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Notes: Terminology relating to historic types.

Date: February 2021 504 DH6 USE 504 UF Dh6 SN Originally designed as a trainer but relegated to AIR SEA RESCUE use by the RNAS in a Maritime Reconnaissance SN An aircraft engaged in rescuing persons in and anti- role when the danger at sea. became the standard trainer. CL AIRCRAFT TYPE CL AIRCRAFT TYPE BT AIRCRAFT BT RECONNAISSANCE AIRCO AIRCO SN Aircraft Manufacturing Co., Ltd. Established in 1912 by Mr G. Holt Thomas. In 1914 secured the AIRCO DH9 services of Capt. Geoffrey as UF Dh9 designer-in-chief, who went on to lend his initials SN Developed from the DH4, featured the pilot and to a number of highly successful machines. gunner cockpits in closer proximity, but suffered CL AIRCRAFT TYPE from engine reliability problems. Also known as BT AIRCRAFT the Ninak, saw service from 1918 to 1931. NT AIRCO DH1 CL AIRCRAFT TYPE AIRCO DH2 BT BIPLANE AIRCO DH4 AIRCO AIRCO DH5 AIRCO DH6 AIRCO DH9 AIRCRAFT SN Aircraft grouped according to their physical form. AIRCO DH1 CL AIRCRAFT TYPE UF Dh1 NT SN A single-seat, pusher prop, escort and patrol- BIPLANE fighter. Used in the UK in a Home Defence role FLYING BOMB until superseded in 1917. CL AIRCRAFT TYPE LIGHT AIRCRAFT BT BIPLANE AIRCO FIGHTER AIRCO DH2 AIRCRAFT UF Dh2 SN Aircraft grouped according to their function. SN A single-seat fighter which began service with CL AIRCRAFT TYPE the RFC's fighter squadron in 1916. Some short- NT AIR SEA RESCUE term success in dealing with new Fokkers but ARMY COOPERATION was withdrawn from service in mid-1917. BOMBER CL AIRCRAFT TYPE COMMUNICATIONS BT BIPLANE FIGHTER AIRCO MINELAYER FIGHTER RECONNAISSANCE AIRCO DH4 TARGET TEST AIRCRAFT UF Dh4 TRAINER SN A two-seat, single-engine bomber. Fast, versatile TRANSPORTER and well armed, but with a fuel tank poorly placed TUG between pilot and gunner, was considered to be the best day bomber of the First World War. Later AIRCRAFT entered civil service. SN Aircraft grouped according to their manufacturer. CL AIRCRAFT TYPE CL AIRCRAFT TYPE BT BIPLANE NT AIRCO AIRCO AIRSPEED BOMBER ARADO AIRCO DH5 AVRO UF Dh5 BEECH SN The DH5 was an attempt to give a tractor-type BELL fighter a good forward view. However it BLACKBURN suffered from unpleasant flying characteristics BLERIOT and, as a result, had a short service career. CL AIRCRAFT TYPE BOULTON PAUL BT BIPLANE BREWSTER AIRCO FIGHTER CESSNA CHANCE VOUGHT

2 CONSOLIDATED VULTEE function and manufacturer. CURTISS CL AIRCRAFT TYPE DE HAVILLAND NT AIRCRAFT DORNIER AIRCRAFT DOUGLAS AIRCRAFT AIRCRAFT MARK FAIREY AIRSHIP FARMAN FELIXSTOWE SN An aircraft lifted by gas bags, containing FIESELER hydrogen or helium, but propelled by engines. FOCKE WULF Also known as a dirigible balloon, firm and FOKKER streamlined in shape and incapable of high FOLLAND speeds. Used extensively during World War One. GENERAL AIRCRAFT CL AIRCRAFT TYPE GLOSTER BT AIRCRAFT NT AIRSPEED HAWKER SN Airspeed (1934) Ltd. registered in 1934 when HEINKEL associated with shipbuilders Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson Ltd.. Acquired by de LOCKHEED Havilland in 1940, maintaining own identity and MARTIN changing name to Airspeed Ltd. in 1944. MCDONNELL DOUGLAS CL AIRCRAFT TYPE MESSERSCHMITT BT AIRCRAFT MILES NT COURIER HORSA OXFORD NORTH AMERICAN ALBACORE PERCIVAL SN A biplane -bomber designed to be flown REPUBLIC from aircraft carriers. Equipped with foldable SAUNDERS ROE for ease of storage. Joined SHORT service in 1940, intended as a replacement for SOPWITH the Swordfish. STINSON CL AIRCRAFT TYPE ARMSTRONGS BT WACO BIPLANE WESTLAND FAIREY AIRCRAFT MARK ALBEMARLE SN Used to identify the variations of an aircraft. SN Originally designed as a wood and steel bomber- Index with Manufacturer, Form and Function. , subsequent variations CL AIRCRAFT TYPE served as special transports, glider tugs and NT MKI paratroop carriers. Featured a tricycle-style MKIC undercarriage. MKIF CL AIRCRAFT TYPE MKII BT RECONNAISSANCE MKIIA ARMSTRONG WHITWORTH MKIIB MONOPLANE MKIIC BOMBER MKIII MKIIIA ALDERSHOT MKIV SN A single-engine, heavy, long range, three to five- MKV crew day bomber. Served only with 99 Squadron MKVB RAF, 1924-5. MKVI CL AIRCRAFT TYPE MKVIC BT BIPLANE MKVII AVRO MKVIII BOMBER MKX MKXI ANSON MKXII SN Twin-engined monoplane originally designed as a MKXIV reconnaissance aircraft, but also widely used as MKXVI a trainer. Entered RAF service in 1936. AIRCRAFT TYPE CL AIRCRAFT TYPE BT RECONNAISSANCE SN Types of aircraft to aid the recording of aircraft MONOPLANE remains and crash sites, listing aircraft by form,

3 AVRO PUSS MOTH TRAINER AT7 AR 196 SN A twin engine advanced trainer developed by SN Single engine, two-crew shipboard Beech/ , a US firm, used in WWII reconnaissance and patrol seaplane. Entered CL AIRCRAFT TYPE service in 1939, this was the last combat BT MONOPLANE floatplane built in Europe. TRAINER CL AIRCRAFT TYPE BEECH BT RECONNAISSANCE FLOATPLANE AT8 MONOPLANE SN A twin engined advanced ARADO developed for the by the US firm of ARADO Cessna CL AIRCRAFT TYPE SN Arado Flugzeugwerke. Formed in 1931 in BT MONOPLANE when the aircraft manufacturer TRAINER Albatros Flugzeugwerke was declared bankrupt CESSNA and part of it merged with Arado Handells- Gessellschaft. ATLAS CL AIRCRAFT TYPE SN A two-seat, general purpose biplane. The first to BT AIRCRAFT be designed specifically for an Army Co- NT AR 196 operation role, it entered service in late 1927. ARMSTRONG WHITWORTH Ended its service as a communications and advanced trainer aircraft. SN Sir W. G. Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft, Ltd. CL AIRCRAFT TYPE formed in 1921. Controlled by the Armstrong BT ARMSTRONG WHITWORTH Siddeley Development Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of BIPLANE the Aircraft Co., Ltd. from 1935. Pioneers in the development of all-metal aircraft. ATTACKER CL AIRCRAFT TYPE SN Single-seat carrierborne jet fighter. Originally BT AIRCRAFT conceived as an RAF land-fighter, entered Fleet NT ALBEMARLE Air Arm service in 1951 and was the first jet ARMSTRONG WHITWORTH FK3 fighter to be standardised in first-line squadrons. ARMSTRONG WHITWORTH FK8 CL AIRCRAFT TYPE ATLAS BT SISKIN MONOPLANE WHITLEY FIGHTER ARMSTRONG WHITWORTH FK3 AUDAX UF Fk3 SN A British two-seater army co-operation aircraft SN A two-seat, reconnaissance biplane developed manufactured by for the Royal from the FK2 with a more powerful, but heavier, . A Hart variant biplane that first flew in engine. Primarily used for training in the UK. 1931, becoming a prominent British aircraft in the CL AIRCRAFT TYPE inter-war period with over 700 units built. BT RECONNAISSANCE CL AIRCRAFT TYPE ARMSTRONG WHITWORTH BT HAWKER BIPLANE ARMY COOPERATION TRAINER BIPLANE ARMSTRONG WHITWORTH FK8 AVRO UF Fk8 SN A. V. Roe & Co., Ltd. formed in 1909. A SN Single-engine, two-seat tractor bomber and subsidiary of the Hawker Siddeley Aircraft Co., reconnaissance aircraft. Entered service in 1916 Ltd. from 1935, having formerly been a member and, during 1917 and 1918, equipped nine RFC of the Siddeley group. Produced such notable squadrons in its reconnaissance role. aircraft as the Lancaster, the York and the CL AIRCRAFT TYPE Anson. BT RECONNAISSANCE CL AIRCRAFT TYPE ARMSTRONG WHITWORTH BT AIRCRAFT BIPLANE NT ALDERSHOT BOMBER ANSON ARMY COOPERATION AVRO 504 BISON SN An aircraft used in the assistance of ground- LANCASTER based military operations. LINCOLN CL AIRCRAFT TYPE BT AIRCRAFT TUTOR NT AUDAX HECTOR

4 YORK BARRACUDA AVRO 504 SN British multi-purpose, single-engined monoplane UF 504 that served as a torpedo-bomber, dive-bomber, SN An important two-seat, tractor biplane, initially reconnaissance aircraft and in other roles. used by the RFC in a reconnaissance role and by Equipped with folding wings for use aboard the RNAS as a bomber. Later converted to a aircraft carriers. single-seat Home Defence fighter and ultimately CL AIRCRAFT TYPE used as a trainer. BT MONOPLANE CL AIRCRAFT TYPE FAIREY BT BIPLANE AVRO BATTLE B17 FLYING FORTRESS SN British three-seat, single-engine . All metal in construction, this monoplane had a 1000 UF Flying Fortress lb bomb load. SN American, four-engined, medium/heavy day CL AIRCRAFT TYPE bomber. Entered service in 1937. The prototype BT MONOPLANE was nicknamed the Flying Fortress, which later LIGHT BOMBER became a registered trademark. FAIREY CL AIRCRAFT TYPE BT BOEING BEAUFIGHTER MONOPLANE SN British two-seat, twin-engined . Also used for roles such as long-range , B24 LIBERATOR ground-attack and anti-shipping strike aircraft, bomber, torpedo-carrier and rocket fighter. UF Liberator CL AIRCRAFT TYPE SN American, four-engined, long range, BT MONOPLANE medium/heavy day bomber. Produced in greater NIGHTFIGHTER numbers than any other American aircraft during BRISTOL the war. CL AIRCRAFT TYPE BEAUFORT BT MONOPLANE SN Twin-engined, four-seat torpedo-bomber HEAVY BOMBER designed to replace the Vildebeest. Entered CONSOLIDATED VULTEE service with RAF Coastal Command in 1939. RT PB4Y LIBERATOR Later versions incorporated a remote-controlled B25 MITCHELL with periscope sight. CL AIRCRAFT TYPE SN American twin-engined and BT TORPEDO BOMBER ground- that entered service in MONOPLANE 1941. A small number were delivered to the RAF BRISTOL under the British designation Mitchell I. CL AIRCRAFT TYPE BEECH BT NORTH AMERICAN UF Beechcraft MEDIUM BOMBER SN Beech Aircraft Corporation, also known as MONOPLANE Beechcraft, established 1932 B26 MARAUDER CL AIRCRAFT TYPE BT AIRCRAFT SN American twin-engined medium bomber. Entered NT AT7 service with the US 22nd Bombardment Group at Langley Field in February 1941. Also served with Beechcraft the 14th and 39th RAF squadrons. USE BEECH CL AIRCRAFT TYPE BT MARTIN BELL MEDIUM BOMBER SN Formed in 1935 by Lawrence D. Bell, Ray P. MONOPLANE Whitman and Robert J. Woods, who left the B29 SUPERFORTRESS Consolidated Aircraft Corporation when it moved its factory from Buffalo to San Diego. Sub- UF Superfortress contracted work before its first original design, SN American, four-engine, long range, heavy the XFM-1, in 1937. . Entered service in 1943 and CL AIRCRAFT TYPE used exclusively against Japanese forces. The BT AIRCRAFT B29s Enola Gay and Bock's Car were used to NT P39 AIRACOBRA drop atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945. BERMUDA CL AIRCRAFT TYPE UF Sb2a Buccaneer BT BOEING SN Originally ordered as land based dive-, MONOPLANE with 950 being delivered to the RAF, none are HEAVY BOMBER known to have flown operationally, instead RT F13 SUPERFORTRESS apparently serving as target tugs. Bermuda was

5 the name given to the Brewster SB2A Buccaneer RAF before passing to the Fleet Air Arm. in RAF service. Produced in two variants. CL AIRCRAFT TYPE CL AIRCRAFT TYPE BT TARGET TUG BT RECONNAISSANCE MONOPLANE BIPLANE BREWSTER AVRO Bf109 BLACKBURN USE ME109 SN , Ltd., founded by Robert Blackburn, who produced his first aircraft in Bf110 1910. Specialised in the production of torpedo- USE ME110 carrying aircraft. BIPLANE CL AIRCRAFT TYPE BT AIRCRAFT SN An aeroplane with two wings, or planes, placed NT BOTHA one above the other either side of the . FIREBRAND CL AIRCRAFT TYPE IRIS BT AIRCRAFT ROC NT AIRCO DH1 SHARK AIRCO DH2 SKUA AIRCO DH4 AIRCO DH5 BLENHEIM AIRCO DH6 SN British twin-engined light/medium bomber AIRCO DH9 developed from the model 142 civil transport. ALBACORE Noted for its speed, this three-crew monoplane ALDERSHOT had an all-metal, stressed skin structure and a ARMSTRONG WHITWORTH FK3 1000lb bomb load. ARMSTRONG WHITWORTH FK8 CL AIRCRAFT TYPE ATLAS BT MEDIUM BOMBER AUDAX MONOPLANE AVRO 504 BRISTOL BISON BLERIOT 155 BLERIOT BRISTOL F2B UF Bleriot Aeronautique BULLDOG SN A French aircraft manufacturer founded by Louis CAMEL Bleriot and Gabriel , both aviators and DE HAVILLAND DH18B inventors, in 1903, dissolved in 1906. After World RAPIDE War I Bleriot founded Bleriot Aeronautique F60 GOLIATH developing commercial aircraft. FAWN CL AIRCRAFT TYPE FELIXSTOWE F5 BT AIRCRAFT GLADIATOR NT BLERIOT 155 GLOSTER II BLERIOT 155 GOTHA GV GREBE SN A French produced in 1925. A four- HE59 engined biplane developed from the Bleriot 115 HECTOR and 135 but larger than these. Two were built for IRIS Air Union (the - route). Both crashed NIEUPORT NID 30 with fatalaties in 1926 (Kent). QUEEN BEE CL AIRCRAFT TYPE SEAL BT BIPLANE SHARK BLERIOT SISKIN TRANSPORTER SNIPE Bleriot Aeronautique STRANRAER USE BLERIOT SWORDFISH BOEING TIGER MOTH SN The Boeing Aircraft Company, established 1916. TUTOR A subsidiary of The Boeing Company. V1500 Notable aircraft produced include the B17 Flying VIMY Fortress and the B29 Superfortress. VIRGINIA CL AIRCRAFT TYPE W10 BT AIRCRAFT WALRUS NT B17 FLYING FORTRESS BISON B29 SUPERFORTRESS SN A biplane, reconnaissance aircraft with a crew F13 SUPERFORTRESS of 3 or 4 which equipped 3 and 22 squadrons BOMBER

6 SN A large, powerful aircraft, usually with two or BUFFALO more engines, designed to carry a payload of BRISTOL bombs. CL AIRCRAFT TYPE SN The Bristol Aeroplane Co., Ltd.. Founded in 1910 BT AIRCRAFT by Sir George White, a pioneer of electric NT AIRCO DH4 tramways. The company had previously been AIRCO DH9 The British and Colonial Aeroplane Co., Ltd.. ALBEMARLE CL AIRCRAFT TYPE ALDERSHOT BT AIRCRAFT ARMSTRONG WHITWORTH FK8 NT BEAUFIGHTER BOSTON BEAUFORT DO17 BLENHEIM DO217 BRISTOL F2B FIGHTER BOMBER BULLDOG FW200 BRISTOL F2B GORDON UF F2b HEAVY BOMBER SN Highly successful, two-seat, biplane fighter and HUDSON reconnaissance aircraft with both forward and JU87 rear facing guns. Designed to replace the BE2, it LIGHT BOMBER entered service with the RFC in mid-1917 and MEDIUM BOMBER remained in service until 1932. TORPEDO BOMBER VENTURA CL AIRCRAFT TYPE VIRGINIA BT RECONNAISSANCE VULCAN BIPLANE BRISTOL BOSTON FIGHTER SN American A-20 twin-engined, light, day bomber. BUFFALO Some supplied to the RAF and known as the Boston I. Subsequent variations adapted to night SN American, all-metal-construction, fighter. Entered flying and re-christened the Havoc. service in 1941. 209 were delivered to RAF/FAA, CL AIRCRAFT TYPE most of which were used in the Far East. BT DOUGLAS CL AIRCRAFT TYPE MONOPLANE BT MONOPLANE BOMBER BREWSTER RT HAVOC FIGHTER BOTHA BULLDOG SN Four-crew, twin-engined monoplane designed as SN A single-seat, biplane fighter. One of the last a torpedo-bomber and reconnaissance aircraft open cockpit types to see widespread service for RAF Coastal Command. Withdrawn from with the RAF, equipping 10 squadrons and, at operations in November 1940 and downgraded to one point, 70% of the Home Defence fighter a trainer. force. CL AIRCRAFT TYPE CL AIRCRAFT TYPE BT TORPEDO BOMBER BT BIPLANE RECONNAISSANCE BRISTOL BLACKBURN FIGHTER MONOPLANE C47 Skytrain TRAINER USE DAKOTA BOULTON PAUL C53 Skytrooper SN , Ltd., formed in 1934 to take USE DAKOTA over the Aircraft Department of Boulton & Paul, Ltd. CAMEL CL AIRCRAFT TYPE SN Single-seat, single-engine fighter biplane BT AIRCRAFT renowned for its high performance and NT DEFIANT manoeuvrability. Entered service in 1917. BREWSTER CL AIRCRAFT TYPE BT BIPLANE SN The Brewster Aeronautical Corporation was SOPWITH founded in 1932, taking over the plant, equipment, FIGHTER designs and goodwill of Brewster & Co., Inc.'s RT SNIPE aircraft division. Initially manufacturing seaplane components, later designed and produced CATALINA complete aircraft. SN American-built, twin-engined flying-boat designed CL AIRCRAFT TYPE for maritime patrol and reconnaissance. Entered BT AIRCRAFT US Naval service in 1936 as the PBY-1; NT BERMUDA christened the Catalina by the RAF, who used it

7 from 1939 on. CORSAIR CL AIRCRAFT TYPE SN Single-engine, single-seat fighter. Entered service BT in 1943 as a land-based fighter. Converted to a RECONNAISSANCE carrierborne fighter in 1944 for use by US Navy CONSOLIDATED and Fleet Air Arm. Mostly saw action in the MONOPLANE Pacific and Far East. CL AIRCRAFT TYPE CESSNA BT MONOPLANE SN A US aircraft manufacturer. The Cessna Aircraft CHANCE VOUGHT Co Inc was established in 1927 FIGHTER CL AIRCRAFT TYPE COURIER BT AIRCRAFT NT AT8 SN A British six-seat single-engined light aircraft, built by Airspeed Limited. First flew in 1933, saw CG4A HADRIAN some use as an airliner. The first British type with UF Haig a retractable undercarriage. Designed by Hessell SN American troop and supply-glider constructed Tiltman (co-founder). 16 Couriers built. from steel tube and fabric-covered wood, with a CL AIRCRAFT TYPE hinged nose to allow loading and unloading of BT LIGHT AIRCRAFT troops or light vehicles. Also known as the Haig, MONOPLANE this was the only US glider to see combat AIRSPEED service. TRANSPORTER CL AIRCRAFT TYPE CURTISS BT MONOPLANE TRANSPORTER SN The Curtiss-Wright Corporation, Airplane Division, WACO established in 1910. Notable aircraft produced GLIDER include the Kittyhawk. CL AIRCRAFT TYPE CHANCE VOUGHT BT AIRCRAFT SN Chance Vought Division of the United Aircraft NT KITTYHAWK Corporation. Was reconstituted as a separate division in 1943, after being part of the Vought- DAKOTA Sikorsky division, to concentrate on the UF C47 Skytrain production of combat aircraft. C53 Skytrooper CL AIRCRAFT TYPE SN Also known as the C-47 Skytrain, this twin- BT AIRCRAFT engined, military transport was developed from NT CORSAIR the DC-3 twenty-eight-seat commercial airliner and was the most extensively employed COMMUNICATIONS transport of the Second World War. SN An aircraft used to facilitate communications, for CL AIRCRAFT TYPE example in a military context. BT DOUGLAS CL AIRCRAFT TYPE MONOPLANE BT AIRCRAFT TRANSPORTER NT LEOPARD MOTH SN The de Havilland Aircraft Co., Ltd., founded in Condor 1920 by Sir , C.B.E., A.F.C., USE FW200 F.R.Ae.S. Originally developers of commercial CONSOLIDATED aircraft, were responsible for such notable wartime aircraft as the Mosquito and the Tiger SN The Consolidated Aircraft Corporation. In 1943 Moth. merged with Vultee Aircraft, Inc. to form the CL AIRCRAFT TYPE Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation. BT AIRCRAFT CL AIRCRAFT TYPE NT DE HAVILLAND DH18B BT CONSOLIDATED VULTEE DE HAVILLAND DRAGON RAPIDE NT CATALINA FLAMINGO PB4Y LIBERATOR L20A BEAVER CONSOLIDATED VULTEE LEOPARD MOTH MOSQUITO SN The Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation. PUSS MOTH Formed in 1943 with the merging of The QUEEN BEE Consolidated Aircraft Corporation and Vultee TIGER MOTH Aircraft, Inc.. VAMPIRE CL AIRCRAFT TYPE BT AIRCRAFT DE HAVILLAND DH18B NT B24 LIBERATOR UF Dh18b CONSOLIDATED SN Large, single-engine, eight passenger airliner VULTEE biplane.

8 CL AIRCRAFT TYPE SN German single-engine, four-seat maritime patrol BT BIPLANE and reconnaissance flying-boat. In production DE HAVILLAND between 1934 and 1940, the DO18 was replaced TRANSPORTER by the three engined DO24. CL AIRCRAFT TYPE DE HAVILLAND DRAGON RAPIDE BT FLYING BOAT SN A 1930s British short-haul biplane airliner for 6-8 RECONNAISSANCE passengers. It proved an economical and durable DORNIER craft, despite its relatively primitive plywood MONOPLANE construction. Primarily used by the RAF. CL AIRCRAFT TYPE Do215 BT BIPLANE USE DO17 DE HAVILLAND SN Export version of the DO17. TRANSPORTER DO217 DEFIANT SN A progressive development of the DO17, the SN British single-engine, two-seat night fighter. twin-engined DO217 entered service in 1941. The Originally intended as a day fighter, but DO217 saw service as a bomber over the UK withdrawn and converted in August 1940, this and took part in the 'Baedecker' raids of 1942. was the first fighter to incorporate a power- CL AIRCRAFT TYPE driven . BT DORNIER CL AIRCRAFT TYPE MONOPLANE BT MONOPLANE BOMBER NIGHTFIGHTER DO24 BOULTON PAUL SN German three-engined air/sea rescue and Dh1 transport flying boat. Entered service in 1940 as USE AIRCO DH1 a replacement for the DO18. CL AIRCRAFT TYPE Dh18b BT FLYING BOAT USE DE HAVILLAND DH18B DORNIER Dh2 MONOPLANE TRANSPORTER USE AIRCO DH2 Doodlebug Dh4 USE V1 USE AIRCO DH4 DORNIER Dh5 SN Originally the Zeppelin Werk Lindau G.m.b.H., AIRCO DH5 USE developed metal aircraft from World War One Dh6 under the guidance of Dr. Ing. Claude Dornier, changing its name to Dornier-Werke G.m.b.H. in USE AIRCO DH6 1922. Dh9 CL AIRCRAFT TYPE USE AIRCO DH9 BT AIRCRAFT NT DO17 DO18 SN A fighter-bomber designed to deploy its bombs DO217 during the latter stage of a diving manoeuvre, DO24 thus increasing the accuracy of its targetting. DOUGLAS CL AIRCRAFT TYPE BT FIGHTER BOMBER SN The , Inc., established in 1920, reorganized in 1928. Produced such DO17 notable aircraft as the Dakota. UF Do215 CL AIRCRAFT TYPE Pencil Bomber BT AIRCRAFT SN A streamlined, twin-engined bomber, the DO17 NT BOSTON entered service in 1937 with the , DAKOTA having started life as a high-speed mail and HAVOC passenger transport aircraft, a role for which it INVADER was ill-suited due to the narrowness of the ENGLISH ELECTRIC fuselage. CL AIRCRAFT TYPE SN The English Electric Company Limited. Formed in BT DORNIER 1918, but didn't move into aircraft production until MONOPLANE 1938, at the Government's request. Continued to BOMBER develop aircraft after the war and in 1948 produced the `Canberra', Britain's first jet- DO18 propelled bomber.

9 F84 THUNDERJET CL AIRCRAFT TYPE BT AIRCRAFT SN An American fighter-bomber aircraft. The NT LIGHTNING F-84 was the first production to utilize in-flight refuelling and the first fighter F13 SUPERFORTRESS capable of carrying a nuclear weapon. Designed SN A photo- reconnaissance variant of the Boeing by Alexander Kartveli, 1946. Superfortress, used from 1944, initally deployed CL AIRCRAFT TYPE in the Pacific war, later for duties over BT REPUBLIC Europe. MONOPLANE CL AIRCRAFT TYPE FIGHTER BOMBER BT BOEING F86 SABRE PHOTO RECONNAISSANCE MONOPLANE UF Sabrejet RT B29 SUPERFORTRESS SN A transonic jet fighter, first introduced by North American in 1947. Best known as the F2b 's first swept fighter. Total USE BRISTOL F2B production at 9,860 units. Important fighter F4 PHANTOM aircraft in the . Retired in 1994 (). SN A tandem two-seat, twin-engined, all-weather, CL AIRCRAFT TYPE long-range supersonic jet interceptor BT NORTH AMERICAN fighter/fighter-bomber originally developed for the MONOPLANE by McDonnell Aircraft.It first FIGHTER entered service in 1960 with the U.S. Navy. CL AIRCRAFT TYPE FAIREY BT MONOPLANE SN The Fairey Aviation Co. Ltd., established 1916 by MCDONNELL DOUGLAS Sir Richard Fairey. During WW2 formed a group FIGHTER production scheme with Blackburn Aircraft, Ltd. F4F WILDCAT and Boulton Paul Aircraft, Ltd.. CL AIRCRAFT TYPE UF Martlet BT AIRCRAFT American, single-engine fighter designed for SN NT ALBACORE operation from US Naval aircraft carriers. BARRACUDA Produced between 1940 and 1945, Wildcats BATTLE provided to the British Fleet Air Arm were FAWN renamed Martlets. FIREFLY CL AIRCRAFT TYPE FULMAR BT GRUMMAN GORDON MONOPLANE SEAL FIGHTER SWORDFISH RT F6F HELLCAT FARMAN F5 SN was an aircraft company USE FELIXSTOWE F5 founded and run by the brothers Richard, Henri, F60 GOLIATH and in 1908. The firm made pusher biplane aircraft for military and training SN A civil passenger transport biplane produced by purposes, it was eventually dissolved in 1956. the Farman Aviation Works from 1919. CL AIRCRAFT TYPE Instrumental in the creation of early and BT AIRCRAFT commercial routes in Europe after . NT F60 GOLIATH Initially designed in 1918 as a heavy bomber. Some 60 units built. FAWN CL AIRCRAFT TYPE SN British, single-engined, light day bomber biplane. BT BIPLANE Built in 1923, this was the RAF's first interbellum TRANSPORTER designed day bomber. FARMAN CL AIRCRAFT TYPE F6F HELLCAT BT BIPLANE LIGHT BOMBER SN American, single-engine fighter designed for FAIREY operation from US Naval aircraft carriers. The Hellcat was a more powerful version of the FELIXSTOWE Wildcat, a total of 1000 being provided to the Fleet SN Marine Aircraft Experimental Establishment, RAF Air Arm under Lend-Lease. Felixstowe. Developed and flying CL AIRCRAFT TYPE boats until World War Two, when the BT GRUMMAN establishment moved to Helensburg, Scotland. MONOPLANE CL AIRCRAFT TYPE FIGHTER BT AIRCRAFT RT F4F WILDCAT NT FELIXSTOWE F5

10 NIGHTFIGHTER FELIXSTOWE F5 P51 MUSTANG UF F5 ROC SN Four-crew, twin-engined, general SEAFIRE reconnaissance flying-boat. Entered service after SEAL World War One, becoming the RAF's standard SISKIN flying-boat until replaced by the Supermarine SNIPE Southampton in 1925. SPITFIRE CL AIRCRAFT TYPE VAMPIRE BT FLYING BOAT FIGHTER BOMBER RECONNAISSANCE SN A light, high speed aircraft designed to engage in BIPLANE aerial combat and also equipped to carry bombs. FELIXSTOWE CL AIRCRAFT TYPE FI 103 BT FIGHTER UF Fieseler Fi103 BOMBER SN The Fi 103 is the more technical nomenclature for NT DIVE BOMBER the Second World War German V1 flying bomb, F84 THUNDERJET produced by Fieseler. Multiple index together with FW190 Fieseler and flying bomb for maximum chance of KITTYHAWK retrieval for users. ME210 CL AIRCRAFT TYPE P38 LIGHTNING BT V1 P39 AIRACOBRA FIESELER P47 THUNDERBOLT SKUA FIESELER TEMPEST SN A German aircraft manufacturer of the 1930s and TYPHOON 1940s, pre-war the company were noted for WHIRLWIND making sailplanes and sports planes; during the FIREBRAND Second World War they made including flying bombs. SN Fleet Air Arm fighter and torpedo-bomber, CL AIRCRAFT TYPE designed for operation from aircraft carriers. All- BT AIRCRAFT metal in construction, it entered service in 1944 NT FI 103 and was rendered obsolete after the war by the advent of the . Fieseler Fi103 CL AIRCRAFT TYPE USE FI 103 BT TORPEDO BOMBER MONOPLANE FIGHTER BLACKBURN SN A light, high-speed aircraft designed to engage in FIGHTER aerial combat. FIREFLY CL AIRCRAFT TYPE BT AIRCRAFT SN A single-engine, photo-reconnaissance fighter NT AIRCO DH1 designed for operation from aircraft carriers. AIRCO DH2 Later adapted as a night fighter, it entered AIRCO DH5 service in 1943 and remained in production until ATTACKER 1956. BRISTOL F2B CL AIRCRAFT TYPE BUFFALO BT PHOTO RECONNAISSANCE BULLDOG MONOPLANE CAMEL FIGHTER CORSAIR FAIREY F4 PHANTOM Fk3 F4F WILDCAT F6F HELLCAT USE ARMSTRONG WHITWORTH FK3 F86 SABRE Fk8 FIGHTER BOMBER USE ARMSTRONG WHITWORTH FK8 FIREBRAND FIREFLY FLAMINGO FULMAR SN Impressed civil, twin-engined airliner converted to GLADIATOR a military transport. Thirty were ordered for GREBE military use, though only eleven were actually HARRIER built. Entered service in 1940, with the last being HURRICANE scrapped in 1950. JAVELIN CL AIRCRAFT TYPE LIGHTNING BT MONOPLANE ME109 DE HAVILLAND METEOR TRANSPORTER

11 Platz. Mixed construction, fuselage/ tail in steel FLOATPLANE covered with plywood, canvas and duralumin (11 SN A type of seaplane, with one or more slender units built). pontoons (known as "floats") mounted under the CL AIRCRAFT TYPE fuselage to provide buoyancy. BT FOKKER CL AIRCRAFT TYPE BT SEAPLANE FOLLAND NT AR 196 SN Formed in 1936 as British Marine Aircraft Ltd. to GLOSTER II construct civil flying-boats. In 1937, with the HE115 arrival of H P Folland, formerly Chief designer for HE59 Gloster Aircraft Co., became , Ltd.. FLYING BOAT CL AIRCRAFT TYPE SN An aeroplane with the capability to land at sea, BT AIRCRAFT the underside of its fuselage shaped like the hull NT FOLLAND FO108 of a sea-going vessel and designed to make contact with the water. FOLLAND FO108 CL AIRCRAFT TYPE UF Fo108 BT SEAPLANE SN Single-engine, testbed monoplane built to Air NT CATALINA Ministry Specification 43/37. Only twelve were DO18 produced, the first of which tested the Sabre I DO24 engine in 1940, and were used throughout the FELIXSTOWE F5 war. The cockpit could seat two observers IRIS behind the pilot. LERWICK CL AIRCRAFT TYPE SOUTHAMPTON BT FOLLAND STRANRAER MONOPLANE SUNDERLAND FULMAR WALRUS SN Single-engine, two-crew fighter, also used for FLYING BOMB convoy escort and reconnaissance. Designed to SN A pilotless aircraft armed with explosives and operate from aircraft carriers. Entered service fuelled to over its intended target. with the Fleet Air Arm in 1940 and remained in CL AIRCRAFT TYPE use until 1945. BT AIRCRAFT CL AIRCRAFT TYPE NT V1 BT MONOPLANE FIGHTER Flying Fortress FAIREY USE B17 FLYING FORTRESS FW190 Fo108 SN Single-seat, single-engine fighter-bomber and USE FOLLAND FO108 ground-attack aircraft. Entered service with the FOCKE WULF in mid-1941. Approximately 20,000 were constructed between 1941 and the end of SN Focke-Wulf Flugzeugbau G.m.b.H.. Founded in the war. 1924 and amalgamated in 1931 with the CL AIRCRAFT TYPE Albatross-Flugzeugwerke G.m.b.H.. Converted to BT FOCKE WULF a G.m.b.H. in 1937. MONOPLANE CL AIRCRAFT TYPE FIGHTER BOMBER BT AIRCRAFT NT FW190 FW200 FW200 UF Condor FOKKER SN Long-range, four-engine reconnaissance- bomber. Initially produced as a transport, SN Dutch aircraft manufacturer named after its converted and used against Allied convoys in the founder, . Set up in 1912 in Channel and the Atlantic. Also served as a VIP Schwerin, Germany, moving to the in transport, one of which was the Immelmann III: 1919. The world's largest aircraft manufacturer in Hitler's personal aircraft. the late 1920s. CL AIRCRAFT TYPE CL AIRCRAFT TYPE BT RECONNAISSANCE BT AIRCRAFT MONOPLANE MONOPLANE FOCKE WULF TRANSPORTER TRANSPORTER NT FOKKER FVIII BOMBER FOKKER FVIII GENERAL AIRCRAFT SN A large twin-engined airliner produced by the SN General Aircraft Limited. Dutch aircraft manufacturer Fokker in the 1920s. CL AIRCRAFT TYPE First flight March 1927. Designed by Reinhold

12 BT AIRCRAFT BT AIRCRAFT NT HAMILCAR NT GOTHA GV HOTSPUR GOTHA GV GLADIATOR SN A World War One German three-crew, twin- SN Single-seat, single-engine biplane fighter. In engined, long range heavy bomber biplane operational service from 1939 to 1941, this was manufactured by Gothaer Waggonfabrik A.G.. the last, and believed to be the best, biplane to be Entering service in 1917, this aircraft flown in the RAF. All-metal in construction with incorporated a ventral tunnel allowing the gunner fabric and aluminium covering. to shoot downwards and to the rear. CL AIRCRAFT TYPE CL AIRCRAFT TYPE BT GLOSTER BT BIPLANE BIPLANE HEAVY BOMBER FIGHTER GOTHA GLIDER GREBE SN An engineless aeroplane, designed to be towed SN The Gloster Grebe was the 's first aloft, that travels suspended by upward air post WWI fighter aircraft, entering service in currents. 1923. Designed by , a single-seat, CL AIRCRAFT TYPE single-engined biplane of fabric-covered wood BT AIRCRAFT construction with two Vickers machine guns NT CG4A HADRIAN (133 planes built). HAMILCAR CL AIRCRAFT TYPE HORSA BT GLOSTER HOTSPUR BIPLANE FIGHTER GLIDER TUG RT GLOSTER II SN An aircraft used for towing gliders aloft. GRUMMAN CL AIRCRAFT TYPE BT TUG SN The Grumman Aircraft Corporation founded by Leroy R Grumman and incorporated GLOSTER in 1929. SN Gloster Aircraft Co., Ltd. formed in 1917, later CL AIRCRAFT TYPE became part of the Hawker Siddeley Group. First BT AIRCRAFT British or American company to design, build and NT F4F WILDCAT fly a jet-propelled aircraft. F6F HELLCAT CL AIRCRAFT TYPE TBF AVENGER BT AIRCRAFT NT GLADIATOR Haig GLOSTER II USE CG4A HADRIAN GREBE HALIFAX JAVELIN METEOR SN Four-engine, seven-crew heavy bomber. Entered service with RAF Bomber Command in 1940, GLOSTER II becoming one of the twin sources of bomber SN Single-engine, single-seat biplane seaplane built strength along with the Lancaster. Also used for for the 1924 Schneider Cup Race. transport and glider tug duties. CL AIRCRAFT TYPE CL AIRCRAFT TYPE BT GLOSTER BT HANDLEY PAGE BIPLANE MONOPLANE FLOATPLANE HEAVY BOMBER RT GREBE HAMILCAR GORDON SN Wood and fabric transport glider, twenty of SN A single-engine, two-crew biplane day bomber which were produced with twin and general purpose aircraft, developed from the engines. Fitted with a hinged nose for loading and IIIF (some of which were converted into unloading, this was the largest glider used by the Gordons) and first flown in 1931. RAF and could accomodate a 7-ton tank. CL AIRCRAFT TYPE CL AIRCRAFT TYPE BT FAIREY BT MONOPLANE BOMBER GENERAL AIRCRAFT TRANSPORTER GOTHA GLIDER SN Gothauer Waggonfabrik A.G., based in Gotha, HAMPDEN Thuringia (Germany). During World War 2 produced mostly training and light commercial SN Four-seat, twin-engined medium bomber. Entered aircraft and troop and freight-carrying gliders. service in 1938. After serving Bomber Command CL AIRCRAFT TYPE from 1939-42, was converted to a torpedo-

13 bomber and mine-layer with RAF Coastal TYPHOON Command. HE111 CL AIRCRAFT TYPE BT MEDIUM BOMBER SN The main German, medium bomber of the war, the HANDLEY PAGE HE111 first saw action during the Spanish Civil MONOPLANE War. HE111s took part in the and RT HEREFORD from 1944 onwards were used to launch airborne flying bombs against London. HANDLEY PAGE CL AIRCRAFT TYPE SN Handley Page, Ltd.. Founded by Sir Frederick BT MEDIUM BOMBER Handley Page, this was the first limited company HEINKEL to be incorporated in Great Britain for the purpose MONOPLANE of aircraft manufacture. HE115 CL AIRCRAFT TYPE BT AIRCRAFT SN Three-seat, twin-engined minelaying, torpedo- NT HALIFAX bombing and reconnaissance twin-float HAMPDEN seaplane. First flown in 1936, in 1938 it set eight HEREFORD world speed records for its class in various V1500 range and payload categories. W10 CL AIRCRAFT TYPE BT TORPEDO BOMBER HARRIER RECONNAISSANCE SN A family of jet fighters capable of vertical/short FLOATPLANE takeoff and landing. A subsonic aircraft, later HEINKEL designs adapted for use from aircraft carriers. MONOPLANE Built between 1967-2003. Used by the RAF and MINELAYER the . HE177 CL AIRCRAFT TYPE BT HAWKER SN Twin-engined, six-crew, heavy bomber. FIGHTER Conceived as a rival to the Lancaster and Flying Fortress, the HE177 was dogged by mechanical HARVARD and structural problems. Of a thousand SN Two-seat, single-engine, advanced-pilot trainer. produced, only about two hundred saw action. Square-winged and fitted with dual controls, this CL AIRCRAFT TYPE popular trainer was used by British BT HEINKEL Commonwealth, as well as American and MONOPLANE Canadian, air forces. HEAVY BOMBER CL AIRCRAFT TYPE HE59 BT NORTH AMERICAN MONOPLANE SN Twin-engined, four-crew German seaplane. TRAINER Entered service in 1932 as a torpedo bomber and naval reconnaisance aircraft, though by World HAVOC War 2 those still serving were used mainly for air SN Originally a light day-bomber, the Boston II, re- sea rescue. christened the Havoc, was adapted for night- CL AIRCRAFT TYPE flying in the fighter- role. Was capable of BT TORPEDO BOMBER a top speed in excess of 300 mph. RECONNAISSANCE CL AIRCRAFT TYPE BIPLANE BT DOUGLAS FLOATPLANE MONOPLANE HEINKEL LIGHT BOMBER HEAVY BOMBER NIGHTFIGHTER RT BOSTON SN Long-range, usually four-engined, bomber designed to carry a large bomb payload. HAWKER CL AIRCRAFT TYPE SN Hawker Aircraft, Ltd., established 1933 to BT BOMBER succeed the H. G. Hawker Engineering Co., Ltd., NT B17 FLYING FORTRESS which had been formed in 1920 as the result of B24 LIBERATOR the voluntary liquidation of the renowned Sopwith B29 SUPERFORTRESS concern. GOTHA GV CL AIRCRAFT TYPE HALIFAX BT AIRCRAFT HE177 NT AUDAX LANCASTER HARRIER LINCOLN HECTOR PB4Y LIBERATOR HENLEY STIRLING HURRICANE V1500 TEMPEST VIMY

14 WHITLEY SN Twin-engined maritime-reconnaissance bomber adapted from pre-war American , the A- HECTOR 28 and A-29, evident from the row of portholes SN A WWII British biplane produced by Hawker along its fuselage. Entered service with RAF Aircraft, used for army cooperation duties. Coastal Command just before the outbreak of CL AIRCRAFT TYPE World War Two. BT HAWKER CL AIRCRAFT TYPE ARMY COOPERATION BT RECONNAISSANCE BIPLANE MONOPLANE HEINKEL LOCKHEED BOMBER SN Ernst Heinkel A.G.. Formed in 1922 by Dr. Ernst Heinkel, previously Chief Designer with Hansa- HURRICANE Brandenburgische Flugzeugwerke, where he SN Single-engine, single-seat fighter, also adapted produced many notable seaplanes during World as a night-fighter, fighter-bomber, rocket- War One. projectile fighter and tank-buster. The first CL AIRCRAFT TYPE monoplane to enter RAF service with 14,000 BT AIRCRAFT being produced between 1937 and 1944. NT HE111 CL AIRCRAFT TYPE HE115 BT HAWKER HE177 MONOPLANE HE59 FIGHTER HENLEY INVADER SN Originally designed as a light bomber but diverted SN Three-seat tactical support aircraft. Entering for use as a high speed target tug to replace out- service with the US 9th Air Force in 1944, the dated . Invader had a bomb load of 4,000 lbs and was CL AIRCRAFT TYPE later used as a conventional medium bomber. BT TARGET TUG CL AIRCRAFT TYPE HAWKER BT MEDIUM BOMBER MONOPLANE DOUGLAS HEREFORD MONOPLANE SN Twin-engined, four-seat medium bomber. A re- IRIS engined variant of the Hampden, less than 200 SN Large, three-engined, long range reconnaissance were built but never became operational due to flying boat. Wooden hull and frame construction, engine unreliability. Some were converted to with linen covering. Entered service in 1930. Hampdens. CL AIRCRAFT TYPE CL AIRCRAFT TYPE BT FLYING BOAT BT MEDIUM BOMBER RECONNAISSANCE MONOPLANE BIPLANE HANDLEY PAGE BLACKBURN RT HAMPDEN JAVELIN HORSA SN All-weather fighter/interceptor first flow in 1951, SN Troop and general transport glider. Almost introduced into service in 1956 and retired from entirely wooden in construction, many were the RAF in 1968. manufactured by the furniture industry. Mk I CL AIRCRAFT TYPE featured a a door-ramp on the port side whilst the BT GLOSTER Mk II was fitted with a hinged nose. MONOPLANE CL AIRCRAFT TYPE FIGHTER BT MONOPLANE JU188 AIRSPEED TRANSPORTER SN A twin-engined development of the JU88, the GLIDER JU188 had a higher service ceiling and greater maximum speed. JU188s operated over the UK HOTSPUR from 1944 onwards as night intruders and SN Principal glider-pilot training glider fitted with reconnaissance aircraft. tandem seats. Spruce and plywood in CL AIRCRAFT TYPE construction, the Hotspur served with the Glider BT RECONNAISSANCE Pilot Regiment between 1941 and 1945. JUNKERS CL AIRCRAFT TYPE MONOPLANE BT MONOPLANE RT JU88 TRAINER GENERAL AIRCRAFT JU86 GLIDER SN Two-crew, twin-engined bomber. Entered production in 1934 and designed for dual use as HUDSON a high-speed commercial transport. Technical

15 problems hindered its use as a bomber and led to TRANSPORTER conversion to high-altitude reconnaissance. LANCASTER CL AIRCRAFT TYPE SN Four-engined heavy bomber, developed by Avro BT RECONNAISSANCE from the twin-engined Manchester. Entered JUNKERS service in 1942 as the RAF's principal night MONOPLANE bomber and took part in the 1,000 bomber raids JU87 as well as the famous Dam Busters raid. UF Stuka CL AIRCRAFT TYPE SN A single-engine dive-bomber, the JU87 was very BT MONOPLANE successful during the invasions of and HEAVY BOMBER but suffered heavy losses during the AVRO Battle of Britain. Withdrawn from NW Europe in RT LINCOLN 1941 for use in the Mediterranean and on the MANCHESTER Eastern Front. YORK CL AIRCRAFT TYPE LEOPARD MOTH BT JUNKERS MONOPLANE SN A single engine two seat cabin monoplane tourer, BOMBER first flown in 1933 as a successor to the Puss Moth. Impressed into military sevice in WWII by JU88 the RAF and the Fleet Air Arm as a liaison and SN A twin-engined, multi-role aircraft built by communications aircraft, also used by training Junkers. Originally designed as a medium bomber units. with the speed of a fighter, but its adaptability CL AIRCRAFT TYPE allowed it to fulfil the roles of night fighter, BT MONOPLANE torpedo-bomber, anti-tank aircraft and photo- COMMUNICATIONS reconnaissance. DE HAVILLAND CL AIRCRAFT TYPE LERWICK BT JUNKERS MONOPLANE SN Six-crew, medium-range, twin-engined RT JU188 reconnaissance flying-boat. Entered service with 209 Squadron in 1939 but, due to design and JUNKERS operation problems, saw little action and was not SN Junkers Flugzeug und Motorenwerke, A.G.. produced in large numbers. Formed in 1910 with Professor Junkers being CL AIRCRAFT TYPE granted a patent for an all-wing aeroplane. BT FLYING BOAT Produced first successful all-metal aeroplane, the RECONNAISSANCE Junkers J1, in 1915. SAUNDERS ROE CL AIRCRAFT TYPE MONOPLANE BT AIRCRAFT Liberator NT JU188 JU86 USE B24 LIBERATOR JU87 LIGHT AIRCRAFT JU88 SN Generally understood to mean aircraft whose KITTYHAWK normal loaded weight is less than 2750kg (6060 UF Tomahawk lb). Warhawk CL AIRCRAFT TYPE SN Single-seat, single-engine fighter-bomber: Curtiss BT AIRCRAFT P40 Warhawk, known to the RAF as the NT COURIER Tomahawk, later renamed Kittyhawk. Serving LIGHT BOMBER from 1941 to 1942, control difficulties in dive attacks impeded bombing accuracy, resulting in SN High speed, short to medium-range bomber, use for larger targets only. usually powered by two engines. CL AIRCRAFT TYPE CL AIRCRAFT TYPE BT MONOPLANE BT BOMBER FIGHTER BOMBER NT BATTLE CURTISS FAWN HAVOC L20A BEAVER LIGHTNING UF U6a Beaver SN Post-World War Two, single-engine, high-wing SN Twin-engined jet-fighter. The first British aircraft utility transport. Manufactured by De Havilland to exceed Mach 1 in level flight, later to exceed , was also produced in a seaplane Mach 2. Entered service in 1960. After 13 years version. Known as the U6A from 1962. was superseded in its primary defence role by CL AIRCRAFT TYPE the Phantom, though remained in RAF service until 1988. BT MONOPLANE CL AIRCRAFT TYPE DE HAVILLAND BT MONOPLANE

16 ENGLISH ELECTRIC SN The Glenn L. Martin Company, established in 1909 FIGHTER by Glenn L Martin. Produced the first successful American-designed twin-engined aeroplane, the LINCOLN Martin Twin, which was then converted for use SN Four-engine, long range heavy bomber. as a passenger aircraft. Developed from the Lancaster, and originally CL AIRCRAFT TYPE designated the Lancaster Mk. IV, it was larger in BT AIRCRAFT size, bombload and fuel capacity. Never used NT B26 MARAUDER operationally in World War Two. CL AIRCRAFT TYPE MARTINET BT MONOPLANE SN Single-engine, advanced-pilot trainer. Spruce and HEAVY BOMBER plywood in construction, entered service in 1939, AVRO continuing to serve as a trainer, and also a target RT LANCASTER tug, until 1950. CL AIRCRAFT TYPE LOCKHEED BT MILES SN The Lockheed Aircraft Corporation. Founded in MONOPLANE 1916 by Allen and Malcolm Loughead. In 1926 the TRAINER company moved to Burbank and changed its name to The Lockheed Aircraft Company, and Martlet was then incorporated in 1932. USE F4F WILDCAT CL AIRCRAFT TYPE MASTER BT AIRCRAFT NT HUDSON SN Single-engine, advanced-pilot trainer used in secondary flying training schools. Serving from P38 LIGHTNING 1939-50, was also used as a target tug for gunnery practice. LOCKHEED VEGA CL AIRCRAFT TYPE SN A subsidiary of Lockheed. BT MILES CL AIRCRAFT TYPE MONOPLANE BT LOCKHEED TRAINER NT VENTURA MCDONNELL DOUGLAS LYSANDER SN McDonnell Douglas was a major American SN Single-engine, two-crew multi-role aircraft manufacturer and defense contractor, designed for RAF Army co-operation. Entered producing a number of famous commercial and RAF service in 1938. Noted for its role dropping military aircraft. agents into Europe, also served as a night- CL AIRCRAFT TYPE fighter, day ground-attack aircraft and target tug. BT AIRCRAFT CL AIRCRAFT TYPE NT F4 PHANTOM BT WESTLAND ME109 MONOPLANE UF Bf109 MAGISTER SN Single-engine, single-seat fighter manufactured SN Miles M.14 Magister. Single-engine, two-crew by Messerschmitt. First used as part of training and communications aircraft. Spruce and Germany's Condor legion during the Spanish Civil plywood in construction, with open cockpits and War, the 'one-o-nine' was the Luftwaffe's most a fixed , served between 1937 and widely used fighter seeing service throughout 1945. World War II. CL AIRCRAFT TYPE CL AIRCRAFT TYPE BT MILES BT MESSERSCHMITT MONOPLANE MONOPLANE TRAINER FIGHTER MANCHESTER ME110 SN Twin-engined, medium bomber with a 1200 mile UF Bf110 range and a bomb load in excess of 10,000 lb. SN Developed as a long range, heavy day-fighter, Entered service in 1940, but engine faults the ME110 found its niche as a night fighter. It resulted in retirement in 1942 with its design later saw service over Southern and Eastern modified into the acclaimed four-engine Lancaster during the Battle of Britain but lost out in the bomber. daytime to the faster British fighters. CL AIRCRAFT TYPE CL AIRCRAFT TYPE BT MEDIUM BOMBER BT MESSERSCHMITT MONOPLANE MONOPLANE AVRO NIGHTFIGHTER RT LANCASTER ME210 MARTIN SN Two-seat, twin-engined fighter/fighter-bomber

17 designed as a replacement for the Bf110. Of the Phillips & Powis Aircraft (Reading) Ltd. 600 or so produced, only 258 reached the CL AIRCRAFT TYPE Luftwaffe due to serious design faults. The BT AIRCRAFT ME210 was superseded by the ME410 Hornisse. NT MAGISTER CL AIRCRAFT TYPE MARTINET BT MESSERSCHMITT MASTER MONOPLANE MINELAYER FIGHTER BOMBER RT ME410 SN An aircraft equipped to deploy explosive mines. CL AIRCRAFT TYPE ME410 BT AIRCRAFT SN Developed from the ill-fated ME210, the ME410 NT HE115 Hornisse entered service in May 1943. Although Mk1 underpowered as a day fighter the ME410 saw service over the UK as a night fighter from 1943- USE MKI 45. MKI CL AIRCRAFT TYPE UF Mk1 BT MESSERSCHMITT SN Mark 1 or the first production variation of an MONOPLANE aircraft. NIGHTFIGHTER CL AIRCRAFT TYPE RT ME210 BT AIRCRAFT MARK MEDIUM BOMBER MKIC SN A bomber designed to operate with medium bombloads over medium distances.The medium SN A Mark 1B aircraft which has undergone further bomber was generally considered to be any modification to enhance performance or design that delivered about 4,000 lb (1.8 t) over armament. ranges of about 1,500 to 2,000 miles (2,400 to CL AIRCRAFT TYPE 3,200 km). BT AIRCRAFT MARK CL AIRCRAFT TYPE MKIF BT BOMBER SN A Mark 1E aircraft which has undergone further NT B25 MITCHELL modifications to enhance performance or B26 MARAUDER armament. BLENHEIM CL AIRCRAFT TYPE HAMPDEN BT AIRCRAFT MARK HE111 HEREFORD MKII INVADER SN Mark 2 or the second variant of an aircraft with MANCHESTER its associated modifications. MOSQUITO CL AIRCRAFT TYPE WELLINGTON BT AIRCRAFT MARK MESSERSCHMITT MKIIA SN Founded by Professor Willy Messerschmitt as the SN A Mark 2 aircraft which has undergone slight Bayerische Flugzeugwerke. Reconstituted in modifications to enhance performance or 1938 as the Messerschmitt A.G.. armament. CL AIRCRAFT TYPE CL AIRCRAFT TYPE BT AIRCRAFT BT AIRCRAFT MARK NT ME109 ME110 MKIIB ME210 SN A Mark 2A aircraft which has undergone slight ME410 modifications to enhance performance or METEOR armament. CL AIRCRAFT TYPE SN The RAF's first jet fighter, flown operationally BT AIRCRAFT MARK during 1944-5, with later versions serving for a further ten years after the war. The Meteor's first MKIIC active operations were in the interception and SN A Mark 2B aircraft with which has undergone destruction of V.1. flying bombs. further modifications to enhance performance or CL AIRCRAFT TYPE armament. BT GLOSTER CL AIRCRAFT TYPE MONOPLANE BT AIRCRAFT MARK FIGHTER MKIII MILES SN Mark 3 or the third variant of an aircraft with its SN , Ltd., originally known as Phillips & associated modifications. Powis Aircraft Ltd.. Formed in 1935 as a public CL AIRCRAFT TYPE company to take over aircraft manufacture from BT AIRCRAFT MARK

18 MKIIIA MKXIV SN A Mark 3 aircraft which has undergone slight SN Mark 14 or the fourteenth variant of an aircraft modifications to enhance performance or with its associated modifications. armament. CL AIRCRAFT TYPE CL AIRCRAFT TYPE BT AIRCRAFT MARK BT AIRCRAFT MARK MKXVI MKIV SN Mark 16 or the sixteenth variant of an aircraft SN Mark 4 or the fourth variant of an aircraft with its with its associated modifications. associated modifications. CL AIRCRAFT TYPE CL AIRCRAFT TYPE BT AIRCRAFT MARK BT AIRCRAFT MARK MONOPLANE MKV SN An aircraft with a single wing, or plane, either SN Mark 5 or the fifth variant of an aircraft with its side of its fuselage. associated modifications. CL AIRCRAFT TYPE CL AIRCRAFT TYPE BT AIRCRAFT BT AIRCRAFT MARK NT ALBEMARLE ANSON MKVB AR 196 SN A Mark 5A aircraft which has undergone further AT7 modifications to enhance performance or AT8 armament. ATTACKER CL AIRCRAFT TYPE B17 FLYING FORTRESS BT AIRCRAFT MARK B24 LIBERATOR MKVI B25 MITCHELL B26 MARAUDER SN Mark 6 or the sixth variant of an aircraft with its B29 SUPERFORTRESS associated modifications. BARRACUDA CL AIRCRAFT TYPE BATTLE BT AIRCRAFT MARK BEAUFIGHTER MKVIC BEAUFORT BERMUDA SN A Mark 6B aircraft which has undergone further BLENHEIM modifications to enhance performance or BOSTON armament. BOTHA CL AIRCRAFT TYPE BUFFALO BT AIRCRAFT MARK CATALINA MKVII CG4A HADRIAN SN Mark 7 or the seventh variant of an aircraft with CORSAIR its associated modifications. COURIER CL AIRCRAFT TYPE DAKOTA BT AIRCRAFT MARK DEFIANT DO17 MKVIII DO18 SN Mark 8 or the eighth variant of an aircraft with its DO217 associated modifications. DO24 CL AIRCRAFT TYPE F13 SUPERFORTRESS BT AIRCRAFT MARK F4 PHANTOM F4F WILDCAT MKX F6F HELLCAT SN Mark 10 or the tenth variant of an aircraft with its F84 THUNDERJET associated modifications. F86 SABRE CL AIRCRAFT TYPE FIREBRAND BT AIRCRAFT MARK FIREFLY FLAMINGO MKXI FOKKER SN Mark 11 or the eleventh variant of an aircraft with FOLLAND FO108 its associated modifications. FULMAR CL AIRCRAFT TYPE FW190 BT AIRCRAFT MARK FW200 MKXII HALIFAX HAMILCAR SN Mark 12 or the twelfth variant of an aircraft with HAMPDEN its associated modifications. HARVARD CL AIRCRAFT TYPE HAVOC BT AIRCRAFT MARK HE111

19 HE115 BT MEDIUM BOMBER HE177 MONOPLANE HENLEY DE HAVILLAND HEREFORD NIEUPORT HORSA SN A French aeroplane company that primarily built HOTSPUR racing aircraft before World War I and fighter HUDSON aircraft during World War I and between the HURRICANE wars. First set up in 1902 as manufacturer of INVADER engine components, then aircraft in 1911 as JAVELIN Nieuport et Deplante. JU188 CL AIRCRAFT TYPE JU86 BT AIRCRAFT JU87 NT NIEUPORT DELAGE NID 30 JU88 KITTYHAWK NIEUPORT DELAGE NID 30 L20A BEAVER SN A French airliner which entered service in 1920. LANCASTER A conventional biplane design with enclosed LEOPARD MOTH cabin for four passengers and open cockpit for LERWICK the pilot. Fitted with an early audible guidance LIGHTNING system. Withdrawn from service in 1921. LINCOLN CL AIRCRAFT TYPE LYSANDER BT BIPLANE MAGISTER NIEUPORT MANCHESTER TRANSPORTER MARTINET MASTER NIGHTFIGHTER ME109 SN A light, high speed aircraft equipped specifically ME110 to engage in night combat. ME210 CL AIRCRAFT TYPE ME410 BT FIGHTER METEOR NT BEAUFIGHTER MOSQUITO DEFIANT OXFORD HAVOC P38 LIGHTNING ME110 P39 AIRACOBRA ME410 P47 THUNDERBOLT NOORDUYN P51 MUSTANG PB4Y LIBERATOR SN Noorduyn Aviation Limited. Formed in 1934 by Mr PROCTOR R.B.C. Noorduyn as a successor to Noorduyn PUSS MOTH Aircraft Limited, which was formed in 1933. The RELIANT company's most notable production aircraft was ROC the Norseman transport. SEAFIRE CL AIRCRAFT TYPE SKUA BT AIRCRAFT SPITFIRE NT UC64 NORSEMAN STIRLING NORTH AMERICAN SUNDERLAND TBF AVENGER SN North American Aviation, Inc., incorporated in TEMPEST Delaware in 1928. TYPHOON CL AIRCRAFT TYPE UC64 NORSEMAN BT AIRCRAFT VAMPIRE NT B25 MITCHELL VENGEANCE F86 SABRE VENTURA HARVARD WARWICK P51 MUSTANG WELLINGTON OXFORD WHIRLWIND SN Twin-engined monoplane that served the RAF as WHITLEY an advanced trainer and flying ambulance. Mk. I YORK featured a gun turret and served for gunnery and MOSQUITO bombing-crew training. Subsequent versions SN Two-seat, twin-engined light/medium bomber used for pilot, radio and navigation training. celebrated for its speed and versatility. Entering CL AIRCRAFT TYPE service in 1941, was also adapted for duties as a BT MONOPLANE fighter-bomber, Pathfinder, mine-layer, transport, AIRSPEED trainer and photo-reconnaissance aircraft. TRAINER CL AIRCRAFT TYPE P38 LIGHTNING

20 SN Twin-engined, single-seat fighter-bomber. Flown and strength of any military presence. by USAAF fighter groups from 1942, excelled as CL AIRCRAFT TYPE a ground-support fighter. Could carry two 1600 lb BT RECONNAISSANCE bombs or rocket projectiles. NT F13 SUPERFORTRESS CL AIRCRAFT TYPE FIREFLY BT MONOPLANE Prefect FIGHTER BOMBER LOCKHEED USE TUTOR P39 AIRACOBRA PROCTOR SN Single-seat fighter-bomber with a single, midships SN Single-engine, spruce and plywood, fabric- engine and tricycle landing gear. After proving a covered training and communications low-wing failure as an air-combat fighter, was used mainly monoplane. Served from 1939 to 1950. in the ground attack role. CL AIRCRAFT TYPE CL AIRCRAFT TYPE BT PERCIVAL BT MONOPLANE MONOPLANE FIGHTER BOMBER TRAINER BELL PUSS MOTH P47 THUNDERBOLT SN Three-seat, single engine, high wing braced SN Single-seat, single-engine fighter-bomber. Fitted monoplane designed for civil use and first flown with eight fixed forward-firing machine guns in in 1929. Saw military service in World War 2 in an the wings, plus two 1000lb bombs or six rocket Army co-operation and communications role. projectiles. CL AIRCRAFT TYPE CL AIRCRAFT TYPE BT ARMY COOPERATION BT REPUBLIC MONOPLANE MONOPLANE COMMUNICATIONS FIGHTER BOMBER DE HAVILLAND P51 MUSTANG QUEEN BEE SN Single-engine, single-seat, long range fighter SN A radio-controlled target tug version of the Tiger originally designed in 1940 to a British Moth used for target practice. 380 were built for requirement. Outstanding low-level speed and the RAF. range resulted in its assignment to the ground CL AIRCRAFT TYPE support (Army co-operation) role. BT TARGET TUG CL AIRCRAFT TYPE BIPLANE BT NORTH AMERICAN DE HAVILLAND MONOPLANE RT TIGER MOTH FIGHTER RECONNAISSANCE PB4Y LIBERATOR SN An aircraft, often fitted with cameras, intended to SN US Navy version of the four-engined, six-crew fly over enemy territory to ascertain its strategic B24 heavy bomber. Modified for long-range features and/or the position and strength of any reconnaissance duty and used as a patrol- military presence. bomber against shipping and . CL AIRCRAFT TYPE CL AIRCRAFT TYPE BT AIRCRAFT BT RECONNAISSANCE NT AIRCO DH6 CONSOLIDATED ALBEMARLE MONOPLANE ANSON HEAVY BOMBER AR 196 RT B24 LIBERATOR ARMSTRONG WHITWORTH FK3 ARMSTRONG WHITWORTH FK8 Pencil Bomber BISON USE DO17 BOTHA BRISTOL F2B PERCIVAL CATALINA SN The Percival Aircraft Company was formed in DO18 1932 and re-organized as Percival Aircraft Ltd. in FELIXSTOWE F5 1937, when the works moved from Gravesend to FW200 . HE115 CL AIRCRAFT TYPE HE59 BT AIRCRAFT HUDSON NT PROCTOR IRIS PHOTO RECONNAISSANCE JU188 JU86 SN A camera-equipped aircraft intended to fly over LERWICK enemy territory and gather photographic PB4Y LIBERATOR evidence of strategic features and/or the position PHOTO RECONNAISSANCE

21 SHARK BT MONOPLANE STRANRAER FIGHTER SUNDERLAND RT SPITFIRE SWORDFISH SEAL WALRUS WARWICK SN Single-engine, two or three-crew pre-World War 2 biplane fighter and general purpose aircraft. RELIANT First flown in 1931, the Seal was a Naval variant SN Single-engine navigation trainer and on the Fairey Gordon and a forerunner of the communications aircraft. Constructed of tubular Swordfish. steel and duralumin frame, with a duralumin and CL AIRCRAFT TYPE canvas covering, 500 were delivered to the FAA, BT BIPLANE serving from 1944-5. FAIREY CL AIRCRAFT TYPE FIGHTER BT STINSON SEAPLANE MONOPLANE TRAINER SN An aircraft designed to land on water. They can be divided into 2 types: Flying boats (designed REPUBLIC with a hull allowing the aircraft to land directly on SN The Republic Aviation Corporation. Developed water) and Floatplanes (where the undercarriage from the Seversky Aircraft Corporation, founded was replaced by fixed floats). by Alexander P. de Seversky in 1931 after the CL AIRCRAFT TYPE collapse of his previous company, the Seversky BT AIRCRAFT Aero Corporation, in the 1929 stock market crash. NT FLOATPLANE CL AIRCRAFT TYPE FLYING BOAT BT AIRCRAFT SHARK NT F84 THUNDERJET P47 THUNDERBOLT SN A torpedo-bomber and reconnaissance biplane in service with the Fleet Air Arm 1935-1938. ROC Rendered obsolete after 1938 by the Swordfish SN A fighter version of the SKUA fitted with a four- and withdrawn from service. gun turret. The majority were converted to target CL AIRCRAFT TYPE tugs for use by the RAF and Fleet Air Arm. BT TORPEDO BOMBER CL AIRCRAFT TYPE RECONNAISSANCE BT TARGET TUG BIPLANE MONOPLANE BLACKBURN BLACKBURN SHORT FIGHTER RT SKUA SN Short Bros. (Rochester & Bedford), Ltd. founded by Eustace and Oswald Short in 1898, originally Sabrejet manufacturing spherical balloons. In 1936 USE F86 SABRE became Short & Harland Ltd. in collaboration with Belfast shipbuilders . Saro CL AIRCRAFT TYPE USE SAUNDERS ROE BT AIRCRAFT SAUNDERS ROE NT STIRLING SUNDERLAND UF Saro SN A British aero- and marine-engineering company SISKIN based on the specializing in the SN Single-engine, single-seat biplane day fighter construction of flying boats. developed by Siddeley. Variations included an all- CL AIRCRAFT TYPE metal, fabric-covered Mk.III, which became the BT AIRCRAFT RAF's main fighter in the 1920s. NT LERWICK CL AIRCRAFT TYPE Sb2a Buccaneer BT ARMSTRONG WHITWORTH BIPLANE USE BERMUDA FIGHTER Sea Otter SKUA USE WALRUS SN Single-engine fighter/dive-bomber. The Fleet Air SEAFIRE Arm's first operational monoplane, and its first aircraft to shoot down an enemy during the war. SN Single-engine, single-seat carrierborne fighter: a Spitfire VB fitted with an arrester hook. CL AIRCRAFT TYPE Modifications on later versions included folding BT BLACKBURN wings, rocket-assisted take-off gear and MONOPLANE conversion for photo-reconnaissance duties. FIGHTER BOMBER CL AIRCRAFT TYPE RT ROC

22 SNIPE STRANRAER SN Single-engined fighter, developed from the Camel. SN Twin-engined, seven-crew, coastal Entered service in 1918 and became the RAF's reconnaissance, biplane flying-boat. Designed to first mainstay peacetime fighter. the same specification as the Saro London, CL AIRCRAFT TYPE entered service in 1937. Also serving in an anti- BT BIPLANE submarine role, was replaced by the SOPWITH Consolidated Canso (Catalina) in 1943. FIGHTER CL AIRCRAFT TYPE RT CAMEL BT FLYING BOAT RECONNAISSANCE SOPWITH BIPLANE SN The Sopwith Aviation Co., Ltd.. Established in SUPERMARINE 1911 by the noted aviator Mr T. O. M. Sopwith. Produced many notable aircraft, including the Stuka Camel and a Schneider Cup-winning seaplane. USE JU87 CL AIRCRAFT TYPE SUNDERLAND BT AIRCRAFT NT CAMEL SN Four-engine, ten-crew, long-range maritime SNIPE reconnaissance and anti-submarine aircraft. Developed from the Short C-class Empire airliner. SOUTHAMPTON All metal in construction, entered RAF Coastal SN Interbellum, twin-engined, five-crew, biplane Command service in 1938. flying-boat with a characteristic triple tail-fin. CL AIRCRAFT TYPE Entered service in 1925 and used for general BT FLYING BOAT reconnaissance duties. The Mk.I had a wooden RECONNAISSANCE fuselage, whilst the Mk.II's was metal in SHORT construction. MONOPLANE CL AIRCRAFT TYPE Superfortress BT FLYING BOAT RECONNAISSANCE USE B29 SUPERFORTRESS BIPLANE SUPERMARINE SUPERMARINE SN The Supermarine Company was formed in 1912 SPITFIRE and specialised in producing sea-going aircraft, SN Single-engine, single-seat interceptor fighter including several winners. developed from the race-winning Schneider Taken over by Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd., in 1938. Trophy seaplanes. One of the most famous of all CL AIRCRAFT TYPE combat aircraft, entered RAF service in 1938 and BT VICKERS ARMSTRONGS was still in use in the 1950s. NT ATTACKER CL AIRCRAFT TYPE SEAFIRE BT SUPERMARINE SOUTHAMPTON MONOPLANE SPITFIRE FIGHTER STRANRAER RT SEAFIRE SWORDFISH STINSON SN Single-engine, three-crew torpedo-spotter, SN The Stinson Division of The Consolidated Vultee reconnaissance and anti-submarine biplane. Aircraft Corporation. Originally the Stinson Entered Naval service in 1936, designed for Aircraft Division of the Aviation Manufacturing operation from aircraft carriers and equipped Corpn., who were taken over by Vultee Aircraft with folding wings. Inc., who merged with the Consolidated Aircraft CL AIRCRAFT TYPE Corpn. in 1943. BT RECONNAISSANCE CL AIRCRAFT TYPE BIPLANE BT AIRCRAFT FAIREY NT RELIANT TARGET STIRLING SN An aircraft, usually towed or radio-controlled, SN Seven/eight-crew, heavy night-bomber. The first designed for use as an air-to-air, or ground-to- four-engine bomber to join the RAF, with a bomb air, gunnery target. load of 14000 lb, entered service in 1940. CL AIRCRAFT TYPE Superseded as a bomber by the Lancaster and BT AIRCRAFT Halifax, later versions served as transports and TARGET TUG tugs. SN An aircraft used for the towing of targets. CL AIRCRAFT TYPE CL AIRCRAFT TYPE BT SHORT BT TUG MONOPLANE HEAVY BOMBER NT BERMUDA HENLEY

23 QUEEN BEE NT ANSON ROC ARMSTRONG WHITWORTH FK3 VENGEANCE AT7 TBF AVENGER AT8 SN Three-crew, single-engine carrierborne torpedo- BOTHA bomber. Entered service in 1942, first seeing HARVARD action during the . Served with HOTSPUR the US Navy until 1956. MAGISTER CL AIRCRAFT TYPE MARTINET BT TORPEDO BOMBER MASTER GRUMMAN OXFORD MONOPLANE PROCTOR RELIANT TEMPEST TIGER MOTH SN Single-engine, single-seat fighter-bomber TUTOR developed from the Typhoon and the abandoned TRANSPORTER Tornado. Entered service in 1944 with its greatest success being in destroying V.1. flying SN An aircraft used for the transportation of troops, bombs. One of the fastest World War 2 aircraft, supplies, vehicles or passengers. with a top speed of 436 mph. CL AIRCRAFT TYPE CL AIRCRAFT TYPE BT AIRCRAFT BT HAWKER NT BLERIOT 155 MONOPLANE CG4A HADRIAN FIGHTER BOMBER COURIER RT TYPHOON DAKOTA DE HAVILLAND DH18B TEST AIRCRAFT DE HAVILLAND DRAGON RAPIDE SN An aircraft designed for the testing of engines or DO24 other aircraft components. F60 GOLIATH CL AIRCRAFT TYPE FLAMINGO BT AIRCRAFT FOKKER FW200 TIGER MOTH HAMILCAR SN Single-engine, two-seat, light, biplane, HORSA elementary-flying trainer. Adapted from a civilian L20A BEAVER design, and constructed from tubular steel and NIEUPORT DELAGE NID 30 spruce with plywood and fabric covering, UC64 NORSEMAN entered service in 1931 and was available in W10 land-plane or seaplane forms. YORK CL AIRCRAFT TYPE TRIPLANE BT BIPLANE DE HAVILLAND SN An aeroplane featuring three wings, or planes, TRAINER placed one above the other either side of its RT QUEEN BEE fuselage. CL AIRCRAFT TYPE Tomahawk BT AIRCRAFT USE KITTYHAWK TUG TORPEDO BOMBER SN An aircraft used for towing another aircraft or SN Aircraft designed for the carrying and dropping object, such as a glider or target. of torpedoes. CL AIRCRAFT TYPE CL AIRCRAFT TYPE BT AIRCRAFT BT BOMBER NT GLIDER TUG NT ALBACORE TARGET TUG BEAUFORT TUTOR BOTHA FIREBRAND UF Prefect HE115 SN A two-seat trainer chosen to replace the Avro HE59 504. 380 entered RAF service with many finding SHARK their way onto the civilian market at the end of TBF AVENGER their careers. CL AIRCRAFT TYPE TRAINER BT BIPLANE SN An aircraft used for the training of pilots, TRAINER sometimes fitted with dual controls for use by the AVRO instructor. TYPHOON CL AIRCRAFT TYPE BT AIRCRAFT SN Single-engine, single-seat fighter-bomber.

24 Designed to replace the Hurricane as an CL AIRCRAFT TYPE interceptor, excelled as a rocket-projectile-firing BT LOCKHEED VEGA ground-attack fighter. Entered RAF service in MONOPLANE 1941. BOMBER CL AIRCRAFT TYPE VICKERS BT HAWKER MONOPLANE SN Vickers (Aviation) Ltd. formed in 1911, as the FIGHTER BOMBER aviation division of Vickers Ltd., and took control RT TEMPEST of Supermarine Aviation Works Ltd. the same year. Taken over by Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd. in U6a Beaver 1938. USE L20A BEAVER CL AIRCRAFT TYPE BT VICKERS ARMSTRONGS UC64 NORSEMAN NT VIMY SN Canadian-built, single-engine, high-wing transport VIRGINIA and communications aircraft converted from a WARWICK civilian model. Metal-framed with fabric covering, WELLINGTON saw service in 1944-5. Was capable of being equipped with wheels, floats or skis. VICKERS ARMSTRONGS CL AIRCRAFT TYPE SN Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd.. In 1938 took over BT MONOPLANE Vickers (Aviation) Ltd., which itself had taken TRANSPORTER control of Supermarine Aviation Works Ltd. in NOORDUYN 1928. CL AIRCRAFT TYPE V1 BT AIRCRAFT UF Doodlebug NT SUPERMARINE SN Jet-propelled, pilotless aircraft carrying a one-ton VICKERS explosive warhead. Also known as the Fieseler FI-103, the V1 was nicknamed the doodlebug, or VIMY buzz bomb. SN Twin-engine, three-crew, long-range heavy CL AIRCRAFT TYPE bomber biplane. Entered service in 1917. Of BT FLYING BOMB wooden construction with a fabric covering, the NT FI 103 Vimy was fitted with a skid under the nose of its fuselage to prevent tipping forward upon landing. V1500 CL AIRCRAFT TYPE SN Four-engined, five to seven crew, heavy bomber BT BIPLANE biplane. Entered service in 1918. HEAVY BOMBER CL AIRCRAFT TYPE VICKERS BT BIPLANE VIRGINIA HANDLEY PAGE HEAVY BOMBER SN Twin-engined, four-crew bomber. Wooden framed, with linen covering, entered service in VAMPIRE 1924, equipping several RAF squadrons. SN A single engine, jet propelled twin boom aircraft CL AIRCRAFT TYPE which came into service in 1945 in a variety of BT BIPLANE roles including night fighter, trainer, the carrier- VICKERS borne Sea Vampire, and the MK5 version, a BOMBER fighter bomber. Produced by De Havilland. CL AIRCRAFT TYPE VULCAN BT MONOPLANE SN A jet-powered tailless delta wing high-altitude DE HAVILLAND strategic bomber plane, operated by the RAF FIGHTER from 1956 until 1984. Typically armed with nuclear weapons but capable of conventional VENGEANCE bombing missions. Used as a nuclear deterrent in SN Single-engine aircraft designed as a dive-bomber. the Cold War. Found to be inadequate in this role, a number of CL AIRCRAFT TYPE those delivered to the RAF were used as target BT AVRO tugs. Entered service in 1941. BOMBER CL AIRCRAFT TYPE VULTEE BT TARGET TUG VULTEE SN Vultee Aircraft, Inc.. In 1943 merged with The MONOPLANE Consolidated Aircraft Corporation to form The Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation. VENTURA CL AIRCRAFT TYPE SN Second World War allied patrol-bomber built by BT CONSOLIDATED VULTEE Lockheed Vega, a Lockheed subsidiary. This NT VENGEANCE aircraft was a military development of the Lodestar, USAF designation B-34. W10

25 SN A British medium-range biplane airliner designed NT LYSANDER and built by Handley Page in 1921. A twin- WALRUS engined variant of the Handley Page W series WHIRLWIND (W8, W9), retired in 1931. Built for Imperial WHIRLWIND Airways (4 units built). CL AIRCRAFT TYPE SN Twin-engined fighter-bomber. All metal in BT BIPLANE construction, entered service in 1940. Supported HANDLEY PAGE bombing operations and participated in attacks on TRANSPORTER France, but not widely used due to engine faults. CL AIRCRAFT TYPE WACO BT WESTLAND SN The Waco Aircraft Company, established in 1921. MONOPLANE One of the largest pre-war producers of civil FIGHTER BOMBER aircraft in America, Waco specialised in the WHITLEY production of troop and cargo carrying gliders during World War Two. SN Twin-engined bomber. The Whitley was the first CL AIRCRAFT TYPE 'heavy' bomber to be built in quantity for the RAF BT AIRCRAFT and made the first bombing attack on Germany in NT CG4A HADRIAN May 1940. It was later used for convoy protection and reconnaissance. WALRUS CL AIRCRAFT TYPE UF Sea Otter BT ARMSTRONG WHITWORTH SN Three/four-crew, single-engine, shipboard MONOPLANE observation and air/sea rescue amphibian HEAVY BOMBER seaplane. Entered RAF service in 1936. Also YORK employed for gunnery spotting, anti-submarine and convoy protection duties. SN Transport version of the four-engined Lancaster CL AIRCRAFT TYPE bomber. Serving from 1943 to 1951, and all metal BT FLYING BOAT in construction, this aircraft was used RECONNAISSANCE extensively during the Berlin airlift. BIPLANE CL AIRCRAFT TYPE WESTLAND BT MONOPLANE AVRO Warhawk TRANSPORTER USE KITTYHAWK RT LANCASTER WARWICK ZEPPELIN SN Twin-engined air/sea rescue and anti-submarine SN A rigid frame type of airship pioneered by Count patrol aircraft. Originally developed from the Zeppelin and used by the Germans in WWI for Wellington and intended as a bomber, entered military purposes: do not use asa generic name RAF Coastal Command service in 1943. Fitted for with a Leigh Light and ASV radar. CL AIRCRAFT TYPE CL AIRCRAFT TYPE BT AIRSHIP BT RECONNAISSANCE MONOPLANE VICKERS RT WELLINGTON WELLINGTON SN Six-crew, twin-engined medium night-bomber. Entered service in 1938 and was the RAF's principal bomber until 1943, participating in the first bombing raid of the war. Later versions served as torpedo and reconnaissance-bombers, transports and trainers. CL AIRCRAFT TYPE BT MEDIUM BOMBER MONOPLANE VICKERS RT WARWICK WESTLAND SN Ltd., formed in 1935 to take over the aircraft branch of Petters Ltd., previously known as the Westland Aircraft Works. CL AIRCRAFT TYPE BT AIRCRAFT

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