List of aircraft of the United Kingdom in World War II
Here is a list of aircraft used by the British Royal Air Force, Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm, Army Air Corps and British Overseas Airways Corporation during the Second World War.
Fighters and fighter-bombers
- Bell Airacobra — briefly used by one squadron
- Blackburn Roc — naval turret fighterboomting
- Blackburn Skua — naval fighter/dive bomber
- Boulton Paul Defiant — turret fighter/night fighter
- Brewster Buffalo
- Bristol Beaufighter — strike fighter
- Bristol Blenheim — night fighter
- Curtiss Kittyhawk and Tomahawk
- de Havilland Mosquito — night fighter & fighter-bomber
- de Havilland Vampire — prototype jet fighter
- Douglas Havoc — night fighter
- Fairey Fulmar — fleet fighter
- Fairey Firefly — fleet fighter
- Gloster Gladiator
- Gloster Meteor — jet fighter
- Gloster Sea Gladiator
- Grumman Martlet/Wildcat
- Grumman Hellcat
- Hawker Hurricane — fighter/fighter-bomber
- Hawker Sea Hurricane
- Hawker Tempest
- Hawker Typhoon — fighter/fighter-bomber
- Lockheed Lightning — twin engine fighter
- North American Mustang
- Republic Thunderbolt
- Supermarine Spitfire
- Supermarine Seafire
- Vought Corsair
- Westland Whirlwind — twin engine fighter
- Westland Welkin — high altitude fighter
Torpedo bombers, dive bombers and army cooperation
- Avro Rota — Army cooperation autogyro
- Blackburn Skua — naval fighter/dive bomber
- Brewster Buccaneer — dive bomber
- Fairey Albacore — torpedo/dive bomber
- Fairey Barracuda — dive bomber
- Fairey Swordfish — torpedo bomber
- Grumman Tarpon/Avenger — torpedo bomber
- Hawker Audax — Army cooperation biplane
- Hawker Hardy — General purpose biplane
- Hawker Hector — Army cooperation biplane
- Hawker Hind — light bomber
- Vickers Vildebeest — torpedo bomber
- Vought Chesapeake — dive bomber
- Vultee Vengeance — dive bomber
- Westland Wapiti — general purpose biplane
Level bombers
- Armstrong Whitworth Whitley
- Avro Manchester
- Avro Lancaster
- Boeing Fortress
- Bristol Beaufort
- Bristol Blenheim & Bisley
- Bristol Bombay
- Douglas Boston
- Fairey Battle
- Fairey Gordon
- Handley Page Halifax
- Handley Page Hampden & Hereford
- Lockheed Hudson
- Lockheed Ventura
- Martin Maryland
- Martin Marauder
- Martin Baltimore
- North American Mitchell
- Short Stirling
- Vickers Type 264 Valentia
- Vickers Vincent
- Vickers Warwick
- Vickers Wellesley
- Vickers Wellington
Maritime patrol and coastal reconnaissance
- Armstrong Whitworth Whitley
- Avro Anson
- Boeing Fortress
- Blackburn Botha
- Bristol Beaufort
- Consolidated Catalina
- Consolidated Liberator
- Fairey Seal Obselete by 1943
- Fairey Seafox floatplane
- Fokker T.VIII floatplane
- Handley Page Hampden
- Lockheed Hudson
- Lockheed Ventura
- Martin Mariner
- Martin Maryland
- Saro London
- Saro Lerwick
- Short Empire
- Short Seaford
- Short Singapore
- Short Sunderland
- Supermarine Walrus
- Supermarine Sea Otter
- Supermarine Stranraer
- Vickers Warwick
- Vickers Wellington
- Vought Kingfisher
- Westland Lysander
Photo reconnaissance
- Bristol Blenheim
- de Havilland Mosquito
- Lockheed Hudson
- North American Mustang
- Supermarine Spitfire
Trainers and target tugs
- Airspeed Oxford — bomber trainer
- Avro Anson — navigation and bomber trainer
- Blackburn B-2
- Boulton & Paul Overstrand — obsolete bomber used as gunnery trainer
- Curtiss Cleveland — ground instructional training
- de Havilland Tiger Moth — primary trainer
- de Havilland Dominie — radio trainer
- de Havilland Don — radio trainer
- Fairey Gordon — obsolete bomber used as trainer and target tug
- General Aircraft Cygnet — tricycle undercarriage trainer
- General Aircraft Owlet — tricycle undercarriage trainer
- Handley Page Heyford — obsolete bomber used as trainer
- Hawker Demon — obsolete fighter used as trainer
- Hawker Hart — obsolete bomber used as trainer and target tug
- Hawker Henley — target tug
- Hawker Osprey — obsolete fighter used as trainer
- Miles Magister — primary trainer
- Miles Martinet
- Miles Master — target tug
- North American Harvard — advanced trainer
- Percival Proctor — radio trainer
- Sikorsky Hoverfly — helicopter
- Vickers Wellington — bomber trainer
- Westland Lysander — target tug
- Westland Wallace — target tug
Transport and communications
| Model name | Introduction | Retired | Build | Operator |
| Airspeed Envoy | 1934 | 1952 | 52 | Royal Air Force |
| Airspeed Courier | 1933 | 1947 | 16 | Royal Air Force |
| Armstrong Whitworth Albemarle | 1940 | 1945 | 602 | Royal Air Force |
| Armstrong Whitworth Ensign | 1938 | 1946 | 14 | BOAC |
| Armstrong Whitworth Whitley | 1937 | 1945 | 1814 | Royal Air Force |
| Avro Lancastrian | 1945 | 1960 | 91 | BOAC |
| Avro York | 1944 | 1964 | 259 | Royal Air Force |
| Beechcraft Expeditor | 1937 | unk. | 9000 | Royal Air Force, Royal Navy |
| Boeing Clipper | 1939 | 1946 | 3 | BOAC |
| Bristol Bombay | 1939 | 1944 | 51 | Royal Air Force |
| Bristol Buckingham | 1943 | 1945 | 119 | Royal Air Force |
| Consolidated PB2Y Coronado | 1937 | 1946 | 10 | Royal Air Force |
| Consolidated B-24 Liberator | 1943 | 1945 | 200 | Royal Air Force |
| de Havilland Albatross | 1938 | 1943 | 7 | Imperial Airways, BOAC, Royal Air Force |
| de Havilland Express | 1934 | 1941 | 62 | Royal Air Force, Royal Navy |
| de Havilland Dragon Rapide | 1934 | 1958 | 731 | Royal Air Force, Royal Navy |
| de Havilland Dragonfly | 1936 | 1945 | 67 | Royal Air Force |
| de Havilland Flamingo | 1939 | 1950 | 14 | Royal Air Force, Royal Navy, BOAC |
| de Havilland Hornet Moth | 1934 | unk. | 164 | Royal Air Force |
| de Havilland Leopard Moth | 1933 | unk. | 133 | Royal Air Force |
| de Havilland Mosquito | 1941 | 1963 | 7781 | BOAC |
| de Havilland Moth Minor | 1937 | unk. | 140 | Royal Air Force, Royal Navy |
| de Havilland Puss Moth | 1930 | unk. | 140 | Royal Air Force |
| Douglas Dakota | 1942 | unk. | 1900+ | Royal Air Force, BOAC |
| Douglas C-54 Skymaster | 1942 | 1975 | 22 | Royal Air Force |
| Fairchild Argus | 1932 | 1948 | 831 | Royal Air Force |
| Foster Wikner Warferry | 1936 | unk. | 10 | Royal Air Force |
| Grumman G-21 Goose | 1935 | unk. | 49 | Royal Air Force, Royal Navy |
| Grumman Gosling | 1940 | unk. | 15 | Royal Air Force, Royal Navy |
| Handley Page Halifax | 1940 | 1961 | 6176 | Royal Air Force |
| Handley Page H.P.42 | 1931 | 1940 | 4 | Royal Air Force |
| Handley Page H.P.54 Harrow | 1937 | 1945 | 100 | Royal Air Force |
| Hawker Hardy | 1934 | 1941 | 8 | Royal Air Force |
| Heston Phoenix | 1936 | 1952 | 6 | Royal Air Force |
| Percival Petrel | 1938 | 1947 | 27 | Royal Air Force |
| Percival Proctor | 1939 | 1955 | 1147 | Royal Air Force |
| Percival Vega Gull | 1935 | 1945 | 90 | Royal Air Force |
| Lockheed Lodestar | 1940 | unk. | 625 | Royal Air Force, BOAC |
| Miles Mentor | 1938 | 1950 | 45 | Royal Air Force |
| Miles Mercury | 1941 | 1946 | 6 | Royal Air Force |
| Miles Messenger | 1942 | unk. | 21 | Royal Air Force |
| Short Hythe | 1942 | 1946 | 29 | BOAC |
| Short S.26 G-Class Empire | 1939 | 1947 | 3 | Royal Air Force, BOAC |
| Short Stirling | 1941 | 1946 | 2371 | Royal Air Force |
| Short Scylla | 1934 | 1940 | 2 | BOAC |
| Sikorsky Hoverfly | 1945 | 1946 | 52 | Royal Air Force |
| Stinson Reliant | 1937 | 1943 | 500 | Royal Air Force, Royal Navy |
| Stinson L-5 Sentinel | 1942 | 1945 | 100 | Royal Air Force |
| Stinson L-1 Vigilant | 1941 | unk. | 30-71 | Royal Air Force, Royal Navy |
| Taylorcraft Auster | 1942 | 1965 | 1630 | Royal Air Force |
| Vickers Type 264 Valentia | 1934 | 1944 | 82 | Royal Air Force |
| Vickers Warwick | 1939 | 1945 | 842 | Royal Air Force |
| Westland Lysander | 1938 | 1946 | 1786 | Royal Air Force |
Experimental and other
- Folland Fo.108 engine testbed
- General Aircraft GAL.56 tailless swept wing glider
- Gloster Gauntlet obsolete fighter used for meteorological flights
Gliders
- Airspeed Horsa
- General Aircraft Hamilcar
- General Aircraft Hotspur — training glider
- Slingsby Hengist
- Waco Hadrian