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Aircraft profiles from the second world war era of the Royal Air Force.
Hawker Hurricane
Hawker Aircraft Ltd
Fighter AircraftExplore the Hawker Hurricane, the RAF fighter that carried much of the Battle of Britain and became one of the Service’s defining wartime aircraft.
View aircraft → Entered service 1937
Retired 1947
Max speed 316 mph (509 km/h)
Ceiling 34,500 ft (10,516 m)
Range 585 mi (941 km)
Second World War · 24 aircraft
Second World War
Airspeed Horsa
Airspeed Ltd
Second World War
Armstrong Whitworth Whitley
Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft
Formation & Interwar
Avro Anson
A. V. Roe and Company
Second World War
Avro Lancaster
A. V. Roe and Company Avro Manchester
Second World War
Avro Manchester
A. V. Roe and Company
Second World War
Bristol Beaufighter
Bristol Aeroplane Company
Second World War
Bristol Beaufort
Bristol Aeroplane Company
Second World War
Bristol Blenheim
Bristol Aeroplane Company
Second World War
Consolidated Catalina
Consolidated Aircraft Corporation
Second World War
Consolidated Liberator
Consolidated Aircraft Corporation
Second World War
de Havilland Mosquito
de Havilland
Second World War
Douglas Dakota
Douglas Aircraft Company
Second World War
Douglas Havoc
Douglas Aircraft Company
Second World War
Fairey Battle
Fairey Aviation Company
Second World War
Handley Page Halifax
Handley Page
Second World War
Handley Page Hampden
Handley Page Ltd.
Second World War
Hawker Hurricane
Hawker Aircraft Ltd
Second World War
Hawker Tempest
Hawker Aircraft
Second World War
Hawker Typhoon
Hawker Aircraft
Second World War
Short Stirling
Short Brothers
Second World War
Short Sunderland
Short Brothers
Second World War
Supermarine Spitfire
Supermarine Aviation Works (Vickers) Ltd
Second World War
Vickers Wellington
Vickers-Armstrongs (Aircraft) Ltd
Second World War