Royal Air Force Flight Engineer & Air Engineer Association

For all those awarded the RAF "E" flying badge.

Aircraft

The following aircraft types flew with RAF personnel in the Air Engineer/Flight Engineer crew position.

  • Argosy B-17 Fortress B-24 Liberator B-29 Washington B.707(NATO) Belfast Beverley Britannia Catalina Comet C-54 Skymaster E-3D Sentry Halifax Hastings Hercules Lancaster Lancastrian Lincoln Manchester Neptune Nimrod Shackleton Stirling Sunderland TriStar VC 10 Whitley VII York
  • THE ROYAL AIR FORCE, 1950-1969 (RAF-T 5565) Three Hawker Siddeley Argosys, either of No 114 Squadron or No 267 Squadron both based at RAF Benson, in flight. Copyright: © IWM. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205214858
  • AMERICAN AIRCRAFT IN ROYAL AIR FORCE SERVICE 1939-1945: CONSOLIDATED MODEL 32 LIBERATOR. (ATP 11552C) Liberator GR Mark V, BZ791, on the ground at Prestwick, before delivery to the Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment, Boscombe Down, Wiltshire, where it remained in use as a trials aircraft. Copyright: © IWM. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205126689
  • THE ROYAL AIR FORCE, 1950-1969 (RAF-T 1083) The first Bristol Britannia C.1 in RAF service, XL636 ‘Argo’ of No. 99 Squadron, RAF Transport Command, during a flight from its base of RAF Lyneham, Wiltshire, shortly after the aircraft was delivered in June 1959. She banks away from the camera revealing her underside. Copyright: © IWM. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205214163
  • AMERICAN AIRCRAFT IN RAF SERVICE 1939-1945: CONSOLIDATED MODEL 28 CATALINA. (CH 2448) Catalina Mark II, AM269 ?BN-K?, of No 240 Squadron RAF based at Stranraer, Ayrshire, moored on Loch Ryan. Copyright: © IWM. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205194545
  • THE ROYAL AIR FORCE, 1950-1969 (RAF-T 359) A De Havilland Comet C.2 aircraft (XK 697) of 51 Squadron RAF in flight. Copyright: © IWM. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205024590
  • THE HANDLEY PAGE HASTINGS (MH 27470) A Handley Page Hastings of RAF Transport Command, in flight. (Port, three-quarter front view, from above). Copyright: © IWM. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205088135
  • AIRCRAFT OF THE ROYAL AIR FORCE 1939-1945: SHORT S.25 SUNDERLAND. (ATP 13694B) Sunderland Mark V, PP105, moored on the River Medway at Rochester, Kent, following completion at the Short Bros. works. Following service with No. 302 Ferry Training Unit, PP105 joined No. 209 Squadron RAF in February 1945, for service in the Indian Ocean. Copyright: © IWM. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205126648
  • AIRCRAFT OF THE ROYAL AIR FORCE 1939-1945: SHORT S.29 STIRLING. (CH 16996) Short Stirling Mark I, N3725 ‘HA-D’, of No. 218 Squadron RAF, running its starboard outer engine at Marham, Norfolk. Copyright: © IWM. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205127487
  • THE ROYAL AIR FORCE, 1950-1969 (RAF-T 7603) Lockheed Hercules C.1s of No 36 Squadron RAF Air Support Command and based at RAF Lynaham, Wiltshire, over a dramatic cloudscape. Copyright: © IWM. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205215122
  • THE ROYAL AIR FORCE 1945 – 1975 (CT 484) A Nimrod submarine hunter-killer aircraft, XV 262, of No 206 Squadron, RAF Kinloss, in flight over a North Sea oil rig in the early 1970s. During this period, the Nimrod fleet patrolled the North Sea protecting British fishing fields and oil fields. Copyright: © IWM. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205018982
  • AIRCRAFT OF THE ROYAL AIR FORCE 1939-1945: HANDLEY PAGE HP.57 HALIFAX. (CH 4435) Halifax Mark II Series 1, L9619 ?ZA-E?, of No. 10 Squadron RAF based at Leeming, Yorkshire, in flight. This aircraft is an early production machine fitted with beam gun hatches amidships instead of a mid-upper turret. Copyright: © IWM. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205126916
  • THE ROYAL AIR FORCE IN BRITAIN, SEPTEMBER 1942 (TR 198) Three Avro Lancaster B Mark Is of No 44 Squadron, Royal Air Force based at Waddington, Lincolnshire, flying above the clouds. Left to right: W4125, `KM-W’, being flown by Sergeant Colin Watt, Royal Australian Air Force; W4162,`KM-Y’, flown by Pilot Officer T G Hackney, (later killed while serving with No 83 Squadron); and W4187, `KM-S’, flown by Pilot Officer J D V S Stephens DFM, who was killed … Copyright: © IWM. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205018256
  • POST WAR BRITISH AIRCRAFT ((MOW) R 2407) Avro Lincoln ‘Thor II’ of the Empire Air Armaments School, RAF Manby. Copyright: © IWM. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205127577
  • AIRCRAFT OF THE ROYAL AIR FORCE 1939-1945: AVRO 679 MANCHESTER. (CH 17289) Manchester Mark I, L7284 ?EM-D?, of No. 207 Squadron RAF based at Waddington, Lincolnshire, in flight. Copyright: © IWM. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205127033
  • THE ROYAL AIR FORCE, 1950-1969 (RAF-T 5271) An Avro Shackleton MR.2 WG530 of No 205 Squadron is seen flying over remote jungle on Borneo whilst on a reconnaisance patrol in 1964. Copyright: © IWM. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205214792
  • AMERICAN AIRCRAFT IN ROYAL AIR FORCE SERVICE 1939-1945: DOUGLAS SKYMASTER. (ATP 13077C) Skymaster Mark I, EW999, on the ground at Lyneham, Wiltshire, where it was based for the personal use of the Prime Minister and his entourage. The aircraft still bears its USAAF serial number on the tail, (43-17126) at this stage. Copyright: © IWM. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205126705
  • THE ROYAL AIR FORCE 1950 – 1967 (CT 924) Vickers VC 10 C1, XV101 ‘James McCudden VC’, of No.10 Squadron, Royal Air Force, in flight above clouds. The C1 was designed to carry 139 passengers in rear facing seats, eight standard pallets or up to 78 medical evacuation stretchers and was fitted with the engines of the Super VC 10 airliner. No 10 Squadron operated 14 VC10 C1 aircraft in a strategic air transport role out of RAF Brize Norton, … Copyright: © IWM. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205018883
  • AIRCRAFT OF THE ROYAL AIR FORCE 1939-1945: ARMSTRONG WHITWORTH AW.38 WHITLEY. (CH 1216) Whitley Mark III, K8994 ?E?, of No. 10 Operational Training Unit, taxying at Abingdon, Berkshire. Copyright: © IWM. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205126861
  • AIRCRAFT OF THE ROYAL AIR FORCE: AVRO 685 YORK. (CH 16488) Avro York C Mark I, MW186, of No. 511 Squadron RAF, parked in a dispersal at Lyneham, Wiltshire. Copyright: © IWM. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205210764
  • VC10 AAR 2010