List of aircraft of the United Kingdom in World War II

A list of aircraft used by the British Royal Air Force, Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm, Army Air Corps and British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) during the Second World War.

Fighters

 * Bell Airacobra (Royal Air Force) (Brief use)
 * Blackburn Roc turret fighter (Royal Navy)
 * Boulton Paul Defiant turret fighter (Royal Air Force)
 * Brewster Buffalo (Royal Air Force)
 * Bristol Blenheim night fighter (Royal Air Force)
 * Curtiss Mohawk (Royal Air Force)
 * Curtiss Kittyhawk and Tomahawk (Royal Air Force)
 * de Havilland Mosquito night fighter (Royal Air Force)
 * Douglas Havoc night fighter (Royal Air Force)
 * Fairey Fulmar fleet fighter (Royal Navy)
 * Gloster Gladiator (Royal Air Force, Royal Navy)
 * Gloster Meteor jet fighter (Royal Air Force)
 * Gloster Sea Gladiator (Royal Navy)
 * Grumman Martlet/Wildcat (Royal Navy)
 * Grumman Hellcat (Royal Navy)
 * Hawker Hurricane (Royal Air Force, Royal Navy)
 * Hawker Sea Hurricane (Royal Navy)
 * Hawker Tempest (Royal Air Force)
 * Lockheed Lightning twin engine fighter (Royal Air Force) (Brief use)
 * North American Mustang (Royal Air Force)
 * Republic Thunderbolt (Royal Air Force)
 * Supermarine Spitfire (Royal Air Force)
 * Supermarine Seafire (Royal Navy)
 * Vought Corsair (Royal Navy)
 * Westland Whirlwind twin engine fighter (Royal Air Force)
 * Westland Welkin high altitude fighter (Royal Air Force)

Fighter bombers, Torpedo bombers, Army Cooperation and Ground attack

 * Avro Rota Army cooperation autogyro (Royal Air Force)
 * Blackburn Skua fighter/dive bomber (Royal Navy)
 * Brewster Buccaneer dive bomber (Royal Navy)
 * Bristol Beaufighter fighter-bomber (Royal Air Force)
 * de Havilland Mosquito fighter-bomber (Royal Air Force, Royal Navy)
 * Hawker Hurricane fighter-bomber (Royal Air Force)
 * Hawker Typhoon fighter-bomber (Royal Air Force)
 * Fairey Albacore torpedo/dive bomber (Royal Air Force, Royal Navy)
 * Fairey Barracuda dive bomber (Royal Navy)
 * Fairey Firefly fighter bomber (Royal Navy)
 * Fairey Swordfish torpedo bomber (Royal Navy)
 * Grumman Tarpon/Avenger torpedo bomber (Royal Navy)
 * Hawker Hector Army cooperation (Royal Air Force)
 * Hawker Hind Army cooperation (Royal Air Force)
 * Vickers Vildebeest torpedo bomber (Royal Air Force)
 * Vought Chesapeake dive bomber (Royal Navy)
 * Vultee Vengeance dive bomber (Royal Air Force)
 * Westland Wapiti general purpose (Royal Air Force)

Bombers

 * Armstrong Whitworth Whitley (Royal Air Force)
 * Avro Manchester (Royal Air Force)
 * Avro Lancaster (Royal Air Force)
 * Boeing Fortress (Royal Air Force)
 * Bristol Beaufort (Royal Air Force, Royal Navy)
 * Bristol Blenheim & Bisley (Royal Air Force)
 * Bristol Bombay (Royal Air Force)
 * Douglas Boston (Royal Air Force)
 * Fairey Battle (Royal Air Force)
 * Fairey Gordon (Royal Air Force)
 * Handley Page Halifax (Royal Air Force)
 * Handley Page Hampden & Hereford (Royal Air Force)
 * Lockheed Hudson (Royal Air Force)
 * Lockheed Ventura (Royal Air Force)
 * Martin Maryland (Royal Air Force, Royal Navy)
 * Martin Marauder (Royal Air Force)
 * Martin Baltimore (Royal Air Force, Royal Navy)
 * North American Mitchell (Royal Air Force, Royal Navy)
 * Short Stirling (Royal Air Force)
 * Vickers Valencia (Royal Air Force)
 * Vickers Vincent (Royal Air Force)
 * Vickers Wellesley (Royal Air Force)
 * Vickers Wellington (Royal Air Force)

Maritime Patrol and Coastal Reconnaissance

 * Avro Anson (Royal Air Force, Royal Navy)
 * Boeing Fortress (Royal Air Force)
 * Blackburn Botha (Royal Air Force)
 * Bristol Beaufort (Royal Air Force, Royal Navy)
 * Consolidated Catalina (found Bismark) (Royal Air Force)
 * Consolidated Liberator (closed Mid-Atlantic gap) (Royal Air Force)
 * Fairey Seafox (used during attack on Graf Spee) (Royal Navy)
 * Fokker T.VIII floatplane (Royal Air Force)
 * Lockheed Hudson (Royal Air Force)
 * Lockheed Ventura (Royal Air Force)
 * Martin Mariner (Royal Air Force)
 * Saro London (Royal Air Force)
 * Saro Lerwick (Royal Air Force)
 * Short Empire (Royal Air Force)
 * Short Seaford (Royal Air Force)
 * Short Singapore (Royal Air Force)
 * Short Sunderland (Royal Air Force)
 * Supermarine Walrus (Royal Navy)
 * Supermarine Sea Otter (Royal Air Force, Royal Navy)
 * Supermarine Stranraer (Royal Air Force)
 * Vickers Warwick (Royal Air Force)
 * Vought Kingfisher (Royal Navy)
 * Westland Lysander (Royal Air Force)

Photo Reconnaissance

 * Bristol Blenheim (Royal Air Force)
 * de Havilland Mosquito (Royal Air Force)
 * Lockheed Hudson (Royal Air Force)
 * North American Mustang (Royal Air Force)
 * Supermarine Spitfire (Royal Air Force)

Trainers and Target Tugs

 * Airspeed Oxford bomber trainer (Royal Air Force)
 * Avro Anson navigation and bomber trainer (Royal Air Force, Royal Navy)
 * Curtiss Cleveland ground instructional training (Royal Air Force)
 * de Havilland DH.82 Tiger Moth primary trainer (Royal Air Force, Royal Navy)
 * de Havilland DH.86 radio trainer (Royal Air Force)
 * de Havilland DH.93 Don radio trainer (Royal Air Force)
 * Fairey Gordon obsolete bomber used as trainer and target tug (Royal Air Force)
 * Handley Page Heyford obsolete bomber used as trainer (Royal Air Force)
 * Hawker Hart obsolete bomber used as trainer (Royal Air Force)
 * Hawker Henley target tug (Royal Air Force)
 * Miles Magister primary trainer (Royal Air Force)
 * Miles Martinet (Royal Air Force)
 * Miles Master target tug (Royal Air Force)
 * North American Harvard advanced trainer (Royal Air Force, Royal Navy)
 * Percival Proctor radio trainer (Royal Air Force)
 * Sikorsky Hoverfly helicopter (Royal Air Force)
 * Vickers Wellington obsolete bomber used as trainer (Royal Air Force)
 * Westland Lysander target tug (Royal Air Force)
 * Westland Wallace target tug (Royal Air Force)

Transport and Communications aircraft

 * Airspeed Envoy (Royal Air Force)
 * Armstrong Whitworth Albemarle glider tug (Royal Air Force)
 * Armstrong Whitworth Whitley (Royal Air Force)
 * Avro Lancastrian (BOAC)
 * Avro York (Royal Air Force)
 * Beechcraft Expeditor (Royal Air Force, Royal Navy)
 * Boeing Clipper VIP transport (BOAC)
 * Bristol Bombay (Royal Air Force)
 * Bristol Buckingham (Royal Air Force)
 * Consolidated Coronado (Royal Air Force)
 * Consolidated Liberator - transport variants (Royal Air Force)
 * de Havilland Dominie (Royal Air Force, Royal Navy)
 * de Havilland Flamingo (Royal Air Force, Royal Navy, BOAC)
 * de Havilland Mosquito (BOAC)
 * Douglas Dakota (Royal Air Force)
 * Douglas Skymaster (Royal Air Force)
 * Fairchild Argus (Royal Air Force)
 * Grumman Goose (Royal Air Force, Royal Navy)
 * Grumman Gosling (Royal Air Force, Royal Navy)
 * Handley Page Halifax - transport variants (Royal Air Force)
 * Handley Page H.P.54 Harrow (Royal Air Force)
 * Percival Petrel (Royal Air Force)
 * Percival Proctor (Royal Air Force)
 * Percival Vega Gull (Royal Air Force)
 * Lockheed Lodestar (Royal Air Force, BOAC)
 * Miles Mentor (Royal Air Force)
 * Short Hythe (BOAC)
 * Short S.26 G-Class Empire VIP transport (Royal Air Force, BOAC)
 * Short Stirling - transport variants (Royal Air Force)
 * Sikorsky Hoverfly helicopter (Royal Air Force)
 * Stinson Reliant (Royal Air Force, Royal Navy)
 * Stinson Sentinel (Royal Air Force)
 * Stinson Vigilant (Royal Air Force, Royal Navy)
 * Taylorcraft Auster (Royal Air Force)
 * Vickers Valentia (Royal Air Force)
 * Vickers Warwick (Royal Air Force)
 * Westland Lysander spy dropping (Royal Air Force)

Gliders

 * Airspeed Horsa (Royal Air Force)
 * General Aircraft Hamilcar (Royal Air Force)
 * General Aircraft Hotspur training glider (Royal Air Force)
 * Slingsby Hengist (Royal Air Force)
 * Waco Hadrian (Royal Air Force)