List of aircraft of Ireland in World War II
This is a list of aircraft used by the Irish Air Corps during World War II. During World War II the Irish airforce obtained some aircraft through the confiscation of aircraft that had been forced to land in Ireland.
Fighters
[edit]Bombers
[edit]- Fairey Battle[3]-1 confiscated
Maritime patrol
[edit]- Supermarine Walrus[4]
- Avro Anson[5]
- Lockheed Hudson[6]-1 confiscated
Liaison or army cooperation aircraft
[edit]- Vickers Vespa[7]-Retired June 1940
- Westland Lysander[8]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Håkans aviation page - Irish Army Air Corps use of the Gloster Gladiator during the Second World War". surfcity.kund.dalnet.se. Retrieved 2021-05-06.
- ^ asisbiz.com (2019-02-09). "Hawker Hurricane I Irish AF P3416 Ireland 02". asisbiz. Retrieved 2021-05-06.
- ^ "WINGS PALETTE - Fairey Battle - Ireland". wp.scn.ru. Retrieved 2021-05-06.
- ^ "The extraordinary war/emergency story of one British made Irish flown Supermarine Walrus (L2301)…". Slugger O'Toole. Retrieved 2021-05-10.
- ^ K, James (2015-04-13). "A Close Call for the Air Corp (1939)". an tAtlantach. Retrieved 2021-05-10.
- ^ "Lockheed Hudson, FH263, Mayo, 1942". www.ww2irishaviation.com. Retrieved 2021-05-06.
- ^ "Vickers Vespa". BAE Systems | International. Retrieved 2021-05-10.
- ^ Irish Air Corps Westland Lysander and Gloster Gladiator in 1941, retrieved 2021-05-10