List of aircraft of the Royal Air Force
Type Original operator Number Period Unit ( s ) Purpose
Bücker Bü 181 Luftwaffe 70 ~ 1945-1946 Various Communications
Caudron Simoun L'Armee de l'Air 2 1940- 1 with 267 Squadron Communications
Caproni Ca.148 Regia Aeronautica 1 1940- Khartoum Communications Flight & 117 Squadron Transport
Dewoitine D.520 L'Armee de l'Air 3 1940- Fighter
Dornier Do 17 Ka Royal Yugoslav Air Force 2 1941 Egypt Bomber/transport
Dornier Do 22 Kj Royal Yugoslav Air Force 8 1941-1942 No . 2 ( Yugoslav ) Squadron with 230 Squadron Anti-submarine patrol
Fieseler Fi 156 Luftwaffe 50 ~ 1939-1946 Various Communications/reconnaissance
Focke-Wulf Fw 58 Luftwaffe 9 ~ 1945-1946 Various Communications
Fokker T.VIII W Marineluchtvaartdienst 5 1940-1940 320 Squadron Convoy patrol
Heinkel He 115 Marinens Flyvevaaben 4 1940-1943 Royal Norwegian Navy flight Clandestine operations
Junkers Ju 52 /3m Luftwaffe 70 ~ 1945-1946 Various Transport
Morane-Saulnier M.S.406 L'Armee de l'Air a few 1940-1942 No . 2 French ( Fighter ) Flight Fighter
Potez 29 L'Armee de l'Air 2 1940- ? Transport
Potez 63 L'Armee de l'Air 6 1940-1941 No . 2 French ( Fighter ) Flight Fighter
Rogožarski SIM-XIV-H Royal Yugoslav Air Force 1 1941- No . 2 ( Yugoslav ) Squadron
Savoia-Marchetti SM.79 K Royal Yugoslav Air Force 4 1941-1942 1 with No.2 Photographic Reconnaissance Unit , 3 with 117 Sqdn Transport
Savoia-Marchetti SM.82 Regia Aeronautica 2 1945-1946 Transport
Siebel Si 204 Luftwaffe 65 ~ 1945-1946 Various Communications
Aircraft impressed into RAF service -- Military aircraft
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; 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: