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| Aircraft Type Detials |
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Below is a list of the aircraft types operated by 24 Squadron compiled by Simon Batchelor as at 09-Feb-2004. New serials have confirmed by checking Squadron records at the Public Record Office in Kew. |
| Maker | Type | Mark | Serials | References |
| Airspeed | Envoy | L7270 | Still in use 20/05/42 | |
| Oxford | P8832,P8833 | H p119, SRAF p209 | ||
| Armstrong | Siskin | IIIA | J8869 | Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft |
| Whitworth | Ensign | G-ADTB, G-ADST | A/W Aircraft, E flight 15/5/40 | |
| Avro | 504 | J | C4451 | A 11/85 |
| Tutor | K6120, K1234 | Avro A/C by Roger Jackson | ||
| Anson | MkI | K6290, NK710 | Avro A/C by Harry Holmes | |
| Lancastrian | C Mk2 | VL967-981,VM701-704,725-738 | 701 round the world, ARAF p355, La p77 | |
| York | Mk1 | MW232, LV633 Ascalon | Avro A/C by R. Jackson, La p75 | |
| Anson | Mk10 | NK703 | Avro A/C by Harry Holmes | |
| Beech | 17 | Staggerwing | DR628 | |
| Blackburn | Botha 1 | L6128 | For use photographing new US aircraft | |
| Roc | L3102*, L3120* | *=A Flight destroyed by E/A 07/10/40 | ||
| Bleriot | XI | 293 | ||
| Brewster | Buffalo | W8131 to W8137 possibly | ||
| Bristol | Scout | 5314 | ||
| FB2 | Coupe | H1460 | But p86 | |
| F2B | MkIII | J8430 | FR, But p87 | |
| Bulldog | K2209 | |||
| 142 | K7557 | |||
| Bombay | L5836 | |||
| Caudron | G2 | |||
| Curtis | JN4 | B1934 | ||
| SBC4 | Cleveland | AS468* | A Flight destroyed by E/A 07/10/40 | |
| ARAF p362 | ||||
| DeHavilland | DH2 | 5964, A2540 | A 11/95, red wheel discs | |
| DH4 | Possible | |||
| DH5 | A9435 | H p46 | ||
| DH9A | J7079, J7089(DC),J7314 | Cranwell Page25 | ||
| DH60M | Moth | K1838,K1839,K1849, | A10/78 | |
| K1850,K1842 | ||||
| DH82 | Tiger moth | K2583, K2568, K4277*, K4284* | K p346, H p92 | |
| DH83 | Fox Moth | X9305, X9304 | DH Putnam p323 | |
| DH84 | Dragon | DJ716 | DH Putnam p328 | |
| DH85 | Leopard Moth | DH Putnam p389, H p105 | ||
| DH86B | L7596,N6246,AX795 | H p109, DRF p's 32 & 42 | ||
| X9338, L8037, L8040 | Cranwell Page30 | |||
| DH87A | Hornet Moth | HM498, W9390, G ADJZ, X9321 | ||
| DH89 | Rapide | K5070, P1734, P7258 | H p99, DRF p's74 & 76 | |
| DH93 | Don | L2394 | DH Putnam p389, H p105 | |
| DH95 | Flamingo | R2765 | A06/85,12/85,02/89, H p116 | |
| Douglas | DC3 | Ex SABENA | OO-AUX, OO-AUI | E Flight 15/05/40 |
| C47 | Dakota 1 | FD772 Plus see AM | H p128, AM, SUM03.AUT03 | |
| C54 | Skymaster | EW999 | Overall silver | |
| Fairey | 111F | J9061,K1115 | A11/85,Profile 44,HistRAF P63 | |
| Fairey in Photographs, But p88 | ||||
| Farnam | Longhorn | |||
| Shorthorn | 1525? | |||
| Fokker | FXX11 | HM159, (HM160) | HM159 used on Belfast run | |
| General Aircraft | Cygnet | DG566, | One of these used as a tricycle trainer | |
| AR Aut03 | ||||
| Gloster | Gladiator | MkII | N5902 | Warpaint p22 |
| Grumman | Goose | MV993 | SAMI 05/03, SAM extract p73 | |
| ARAF p367 | ||||
| Handley Page | Hastings | C Mk1a | TG582, TG339 | ,A08/03,Aviation World Sum03 |
| C2 | A/C Ill. Extra No17 | |||
| C4 | ||||
| Hawker | Hart(C) | K2456 | A02/89,05/89 | |
| Hart | K3001 | A07/95, H p98,K p35 | ||
| Tomtit | K1782,J9772 | K p350 | ||
| Audax | K2008 | |||
| Hind | K6814 | A Flight destroyed by E/A 07/10/40 | ||
| Heston | Phoenix | X2891,X9338,X9393 | ||
| Lockheed | 10A | W9104 - W9106 | H p118, 24/04/40 | |
| 12 | LA619, X9316 City of Salisbury | 04/05/42 | ||
| Hudson | N7363 | A07/85 | ||
| Hudson | Transport | N7364 | A02/85,07/85,12/85 | |
| p405 B. Blenheim comp. History | ||||
| Sam extract p75 | ||||
| Hercules | C1 | XV215 | ||
| C3 | ||||
| C130J | ||||
| Martinsyde | S1 | |||
| Messerschmitt | bf108 | AW167,DK208,ES955 | ||
| Miles | Nighthawk | L6846 | ARAF p370, AR Aut03 | |
| Mentor | L4394,L4397,L4400*,L4404 | ARAF p370, BAp75, AR Aut03 | ||
| Magister | L5931,L8208,L8209 | |||
| Whitney | Straight | |||
| Hawk Major | BD108,DG590,HL538,NF752? | |||
| Parnall | Heck | III | R9138 | K p440 |
| Percival | Q6 | Petrel | P3634-P3640, P5636 | SAM Vol2no2, AE71 |
| Proctor | P6129,DX321 | |||
| Vega Gull | L7272, P1749 | ARAF p372, A 03/83 | ||
| P10C | Vega | P5993 | Percival's Aircraft | |
| RAF | BE2C | 2687 | ||
| RAF | SE5a | C1057, F5459,D6998 | IEA 184 | |
| Savioa Marchetti | SM73 | Ex Sabena | OO-A6X,OO-A6Y,OO-A6Z | Pass version of SM81, IEA p4057 |
| SM83 | E Flight 15/05/40 | |||
| Sopwith | Snipe | F2409 | ||
| Supermarine | Spitfire | I | X4561 | |
| Stinson | Reliant | W7981, W7878 | A01/93 | |
| Vickers | FB5 | 2341 | ||
| Vimy | F9152, F8640 | J p190 | ||
| Wellington | 1A | P2522 | ||
| Wellington | C.XVI | N2875,P2522,N2990 | H p124,BA p108 | |
| Viking | C1A | VL246 | ||
| C2 | VL203 | |||
| Valetta | C Mk1 | |||
| Westland | Wapiti | 1A | J9095 | Profile no32,FR |
| Lysander | R2622 | |||
| Wicko | Warferry | HM497,HM499 | A/C Ill. Extra No13 |
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Key
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| A= Aeroplane Monthly, IEA= Ill. Ency. Of Aircraft, FR= Flight Royal, DRF= Dragon Rapide Family |
| SAM= Scale Aircraft Modelling, SAMI= Scale Aviation Modelling International, Pro= Profile, H= Hendon Aerodrome |
| AE= Air Enthusiast,Aeromilitaria=AM, Archive= AR, J file = J, K file= K, L =L File, But = But not in anger |
| SRAF=Source Book of the RAF, ARAF=Putnams Aircraft of the RAF,BA= Brit. A/C @ War 1939/45, La= Lancaster |
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