Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
No 159 - 179 Squadron Aircraft & Markings
![]() Liberator II May 1942 - Aug 1943
Liberator V Jul 1943 - Aug 1943
Liberator III Aug 1943 - Jun 1944
Liberator VI Mar 1944 - Jul 1945
Liberator VIII Jun 1945 - Jun 1946 |
![]() Liberator II May 1942 - Jan 1943
Liberator III Mar 1943 - Oct 1945
Liberator V Jun 1943 - Nov 1945
Liberator VI Jan 1944 - Feb 1945
Liberator VIII Sep 1945 - Oct 1946 |
![]() Lancaster GR Mk 3 Aug 1946 - Oct 1946 |
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Lysander IIIA Feb 1942 - Jun 1945 |
Whitley V Feb 1942 - Dec 1942 |
![]() Havoc I Oct 1942 - Dec 1943 |
![]() Albemarle I Oct 1942 - Apr 1943 |
![]() Halifax II Sep 1942 - Dec 1942 Halifax V Oct 1942 - Oct 1944 |
![]() Hudson I Feb 1942 - Aug 1944
Hudson IIIA Sep 1943 - Jun 1945
Hudson V Sep 1943 - Jun 1945 |
Sep 1944 - Jun 1945 |
![]() Wellington IC Jan 1942 - Feb 1944
Wellington III Sep 1943 - Nov 1943, Jan 1944 - Jul 1944
Wellington X Apr 1944 -Sep 1944
Wellington DWI Mar 1944 - Jul 1944 |
![]() Blenheim IV Feb 1942 - Jul 1942
Blenheim V Jul 1942 - Jan 1944 |
![]() Baltimore II Sep 1943 - Jan 1944 ![]() Baltimore I Oct 1943 - Nov 1943 Baltimore III Jan 1944 - Sep 1944 |
![]() Mosquito VI Oct 1943 - Jan 1944, Apr 1944 - Jul 1944
Mosquito XXV Dec 1944 - Jul 1946
Mosquito XX Feb 1945 - Jul 1946 |
Hudson IIIA Jul 1942 - Aug 1942
Hudson VI Jul 1942 - Dec 1942 |
Jan 1945 - May 1945
Mosquito XVI May 1945 - Aug 1945 |
Spitfire VA Apr 1942 - Sep 1942
Spitfire VB Sep 1942 - Feb 1943 |
![]() Hurricane IID Feb 1943 - May 1943 ![]() Hurricane IV Feb 1943 - Feb 1944 |
![]() Typhoon IB Jan 1944 - May 1945 |
![]() Spitfire IXE Jun 1945 - Jul 1946
Spitfire XVIE Jul 1946 - Aug 1946 |
Apr 1942 - Jun 1942
Spitfire VB May 1942 - Oct 1943
Spitfire VC Jul 1943 - Oct 1943 ![]() Spitfire IX Sep 1943 - Jan 1945
Spitfire IXE May 1945 - Sep 1946 |
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Jan 1945 - May 1945 |
FE2b Jun 1918 - Oct 1918 |
V/1500 Oct 1918 - May 1919 |
![]() Heyford III Nov 1936 - Jul 1939 |
![]() Whitley I Jan 1939 - Feb 1940
Whitley III Dec 1939 - Apr 1940 |
![]() Wellington III Jan 1943 - Apr 1943 Wellington X Feb 1943 - Sep 1943 |
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Lancaster I/III Sep 1943 - Nov 1945 |
Nov 1918 - May 1919 |
Spitfire VB Apr 1942 - Jun 1943
Spitfire VC Oct 1942 - Jun 1943 |
![]() Warwick I Nov 1944 - May 1945 |
Warwick III Nov 1944 - Feb 1946 |
Apr 1945 - Feb 1946 |
![]() Dakota Jun 1945 - Jan 1946 |
As a Ferry unit it flew a wide variety of types (1953 - 1958) |
![]() Tomahawk IIA Jun 1942 - Nov 1942 |
Mustang I Nov 1942 - Aug 1943, Feb 1944 - Oct 1944 Mustang IA Aug 1943 - Feb 1944 |
![]() Typhoon IB Sep 1944 - Feb 1945 |
Mustang I Jun 1942 - Sep 1943 |
![]() Mosquito II Jan 1944 - Jul 1944
Mosquito VI Jun 1944 - Aug 1945
Mosquito XIX Jan 1945 - Aug 1945 |
![]() Mustang I Jun 1942 - Aug 1943 Mustang IA Aug 1943 - Jan 1944 |
![]() Lancaster I/III Oct 1944 - Nov 1945 |
![]() Tomahawk I Jun 1942 - Dec 1942 |
Mustang IA Sep 1942 - Dec 1942 |
![]() Stirling III Sep 1944 - Jan 1945 |
![]() Halifax III Oct 1944 - Jul 1945 |
![]() Wellington VIII Apr 1942 - Mar 1943
Wellington XII Dec 1942 - Oct 1943 ![]() Wellington XIV Aug 1943 - Jun 1945 |
![]() Audax Jun 1942 - Feb 1943 |
![]() Lysander II Jul 1942 - Jul 1943 |
![]() Hart Jul 1942 - Aug 1943 |
![]() Hurricane I
Blenheim IV
Oxford Jul 1942 - Sep 1943 |
Moth Minor
Gull Six Magister Jul 1942 - Oct 1943 |
![]() Boston III Electra Jul 1942 - Jan 1944 |
![]() Lodestar, Proctor I,
Argus I Jul 1942 - Feb 1944 |
![]() Dragon Rapide Aug 1942 - Oct 1942 |
SM 79
Dec 1942 - Apr 1943 |
Reliant
Junkers JU52/3m Feb 1943 - Feb 1943 |
Scion Senior
Feb 1943 - Sep 1943 |
![]() Hardy Mar 1943 - Apr 1943 |
![]() Beaufighter If Apr 1943 - Sep 1943 |
![]() Anson I Sep 1943 - Feb 1944 |
It also used a wide variety of light communications types from time to time. |
From 1953 to 1957, it ferried a wide range of types, but used the types listed for aircrew ferrying.
Anson C Mk 19 Feb 1953 - Sep 1957 ![]() Varsity T Mk 1 Feb 1955 - Feb 1957 |
![]() Hurricane IIB Mar 1942 - Apr 1943 |
![]() Typhoon IB Apr 1943 - Apr 1945, Aug 1945 - Sep 1945 |
![]() Tempest V Sep 1945 - Apr 1946 |
![]() Hurricane IIB Mar 1942 - Apr 1943 |
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Typhoon IB Apr 1943 - Sep 1945 |
Jan 1943 - Aug 1943
Beaufighter VI Jan 1943 - Aug 1945 |
![]() Hurricane IIC May 1943 - Jan 1944 |
Mosquito XVI Jun 1945 - Jul 1945
Mosquito XIX Jul 1945 - Jun 1946 |
![]() Meteor F Mk 8
Venom
Javelin Jan 1956 - Oct 1958 |
![]() Beaufighter VI May 1943 - May 1944
Beaufighter X Nov 1943 - Jul 1945
Beaufighter XI Nov 1945 - May 1944 |
![]() Liberator II Jan 1943 - Dec 1943
Liberator III Sep 1943 - Jul 1944
Liberator VI Jan 1944 - Jan 1946 |
![]() Halifax II May 1943 - Sep 1943 |
![]() Lancaster III Nov 1945 - Apr 1946 |
Sep 1942 - Sep 1943 ![]() Wellington XIV Aug 1943 - Nov 1944 |
Warwick V Nov 1944 - May 1946 |
Lancaster ASR III Feb 1946 - Sep 1946 |
Images marked # are to show aircraft type not squadron markings
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