Aircraft which did service with either the British Royal Air Force (RAF) or Royal Navy during WW2. Many are well-known, some are obscure, many served throughout the war and some for just a brief period. The list doesn't include experimental, prototype or captured aircraft but it does include bombers and fighters in addition to those used for reconnaissance, patrol, transport and training as well as gliders.
In the case of US aircraft, the quiz is looking for the aircraft names while in RAF or RN service, not designated numbers.
This is a great quiz. You list the Stinson Reliant, which is correct. According to Wikipedia the Royal Air Force received 113 L-1/L-1A Stinson Vigilants, which they named Vigilant Mark I and Vigilant Mark II.
Thanks for that. I've seen the information in Wikipedia but have since checked other reference material and can't find any evidence that the Vigilant served in RAF squadron service during WW2. I'll keep checking though and will add it if I can find something to support it.
Nice quiz. I believe that Fairey Seafox is missing. And what about the planes, which were operated by RAF, that were captured or flown in from other states? Like Dornier 17? These should be excluded from description.
Thanks. I've just checked out the Seafox and can see that they served with five catapult flights which were pooled to create 700 Naval Air Squadron in January 1940, along with 754 NAS which was a training unit. It did serve with a few other squadrons too, but most had got rid of their Seafoxes by the start of WW2. It seems that one Seafox also played an important role in the Battle of the River Plate. I've now added this aircraft to the quiz.
As for the captured planes, they were mostly one-offs, flown by RAE Farnborough as well as an independent RAF unit, No. 1426 Flight (the 'RAFwaffe') whose role it was to evaluate and demonstrate them to other units. As such they don't come within the remit of squadron service and were essentially experimental but I've added it to the introduction anyway.
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As for the captured planes, they were mostly one-offs, flown by RAE Farnborough as well as an independent RAF unit, No. 1426 Flight (the 'RAFwaffe') whose role it was to evaluate and demonstrate them to other units. As such they don't come within the remit of squadron service and were essentially experimental but I've added it to the introduction anyway.