List of de Havilland Vampire operators

List of operators of the de Havilland Vampire:

de Havilland Vampire T.35 (A79-612) in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia
de Havilland Vampire of the Indonesian Air Force
An Iraqi Air Force De Havilland Vampire FB.52, before delivery in 1953
Italian Air Force De Havilland DH-100 Vampire
Hindustan DH-100 Vampire preserved at the Indian Air Force Academy Museum at Dundigal,Hyderabad,India
Vampire at Hamamatsu Air Base Publication Center
Markings of the Royal Jordanian Air Force
Vampire bearing Lebanese colours at Hatzerim, Israel
Mexico Air Force Vampire
Swiss Air Force Vampire at Letecké muzeum Kbely
 Austria
  • Österreichische Luftstreitkräfte
 Australia
 Burma
  • Burmese Air Force 1954-1978, 8 x T.55s[2]
 Canada
 Ceylon
  • Royal Ceylon Air Force 1954, 3 x T.55s delivered but not used and returned to de Havilland still crated, order for further T.55s and FB.52s cancelled.[3]
 Chile
  • Fuerza Aérea de Chile
 Congo
 Dominican Republic
  • Fuerza Aérea de Republica Dominicana operated 25 ex-Swedish F.1s and 17 ex-Swedish FB.50s.
 Egypt
 Finland
  • Suomen Ilmavoimat
 France
 India
 Indonesia
  • Tentara Nasional Indonesia - Angkatan Udara operated six T.11s.
 Iraq
 Ireland
 Italy
 Japan
 Jordan
 Katanga
 Lebanon
 Mexico
  • Fuerza Aérea Mexicana retired their Vampires in 1970.
 New Zealand
 Norway
 Portugal
  • Força Aérea Portuguesa Two T. 55 trainers.[6]
 Rhodesia
 Saudi Arabia
  • Royal Saudi Air Force - 15 former Egyptian FB.52s delivered in 1957 and withdrawn in 1958.
    • No. 5 Squadron
 South Africa
 Sweden
  • Flygvapnet operated 70 F.1 (designated J 28A); 310 FB.50 (J 28B) and 57 T.55 (J 28C) aircraft.
  Switzerland
  • Schweizerische Flugwaffe Kommando der Flieger und Fliegerabwehrtruppen (Flugwaffe)
 Syria
 United Kingdom
 Venezuela
  • Fuerza Aérea Venezolana
 Zimbabwe
  • Zimbabwe Air Force

References

  1. "No. 1 Advanced Flying Training School RAAF." iinet.net.au. Retrieved: 21 August 2010.
  2. Watkins 2013, p. 222
  3. Watkins 2013, p. 230
  4. aeroflight
  5. Birtles 1986, p. 58.
  6. Nicolli, Dott Ricardo Atlantic Sentinels: the Portuguese Air Force since 1912 Air Enthusiast No. 73 January/February 1998 p.28
  7. Jefford 1988, p. 140

Bibliography

  • Birtles, Philip (1986), De Havilland Vampire, Venom and Sea Vixen, London: Ian Allan, ISBN 0-7110-1566-X.
  • Jefford, C.G. (1988). RAF Squadrons. Airlife Publishing Ltd. ISBN 1 85310 053 6.
  • Watkins, David (2013), The History of the de Havilland Vampire, UK: Fonthill Media, ISBN 978-1-78155-266-7.
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