User:NiD.29/List of aircraft of the Belgian Air Force
Appearance
Listing of aircraft operated by the Belgian Air Force
[edit]Type | Origin | Role | TOS | WFU | No. |
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ACAZ C.2 | Belgium | fighter | 1926 | 1926 | 1[notes 1] |
Aero Commander 560F | US | transport | 1961 | 1973 | 1 |
Aérospatiale Alouette II & III | France | helicopter | 1959 | active | 84 |
Aérospatiale SA330L/H Puma | France | helicopter | 1973 | 1998 | 3 |
Agusta A109BA Hirundo | Italy | helicopter | 1992 | active | 46 |
Airbus A310-200 | France | transport | 1997 | 2010 | 2 |
Airbus A321-231 | France | transport | 2014 | active | 1 |
Airbus A330-300 | France | transport | 2009 | 2014 | 1 |
Airco D.H.4 | UK | bomber | 1919 | 1932 | 34 |
Airco D.H.9 | UK | bomber | 1918 | 1930 | 130 |
Airspeed Consul Mk.I | UK | transport | 1948 | 1960 | 4 |
Airspeed Horsa | UK | glider | 1951 | 1960 | 1 |
Airspeed Oxford Mk.I & II | UK | trainer | 1946 | 1959 | 42 |
Ansaldo A-1 Balilla | Italy | fighter | 1920 c. | 1924 | 1 |
Ansaldo A.300 | Italy | bomber | 1923 | 1928 | 74 |
Armstrong Whitworth Meteor NF.11 | UK | fighter | 1952 | 1958 | 24 |
Armstrong Whitworth Whitley | UK | bomber | 1939 | 1940 | 1 |
Auster A.O.P.6 | UK | liaison | 1947 | 1958 | 22 |
Avia BH-21 | Czechoslovakia | fighter | 1927 | 1931 | 44 |
Avia BH-33E | Czechoslovakia | fighter | 1929 | 1932 | 3 |
Avro 504K | UK | trainer | 1921 | 1934 | 58 |
Avro 504N | UK | trainer | 1934 | 1940 | 52 |
Avro 626 Perfect | UK | trainer | 1934? | 1940 | 12 |
Avro Anson Mk.I, Mk.12 | UK | trainer | 1946 | 1955 | 13 |
Avro Canada CF-100 Mk.5 Canuck | Canada | fighter | 1957 | 1964 | 53 |
Bleriot XI-2 Artillerie/Genie | France | reconnaissance | 1914 | 1915 | 4 |
Boeing 707-320 | US | transport | 1972 | 1976 | 2 |
Boeing 727-100 | US | transport | 1976 | 1998 | 2 |
Breguet 19A2B2 | France | bomber | 1925 | 1940 | 153 |
Breguet 694 | France | bomber | 1940 | 1940 | 1 |
Brewster B-339 | US | fighter | (1940) | (1940) | 0 |
Bristol F.2B Fighter | UK | fighter | 1920 | 1930 | 73 |
Bristol Sycamore HR.14B | UK | helicopter | 1954 | 1960 | 3 |
Britten-Norman BN-2A Islander | UK | transport | 1976 | ? | 12 |
Bulté RB-30 Sport | Belgium | liaison | 1939 | 1940 | 1 |
Central Centaur IVC | UK | trainer | 1918 | 1940 | 6 |
Caproni Ca.335/SABCA S-47 | Italy/Belgium | bomber | 1939 | 1940 | ? |
Caudron G.3 | France | trainer | 1918 | 1928 | 72+ |
Caudron G.4 | France | bomber | 1918 | ? | 1+ |
Caudron Simoun | France | transport | 1940 | 1940 | 4 |
Caudron C.444 Goéland | France | transport | 1936 | 1940 | 4 |
Caudron C.510 Pélican | France | liaison | 1940 | 1945 | 1[notes 2] |
Cierva C.30A/Avro 671 | UK | reconnaissance autogyro | 1936 | 1940 | 1 |
Dassault Falcon/Mystere 20E & 900B | France | transport | 1973 | ? | 3 |
Dassault Mirage 5 | France | fighter | 1970 | 1994 | 105 |
Dassault/Dornier Alpha Jet IB, IE | France/Germany | trainer | 1978 | ? | 33 |
de Havilland DH.60M Moth | UK | trainer | 1946 | ? | 1 |
de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth | UK | trainer | 1946 | 1956 | 31 |
de Havilland DH.80 Puss Moth | UK | liaison | 1940 | 1945 | 2[notes 2] |
de Havilland DH.85 Leopard Moth | UK | liaison | 1941 | 1953 | 1[notes 2] |
de Havilland DH.89B Dominie | UK | trainer | 1946 | 1951 | 7 |
De Havilland DH.90 Dragonfly | UK | transport | 1939 | 1940 | 1[notes 2] |
de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB.VI, TT.3 & 6 | UK | trainer | 1947 | 1956 | 11 |
de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito NF.17 & 30 | UK | fighter | 1948 | 1955 | 27 |
de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk | Canada | trainer | 1948 | 1954 | 2 |
Deperdussin TT | France | reconnaissance | 1914 | ? | 2 |
Dewoitine D.9 | France | fighter | 1926 | 1935 | 1 |
Dewoitine D.19 C.1 | France | fighter | 1926 | unk. | 1 |
Dornier Do 27J-1 | Germany | transport | 1960 | 1977 | 12 |
Douglas C-47 Dakota | US | transport | 1946 | 1976 | 42 |
Douglas DC-4 and C-54 | US | transport | 1950 | 1969 | 2 |
Douglas DC-6B and C-118A | US | transport | 1958 | 1976 | 4 |
Embraer ERJ 135LR | Brazil | transport | 2001 | ? | 2 |
Embraer ERJ 145 | brazil | transport | 2001 | ? | 2 |
Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar | US | transport | 1952 | 1973 | 46 |
Fairey Battle Mk.I | UK/Belgium | bomber | 1938 | 1940 | 16 |
Fairey Fantome/Feroce | UK | fighter | 1935 | 1935 | 3[notes 1] |
Fairey Firefly II, IIM & IV | UK/Belgium | fighter | 1931 | 1940 | 86 |
Fairey Fox | UK/Belgium | fighter | 1931 | 1940 | 257 |
Farman 1910-1912 types | France | trainer | 1910 | 1918 | 34 |
Farman HF.16 | France | trainer | 1912 | ? | 4 |
Farman HF.20, 21 & 22 | France | reconnaissance | 1912 | 1915 | 43 |
Farman HF.30 | France | reconnaissance | ? | ? | ? |
Farman MF.7/7bis/13/ | France | trainer | 1914 | 1916 | 16 |
Farman MF.11/11bis/14 Shorthorn | France | trainer | 1916 | ? | 34 |
Farman F.40, 40bis & 41 | France | reconnaissance | 1917 | 1918 | 14 |
Farman F.56 | France | transport | ? | ? | ? |
Farman F.60 & 65 Goliath | France | transport | ? | ? | 6 |
Farman F.192 | France | transport | ? | ? | 1 |
FBA Type H & N | France | maritime patrol | 1917 | 1918 | 5[1] [2] |
Fiat CR.1 | Italy | fighter | 1925 | 1928 | 2 |
Fiat CR.42 | Italy | fighter | 1940 | 1940 | 34 |
Fokker D.VII | Germany | trainer/captured | 1919 | 1930 | 35 |
Fokker F.VIIb/3m | Netherlands | transport | 1934 | 1938? | 7 |
Fouga CM.170R Magister | France | trainer | 1960 | ? | 59 |
Fournier RF-4 & RF-5B | France | trainer | 1993 | ? | 2 |
General Dynamics F-16A & B Fighting Falcon | US | fighter | 1979 | active | 150 |
Georges Levy G.L.40 HB.2 | France | maritime patrol | ? | ? | 6 |
Gloster Gladiator Mk.I | UK | fighter | 1937 | 1940 | 22 |
Gloster Meteor F.4 & F.8 | UK | fighter | 1949 | 1963 | 288 |
Gloster Meteor T.7 | UK | trainer | 1949 | 1962 | 43 |
Hanriot HD.1 & 2 | France | fighter | 1917 | 1926 | 79 |
Hanriot HD.14 | France | trainer | 1921 | ? | 1 |
Hawker Hunter F.4 & F.6 | UK | fighter | 1956 | 1963 | 256 |
Hawker Hurricane Mk.I & IIC | UK | fighter | 1939 | 1940 | 36 |
Hawker Typhoon | UK | fighter | 1946 | ? | 1 |
Hawker Siddeley HS.748 | UK | transport | 1976 | 2002 | 3 |
Junkers Ju 52/3mge | Germany | transport | ? | ? | 4 |
Koolhoven F.K.56 | Netherlands | trainer | 1940 | 1940 | 12 |
LACAB T.7 | Belgium | trainer | 1933 | 1935 | 1[notes 1] |
LACAB GR.8 | Belgium | bomber | 1936 | 1940 | 1[notes 1] |
Letord Let.1 | France | reconnaissance | ? | ? | ? |
Lioré et Olivier LeO 45 | France | bomber | ? | ? | ? |
Lockheed C-130H Hercules | US | transport | 1972 | active | 12 |
Lockheed F-104G Starfighter | US | fighter | 1961 | 1983 | 102 |
Lockheed TF-104G Starfighter | US | trainer | 1965 | 1983 | 12 |
Lockheed T-33A Shooting Star | US | trainer | 1951 | 1979 | 39 |
McDonnell Douglas MD 900 Explorer | US | helicopter | 1996 | active | 3 |
Martinsyde F.4 Buzzard | UK | fighter | 1921 | ? | 1 or 2 |
MD Helicopters MD 520N | US | helicopter | 1999 | active | 2 |
Miles Magister Mk.I | UK | trainer | 1946 | 1953 | 1 |
Miles Martinet Mk.I | UK | trainer | 1946 | 1953 | 11 |
Miles Master | UK | trainer | 1946 | 1947 | 1 |
Morane-Saulnier Type H | France | trainer | 1914 | 1916 | 1 |
Morane-Saulnier Type L | France | reconnaissance/trainer | ? | ? | some |
Morane-Saulnier AI | France | fighter | 1918 | 1924 | 3 |
Morane-Saulnier MS.35 | France | trainer | 1922 | 1930 | 31 |
Morane-Saulnier MS.230 & 236 | France | trainer | 1932 | 1936 | 29 |
Morane-Saulnier MS.732 Alcyon | France | trainer | ? | ? | 2 |
Nieuport 10 | France | fighter | 1915 | 1919 | 20+ |
Nieuport 11 | France | fighter | 1916 | 1917 | 1+ |
Nieuport 16 | France | fighter | 1917 | ? | 1+ |
Nieuport 17 & 23 | France | fighter | 1917 | 1920 | 12 |
Nieuport 81 | France | trainer | 1918 | 1922 | 5 |
Nieuport-Delage NiD.29 | France | fighter | 1922 | 1931 | 108 |
Nieuport-Delage NiD.72 | France | fighter | 1929 | ? | 3 |
North American F-86F Sabre | US | fighter | 1955 c. | ? | 5 |
North American Texan | US | trainer | 1947 | 1962 | 213 |
North American Harvard | Canada | trainer | 1947 | 1962 | ? |
Percival Pembroke C.Mk.51 | UK | transport | 1954 | 1976 | 12 |
Percival Proctor Mk.IV | UK | trainer | 1947 | 1954 | 6 |
Percival Vega Gull | UK | trainer | 1939 | 1940 | 1 |
Piper L-21B Super Cub | US | liaison | 1975 | active | 6 |
Ponnier M.1 | France | fighter | 1916 | 1917 | 10 |
Potez 33 | France | trainer | 1931 | 1940 | 8 |
Renard Epervier | Belgium | fighter | 1928 | 1929 | 2[notes 1] |
Renard R.31 | Belgium | reconnaissance | 1934 | 1940 | 38 |
Renard R.32 | Belgium | reconnaissance | 1923 | 1935 | 14 |
Renard R.34 | Belgium | trainer | ? | ? | 2[notes 1] |
Renard R.36, 37, 38 & 40 | Belgium | fighter | 1937 | 1940 | 3[notes 1] |
Republic F-84E & G Thunderjet | US | fighter | 1951 | 1957 | 167 |
Republic F-84F Thunderstreak | US | fighter | 1955 | 1971 | 197 |
Republic RF-84F Thunderflash | US | reconnaissance | 1955 | 1972 | 34 |
Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2c | UK | reconnaissance | 1915 | 1916 | ? |
Royal Aircraft Factory R.E.8 | UK | reconnaissance | 1917 | 1918 | 36 |
SABCA S.40E | Belgium | trainer | ? | ? | 1[notes 1] |
Salmson 2 A.2 | France | reconnaissance | 1917 | 1918 | 1 |
Schneider Grunau Baby(DFS 49) | Germany | glider | ? | ? | 6 |
DFS SG 38 Schulgleiter | Germany | glider | ? | ? | 10 |
Short Type 184/225 | UK | maritime patrol | 1915 | 1918 | ? |
Short 827 | UK | maritime patrol | 1916 | 1918 | 4 |
SIAI S.9 | Italy | maritime patrol | 1919 | ? | 1 |
Savoia-Marchetti S.73 | Italy | transport | 1940 | 1940 | 8[notes 2] |
Savoia-Marchetti SM.83 | Italy | transport | 1940 | 1940 | 3[notes 2] |
SIAI-Marchetti SF.260MB | Italy | trainer | 1969 | active | 45 |
Sikorsky S-58C/UH-34G | US | helicopter | 1961 | 1986 | 12 |
Westland Sea King Mk.48 | UK | helicopter | 1976 | active | 5 |
Siren Edelweiss | France | glider | 1984 | ? | 1 |
Sopwith 1 1/2 Strutter | UK | reconnaissance | 1916 | 1921 | 13 |
Sopwith Camel F.1 | UK | fighter | 1918 | 1922 | 54 |
Sopwith Pup | UK | fighter | 1917 | 1918 | 6 c. |
SPAD VII | France | fighter | 1917 | 1922 | 22 |
SPAD XI | France | reconnaissance | 1917 | 1921 | 1+ |
SPAD XIII | France | fighter | 1917 | 1928 | 37+ |
SPAD XVI | France | reconnaissance | 1918 | 1921 | 1 |
Stampe et Vertongen SV.5 Tornado | Belgium | trainer | 1936 | 1940 | 21 |
Stampe et Vertongen SV.10 | Belgium | attack | 1935 | 1935 | 1[notes 1] |
Stampe et Vertongen RSV.22/180 | Belgium | trainer | 1928 | 1937 | 26 |
Stampe et Vertongen RSV.26 | Belgium | trainer | 1927 | 1938 | 30 |
Stampe et Vertongen RSV.28/180 | Belgium | trainer | 1925 | 1930 | ? |
Stampe et Vertongen RSV.32 | Belgium | trainer | 1923 | 1932 | 17 |
Stampe SV.4B & C | Belgium | trainer | 1947 | 1978 | 65 |
Stinson SR-9C Reliant | US | liaison | 1939 | 1940 | 1[notes 2] |
Supermarine Spitfire IX, XIV & XVI | UK | fighter | 1946 | 1954 | 221 |
Swearingen Merlin IIIA | US | transport | 1976 | 2002 | 6 |
Tipsy Bc | Belgium | liaison | 1939 | 1940 | 1[notes 2] |
Voisin III | France | bomber | 1915 | 1917 | 7? |
Captured types
[edit]Type | Origin | Role | TOS | WFU | No. |
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Albatros C.III | Germany | captured | 1919 | 1921 | 2 |
Aviatik C.I | Germany | captured | 1916? | ? | ? |
DFW C.V | Germany | captured | 1919 c. | 1921 c. | 2 |
Fokker D.VIII/E.V | Germany | captured | 1919 | ? | 1 |
Friedrichshafen G.III | Germany | captured | ? | ? | 1 |
Gotha G.V | Germany | captured | 1918 | ? | ? |
Gotha GL.VIII | Germany | captured | ? | ? | ? |
Gotha G.IX | Germany | captured | 1919 | ? | ? |
Halberstadt CL.II or IV | Germany | captured | 1918? | ? | ? |
LVG C.VI | Germany | captured | 1919 | 1921 | 9+ |
Pfalz D.XII | Germany | captured | 1918 | 1919 | 1 |
Rumpler C.VI | German | captured | ? | ? | ? |
Siemens-Schuckert D.III | Germany | captured | 1919 | 1921 | 1 |
References
[edit]Notes
[edit]Citations
[edit]- ^ http://www.belgian-wings.be/Webpages/Navigator/Photos/MilltaryPics/ww1_precurseurs/Schreck%20FBA%20Type%20H-N/Schreck%20FBA%20Type%20H%20Frontpage.html
- ^ Davilla, French Aircraft of WW1 pp.260-261
Bibliography
[edit]- Charles, J.L., Les Forces Armees Belges en 1940-45, 1975, Brussels
- Gerard, Herve, Histoire de l'Aviation Belge, 1978, Brussels
- Jackson, Paul A., Belgian Military Aviation 1945-1977, 1977, Midland Counties, Hinckley
- Mangin,Champagne & van den Rul, Sous nos ailes: L'Aviation Militaire Belge, son histoire, ses Avions, ses in signes, 1977, Arlon
- Nemry, Par Serge, Du Sycamore au Sea King, Brussels
- Pacco, John, History of the Belgian Air Force 1910-1990, 1986/1989, JP, Aartselaar
- Schmidt & Dessel, L'Aeronautique Militaire Belge, 1914-1940, 1975, Brussels
- de Vinck, Herve, L'Aviation Militaire Belge, 1980, Quest, Rennes, ISBN 9782858822614
Magazines:
- Icare: #74, Vol.VII: L-Aeronautique Militaire Belge pt.1 & #76, Vol.VIII: pt.2
- Air Classics 9 AC73JN12
- Air International 9 75DE267 , 51 97JA50
- Air Pictorial, 63MR64, 65MY158 [in Congo], 72OC392
- Air Force Monthly o94FE31 [SN's] 97AP30 {F}
- Coppen, Baron Willy, Belgian Aviation ... 1914-1918 Cross & Cockade Journal: Vol.5 No.4, Winter 1965, p.103/111
- Terlinden, Major Michael, An Outline of the History of the Belgian Air Force from its Origins to 1918 ?, p.335/347
- Flight International FI85SE28p27 {F}
- Flying Review International 26FRI70AU54
- World Air Power Journal 32WAPJ48 {Pix}
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