List of aircraft of the Royal Air Force

Many aircraft types have served in the British Royal Air Force since its formation in April 1918 from the merger of the Royal Flying Corps and Royal Naval Air Service. This is a list of RAF aircraft, including all currently active and retired types listed in alphabetic order by their RAF type name. For just those aircraft currently in service, see List of active United Kingdom military aircraft. Aircraft operated with the Fleet Air Arm from 1924 until 1939 were operated by the Royal Air Force on behalf of the Navy and are included but not those operated by the Royal Navy after it re-acquired control of the aircraft used to support its operations in 1939 are not, but all aircraft operated in conjunction with the Navy are listed at List of aircraft of the Fleet Air Arm. Army Air Corps aircraft are not included but can be found at List of aircraft of the Army Air Corps.

For aircraft operated before the merger of the RFC and RNAS in 1918:
 * Refer to List of aircraft of the Royal Flying Corps
 * Refer to List of aircraft of the Royal Naval Air Service.

Captured or Interned
Captured or interned examples of the following aircraft were at one time flown by either the RAF or more normally by the Royal Aircraft Establishment for evaluation.

Argentine Aircraft

 * FMA IA 58 Pucará, two Argentinian aircraft captured during the Falklands War. Now on display at the RAF Museum Cosford and at the North East Aircraft Museum.

German Aircraft 1918-1919

 * Fokker D.VII
 * Halberstadt D.III

German Aircraft 1938-1947

 * Arado Ar 96
 * Arado Ar 196
 * Arado Ar 232
 * Arado Ar 234 Blitz
 * Blohm & Voss BV 138
 * Blohm & Voss BV 155
 * Blohm & Voss BV 222 Wiking
 * Brunswick LF-1 Zaunkonig
 * Bücker Bü 131 Jungmann
 * Bücker Bü 180 Student
 * Bücker Bü 181 Bestmann
 * Dornier Do 17
 * Dornier Do 24
 * Dornier Do 217
 * Dornier Do 335 Pfeil
 * DFS 228
 * Fieseler Fi 103
 * Fieseler Fi 156 Storch
 * Flettner Fl 282 Kolibri
 * Focke-Achgelis Fa 223 Drache
 * Focke-Achgelis Fa 330 Bachsteltze
 * Focke-Wulf Fw 58 Weihe
 * Focke-Wulf Fw 189 Uhu
 * Focke-Wulf Fw 190
 * Focke-Wulf Ta 152
 * Focke-Wulf Fw 200 German-built four-engined transport (one former Danish civil aircraft impressed)
 * Gotha Go 145
 * Gotha Go 150
 * Heinkel He 59
 * Heinkel He 111
 * Heinkel He 115
 * Heinkel He 162 Salamander
 * Heinkel He 177A-5 Greif - German bomber
 * Heinkel He 219 Uhu
 * Henschel Hs 129
 * Henschel Hs 130
 * Horten Ho IV
 * Horten Ho 229
 * Junkers Ju 52/3m- DE
 * Junkers Ju 87 Stuka
 * Junkers Ju 88 - DE
 * Junkers Ju 188
 * Junkers Ju 290
 * Junkers Ju 352 Herkules - three captured in 1945.
 * Junkers Ju 388 - one captured in 1945
 * Junkers W 34
 * Klemm Kl 35
 * Messerschmitt Aldon (Bf 108) - DE
 * Messerschmitt Bf 109E F G - DE
 * Messerschmitt Bf 110C - DE
 * Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet
 * Messerschmitt Me 262 Schwalbe
 * Messerschmitt Me 323 Gigant
 * Messerschmitt Me 410 Hornisse
 * Siebel Fh 104 Hallore
 * Siebel Si 204

Italian Aircraft 1939-1945

 * Caproni Ca.100
 * Caproni Ca.101
 * Caproni Ca.148
 * Caproni Ca 309
 * Caproni Ca.311
 * Caproni-Campini CC.2
 * Cant Z.501
 * Cant Z.506
 * Fiat CR.42 Falco
 * Fiat G.12
 * Fiat G.50
 * Fiat G.55
 * Macchi MC.200 Saetta
 * Macchi MC.202
 * Saiman 200
 * Saiman 202
 * Savoia-Marchetti SM.73
 * Savoia-Marchetti SM.79
 * Savoia-Marchetti SM.81
 * Savoia-Marchetti SM.82
 * Savoia-Marchetti SM.95

Japanese Aircraft 1939-1945

 * Kawasaki Ki-48
 * Kawasaki Ki-61
 * Kawasaki Ki-100
 * Kawanishi H6K
 * Kyushu K9W
 * Mitsubishi A6M Zero
 * Mitsubishi G4M
 * Mitsubishi J2M
 * Mitsubishi Ki-21
 * Mitsubishi Ki-46
 * Mitsubishi Ki-67
 * Nakajima A6M2-N
 * Nakajima L2D
 * Nakajima Ki-43
 * Nakajima Ki-44
 * Yokosuka MXY7 Ohka
 * Tachikawa Ki-36
 * Tachikawa Ki-54
 * Tachikawa Ki-55

Schneider Trophy Seaplanes
Aircraft used by the Royal Air Force in support of its efforts in the races, and includes aircraft used solely as trainers.
 * Fairey Flycatcher biplane floatplane
 * Fairey Firefly IIM biplane floatplane
 * Fairey Fleetwing biplane floatplane
 * Gloster I 1925 & 1927 biplane floatplane
 * Gloster III 1925 biplane floatplane
 * Gloster IV 1926-1927 biplane floatplane
 * Gloster VI Golden Arrow 1929 monoplane floatplane
 * Short Crusader 1927 monoplane floatplane
 * Supermarine S.5 1927 monoplane floatplane
 * Supermarine S.6 1929 monoplane floatplane
 * Supermarine S.6B 1931 monoplane floatplane

Training gliders
The following Gliders are or were flown by RAF training squadrons:
 * Slingsby Cadet TX.1 - Single-seat training glider
 * Slingsby Cadet TX.2 - Single-seat training glider
 * Slingsby Sedbergh TX.1 - Two-seat training glider
 * Slingsby Prefect TX.1 - Single-seat training glider
 * Slingsby Cadet TX.3 - Two-seat training glider
 * Slingsby Grasshopper TX.1 - Primary Glider
 * Slingsby T.45 Swallow - Single-seat Glider
 * Slingsby T.53B
 * Slingsby Venture T.2 - Two-seat self launching motor glider
 * Elliotts Eton TX.1 - Primary glider
 * Grob Viking TX.1 - German built training glider
 * Grob Vigilant T.1 - German built self Launching motor glider (1991)
 * Schempp-Hirth Janus C - German built training sailplane
 * Schleicher Valiant TX.1 - German built sailplane
 * Schleicher Vanguard TX.1 - German built training glider

Airships and Balloons

 * Barrage balloons
 * R23X class airship
 * SST class blimp

UAVs and Drones

 * Airspeed Queen Wasp - target drone
 * de Havilland Queen Bee - target drone
 * Fairey Queen - target drone
 * GAF Jindivik - Target drone
 * General Atomics Reaper - ISTAR
 * Miles Queen Martinet
 * Target Technology Banshee