List of aircraft of the Royal New Zealand Air Force and Royal New Zealand Navy

This is a list of aircraft of the Royal New Zealand Air Force and Royal New Zealand Navy. For active aircraft see List of active New Zealand military aircraft.

Aircraft

A

Model	Variants	Number	Origin	Service period	Notes
Aermacchi MB-339	MB-339CB	18	Italy	1991-2001
AESL Airtourer		4	New Zealand	1970-1993	See also CT4
AgustaWestland A109		6	Italy		ordered 2007 (one used for spares)
Aichi E13A "Jake"		1	Japan		Captured aircraft flown in theatre).
Airspeed Consul		6	UK	1948-1954
Airspeed Oxford		229	UK	1938-1954
Avro 504	504K, 504L	31	UK	1920-1931	New purchases in 1925, others were Imperial Gift aircraft, loaned to private companies 1920-1923 or 24. Some lost in accidents while on loan.
Avro Prefect		4	UK	1935–1943
Avro Anson		25	UK	1942-1952
Avro Lancaster			UK	1943-1945	RAF aircraft operated by 75 Squadron
Avro Lincoln			UK	1945	RAF aircraft operated by 75 Squadron
Auster, 6 J/5 and 1 Mk 7c		7	UK	1947-1970

In 2007, this Strikemaster was still wearing the colours of No. 14 Squadron RNZAF.

B

Model	Variants	Number	Origin	Service period	Notes
BA Swallow		1	UK	1939-1941
BAC Strikemaster	Mk 88	16	UK	1972-1992
Beechcraft 17		1	US	1939-1946
Beechcraft Super King Air	B200	5	US	1998-	Current
Beechcraft T-6 Texan		11	US	2014-	Current
Bell 47 Sioux		13	US	1965-
Bell Iroquois	UH1D, UH-1H	17	US	1966-	Plus an unknown number of aircraft leased for UN work in the Sinai. One UH-1H was donated for display at the Wigram museum, and never saw service, the UH-1Ds were converted to UH-1H standard.
Blackburn Baffin		29	UK	1937-1941
Bleriot XI-2		2	France	1913-1915	A replica is displayed in the Wigram Museum
Boeing 727		3	US	1981-2003
Boeing 757		2	US	2003-	Current
Brewster Buffalo		23	US	1941-1942	Operated by 488(NZ) Squadron
Bristol Beaufighter			UK	1942-1945	RAF aircraft operated by 487(NZ) Squadron, 488 and 489 Squadrons
Bristol Beaufort			UK	1941-1942	RAF aircraft operated by 489(NZ) Squadron
Bristol Blenheim			UK	1941-1942	RAF aircraft operated by 489(NZ) Squadron
Bristol F2B Fighter		7	UK	1919-1936
Bristol Freighter		12	UK	1951-1977

C

Model	Variants	Number	Origin	Service period	Notes
CAC Boomerang			Australia		Loaned by RAAF during World War II
CAC Wirraway			Australia		Loaned by RAAF during World War II
Cessna 421C Golden Eagle		3	US	1981-1991
Consolidated Catalina		56	US	1943-?1953
Curtiss Kittyhawk	P-40E, K, L, M, N	301	US	1942-1948	Total includes four lost on delivery

D

14 Squadron Vampire on gate duty at Ohakea

Model	Variants	Number	Origin	Service period	Notes
de Havilland DH.4		2	UK	1919-1930
de Havilland DH.9		9	UK	1921-1930	On loan to private companies 1921-23
de Havilland DH.50A		1	UK	1927-1931
de Havilland Moth	DH.60G, DH.60M	60	UK	1929-1943
de Havilland Puss Moth	DH.80A	4	UK	1931-1946
de Havilland Tiger Moth		335	UK	1939-1956
de Havilland Fox Moth		1	UK	?1943-1948
de Havilland Dragon		2	UK	1939-1944
de Havilland Express		3	UK	1939-1943
De Havilland Dragon Rapide		14	UK	1939-1953	Also known as the Dominie
de Havilland Moth Minor		5	UK	1940-1946
de Havilland Mosquito		93	UK	1943-1952	Four were lost during delivery and other were used by 487, 488 and 489(NZ) Squadrons
de Havilland Vampire		63	UK	1951-1972	Also a number of aircraft loaned by RAF to No. 14 Squadron RNZAF in Cyprus
de Havilland Devon		30	UK	1948-1981
de Havilland Venom		48	UK	1955-1958	Aircraft successively loaned to 14 Squadron by RAF - strength of 16 maintained in action during Malayan Emergency
de Havilland Beaver		1	Canada	1956-1960
de Havilland Canada Otter		1	Canada	1960-1963
Douglas DC-6		3	US	1961-1968
Douglas Boston			US	?1942-?1943	RAF aircraft loaned to 487(NZ) Squadron
Douglas Dakota		49	US	1943-1977
Douglas Dauntless	SBD-3,SBD-4,SBD-5	69	US	1943-1944	Total includes one lost on delivery
Douglas A-4 Skyhawk		24	US	1969-2001	Two did not enter service

E

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RNZAF English Electric Canberra B(I)12 at RAAF Base East Sale, early 1960s

Model	Variants	Number	Origin	Service period	Notes
English Electric Canberra	B(I)12, T13	31	UK	1959-1970	Total included 28 RAF aircraft loaned to 75 Squadron in Singapore.

F

Model	Variants	Number	Origin	Service period	Notes
Fairey III	F	3	UK
Fairey Battle	Mk I	1	UK		Used as an instructional airframe
Fairey Firefly	Mk I	1	UK		Used as an instrructional airframe
Fairey Gordon		41	UK
Fokker Friendship	F27-100	3	Netherlands
Foster Wikner Wicko		1	UK	1939-1942

G

Model	Variants	Number	Origin	Service period	Notes
General Aircraft Monospar ST-25		1	UK	1939-1941
Gloster Grebe		3	UK	1927-1938	Later used as instructional airframes broken up 1943-44
Gloster Meteor	F.3, T.7	3	UK	1945-1957
Grumman Avenger	TBF-1	48	US

H

A 40 Squadron Handley Page Hastings refuelling

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Hawker Hurricane night fighters of No. 486 Squadron RNZAF.

Model	Variants	Number	Origin	Service period	Notes
Handley Page Hampden			UK	1941-1943	RAF aircraft used by 487(NZ) Squadron
Handley Page Hastings	C.3	4	UK
Hawker Siddeley Andover	C.1	10	UK	1976-1998
Hawker Hind		78	UK	1940-1943	Only 63 actually received, 15 lost at sea due to enemy action in 1940
Hawker Hurricane		4+	UK	1941-1943	Additional aircraft operated by 486 and 488 Squadrons; Apparently 75 Squadron also received at least one Hurricane as a hack - a pilot was posted as missing presumed killed while flying it.
Hawker Tempest			UK	1944-1945	RAF aircraft operated by 486(NZ) Squadron
Hawker Tomtit		4	UK
Hawker Typhoon			UK	1942-1944	RAF aircraft operated by 486 Squadron

K

Model	Variants	Number	Origin	Service period	Notes
Kaman Seasprite	SH-2F, SH-2G	25	US		Current, 4 F, 15 G & 6 purchased for use as instructional airframes only

L

Model	Variants	Number	Origin	Service period	Notes
Lockheed Hercules		5	US		Current
Lockheed Hudson		94	US
Lockheed Lodestar		9	US
Lockheed PV-2 Harpoon		4	US		See also Ventura
Lockheed Orion		6	US		Current
Lockheed Ventura		139	US		See also Harpoon

M

Model	Variants	Number	Origin	Service period	Notes
McDonnell Douglas	A-4k	24	US	1970 - 2001
Messerschmitt Bf 109	E4	1	Nazi Germany	1940-1944	Captured in Europe, sent to NZ for fund raising purposes
Miles Aerovan		4	UK
Miles Hawk		4	UK
Miles Magister		2	UK
Miles Whitney Straight		3	UK
Mitsubishi Ki-46		1	Japan	Captured
Mitsubishi Zero	A6M3	3	Japan	Captured, one flown)
Mitsubishi MU-2		3	Japan	2009-	Used as instructional airframes

N

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RNZAF Harvard

Model	Variants	Number	Origin	Service period	Notes
NH industries NH90		9	France	2012-	Deliveries started 2012
Nakajima B5N2		1	Japan		Captured aircraft flown in theatre
North American Harvard		202	US
North American Mustang		30

P

A CT4B at Whenuapai

Model	Variants	Number	Origin	Service period	Notes
PAC CT/4	B, E	32	New Zealand	1976-2014
Percival Gull		1	UK
Porterfield 35W		1	US

R

Model	Variants	Number	Origin	Service period	Notes
Rearwin 9000 Sportster		4	US
Robinson Redwing	II	1	UK		Used as an instructional airframe

S

File:75 Squadron RMZAF Short Stirling AA-C en route for 26th mission.JPG

Short Stirling of 75 Squadron

Supermarine Walrus of the RNZAFs seaplane training flight.

Model	Variants	Number	Origin	Service period	Notes
Saro Cutty Sark		1	UK	1930-?1937
Short Singapore	III	4	UK	1941-1943
Short Stirling			UK	1942-1944	RAF aircraft operated by 75 Squadron
Short Sunderland	Mk.3, MR.5	20	UK	1944-1967	Additional aircraft used by 490(NZ) Squadron
Supermarine Seafire	XV	1	UK	1945-	Used as an instructional airframe
Supermarine Spitfire			UK	1941-1945	RAF aircraft used by 485 Squadron
Supermarine Walrus		10	UK	1936-1945	an additional 11 used by the NZ division of the RN 1936-1945) all RN loan aircraft were either lost on service or returned to RN, RCAF, or RAAF).

V

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Restored RNZAF Corsair

Model	Variants	Number	Origin	Service period	Notes
Vickers Vildebeest		39	UK	1935-1944	see also Vincent
Vickers Vincent		62	UK	1939-1944	See also Vildebeest
Vickers Wellington		30	UK	1939-1943	Only 18 were taken on charge before all 30 aircraft and their crews were loaned to the RAF in August 1939, additional RAF aircraft were operated by 75 Squadron
Vought Corsair	F4U FG-1D	424	US	1944-1948

485 Sqn Spitfires

W

Model	Variants	Number	Origin	Service period	Notes
Waco QDC		1	US	1940-1941
Waco UIC		1	US	1939-1946
Waco UOC		1	US	1939-1946	An additional 2 Waco cabin biplanes with RAF serials were privately purchased by servicemen of the New Zealand Army in the Long Range Desert Group (a special forces type organization) for use behind enemy lines by that organization during the North African campaign, and flown with logo of a white kiwi on black background).
Westland Wasp		18	UK		Eight original ordered and an additional 10 former Royal Navy helicopters were acquired in 1989 for spares, one was later rebuilt to flying condition, others were never flown.

Guided Missiles of the RNZAF, RNZN and New Zealand Army

Sea Cat launcher and GWS-21 director on HMNZS Wellington

Royal New Zealand Air Force

• AIM-9 Sidewinder - Short-range air-to-air missile. No longer in service with the Royal New Zealand Air Force.
• AGM-65 Maverick - Air-to-surface missile. In service with the Royal New Zealand Air Force & Royal New Zealand Navy.

New Zealand Army

• FGM-148 Javelin - Light weight infantry anti-tank missile.
• Mistral - Man portable surface-to-air missile.

Royal New Zealand Navy

• Ikara - Maritime surface-to-surface anti-submarine missile. No longer in service with the Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Sea Cat - Obsolete maritime surface-to-air missile. No longer in service with the Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Sea Sparrow - Maritime surface-to-air missile. In service with the Royal New Zealand Navy. However soon to be upgraded to Sea Ceptor.
• AGM-119 Penguin Missile - Anti ship Missile.

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

New Zealand Army

• KAHU-HAWK
• AeroVironment RQ-11 Raven (loaned by the US for use in Afghanistan)

References

• Aircraft Of The Royal New Zealand Air Force. By David Duxbury, Ross Ewing and Ross MacPherson, published by Heinemann Publishers (NZ), Auckland 1987, ISBN 0 86863 412 3 .
• The Oxford Companion To New Zealand Military History. Edited by Ian McGibbon, published by Oxford University Press (NZ), Auckland 2000, ISBN 0 19 558 376 0 .