Formation Interwar

Aircraft profiles from the formation interwar era of the Royal Air Force.

11 Aircraft Profiles
Featured Formation Interwar Aircraft

Armstrong Whitworth Whitley

Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft

Bomber Aircraft

Learn how the Armstrong Whitworth Whitley carried the RAF from pre-war expansion into the first raids on Germany and later Coastal Command patrols.

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Entered service 1937
Retired 1945
Max speed 230 mph (370 km/h)
Ceiling 26,000 ft (7,925 m)
Range 1,650 mi (2,660 km)

Formation Interwar · 11 aircraft

First World War

Airco DH.9A

Airco (Aircraft Manufacturing Company Ltd.)
Bomber Aircraft 1918–1931
Formation & Interwar

Armstrong Whitworth Siskin

Sir W.G. Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft Limited
Fighter Aircraft 1924–1932
Second World War

Armstrong Whitworth Whitley

Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft
Bomber Aircraft 1937–1945
First World War

Avro 504

A. V. Roe and Company
Transport & Support Aircraft 1913–1933
Formation & Interwar

Avro Anson

A. V. Roe and Company
Maritime Aircraft 1936–1968
Second World War

Bristol Blenheim

Bristol Aeroplane Company
Bomber Aircraft 1937–1944
Formation & Interwar

Gloster F.9/37

Gloster Aircraft Company
Fighter Aircraft N/A–N/A
Formation & Interwar

Hawker Hind

Hawker Aircraft Limited
Bomber Aircraft 1935–1939
Second World War

Hawker Hurricane

Hawker Aircraft Ltd
Fighter Aircraft 1937–1947
First World War

Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5

Royal Aircraft Factory
Fighter Aircraft 1917–1921
First World War

Sopwith Camel

Sopwith Aviation Company
Fighter Aircraft 1917–1920