1939 |
580 |
| Buffalo(British service F2A) |
Brewster (USA) |
Fighter |
1939 |
509 |
| Cadet |
Avro |
Trainer |
1935 |
105 |
| Catalina(British service PBY) |
Consolidated (USA) |
Flying Boat |
1939 |
4,051 (est.) |
| Canso(Canadian Catalina) |
Boeing of Canada |
Flying Boat |
1939 |
? |
| Dakota(British service C-47) |
Douglas DC-3 (USA) |
Transport |
1941 |
13,300 |
| Defiant |
Bulton & Paul |
Fighter |
1940 |
1,064 |
| Delta |
Canadian Vickers(Northrup license) |
Photo Reconnaissance Monoplane |
1936 |
RCAF: 2 Mk IRCAF: 17 Mk II |
| Demon |
Hawker |
Fighter |
1933 |
234 |
| Digby |
Douglas (USA) |
Bomber |
1939 |
RCAF: 20 |
| Dragon |
de Havilland DH.84 |
Bomber / Transport |
1933 |
202 |
| Dragonfly |
de Havilland DH.90 |
Liaison |
1937 |
66 |
| Dragon Rapide |
de Havilland DH.89 (known in the RAF as Dominie) |
Transport |
1934 |
727 |
| Express |
de Havilland DH.86 |
Passenger Transport and Medivac Biplane |
1934 |
62RAAF: 8RNZAF: 3 |
| Fairchild 71 |
Fairchild (Canada) |
Light Transport and Photography Monoplane |
1926 |
34 |
| Ford 5-AT-D |
Stout Metal Airplane Division (Ford Motor Company) |
High-wing Trimotor Transport |
1926 |
199 |
| Fortress(British service USAAF B-17) |
Boeing (USA) |
Bomber |
1938 |
12,731 |
| Fawn |
Fleet Aircraft (Canada) |
Primary Trainer Biplane |
1931 |
71 |
| Fulmar |
Fairey |
Fighter |
1940 |
600 |
| Fury |
Hawker |
Biplane Fighter |
1931 |
262SAAF: ~30 |
| Gauntlet |
Gloster |
Fighter |
1934 |
228 |
| Gladiator |
Gloster |
Fighter |
1936 |
747 |
| Goblin |
Canadian Car & Foundry(Grumman FF-1 license) |
Fighter |
1940 |
RCAF: 57 |
| Goose I & II |
Grumman (USA) |
flying boat |
1937 |
345 |
| Gypsy Moth |
de Havilland DH.60G |
? |
? |
707 |
| Halifax |
Handley Page |
Bomber / Transport / Glider Tug |
1944 |
6,176 |
| Hampden |
Handley Page |
Bomber |
1939 |
1,432 |
| Hamilcar |
General Aircraft |
Glider |
1942 |
412 |
| Hardy |
Hawker |
Army Cooperation |
1934 |
47 |
| Harrow |
Handley Page |
Bomber / Transport |
1935 |
100 |
| Hart |
Hawker |
Bomber |
1929 |
950 |
| Hartbees / Hartebeest |
Hawker (South Africa) |
Bomber |
1938 |
65 (?) |
| Harvard (British service USAAF AT-6) |
North American T-6 Texan (USA) Built under license by: Noordyn of Montreal, Canada; Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation (Australia) as Wirraway. |
Trainer |
1938 |
21,342RAF: 1477FAA: 564 |
| Hawk Moth |
de Havilland DH.75 |
? |
? |
8 |
| Hector |
Hawker |
Army Cooperation |
1937 |
178 |
| Hellcat(British Service USN F6F) |
Grumman (USA) |
Carrier Fighter |
1943 |
1,263 |
| Hereford |
Handley Page |
Fighter (never operational) |
1938 |
152 |
| Hind |
Hawker |
Bomber |
1934 |
? |
| Hornet Moth |
de Havilland DH.87 |
Liaison |
1935 |
1,965 |
| Horsa |
Airspeed |
Glider |
1942 |
3,655 |
| Hudson |
Lockheed (USA) |
Bomber / Recon |
1939 |
2,934 |
| Hurricane |
Hawker |
Fighter |
1937 |
14,533 |
| Kittyhawk(British service P-40) |
Curtis (USA)(Hawk 87) |
Fighter |
1941 |
? |
| Lancaster |
Avro |
Heavy Bomber |
1942 |
7,378 |
| Leopard Moth |
de Havilland |
Liaison |
? |
133 |
| Lerwick |
Saunders-Roe A.36 |
Flying Boat |
1939 |
21 |
| Liberator(British service B-24) |
Consolidated (USA) |
Bomber |
1940 |
19,256 |
| Lodestar |
Lockheed (USA) |
Transport |
1941 |
? |
| London |
Saunders-Roe |
Flying Boat |
1937 |
30 |
| Lysander |
Westland |
Army Cooperation / Liaison |
1938 |
1,652 |
| Magister |
Miles |
Basic Trainer |
1937 |
1,303 |
| Marauder(British Service B-26) |
Martin (USA) |
Bomber |
1941 |
4,863 |
| Martinet |
Phillips and PowisAs of 1943 became Miles Aircraft |
Target Tug Aircraft |
1942 |
1,724 |
| Martlett(Royal Navy service F4F) |
Gruman (USA) |
Fighter (redesignated Wildcat in 1944) |
1941 |
7,815 |
| Master |
Phillips and PowisAs of 1943 became Miles Aircraft |
Advanced Trainer |
1939 |
3,250 |
| Maryland |
Martin (USA) |
Bomber |
1939 |
255 |
| Monarch |
Miles Aircraft(6 requisitioned by RAF) |
Light Transport Monoplane |
1938 |
11 |
| Mosquito |
de Havilland DH.98 |
Fighter-Bomber / Recconaissance / Nightfighter |
1942 |
6,710 |
| Moth |
de Havilland DH 60 |
Biplane Trainer |
RCAF: 1934 |
RCAF: 91 |
| Moth Major |
de Havilland DH.60GIII |
Trainer |
? |
144 |
| Moth Minor |
de Havilland |
Trainer |
1937 |
73 |
| Mustang(British service P-51) |
North American (USA) |
Fighter |
1941 |
15,875 |
| Norseman |
Noorduyn (Canada) |
Transport |
1937 |
800 |
| Osprey |
Hawker |
Two-seat fleet spotter and reconnaissance aircraft |
1935 |
103 |
| Oxford |
Airspeed (4,960), License: De Havilland (1,515),License: Percival Aircraft (1,525),License: Standard Motor Group (750) |
Twin-engine aircraft aircrew trainer |
1938 |
8,586FAA: 300RAF: ? RAAF: 391RNZAF: 299RCAF: ?SAAF: ? |
| PrefectAvro 621 |
AvroOnly RAF and RNZAF used designation "Prefect" |
Multi-Purpose Aircraft |
1930 |
198 |
| Proctor |
Percival Aircraft |
Radio trainer/communications low-wing monoplane |
1939 |
1,143 |
| Queen Bee |
de Havilland |
Target Drone |
1935 |
380 |
| S.23, C-Class Empire |
Short (42 "C Class" Short Empire built: 31×S.23, 9×S.30 and 2×S.33)(The four RAAF aircraft were requisitioned from Quantas.) |
Flying Boat |
1936 |
42RAAF: 4 |
| S.26, G-Class |
Short (All 3 requisitioned in 1940 and modified to S.26/M standard.)(Turned over to BOAC 12.12.1941.) |
Flying Boat |
1939 |
3 |
| Scion |
Short (S-16)(3 were requisitioned by the RAF in 1940/41) |
high wing cantilever transport monoplane as a landplane or floatplane |
1933 |
5 |
| Scion II |
Short (S-16)(6 were built by Pobjoy Airmotors & Aircraft, owned by Short)(11 were requisitioned by the RAF in 1940/41) |
high wing cantilever transport monoplane as a landplane or floatplane |
1935 |
Short: 11 Pobjoy: 6 |
| Seafire |
Submarine |
Carrier Fighter |
1942 |
4,298 |
| Sea Gladiator |
Gloster |
Fighter |
1939 |
60 |
| Seagull |
Supermarine |
Amphibian Fleet Spotter |
1921 |
34 |
| Seal |
Fairey_(On 03.09.39 only four remained in service)_ |
Reconnaissance (could be fitted with floats) |
1930 |
91 |
| Shark |
BlackburnAlso: Boeing of Canada |
Seaplane or Carrier Plane, Torpedo-Bomber |
1935RCAF: 1936 |
270 |
| Singapore |
Short |
Flying Boat |
1935 |
40 |
| Spitfire |
Supermarine |
Fighter |
1938 |
20,351 |
| Stranraer |
Supermarine |
Flying Boat |
1936 |
58 |
| Stirling |
Short |
Bomber / Glider Tug |
1940 |
2375 |
| Sunderland |
Short |
Flying Boat |
1938 |
749 |
| Swordfish |
Fairey (692)Blackburn (1699) |
Torpedo / Bomber |
1936 |
2,391Including Canada: 105 and Australia: 6 |
| Tempest |
Hawker |
Trainer |
1944 |
1,418 |
| Tiger Moth |
de Haviland DH 82A |
Trainer |
1932 |
828 |
| Tomahawk(British service P-40) |
Curtis (USA)(Hawk 81) |
Fighter |
1941 |
? |
| Tutor |
Avro 621 |
Trainer |
1932RCAF: 1936 |
795RCAF: 6 |
| Typhoon |
Hawker |
Fighter / Bomber |
1941 |
3,332 |
| Valentia |
Vickers |
Transport |
1934 |
82 |
| Ventura GRI(British service USAAF B-34 Lexington,USN PV-1 Ventura |
Lockheed (USA) |
Sea Patrol Aircraft |
1941 |
387 |
| Vildebeest / Wildebeest |
Vickers |
Bomber / Torpedo |
1934 |
209 |
| Vincent |
Vickers |
Bomber / Recon |
1934 |
197 |
| Walrus |
Supermarine |
Amphibian) |
1938 |
740 |
| Wapiti |
Westland |
Army Cooperation |
1928RCAF: 1935 |
558RCAF: 25 |
| Wellesley |
Vichers |
Bomber |
1937 |
177 |
| Wellington |
Vickers |
Bomber |
1937 |
11,461 |
| Whirlwind |
Westland |
Twin-engined Heavy Fighter |
1940 |
116 |
| Whitley |
Armstrong-Whitworth |
Bomber |
1939 |
? |
| Whitney Straight |
Miles |
Liaison |
? |
50 |
| Wildcat(British service F4F) |
Gruman (USA) |
Fighter (designated Martlet by FAA until 1944) |
1940 |
1,172 |
| Wirraway |
Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation (Australia)(North American license). See Harvard. |
Fighter / Trainer |
1939 |
755 |
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