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WW2 RAF Aircraft 1 (Straight)
(includes Fleet Air Arm)
Phil Platt

Each answer is the name of a plane operated by the Royal Air Force for at least part of World War 2.

This is the first of a series I'm compiling, and there is also a cryptic version in which the answers are the same.


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  •  1  RAF name for the American P-36 (6)

  •  4  Bomber and troop transport retired in 1944 (6)

  •  6  Despite scoring the first WW2 aerial victory for the RAF, this disappointing type was withdrawn from front line service in 1940 (6)

  •  7  Variant of the Hawker Hart originally intended for operations in Iraq (5)

  •  8  Turret-armed fighter built by Boulton Paul (7)

  •  9  Torpedo bomber from which the Blenheim was developed (8)

  • 15 American-built marine reconnassance aircraft (6)

  • 18 Torpedo-carrying biplane that gained distinction at Taranto and against the Bismark (9)

  • 19 Early-war carrier-based two seat fighter/dive bomber (4)

  • 20 Army co-operation aircraft famously operated as transport for delivering SOE Agents into France (8)

  • 22 Napier-engined ground attack aircraft designed by Sydney Camm (7)

  • 23 Fairey biplane bomber operated in Egypt (6)

  • 24 Army co-operation autogyro built by Avro as a version of the Cierva C.30 (4)

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  •  1  Name given to the Mitchell B-26 (8)

  •  2  Night-fighter and intruder version of the Douglas Boston (5)

  •  3  Four-engined heavy bomber (7)

  •  5  Hawker army co-operation biplane (5)

  •  6  RAF name for the Douglas A-20 (6)

  •  7  Hawker biplane fighter (4)

  • 10 US heavy fighter built by Republic (11)

  • 11 Twin-engined version of the Avro Lancaster (10)

  • 12 Carrier-based version of the Spitfire (7)

  • 13 Twin-engined bomber built by Vickers (10)

  • 14 Multi-role twin engined aircraft built mainly from plywood (8)

  • 16 Largest of the RAF bomber force (8)

  • 17 Carrier-based US-built fighter with distintive gull wings (7)

  • 21 Turret-armed version of 19 across (3)

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