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This is a list of aircraft of the Royal New Zealand Air Force and Royal New Zealand Navy. For active aircraft see List of active New Zealand military aircraft.
Aircraft[]
A[]
Model | Variants | Number | Origin | Service period | Notes |
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Aermacchi MB-339 | MB-339CB | 18 | Italy | 1991-2001 | |
AESL Airtourer | 4 | New Zealand | 1970-1993 | See also CT4 | |
AgustaWestland A109 | 6 | Italy | ordered 2007 (one used for spares) | ||
Aichi E13A "Jake" | 1 | Japan | Captured aircraft flown in theatre). | ||
Airspeed Consul | 6 | UK | 1948-1954 | ||
Airspeed Oxford | 229 | UK | 1938-1954 | ||
Avro 504 | 504K, 504L | 31 | UK | 1920-1931 | New purchases in 1925, others were Imperial Gift aircraft, loaned to private companies 1920-1923 or 24. Some lost in accidents while on loan. |
Avro Prefect | 4 | UK | 1935–1943 | ||
Avro Anson | 25 | UK | 1942-1952 | ||
Avro Lancaster | UK | 1943-1945 | RAF aircraft operated by 75 Squadron | ||
Avro Lincoln | UK | 1945 | RAF aircraft operated by 75 Squadron | ||
Auster, 6 J/5 and 1 Mk 7c | 7 | UK | 1947-1970 |
B[]
Model | Variants | Number | Origin | Service period | Notes |
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BA Swallow | 1 | UK | 1939-1941 | ||
BAC Strikemaster | Mk 88 | 16 | UK | 1972-1992 | |
Beechcraft 17 | 1 | US | 1939-1946 | ||
Beechcraft Super King Air | B200 | 5 | US | 1998- | Current |
Bell 47 Sioux | 13 | US | 1965- | ||
Bell Iroquois | UH1D, UH-1H | 17 | US | 1966- | Plus an unknown number of aircraft leased for UN work in the Sinai. One UH-1H was donated for display at the Wigram museum, and never saw service, the UH-1Ds were converted to UH-1H standard. |
Blackburn Baffin | 29 | UK | 1937-1941 | ||
Bleriot XI-2 | 2 | France | A replica is displayed in the Wigram Museum | ||
Boeing 727 | 3 | US | 1981-2003 | ||
Boeing 757 | 2 | US | 2003- | Current | |
Brewster Buffalo | 23 | US | 1941-1942 | Operated by 488(NZ) Squadron | |
Bristol Beaufighter | UK | 1942-1945 | RAF aircraft operated by 487(NZ) Squadron, 488 and 489 Squadrons | ||
Bristol Beaufort | UK | 1941-1942 | RAF aircraft operated by 489(NZ) Squadron | ||
Bristol Blenheim | UK | 1941-1942 | RAF aircraft operated by 489(NZ) Squadron | ||
Bristol F2B Fighter | 7 | UK | 1919-1936 | ||
Bristol Freighter | 12 | UK | 1951-1977 |
C[]
Model | Variants | Number | Origin | Service period | Notes |
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CAC Boomerang | Australia | Loaned by RAAF during World War II | |||
CAC Wirraway | Australia | Loaned by RAAF during World War II | |||
Cessna 421C Golden Eagle | 3 | US | 1981-1991 | ||
Consolidated Catalina | 56 | US | 1943-?1953 | ||
Curtiss Kittyhawk | P-40E, K, L, M, N | 301 | US | 1942-1948 | Total includes four lost on delivery |
D[]
Model | Variants | Number | Origin | Service period | Notes |
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de Havilland DH.4 | 2 | UK | 1919-1930 | ||
de Havilland DH.9 | 9 | UK | 1921-1930 | On loan to private companies 1921-23 | |
de Havilland DH.50A | 1 | UK | 1927-1931 | ||
de Havilland Moth | DH.60G, DH.60M | 60 | UK | 1929-1943 | |
de Havilland Puss Moth | DH.80A | 4 | UK | 1931-1946 | |
de Havilland Tiger Moth | 335 | UK | 1939-1956 | ||
de Havilland Fox Moth | 1 | UK | ?1943-1948 | ||
de Havilland Dragon | 2 | UK | 1939-1944 | ||
de Havilland Express | 3 | UK | 1939-1943 | ||
De Havilland Dragon Rapide | 14 | UK | 1939-1953 | Also known as the Dominie | |
de Havilland Moth Minor | 5 | UK | 1940-1946 | ||
de Havilland Mosquito | 93 | UK | 1943-1952 | Four were lost during delivery and other were used by 487, 488 and 489(NZ) Squadrons | |
de Havilland Vampire | 63 | UK | 1951-1972 | Also a number of aircraft loaned by RAF to No. 14 Squadron RNZAF in Cyprus | |
de Havilland Devon | 30 | UK | 1948-1981 | ||
de Havilland Venom | 48 | UK | 1955-1958 | Aircraft successively loaned to 14 Squadron by RAF - strength of 16 maintained in action during Malayan Emergency | |
de Havilland Beaver | 1 | Canada | 1956-1960 | ||
de Havilland Canada Otter | 1 | Canada | 1960-1963 | ||
Douglas DC-6 | 3 | US | 1961-1968 | ||
Douglas Boston | US | ?1942-?1943 | RAF aircraft loaned to 487(NZ) Squadron | ||
Douglas Dakota | 49 | US | 1943-1977 | ||
Douglas Dauntless | SBD-3,SBD-4,SBD-5 | 69 | US | 1943-1944 | Total includes one lost on delivery |
Douglas A-4 Skyhawk | 24 | US | 1969-2001 | Two did not enter service |
E[]
Model | Variants | Number | Origin | Service period | Notes |
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English Electric Canberra | B(I)12, T13 | 31 | UK | 1959-1970 | Total included 28 RAF aircraft loaned to 75 Squadron in Singapore. |
F[]
Model | Variants | Number | Origin | Service period | Notes |
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Fairey III | F | 3 | UK | ||
Fairey Battle | Mk I | 1 | UK | Used as an instructional airframe | |
Fairey Firefly | Mk I | 1 | UK | Used as an instrructional airframe | |
Fairey Gordon | 41 | UK | |||
Fokker Friendship | F27-100 | 3 | Netherlands | ||
Foster Wikner Wicko | 1 | UK | 1939-1942 |
G[]
Model | Variants | Number | Origin | Service period | Notes |
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General Aircraft Monospar ST-25 | 1 | UK | 1939-1941 | ||
Gloster Grebe | 3 | UK | 1927-1938 | Later used as instructional airframes broken up 1943-44 | |
Gloster Meteor | F.3, T.7 | 3 | UK | 1945-1957 | |
Grumman Avenger | TBF-1 | 48 | US |
H[]
Model | Variants | Number | Origin | Service period | Notes |
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Handley Page Hampden | UK | 1941-1943 | RAF aircraft used by 487(NZ) Squadron | ||
Handley Page Hastings | C.3 | 4 | UK | ||
Hawker Siddeley Andover | C.1 | 10 | UK | 1976-1998 | |
Hawker Hind | 78 | UK | 1940-1943 | Only 63 actually received, 15 lost at sea due to enemy action in 1940 | |
Hawker Hurricane | 4+ | UK | 1941-1943 | Additional aircraft operated by 486 and 488 Squadrons; Apparently 75 Squadron also received at least one Hurricane as a hack - a pilot was posted as missing presumed killed while flying it. | |
Hawker Tempest | UK | 1944-1945 | RAF aircraft operated by 486(NZ) Squadron | ||
Hawker Tomtit | 4 | UK | |||
Hawker Typhoon | UK | 1942-1944 | RAF aircraft operated by 486 Squadron |
K[]
Model | Variants | Number | Origin | Service period | Notes |
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Kaman Seasprite | SH-2F, SH-2G | 25 | US | Current, 4 F, 15 G & 6 purchased for use as instructional airframes only |
L[]
Model | Variants | Number | Origin | Service period | Notes |
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Lockheed Hercules | 5 | US | Current | ||
Lockheed Hudson | 94 | US | |||
Lockheed Lodestar | 9 | US | |||
Lockheed PV-2 Harpoon | 4 | US | See also Ventura | ||
Lockheed Orion | 6 | US | Current | ||
Lockheed Ventura | 139 | US | See also Harpoon |
M[]
Model | Variants | Number | Origin | Service period | Notes |
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Messerschmitt 109 | E4 | 1 | Nazi Germany | 1940-1944 | Captured in Europe, sent to NZ for fund raising purposes |
Miles Aerovan | 4 | UK | |||
Miles Hawk | 4 | UK | |||
Miles Magister | 2 | UK | |||
Miles Whitney Straight | 3 | UK | |||
Mitsubishi Ki-46 | 1 | Japan | Captured | ||
Mitsubishi Zero | A6M3 | 3 | Japan | Captured, one flown) | |
Mitsubishi MU-2 | 3 | Japan | 2009- | Used as instructional airframes |
N[]
Model | Variants | Number | Origin | Service period | Notes |
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NH industries NH90 | 9 | France | 2012- | Deliveries started 2012 | |
Nakajima B5N2 | 1 | Japan | Captured aircraft flown in theatre | ||
North American Harvard | 202 | US | |||
North American Mustang | 30 |
P[]
Model | Variants | Number | Origin | Service period | Notes |
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PAC CT/4 | B, E | 32 | New Zealand | 1976- | E current |
Percival Gull | 1 | UK | |||
Porterfield 35W | 1 | US |
R[]
Model | Variants | Number | Origin | Service period | Notes |
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Rearwin 9000 Sportster | 4 | US | |||
Robinson Redwing | II | 1 | UK | Used as an instructional airframe |
S[]
Model | Variants | Number | Origin | Service period | Notes |
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Saro Cutty Sark | 1 | UK | 1930-?1937 | ||
Short Singapore | III | 4 | UK | 1941-1943 | |
Short Stirling | UK | 1942-1944 | RAF aircraft operated by 75 Squadron | ||
Short Sunderland | Mk.3, MR.5 | 20 | UK | 1944-1967 | Additional aircraft used by 490(NZ) Squadron |
Supermarine Seafire | XV | 1 | UK | 1945- | Used as an instructional airframe |
Supermarine Spitfire | UK | 1941-1945 | RAF aircraft used by 485 Squadron | ||
Supermarine Walrus | 10 | UK | 1936-1945 | an additional 11 used by the NZ division of the RN 1936-1945) all RN loan aircraft were either lost on service or returned to RN, RCAF, or RAAF). |
V[]
Model | Variants | Number | Origin | Service period | Notes |
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Vickers Vildebeest | 39 | UK | 1935-1944 | see also Vincent | |
Vickers Vincent | 62 | UK | 1939-1944 | See also Vildebeest | |
Vickers Wellington | 30 | UK | 1939-1943 | Only 18 were taken on charge before all 30 aircraft and their crews were loaned to the RAF in August 1939, additional RAF aircraft were operated by 75 Squadron | |
Vought Corsair | F4U FG-1D | 424 | US | 1944-1948 |
W[]
Model | Variants | Number | Origin | Service period | Notes |
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Waco QDC | 1 | US | 1940-1941 | ||
Waco UIC | 1 | US | 1939-1946 | ||
Waco UOC | 1 | US | 1939-1946 | An additional 2 Waco cabin biplanes with RAF serials were privately purchased by servicemen of the New Zealand Army in the Long Range Desert Group (a special forces type organization) for use behind enemy lines by that organization during the North African campaign, and flown with logo of a white kiwi on black background). | |
Westland Wasp | 18 | UK | Eight original ordered and an additional 10 former Royal Navy helicopters were acquired in 1989 for spares, one was later rebuilt to flying condition, others were never flown. |
Guided Missiles of the RNZAF, RNZN and New Zealand Army[]
Royal New Zealand Air Force[]
- AIM-9 Sidewinder - Short-range air-to-air missile. No longer in service with the Royal New Zealand Air Force.
- AGM-65 Maverick - Air-to-surface missile. In service with the Royal New Zealand Air Force & Royal New Zealand Navy.
New Zealand Army[]
- FGM-148 Javelin - Light weight infantry anti-tank missile.
- Mistral - Man portable surface-to-air missile.
[]
- Ikara - Maritime surface-to-surface anti-submarine missile.
- Sea Cat - Obsolete maritime surface-to-air missile. No longer in service with the Royal New Zealand Navy.
- Sea Sparrow - Maritime surface-to-air missile. In service with the Royal New Zealand Navy.
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles[]
New Zealand Army[]
- KAHU-HAWK
- AeroVironment RQ-11 Raven (loaned by the US for use in Afghanistan)
References[]
- Aircraft Of The Royal New Zealand Air Force. By David Duxbury, Ross Ewing and Ross MacPherson, published by Heinemann Publishers (NZ), Auckland 1987, ISBN 0 86863 412 3 .
- Oxford Companion To New Zealand Military History. Edited by Ian McGibbon, published by Oxford University Press (NZ), Auckland 2000, ISBN 0 19 558 376 0 .
The original article can be found at List of aircraft of the Royal New Zealand Air Force and Royal New Zealand Navy and the edit history here.