Bomber Aircraft

Aircraft of the Royal Air Force classified as bomber aircraft — profiled in full.

16 Aircraft Profiles
Featured Bomber 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)

Bomber Aircraft · 16 aircraft

First World War

Airco DH.9A

Airco (Aircraft Manufacturing Company Ltd.)
Bomber Aircraft 1918–1931
Second World War

Armstrong Whitworth Whitley

Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft
Bomber Aircraft 1937–1945
Second World War

Avro Lancaster

A. V. Roe and Company
Bomber Aircraft 1942–1956
Cold War

Avro Lincoln

A. V. Roe and Company (Avro)
Bomber Aircraft 1945–1963
Avro Manchester
Second World War

Avro Manchester

A. V. Roe and Company
Bomber Aircraft 1940–1942
Cold War

Avro Vulcan

A. V. Roe and Company
Bomber Aircraft 1956–1984
Second World War

Bristol Blenheim

Bristol Aeroplane Company
Bomber Aircraft 1937–1944
Cold War

English Electric Canberra

English Electric
Bomber Aircraft 1951–2006
Second World War

Fairey Battle

Fairey Aviation Company
Bomber Aircraft 1937–1949
Second World War

Handley Page Halifax

Handley Page
Bomber Aircraft 1940–1952
Second World War

Handley Page Hampden

Handley Page Ltd.
Bomber Aircraft 1938–1943
Cold War

Handley Page Victor

Handley Page Limited
Bomber Aircraft 1958–1993
Formation & Interwar

Hawker Hind

Hawker Aircraft Limited
Bomber Aircraft 1935–1939
Second World War

Short Stirling

Short Brothers
Bomber Aircraft 1940–1946
Cold War

Vickers Valiant

Vickers-Armstrongs
Bomber Aircraft 1955–1965
Second World War

Vickers Wellington

Vickers-Armstrongs (Aircraft) Ltd
Bomber Aircraft 1938–1945