List of United Kingdom Aircraft in World War II

Aircraft Active Image
United Kingdom Fighters Aircraft in WW II
Gloster Gauntlet 1935-1943
Finnish Gauntlet
Gloster Gladiator 1937-1945
Gloster Gladiator.jpg
Supermarine Spitfire 1938-1961
Ray Flying Legends 2005-1.jpg
Hawker Hurricane 1937-1945
Hurricane mk1 r4118 fairford arp.jpg
Hawker Typhoon
mainly used as fighter-bomber
1941-1945
Hawker Typhoon 3 ExCC.jpg
Hawker Tempest 1944-
Hawker Tempest II.jpg
Fairey Fulmar
Naval fighter
1940-1945
Fairey Fulmar Mk I (M4062).jpg
Fairey Firefly
Naval fighter
1943-1956
Fairey Firefly.jpg
Boulton Paul Defiant
Fighter then target tug
1939-1945
Mk1 Defiant.jpg
Bristol Beaufighter
also used as torpedo bomber
1940-1960 (RAAF)
Bristol Type 156 Beaufighter ExCC.jpg
Westland Whirlwind 1938-1943
Westland whirlwind.jpg
de Havilland Vampire 1945-1979
Dh115.vampire.t11.june2004.arp.jpg
Gloster Meteor 1944-1980[1]
Stauning-2004-02.jpg
United Kingdom Ground attack Aircraft
Blackburn Firebrand
also fighter and torpedo bomber
1943-1953
Blackburn TF Mk. IV.jpg
Blackburn Skua 1938-1945
Blackburn Skua L2923.png
United Kingdom Light bombers
Fairey Battle 1937-1949
Fairey Battle.jpg
Vickers Wellesley 1937-1944
Vickers Wellesley.jpg
United Kingdom Medium bombers
Armstrong Whitworth Whitley 1937-1944
Armstrong Whitworth Whitley.jpg
Handley Page Hampden
later used as torpedo bomber and maritime patrol
1938-1945
Handley Page Hampden in the air.jpg
Vickers Wellington 1938-1953
Vickers Wellington.jpg
United Kingdom Heavy bombers
Avro Manchester 1940-1942
Avro Manchester ExCC.jpg
Handley Page Halifax 1940-1946
Halifax-mk3.jpg
Avro Lancaster 1942-1963
Avro Lancaster B I PA474.jpg
Short Stirling 1941-1946
Short Stirling bomber N6101.jpg
Handley Page H.P.54 Harrow 1937-1945
HP Harrow ExCC.jpg
United Kingdom Torpedo bombers
Bristol Beaufort
also used for minelaying and as a bomber
1939-1944
Beaufort b.jpg
Fairey Barracuda
also used as divebomber
1943-1945
Fairey Barracuda Mk I.jpg
Fairey Albacore 1940-1944
Fairey Albacore.jpg
Fairey Swordfish 1936-1945
Fairey Swordfish on Airfield.jpg
Maritime patrol and reconnaissance
Short Singapore 1935-1941
CH 002556.jpg
Supermarine Stranraer 1937-1941
Supermarine Stranraer 3 ExCC.jpg
Saro London 1934-1941
Saro London 01.jpg
Saro Lerwick 1940-1941
Saro Lerwick takeoff.jpg
Short Sunderland 1938-1967
Short Sunderland.jpg
Bristol Fairchild Bolingbroke 1939-1945
Bristol Type 142M Bolingbroke ExCC.jpg
Vickers Warwick 1940-1945
Vickers Warwick B ASR Mk1 - BV285.jpg
Supermarine Walrus
and Air Sea Rescue
1935-1944
Supermarine Walrus.jpg
Supermarine Sea Otter 1943-
A prototype Supermarine Sea Otter.jpg
United Kingdom Multi-role Aircraft
de Havilland Mosquito
Bomber and fighter
1941-1956
Mosquito 600pix.jpg
Bristol Blenheim
Bomber and fighter
1937-1944
RAFBristolBlenheimWWIIColour.jpg
Blackburn Roc
Dive bomber and fighter
1939-1943
Blackburn Roc.png
Avro Anson
initially maritime reconnaissance then training
1936-1968
Anson C.19 Manchester 1955.jpg
Westland Lysander
Army cooperation, then Special Duties
1938-1946
Westland Lysander-B-MA.jpg
United Kingdom Transport Aircraft
Bristol Bombay 1939-1944
Bristol Bombay.jpg
Armstrong Whitworth Albemarle

Initially designed as medium bomber

1940-1945
ARMSTRONG WHITWORTH AW.41 ALBEMARLE CH 012048.jpg
Avro York 1944-1964
Avro York.jpg
United Kingdom Gliders Aircraft
General Aircraft Hamilcar 1942-1947
Hamilcar landing.jpg
Airspeed Horsa 1941-1948
Airspeed Horsa.jpg
General Aircraft Hotspur 1940-1945
Hotspur Mk IIs in flight.jpg