Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
No 18 Squadron Aircraft & Markings 1931 - Current
     
      Hart Oct 1931 - May 1936  | 
  
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     Hind Apr 1936 - May 1939  | 
  
     #Blenheim I May 1939 - May 1940 
       Blenheim IV Mar 1940 - Sep 1942 
 Blenheim V Sep 1942 - Apr 1943  | 
  
 
     
      Boston III Feb 1943 - Oct 1944   Boston IV Jul 1944 - Mar 1946   Boston V Jan 1945 - Mar 1946  | 
  
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      Lancaster GR III Sep 1946 - Oct 1946  | 
  
 
     #Mosquito FB Mk 6 Mar 1947 - Nov 1947  | 
  
     #Dakota C Mk 4 Dec 1947 - Feb 1950  | 
  
     
      Canberra B Mk 2 Aug 1953 - Jan 1957  | 
  
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		 Valiant B Mk 1 Dec 1958 - Mar 1963  | 
  
     
      Wessex HC Mk 2 Jan 1964 - Nov 1980  | 
  
       
      Chinook HC Mk 1 Aug 1981 - Apr 1994 
       Chinook HC Mk 2 Feb 1994 - Current This was the first squadron to be re-equipped with the Chinook  | 
  
      ![]() Puma HC Mk 1 May 1992 - Mar 1997  | 
  
Images marked # are to show aircraft type not squadron markings
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