Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
No 24 Squadron Aircraft & Markings
Curtiss JN 3 Oct 1915 - Nov 1915
Caudron G III, Oct 1915 - Nov 1915
Avro 504D Sep 1915 - xxx xxxx Avro 504A Oct 1915 - Nov 1915
BE2c Oct 1915 - Nov 1915
Bleriot XI Oct 1915 - Nov 1915 ![]() Bristol Scout C Oct 1915 - Nov 1915
Maurice Farman Longhorn Oct 1915 - Nov 1915 ![]() Maurice Farman Shorthorn Oct 1915 - Nov 1915 |
Vickers FB5 Nov 1915 - Feb 1916 |
Airco DH2 Jan 1916 - Jun 1917 |
![]() Morane N May 1916 - Jul 1916 |
![]() Bristol Scout D May 1916 - Jul 1916 |
FE8 Jun 1916 - Aug 1916 |
![]() DH5 May 1917 - Jan 1918 |
Dec 1917 - Mar 1918 (Lower wing omitted for clarity)
Mar 1918 - Nov 1918 SE5A Dec 1917 - Jan 1919 (Markings carried as shown above) |
Bristol F2B Feb 1920 - Jul 1930
DH 9A Jul 1920 - Jun 1927
Avro 504N Jan 1927 - 1933
DH60 Moth Jan 1927 - Jul 1933
Wapiti IIA Jun 1928 - 1930
Fairey IIIF Jul 1928 - 1933
Tomtit Jul 1930 - xxx 1933
Hart Trainer Jan 1933 - Jul 1941
Tiger Moth Jun 1933 - Jun 1938
Audax Jul 1933 - Feb 1938
Dragon Rapide/Dominie Mar 1935 - Oct 1944 Nighthawk Jul 1937 - Sep 1938
DH86 Express Oct 1937 - Mar 1943 Magister I Jun 1940 - xxx 1940
Anson I Jun 1938 - Dec 1940 Mentor Oct 1938 - Aug 1944 Vega Gull Nov 1938 - Oct 1942 Leopard Moth Sep 1939 - Apr 1940 Fox Moth Sep 1939 - Jul 1940 Dragon Sep 1939 - Jul 1941 Electra Sep 1939 - May 1942 Percival Q6 Sep 1939 - Oct 1942 Puss Moth Oct 1939 - Apr 1940 Flamingo Dec 1939 - Nov 1944 Envoy Mar 1940 - Oct 1940 Whitney Straight Mar 1940 - Apr 1942 Phoenix Apr 1940 - Dec 1940 SM 73P May 1940 - May 1940 DC 3 May 1940 - Jun 1940 Ensign May 1940 - Nov 1940 Hornet Moth Jun 1940 - Nov 1940
Oxford Jul 1940 - Oct 1944
Hudson II Oct 1940 - Jan 1942 Reliant Feb 1941 - Sep 1943 Cygnet May 1941 - Jan 1942
Botha May 1941 - Oct 1942 Beech 17 Traveller May 1941 - xxx 1945 Heck III Jun 1941 - Aug 1941 Leopard Moth Jun 1941 - Apr 1942
Hudson I Aug 1941 - Jul 1942 Messerschmitt Bf108 Sep 1941 - Aug 1942
Hudson V Sep 1941 - Nov 1943 Fokker XXII Jan 1942 - Apr 1943 Hudson IV Feb 1942 - Jun 1942
Hudson III Feb 1942 - Sep 1945 Wicko Jun 1942 - Dec 1942 Phoenix Jul 1942 - Aug 1942
Hudson VI Feb 1942 - Jun 1943 Lockheed 12 Jul 1942 - Aug 1944 Proctor Aug 1942 - xxx 1943 Goose Jan 1943 - Jan 1944
Wellington XVI Feb 1943 - Jan 1944 |
![]() York C Mk 1 Mar 1943 - Oct 1944, Jul 1946 - Dec 1951 |
![]() Dakota Apr 1943 - Nov 1952 |
Anson X Jun 1944 - Dec 1945 |
![]() Skymaster I Nov 1944 - Feb 1945 |
![]() Lancastrian C Mk 2 Jul 1946 - Oct 1949 |
![]() Valetta C Mk 1 Feb 1950 - Nov 1950 |
Hastings C Mk 1 Nov 1950 - Jan 1968 Hastings C Mk 2 Jun 1951 - Jan 1968
Hastings C Mk 4 Oct 1951 - Jan 1968
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Hercules C Mk 1 Feb 1968 - xx xxx xxxx
Hercules C Mk 3 Mar 1980 - xx xxx xxxx
Hercules C Mk 4 Nov 2000 - xx xxx xxxx
Hercules C Mk 5 Nov 2000 - xx xxx xxxx Hercules aircraft are pooled as part the Brize Norton Transport Wing and issued to squadrons as required to fulfil their operational tasking. |
Airbus A400M xxx 2015 - Current |
Images marked # are to show aircraft type not squadron markings
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