Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
No 16 Squadron Aircraft & Markings 1924 - Current
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      Bristol F2b Apr 1924 - Mar 1931  | 
  
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      Atlas Jan 1931 - Jan 1934  | 
  
      ![]() Audax Dec 1933 - Oct 1938  | 
  
      ![]() Lysander I May 1938 - Apr 1939  #Lysander II Apr 1939 - Nov 1940 
		 Lysander III Oct 1940 - Jul 1941 Lysander IIIA May 1941 - Jul 1942  | 
  
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       Mustang I Apr 1942 - Oct 1943  | 
  
	 #Tomahawk II Feb 1943 - Jun 1943  | 
  
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      Spitfire V Feb 1943 
       Spitfire XI Aug 1943 - Sep 1945  
       Spitfire FR IX Jul 1944 - Nov 1944  
       Spitfire XIX Mar 1945 - Sep 1945, Sep 1945 - Apr 1946  #
      Spitfire XIV Sep 1945 - Apr 1946 
 Spitfire XVI Sep 1945 - Apr 1946  | 
  
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      Tempest V Apr 1946 - Aug 1946  
      Tempest F Mk 2 Aug 1946 - Dec 1948  | 
  
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     Vampire FB Mk 5 Dec 1948 - Jun 1954  | 
  
 
	![]() Venom FB Mk 1 Jan 1954 - Jun 1957  | 
  
     
      Canberra B(I) Mk 8 Mar 1958 - Jun 1972  | 
  
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       Buccaneer S Mk 2 Jan 1973 - Feb 1984  | 
  
    ![]() Hunter T Mk 7  | 
  
    
     
      Tornado GR Mk 1 Mar 1984 - Sep 1991  | 
  
    
    ![]() Jaguar GR Mk 1A Nov 1991 - Current 
       Jaguar T Mk 2 Nov 1991 - Current  | 
  
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