HC Deb 20 March 1946 vol 420 cc388-9W
128 Wing-Commander Hulbert

asked the Under-Secretary of State for Air what types of aircraft, employed operationally in 1940 to 1945, are now regarded as obsolete.

Mr. Strachey

Following is the list:

All marks of the following aircraft which were in operational use in the Royal Air Force during 1940–45 have been declared obsolete:

British Aircraft.Albermale, Battle, Blenheim, Botha, Defiant, Gladiator, Hampden, Lerwick, London, Lysander, Manchester, Stranraer, Wildebeeste, Whirlwind, Whitley.

American Aircraft.Havoc, Hudson, Kittyhawk, Maryland, Tomahawk.