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British, Colonial, and Dominion Armed Forces
Aircraft
 
Designation Manufacturer Type Intro Built
To Air Forces
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 Bomber
Fighter (converted Blenheim I)		 1937 1,552
included (∼200)
Blenheim IV
Blenheim IVF		 Bristol Bomber
Fighter (converted Blenheim IV)		 1939 3280
included (∼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 I
RCAF: 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 62
RAAF: 8
RNZAF: 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 262
SAAF: ~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 21,342
RAF: 1477
FAA: 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 Powis
As 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 Powis
As 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 8,586
FAA: 300
RAF: ?
RAAF: 391
RNZAF: 299
RCAF: ?
SAAF: ?
Prefect
Avro 621		 Avro
Only 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 42
RAAF: 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 Blackburn
Also: Boeing of Canada		 Seaplane or Carrier Plane, Torpedo-Bomber 1935
RCAF: 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 2,391
Including 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 1932
RCAF: 1936		 795
RCAF: 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 1928
RCAF: 1935		 558
RCAF: 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
Intro indicates first year introduced. Built indicates total number built.
 
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