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The Gloster Meteor was the first British jet fighter and the Allies' only jet aircraft to engage in combat operations during the Second World War. [1] The Meteor's development was heavily reliant on its ground-breaking turbojet engines, pioneered by Frank Whittle and his company, Power Jets Ltd.
The first 10 B.2s outwardly showed their B.1 ancestry, retaining narrow engine air intakes. Anticipating even more powerful engines, the air intakes were deepened on the 11th (XH557) and subsequent aircraft. Many of the early aircraft were retained for trials, and the 12th B.2, XH558, was the first to be delivered to the RAF in July 1960.
British military aircraft Anti-submarine • Attack • Bomber • Command and control • Experimental • Fighter • Patrol • Reconnaissance • Trainer • Transport • Utility. British civil aircraft
The English Electric Canberra is a British first-generation, jet-powered medium bomber. It was developed by English Electric during the mid- to late 1940s in response to a 1944 Air Ministry requirement for a successor to the wartime de Havilland Mosquito fast bomber. Among the performance requirements for the type was an outstanding high ...
British Aircraft Double Eagle: 2: British Aircraft Eagle [238] 4: British Aircraft Swallow [238] 9: some converted into gliders British Aircraft Company Drone: 1: 608 Squadron: Blackburn B-2: 31: No. 4 Elementary Flying Training School (EFTS) at Brough Boeing 247D [238] 1: Telecommunications Research Establishment, ex-RCAF: Cessna C-34 Airmaster: 1
British bomber aircraft by decade of first flight 1910s • 1920s • 1930s • 1940s • 1950s • 1960s • 1970s • 1980s • 1990s • 2000s • 2010s • ...
The RFC operated in parallel with the RNAS, whose aircraft are listed at List of aircraft of the Royal Naval Air Service. For a list of Royal Air Force aircraft see List of aircraft of the Royal Air Force. British Royal Flying Corps Sopwith Pup
British aircraft of the 1950s; Military: Anti-submarine aircraft • Attack • Bomber • Electronic warfare • Experimental • Fighter • Patrol • Reconnaissance • Trainer • Transport • Utility