| SPITFIRES | Supermarine ---, British single-seat fighter aircraft used by the RAF during the Second World War (9) |
| SPITFIRE | The Supermarine ---, a British single-seat fighter aircraft used by the RAF during the Second World War (8) |
| WAAFS | Abbreviation of the titles of the members of the female auxiliary of the RAF during the Second World War (5) |
| LYSANDER | Light aircraft used by the RAF during World War II to fly agents in or out of occupied France (8) |
| SHACKLETON | The Avro ____ was a maritime patrol aircraft used by the RAF in the 1950s and 1960s |
| ZERO | What name was given to a Mitsubishi made single-seat fighter aircraft of WWII? (4) |
| MOSQUITO | Bloodsucking dipteran of the family Culicidae known to transmit serious diseases, or British aircraft used by the Allies during World War II (8) |
| ROCHEFORT | Belgian city of Wallonia, close to the Ardennes, that was the site of the Battle of Bure during the Second World War (9) |
| TIGERMOTH | An old British biplane used by the RAF as a training aircraft (5,4) |
| GREMLINS | Which malfunction- causing folkloric creatures originated in the RAF during World War II? (8) |
| VELOCETTE | Birmingham-founded bike makers who won the first two 350cc World Championships after the Second World War. (9) |
| GLADIATOR | Gloster _ _: the RAF's last biplane fighter, used in World War II (9) |
| ORION | Maritime surveillance aircraft used by the Royal NZ Air Force since the 1960s (5) |
| HERCULES | Large transport aircraft used by the RNZAF from the 1960s until 2025 (8) |
| BARNESWALLIS | Engineer who designed the bouncing bomb used by the RAF in 1943's Operation Chastise |
| MITCHELL | R J ___, designer of the Spitfire fighter aircraft produced by the Supermarine company (8) |
| TORNADO | Twin-engine combat aircraft, built by Panavia Aircraft GmbH, retired by the RAF in April (7) |
| MACARTHUR | Douglas -, American general during the Second World War (9) |
| OPERATION | _ Mincemeat, stage musical set during the Second World War (9) |
| CHURCHILL | Prime Minister during the Second World War (9) |
