Royal Air Force Aircraft Of WW2

Coastal Command Armstrong Whitworth Whitley during WW2.

19 July 1944. Spitfire Mk IX at Longues sur Mer.

Hawker Typhoon in the wet

Vickers Wellington GR Mark XIV, HF197 '1-D', of No. 172 Squadron RAF Detachment, undergoing servicing at Lagens, Azores. 1943

Sunderland Mk.III NJ265 autumn of 1944. Plymouth.

Avro Anson over the English countryside.

By the time the Second World War began, the RAF had received a total of 824 Ansons, with 26 RAF squadrons operating the Anson I. Of these squadrons, 10 were assigned to Coastal Command, while the remaining 16 were part of Bomber Command.

A British Avro Lancaster "Fanny Ferkin II" bomber at the airfield. American aviators from the 401st Bomb Group stand nearby. 01.05.1944

A British Avro Lancaster Mk.I bomber, tail number LM446, tail code PG-H, piloted by Officer John Aitken of 619 (New Zealand) Bomber Squadron, 5th Bomb Group, in flight. Lancaster LM446, PG-H, crashed on the night of May 10, 1944, near the French town of Aubergenville.

On 17 July 1939, the Bristol Beaufighter R2052 prototype took to the skies for the first time. This heavy fighter aircraft, derived from the Beaufort, became one of the most significant British night fighters and naval strike aircraft during the Second World War. #Beaufighter #Bristol #RAF #aviationhistory

Hawker hurricane MK.1 Supermarine Spitfire MK.IXC

An Avro Lancaster Mark I bomber (L7578, KM-B) of No. 44 (Rhodesia) Squadron RAF flying over Lincolnshire during a low-level bombing run on the MAN diesel engine plant in Augsburg on 17 April 1942.

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Pilots and ground crew pose for a photo in front of Avro Lancaster long-range heavy bomber No. W4364 "Billy" of No. 103 Squadron RAF. The bomber became the first Lancaster to complete 50 successful combat missions against targets in occupied Europe.

Supermarine Spitfire Mk1A

Supermarine Spitfire Mk1A G-CFGJ

Spitfire Mk IX MJ892 floatplane in flight

Armourers from No. 320 Squadron RAF and the Royal Dutch Naval Air Service prepare bombs for loading into an American-made B-25 Mitchell Mk.II bomber at Melsbroek Air Base in Belgium. December 31, 1944