VALKEN56
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I am researching the Belgian Air Force in the fifties. One of the aircrfat used was the Hwker Hunter.
The Belgian contract involved 192 aircraft but seperate of this contract there was a contract of 112 Hunters. These 112 Hunters were financed by the US government and were intended to pre-finance the production of the national contract. Of these aircraft 48 were to be assemnled with Fokker and 64 assembled by Fairey and Sabca. There is quite a lot of discussion as to who was supposed to receive these aircraft. The rebuilt Luftwaffe was given as a source, but I never found any destination country on the documets concerning this buy. Furthermore I do consider the number of aircraft as strange since it would impose a country that has an RAF structure and not a USAF one. The RAF standard strength per squadron was 16 a/c and the USAF 25 a/c. 112 gives 7 squadrons of 16 a/c.
Is there anybody who has any information about a possible delivery of Hunters to the Luftwaffe?
The Belgian contract involved 192 aircraft but seperate of this contract there was a contract of 112 Hunters. These 112 Hunters were financed by the US government and were intended to pre-finance the production of the national contract. Of these aircraft 48 were to be assemnled with Fokker and 64 assembled by Fairey and Sabca. There is quite a lot of discussion as to who was supposed to receive these aircraft. The rebuilt Luftwaffe was given as a source, but I never found any destination country on the documets concerning this buy. Furthermore I do consider the number of aircraft as strange since it would impose a country that has an RAF structure and not a USAF one. The RAF standard strength per squadron was 16 a/c and the USAF 25 a/c. 112 gives 7 squadrons of 16 a/c.
Is there anybody who has any information about a possible delivery of Hunters to the Luftwaffe?