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FISH TERMINOLOGIES
Aircraft Type Thesaurus
Report Format: Hierarchical listing - alpha
Notes: Terminology relating to historic aircraft types.
Date: February 2021504 AIRCO DH6
USE AVRO 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-submarine role when the Avro 504
danger at sea. became the standard trainer.
CL AIRCRAFT TYPE CL AIRCRAFT TYPE
BT AIRCRAFT BT RECONNAISSANCE
AIRCO BIPLANE
AIRCO
SN Aircraft Manufacturing Co., Ltd. Established in
1912 by Mr G. Holt Thomas. In 1914 secured the AIRCO DH9
services of Capt. Geoffrey de Havilland 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 BOMBER
AIRCO DH6
AIRCO DH9 AIRCRAFT
SN Aircraft grouped according to their physical form.
AIRCO DH1
CL AIRCRAFT TYPE
UF Dh1 NT AIRSHIP
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until superseded in 1917. GLIDER
CL AIRCRAFT TYPE LIGHT AIRCRAFT
BT BIPLANE MONOPLANE
AIRCO SEAPLANE
FIGHTER TRIPLANE
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was withdrawn from service in mid-1917.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 ARMSTRONG WHITWORTH
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. BOEING
CL AIRCRAFT TYPE BOULTON PAUL
BT BIPLANE BREWSTER
AIRCO BRISTOL
FIGHTER CESSNA
CHANCE VOUGHT
2CONSOLIDATED VULTEE function and manufacturer.
CURTISS CL AIRCRAFT TYPE
DE HAVILLAND NT AIRCRAFT
DORNIER AIRCRAFT
DOUGLAS AIRCRAFT
ENGLISH ELECTRIC 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
GOTHA NT ZEPPELIN
GRUMMAN AIRSPEED
HANDLEY PAGE
HAWKER SN Airspeed (1934) Ltd. registered in 1934 when
HEINKEL associated with shipbuilders Swan, Hunter and
JUNKERS 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
NIEUPORT HORSA
NOORDUYN OXFORD
NORTH AMERICAN ALBACORE
PERCIVAL
SN A biplane torpedo-bomber designed to be flown
REPUBLIC
from aircraft carriers. Equipped with foldable
SAUNDERS ROE
wings for ease of storage. Joined Fleet Air Arm
SHORT
service in 1940, intended as a replacement for
SOPWITH
the Swordfish.
STINSON
CL AIRCRAFT TYPE
VICKERS ARMSTRONGS
BT TORPEDO BOMBER
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.
reconnaissance aircraft, 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,
3AVRO PUSS MOTH
TRAINER
AT7
AR 196
SN A twin engine advanced trainer developed by
SN Single engine, two-crew shipboard
Beech/ Beechcraft , 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 trainer aircraft
ARADO developed for the military by the US firm of
ARADO Cessna
CL AIRCRAFT TYPE
SN Arado Flugzeugwerke. Formed in 1931 in
BT MONOPLANE
Germany 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 Hawker Siddeley 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 SUPERMARINE
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 Hawker Aircraft for the Royal
from the FK2 with a more powerful, but heavier, Air Force. 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
MANCHESTER
BT AIRCRAFT
TUTOR
NT AUDAX
VULCAN
HECTOR
4YORK
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 light bomber. 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 night fighter. Also
HEAVY BOMBER used for roles such as long-range escort fighter,
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 machine gun with periscope sight.
CL AIRCRAFT TYPE
SN American twin-engined medium bomber and
BT TORPEDO BOMBER
ground-attack aircraft 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
Consolidated Aircraft Corporation when it moved
B29 SUPERFORTRESS
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.
strategic bomber. 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-bombers,
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
5the 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 Blackburn Aircraft, 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 fuselage.
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 Voisin, both aviators and
DE HAVILLAND DH18B inventors, in 1903, dissolved in 1906. After World
DE HAVILLAND DRAGON 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 airliner 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 Paris-London route). Both crashed
NIEUPORT DELAGE NID 30 with fatalaties in 1926 (Kent).
QUEEN BEE CL AIRCRAFT TYPE
SEAL BT BIPLANE
SHARK BLERIOT
SISKIN TRANSPORTER
SNIPE
Bleriot Aeronautique
SOUTHAMPTON
STRANRAER USE BLERIOT
SWORDFISH BOEING
TIGER MOTH
SN The Boeing Aircraft Company, established 1916.
TUTOR
A subsidiary of The Boeing Airplane 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
6SN 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 Boulton Paul Aircraft, 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
7from 1939 on. CORSAIR
CL AIRCRAFT TYPE SN Single-engine, single-seat fighter. Entered service
BT FLYING BOAT 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
BT AIRCRAFT COURIER
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
BT MONOPLANE CURTISS
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
PUSS MOTH DE HAVILLAND
SN The de Havilland Aircraft Co., Ltd., founded in
Condor
1920 by Sir Geoffrey de Havilland, 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.
8CL 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 gun turret. 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.,
USE AIRCO DH5 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
DIVE BOMBER 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 Douglas Aircraft Company, 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 Condor Legion, 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.
9CL AIRCRAFT TYPE F84 THUNDERJET
BT AIRCRAFT SN An American turbojet fighter-bomber aircraft. The
NT LIGHTNING F-84 was the first production fighter aircraft 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 Cold war duties over BT REPUBLIC
Europe. MONOPLANE
CL AIRCRAFT TYPE FIGHTER BOMBER
BT BOEING
PHOTO RECONNAISSANCE F86 SABRE
MONOPLANE UF Sabrejet
RT B29 SUPERFORTRESS SN A transonic jet fighter, first introduced by North
American Aviation in 1947. Best known as the
F2b
United States's first swept wing fighter. Total
USE BRISTOL F2B production at 9,860 units. Important fighter
F4 PHANTOM aircraft in the Korean War. Retired in 1994
(Bolivia).
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
United States Navy 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
SN American, single-engine fighter designed for
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 Farman Aviation Works was an aircraft company
USE FELIXSTOWE F5 founded and run by the brothers Richard, Henri,
F60 GOLIATH and Maurice Farman 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 airlines and
BT AIRCRAFT
commercial routes in Europe after World War I.
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 seaplanes 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
10NIGHTFIGHTER
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 military aircraft
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 jet aircraft.
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
11Platz. 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 Folland Aircraft,
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 stall 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 Luftwaffe 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, Anthony Fokker. Set up in 1912 in
Channel and the Atlantic. Also served as a VIP
Schwerin, Germany, moving to the Netherlands 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
12BT 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 Royal Air Force's first
aloft, that travels suspended by upward air post WWI fighter aircraft, entering service in
currents. 1923. Designed by Henry Folland, 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.
CL AIRCRAFT TYPE GRUMMAN
BT TUG SN The Grumman Aircraft Engineering 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 Bristol Mercury
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,
Thuringia (Germany). During World War 2 HAMPDEN
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-
13bomber 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 Battle of Britain 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 Royal Navy.
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-intruder 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
14WHITLEY SN Twin-engined maritime-reconnaissance bomber
adapted from pre-war American airliners, 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 biplanes. 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
AIRSPEED JU188
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
15problems 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 Poland and HEAVY BOMBER
France 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
Canada, 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
16ENGLISH 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
LOCKHEED VEGA 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 aerospace 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 landing gear, 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 England
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
17designed 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
MESSERSCHMITT UF Mk1
BT
SN Mark 1 or the first production variation of an
MONOPLANE
aircraft.
NIGHTFIGHTER
RT ME210 CL AIRCRAFT TYPE
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 Miles Aircraft, 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
18MKIIIA 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
HALIFAX
MKXII
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
19HE115 MEDIUM BOMBER
BT
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
20SN 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 submarines. 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
Luton. 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
21SHARK BT SUPERMARINE
SOUTHAMPTON 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 Harland and Wolff.
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 Isle of Wight 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
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