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  2. List of aircraft of the United Kingdom in World War II

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    Here is a list of aircraft used by the British Royal Air Force (RAF), Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm (FAA), Army Air Corps (AAC) and British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) [1] during the Second World War.

  3. De Havilland Mosquito - Wikipedia

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    The de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito is a British twin-engined, multirole combat aircraft, introduced during the Second World War. Unusual in that its airframe was constructed mostly of wood, it was nicknamed the "Wooden Wonder", [4] or "Mossie". [5] [6] In 1941, it was one of the fastest operational aircraft in the world. [7]

  4. Gloster Meteor - Wikipedia

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    The Gloster Meteor was the first British jet fighter and the Allies' only jet aircraft to engage in combat operations during the Second World War. [1] The Meteor's development was heavily reliant on its ground-breaking turbojet engines, pioneered by Frank Whittle and his company, Power Jets Ltd. Development of the aircraft began in 1940 ...

  5. List of naval aircraft of the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    Fairey Firefly a British naval fighter of World War II. Replaced Fairey Fulmar. Also used as Fighter-bomber. Other British naval fighters of World War II are adaptions of land based aircraft for use on ships or carriers such as the Sea Hurricane and Supermarine Seafire.

  6. List of Fleet Air Arm aircraft in World War II - Wikipedia

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    Carrier-borne version of the Gladiator fitted with an arrestor hook. One of the two FAA fighters of World War II in service at the beginning alongside the Blackburn Skua. [1] [2] Blackburn Skua The Skua was a fighter and a dive bomber; one of two fighter aircraft in the FAA at the onset of war, alongside the Gloster Sea Gladiator.

  7. Fairey Barracuda - Wikipedia

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    An 830 Naval Air Squadron Barracuda taking off from Furious at the start of Operation Mascot. The aircraft is carrying a 1,600 lb (730 kg) bomb. The first Barracudas entered operational service on 10 January 1943 with 827 Squadron of the Fleet Air Arm (FAA) under the command of Lieutenant Commander Roy Sydney Baker-Falkner, the former Admiralty test pilot at RAF Boscombe Down, who were ...

  8. Boulton Paul Defiant - Wikipedia

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    The Boulton Paul Defiant is a British interceptor aircraft that served with the Royal Air Force (RAF) during World War II.The Defiant was designed and built by Boulton Paul Aircraft as a "turret fighter" to meet the RAF requirement for day and night fighters that could concentrate their firepower on enemy bombers which were not expected to have fighter escorts due to the distance from Germany ...

  9. Category : World War II aircraft of the United Kingdom

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    World War II British utility aircraft (3 P) Pages in category "World War II aircraft of the United Kingdom" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total.

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