Bristol Beaufort — August 1941 – June 1943 Bristol Beaufighter — June 1943 – December 1944 Martin Marauder — December 1944 –September 1946 de Havilland Mosquito FB.VI, T3 — January 1946 – September 1946 Hawker Tempest VI — June 1948 – March 1949 de Havilland Mosquito NF.36, T.3 — June 1949 – March 1953 Gloster Meteor NF.13 - March 1953- June 1958 English Electric Canberra PR.3, PR.7, PR.9, T.4 — June 1958 – June 1982 English Electric Canberra PR.9, PR.7 — July 1992 – July 2006 General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper — January 2007 – August 2022 See also List of Royal Air Force aircraft squadrons References Notes Citations Bibliography Chorlton, Martyn. Defenders of the North West Frontier. Aeroplane, Vol.39, No.8, August 2011. . pp. 24–28. Halley, James J. The Squadrons of the Royal Air Force & Commonwealth, 1918–1988. Tonbridge, Kent, UK: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd., 1988. . Hatcher, Peter J. Partisan Wings: The Biferno Journal. The Story of No. 39 Squadron RAF, and its use of the Martin Marauder as part of the Balkan Air Force in support of the Partisan Army in Yugoslavia. Miami, Florida: Trente Nova Publishing, 1994. Jefford, C.G. RAF Squadrons, a Comprehensive Record of the Movement and Equipment of all RAF Squadrons and their Antecedents since 1912. Shrewsbury: Airlife Publishing, 2001. . Airforces monthly – April 2007 External links 39 Squadron Web Page 39 Squadron Association 039 Squadron 039 Squadron Military units and formations established in 1916 1916 establishments in the United Kingdom Military units and formations in Aden in World War II R Reconnaissance units and formations of the Royal Air Force