RAF Skitten Aircraft
Over the course of the war, the following aircraft flew out of RAF Skitten.
Role: Military Troop & Cargo Glider
Origin: United Kingdom
Manufacturer: Airspeed Ltd
Built By: Airspeed Ltd (UK) / Austin Motor Company (UK) / Harris Lebus Group (UK)
First Flight: September 1941
Introduction: 1941
Number Built: 3,655
Primary Users: British Army Air Corps, United States Army Air Force, Royal Canadian Air Force, Indian Air Force
Role: Medium Bomber / Anti-Submarine
Origin: United Kingdom
Manufacturer: Vickers-Armstrong
First Flight: June 1936
Introduction: 1938
Number Built: 11,461
Primary Users: Royal Air Force, Royal Australian Air Force, Royal Canadian Air Force, Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm
Role: Fighter / Interceptor
Origin: United Kingdom
Manufacturer: Supermarine
Built By: Supermarine Aviation Works Ltd. (UK) / Vickers Armstrong (UK) / Morris Cars Ltd. (UK) /
First Flight: March 1936
Introduction: 1938
Number Built: 20,351
Primary Users: Royal Air Force, Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm, Royal Canadian Air Force, Free French Air Force, United States Army Air Force
Role: Patrol Bomber / Maritime Patrol
Origin: United States
Manufacturer: Lockheed
Built By: Lockheed Corporation (US) / Vega Aircraft Corporation (US)
First Flight: July 1941
Introduction: 1941
Number Built: 2,625
Primary Users: Royal Air Force, United States Navy, United States Army Air Force
Role: Light Bomber / Maritime Patrol / Reconnaissance / Transport
Origin: United States
Manufacturer: Lockheed
Built By: Lockheed Corporation (US) / Vega Aircraft Corporation (US)
First Flight: December 1938
Introduction: 1939
Number Built: 2,941
Primary Users: Royal Air Force, Royal Australian Air Force, Royal Canadian Air Force, United States Army Air Force
Role: Fighter
Origin: United Kingdom
Manufacturer: Hawker Aircraft
Built By: Hawker Aircraft (UK) / Gloster Aircraft Company (UK) / Austin Motor Company (UK) / Canada Car & Foundry (Canada) / Zmaj (Yugoslavia) / Rogožarski (Yugoslavia) / Avions Fairey SA (Belgium)
First Flight: November 1935
Introduction: 1937
Number Built: 14,602
Primary Users: Royal Air Force, Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm, Royal Canadian Air Force, Soviet Air Force
Role: Medium Bomber / Torpedo Bomber
Origin: United Kingdom
Manufacturer: Handley Page
Built By: Handley Page (UK) / English Electric (UK) / Canadian Associated Aircraft (Canada)
First Flight: June 1936
Introduction: 1938
Number Built: 1,430
Primary Users: Royal Air Force, Royal Australian Air Force, Royal Canadian Air Force, Soviet Naval Aviation
Role: Heavy Bomber
Origin: United Kingdom
Manufacturer: Handley Page
Built By: Handley Page (UK) / English Electric (UK) / Fairey Aviation (UK) / London Aircraft Production Group (UK) / Rootes Securities (UK)
First Flight: October 1939
Introduction: 1940
Number Built: 6,176
Primary Users: Royal Air Force, Royal Australian Air Force, Royal Canadian Air Force, Free French Air Force
Role: Carrier-Based Fighter
Origin: United States
Manufacturer: Grumman
Built By: Grumman (US) / General Motors (US)
First Flight: September 1937
Introduction: 1940
Number Built: 7,885
Primary Users: United States Navy, United States Marine Corp, Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm, Royal Canadian Navy
Role: Fighter
Origin: United Kingdom
Manufacturer: Gloster Aircraft Company Limited
Built By: Gloster Aircraft Company Limited (UK)
First Flight: September 1934
Introduction: 1937
Number Built: 747
Primary Users: Royal Air Force, Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm, Chinese Nationalist Air Force, Finnish Air Force, Norwegian Army Air Service
Role: Light Bomber / Fighter Bomber / Night Fighter / Maritime Strike / Photo Reconnaissance
Origin: United Kingdom
Manufacturer: de Havilland
Built By: de Havilland (UK)
First Flight: November 1940
Introduction: 1941
Number Built: 7,781
Primary Users: Royal Air Force, Royal Australian Air Force, Royal Canadian Air Force, United States Army Air Force
Role: Light Bomber / Night Fighter / Aerial Reconnaissance
Origin: United Kingdom
Manufacturer: Bristol Aeroplane Company
Built By: Bristol Aeroplane Company (UK)
First Flight: April 1935
Introduction: 1937
Number Built: 4,422
Primary Users: Royal Air Force, Royal Canadian Air Force, Finnish Air Force
Role: Torpedo Bomber
Origin: United Kingdom
Manufacturer: Bristol Aeroplane Company
Built By: Bristol Aeroplane Company (UK)
First Flight: October 1938
Introduction: 1939
Number Built: 1,821
Primary Users: Royal Air Force, Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm, Royal Australian Air Force
Role: Heavy Bomber / Maritime Patrol
Origin: United States
Manufacturer: Boeing
Built By: Boeing (US) / Lockheed Vega (US) / Douglas Aircraft (US)
First Flight: July 1935
Introduction: 1938
Number Built: 12,731
Primary Users: United States Army Air Force, Royal Air Force
Role: Heavy Bomber
Origin: United Kingdom
Manufacturer: A.V. Roe
Built By: A.V. Roe (UK) / Armstrong Whitworth (UK) / Austin Morris (UK) / Metropolitan Vickers (UK) / Vickers Armstrong (UK) / National Steel Car (Canada) / Victory Aircraft (Canada)
First Flight: January 1941
Introduction: 1942
Number Built: 7,377
Primary Users: Royal Air Force, Royal Australian Air Force, Royal Canadian Air Force
Role: Multirole Aircraft
Origin: United Kingdom
Manufacturer: A. V. Roe
Built By: A. V. Roe (UK) / Federal Aircraft Limited (Canada)
First Flight: March 1935
Introduction: 1936
Number Built: 11,020
Primary Users: Royal Air Force, Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm, Royal Australian Air Force, Royal Canadian Air Force
Role: Heavy Bomber / Maritime Reconnaissance
Origin: United Kingdom
Manufacturer: Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft
Built By: Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft (UK)
First Flight: March 1936
Introduction: 1937
Number Built: 1,814
Primary Users: Royal Air Force
