| Ross Marven's Modelling Pages |
As a more detailed backup to my article on
Coastal Command camouflage and markings I will be creating pages for each
operational type
used by the command. As each page is completed the name for that type will
become a link to its page. If anyone would like to remind me of
things I've got wrong or missed then please do so using the
Contact Form. Also if anyone
would like to contribute any relevant information or documents please do so -
this page is intended to be a resource for all modellers, not just me!
Summary of operational types and units
(based on Appendix VII in Coastal Command by Chris Ashworth)
Documents in the National Archives I have yet to examine:-
(based on Appendix VII in Coastal Command by Chris Ashworth)
| Manufacturer | Type | Mark | Units | Period (not all units for all the time) |
| Armstrong Whitworth | Whitley | III | 58 (detachment on loan from Bomber Command) |
10/39-2/40 |
| Armstrong Whitworth | Whitley | III or IV? | 51 (detachment on loan from Bomber Command) |
11/39-12/39 |
| Armstrong Whitworth | Whitley | V | 77 (detachment on loan from Bomber Command) | 11/39-12/39 |
| Armstrong Whitworth | Whitley | V | 10 OTU (det), 51 (det), 58, 77 (det), 502, 612 |
9/40-7/43 |
| Armstrong Whitworth | Whitley | VII | 53,58,502,612 | 9/41-6/43 |
| Avro | Anson | I | 48,206,217,220,224,233,269, 320,321,500,502,608,612 |
7/36-12/41 |
| Avro | Anson | I | 280,544 | 1/42-10/43 |
| Avro | Anson | I | 251 | 8/44-10/45 |
| Avro | Anson | 19 | 58 | 10/46-1/50 |
| Avro | Lancaster | I | 61 (twice detached on loan from Bomber Command) | 7/42 & 8/42 |
| Avro | Lancaster | I | 82,541 | 2/46-?/50 |
| Avro | Lancaster | III | 120,160,179,203,210,224,279 | 9/45-4/51 |
| Avro | Shackleton | 1 | ||
| Avro | Shackleton | 2 | ||
| Avro | Shackleton | 3 | ||
| Blackburn | Botha | |||
| Boeing | Fortress | II | ||
| Boeing | Fortress | III | ||
| Bristol | Beaufighter | I | ||
| Bristol | Beaufighter | II | ||
| Bristol | Beaufighter | VI | ||
| Bristol | Beaufighter | X | ||
| Bristol | Beaufighter | XI | ||
| Bristol | Beaufort | I | ||
| Bristol | Beaufort | II | ||
| Bristol | Blenheim | I | ||
| Bristol | Blenheim | IV | ||
| Bristol | Sycamore | 14 | ||
| Consolidated | Catalina | I | ||
| Consolidated | Catalina | II | ||
| Consolidated | Catalina | III | ||
| Consolidated | Catalina | IV | ||
| Consolidated | Liberator | I | ||
| Consolidated | Liberator | II | ||
| Consolidated | Liberator | III | ||
| Consolidated | Liberator | V | ||
| Consolidated | Liberator | VI | ||
| Consolidated | Liberator | VIII | ||
| de Havilland | Mosquito | II | ||
| de Havilland | Mosquito | IV | ||
| de Havilland | Mosquito | VI | ||
| de Havilland | Mosquito | XVIII | ||
| de Havilland | Mosquito | 34 | ||
| Fairey | Albacore | I | ||
| Fairey | Swordfish | III | ||
| Fokker | T VIII | |||
| Gloster | Gladiator | II | ||
| Handley Page | Halifax | II | ||
| Handley Page | Halifax | III | ||
| Handley Page | Halifax | V | ||
| Handley Page | Halifax | VI | 224 | 3/48-3/52 |
| Handley Page | Hampden | |||
| Handley Page | Hastings | I | ||
| Hawker | Hector | 612 | 11/38-11/39 | |
| Hawker | Hind | 500,502 | 11/38-4/39 | |
| Hawker | Hurricane | II | ||
| Lockheed | Hudson | I | ||
| Lockheed | Hudson | II | ||
| Lockheed | Hudson | III | ||
| Lockheed | Hudson | IV | ||
| Lockheed | Hudson | V | ||
| Lockheed | Hudson | VI | ||
| Lockheed | Neptune | |||
| Lockheed | Ventura | I | ||
| Lockheed | Ventura | V | ||
| Martin | Mariner | |||
| Northrop | N3P-B | 330 | 5/41-6/43 | |
| Saro | Lerwick | I | ||
| Saro | London | I | ||
| Saro | London | II | ||
| Short | C Class | 119 | 4/41-8/41 | |
| Short | G Class | 119 | 3/41-8/41 | |
| Short | Rangoon | |||
| Short | Singapore | |||
| Short | Sunderland | I | ||
| Short | Sunderland | II | ||
| Short | Sunderland | III | ||
| Short | Sunderland | V | ||
| Supermarine | Scapa | |||
| Supermarine | Sea Otter | |||
| Supermarine | Southampton | II | ||
| Supermarine | Stranraer | |||
| Supermarine | Spitfire | V | ||
| Supermarine | Spitfire | VI | ||
| Supermarine | Spitfire | VII | ||
| Supermarine | Spitfire | IX | ||
| Supermarine | Walrus | |||
| Vickers | Warwick | I | ||
| Vickers | Warwick | V | ||
| Vickers | Wellington | I | ||
| Vickers | Wellington | III | ||
| Vickers | Wellington | VIII | ||
| Vickers | Wellington | X | ||
| Vickers | Wellington | XI | ||
| Vickers | Wellington | XII | ||
| Vickers | Wellington | XIII | ||
| Vickers | Wellington | XIV | ||
| Vickers | Vildebeest | I/III/IV | 22,42 | 7/36-4/40 |
| Westland | Whirlwind | 2 | ||
| Westland | Whirlwind | 4 | ||
| Westland | Whirlwind | 10 |
- AIR15/101 - Introduction of A.S.V.
- AIR15/336 - Equipment of aircraft with Air/Sea-Vessel radar
- AIR15/439 - Air/Sea-vessel Radar Installation in Aircraft.
- AIR15/22 - Identification of aircraft markings and characteristics of aircraft
- AIR15/285 - Aircraft: Camouflage and Marking instructions
- AIR15/395 - Wartime markings on aircraft
- AIR23/7213 - Camouflage of aircraft (coastal mediterranean)
- AIR15/635 - Photographic reconnaissance unit: history
- AIR15/757 - Photographic Reconnaissance: reports and history
- AIR15/41 - Re-equipment of Torpedo-Bomber Squadrons
- AIR15/486 - Torpedo Bomber Squadrons
- AIR15/460 - Leigh light searchlights
- AIR65/112 - Night R.P. attacks on submarines by aircraft with the aid of a Leigh Light and Mk III A.S.V.
- AIR65/110 - Acceptance test of "J" type R.P. Head
- AIR15/402 and 403 - Air/Sea Rescue
- AIR23/1618 - The work of Mediterranean Allied Coastal Air Force"; Feb. 1943 - Sept. 1944
- INF 2/45/50 - British Bombers." "The Bristol Beaufort" - photos
- INF 2/45/52 - British Bombers." "The Armstrong Whitworth Whitley" - photos
- INF 2/45/164 - British Bombers." "The Bristol Beaufort" - photos
- INF 2/45/166 - British Bombers." "The Armstrong Whitworth Whitley" - photos