What types of planes were used in the Battle of Britain?

What types of planes were used in the Battle of Britain?

Main types: Hurricane, Spitfire and Bf 109. The most famous fighter aircraft used in the Battle of Britain were the British Hawker Hurricane and Supermarine Spitfire Mk I, and the German Messerschmitt Bf 109 E variant (Emil) single-engined fighters.

What were the names of the British planes?

9 Iconic Aircraft From The Battle Of Britain

• © IWM CH 1447. Supermarine Spitfire.
• © IWM CH 1501. Hawker Hurricane.
• © IWM CH 885. Boulton Paul Defiant.
• © IWM HU 73432. Messerschmitt Bf 109.
• © IWM HU 108211. Messerschmitt Bf 110.
• © IWM GER 530. Heinkel He 111.
• © IWM C 5423. Dornier Do 17.
• © IWM MH 6115. Junkers Ju 88.

What are Battle planes called?

Combat aircraft, or “Warplanes”, are divided broadly into multi-role, fighters, bombers, attackers, and electronic warfare support. Variations exist between them, including fighter-bombers, such as the MiG-23 ground-attack aircraft and the Soviet Ilyushin Il-2 Shturmovik.

What was the plane that won the Battle of Britain?

The Spitfire
The Spitfire, renowned for winning victory laurels in the Battle of Britain (1940–41) along with the Hawker Hurricane, served in every theatre of the war and was produced in more variants than any other British aircraft.

What are British fighter jets called?

BAE Systems Tempest

Which plane was better Spitfire or Messerschmitt?

The Bf 109, in its initial avatars, was generally regarded as marginally superior to contemporaneous variants of the Spitfire. At low to medium altitudes, where much of the air combat in the early war occurred, the Bf 109 had the upper hand. However, the Spitfire was superior at higher altitudes.