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Fairey Firefly IIM (Part 2)

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C/N

AF 5019

Y-44

Date In

Jun 1932

Date Out

May 1940

History

Y-44, 3/II/2 Aé (Cocottes Rouges), destroyed in German bombing raid on Knokke-Het Zoute airfield.

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C/N

AF 5020

Y-45

Date In

Jun 1932

Date Out

June 1940

History

Y-45, 3/II/2 Aé (Cocottes Rouges), Ets d'Aé, evacuated to Caen via Chartres (F.), Montpellier-Fréjorgues (F.), German Armistice Commission at Chalons s/Saone (F

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C/N

AF 5021

Y-46

Date In

Sep 1932

Date Out

Feb 1933

History

Y-46, x/II/2 Aé at Nivelles, crashed at Tourinnes-Saint-Lambert on 15 Feb 1933.

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C/N

AF 5022

Y-47

Date In

Sep 1932

Date Out

Jun 1940

History

Y-47, 1/I/2 Aé (Comète), 2/I/2 Aé (Chardon), Schietschool/Ecole de Tir Oostende), to Cazaux (F.), Cean-Carpiquet (F.) to Fréjorgues (F.) to German Armistice Commission at Châlons-sur-Saône (F.)

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C/N

AF 5023

Y-48

Date In

Sep 1932

Date Out

Jun 1940

History

Y-48, 2/I/2 Aé (Chardon), 3/II/2 Aé (Cocottes Rouges), Ets. Aé, Chartres (F.), Caen (F.), Montpellier-Fréjorgues (F.), German Armistice Commission at Chalons s/Saone (F.).

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C/N

AF 5025

Y-49

Date In

Sep 1932

Date Out

May 1940

History

Y-49, 2/I/2 Aé (Chardon), 4/II/2 Aé (Cocottes Blanches), abandoned at Nivelles airbase

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C/N

AF 5026

Y-50

Date In

Sep 1932

Date Out

Mar 1938

History

Y-50, 2/I/2 Aé (Chardon), 4/II/2 Aé (Cocottes Blanches), crashed at Thines on 8 Mar 1938 after mid-air Collision with Y-80, pilot OK

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C/N

AF 5027

Y-51

Date In

Sep 1932

Date Out

Jun 1940

History

Y-51, 1/I/2 Aé (Comète), 3/II/2 Aé (Cocottes Rouges), Ets. Aé, Chartres (F.), Caen (F.), Montpellier-Fréjorgues (F.), German Armistice Commission at Chalons s/Saone (F.).

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C/N

AF 5028

Y-52

Date In

Oct 1932

Date Out

Jun 1940

History

Y-52, 4/II/2 Aé (Cocottes Blanches), Ets. Aé, Chartres (F.), Caen (F.), Montpellier-Fréjorgues (F.), German Armistice Commission at Chalons s/Saone (F.).

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C/N

AF 5029

Y-53

Date In

1932

Date Out

May 1940

History

Y-53, 4/II/2 Aé (Cocottes Blanches), Schietschool/Ecole de Tir (Oostende), destroyed in German bombing raid on Knokke-Het Zoute airfield on 10 May 1940.

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C/N

AF 5030

Y-54

Date In

1932

Date Out

-

History

Y-54, 3/II/2 Aé (Cocottes Rouges), destroyed before Jan 1937.

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C/N

AF 5031

Y-55

Date In

1932

Date Out

-

History

Y-55, 1/I/2 Aé (Comète), was no longer in service in Feb 1940.

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C/N

AF 5032

Y-56

Date In

1932

Date Out

May 1940

History

Y-56, 1/I/2 Aé (Comète), 6/III/2 (Epervier Rouge), destroyed in the Luftwaffe bombing raid of Nivelles airbase on 10 May 1940.

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C/N

AF 5034

Y-57

Date In

1932

Date Out

May 1940

History

Y-57, 1/I/2 Aé (Comète), 3/II/2 Aé (Cocottes Rouges), Schietschool/Ecole de Tir (Oostende), presumed destroyed/abandoned in May 1940.

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C/N

AF 5035

Y-58

Date In

Nov 1932

Date Out

May 1940

History

Y-58, 4/II/2 Aé (Cocottes Blanches), 2/I/2 Aé (Chardon), Abandoned at Deurne airfield in May 1940.

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C/N

AF 5036

Y-59

Date In

Nov 1932

Date Out

Jun 1940

History

Y-59, 2/I/2 Aé (Chardon), Ecole de Tir (Oostende), German Armistice Commission at Chalons s/Saone (F.)

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C/N

AF 5037

Y-60

Date In

Dec 1932

Date Out

-

History

Y-60, 2/I/2 Aé (Chardon), 4/II/2 Aé (Cocottes Blanches), fate unknown.

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C/N

AF 5039

Y-61

Date In

Dec 1932

Date Out

Apr 1938

History

Y-61, 4/II/2 Aé (Cocottes Blanches), crashed at Evere on 7 Apr 1938.

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C/N

AF 5038

Y-62

Date In

1932

Date Out

Jun 1940

History

Y-62, 3/II/2 Aé (Cocottes Rouges), 4/II/2 Aé (Cocottes Blanches), Schietschool/Ecolde de Tir (Oostende, to Cazaux (F.), written off in forced landing near Baisiers (F.) on 13 June 1940.

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C/N

AF 5033

Y-63

Date In

1932

Date Out

May 1940

History

Y-63, 3/II/2 Aé (Cocottes Rouges), 4/II/2 Aé (Cocottes Blanches), 6/III/2 (Epervier Rouge), destroyed in German bombing raid of Knokke-Het Zoute airfield on 10 May 1940.

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C/N

AF 5040

Y-64

Date In

1932

Date Out

Feb 1936

History

Y-64, 3/II/2 Aé (Cocottes Rouges), crashed at Nivelles on 27 Feb 1936 kiling pilot Kpt Georges Verhaegen

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C/N

AF 5041

Y-65

Date In

1933

Date Out

Mar 1933

History

Y-65, crashed during acceptance flight trials on 21 Mar 1933 killing test-pilot Adjudant François Hardies

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C/N

AF-5042

Y-66

Date In

1933

Date Out

May 1940

History

Y-66, 3/II/2 Aé (Cocottes Rouges), damaged beyond repair during German bombing raid on Nivelles on 10 May 1940, abandoned.

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C/N

AF 5043

Y-67

Date In

1933

Date Out

May 1940

History

Y-67, 4/II/2 Aé (Cocottes Blanches), unserviceable at Nivelles on 10 May 1940, abandoned.

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C/N

AF 5044

Y-68

Date In

1933

Date Out

-

History

Y-68, 1/I/2 Aé (Comète), destroyed before Jan 1937.

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C/N

AF 5045

Y-69

Date In

1933

Date Out

Jun 1940

History

Y-69, 1/I/2 Aé (Comète), 2/I/2 Aé (Chardon), Montpellier-Fréjorgues (F.), German Armistice Commission at Chalons s/Saone (F.)

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C/N

AF 5046

Y-70

Date In

1933

Date Out

Jun 1940

History

Y-70, 2/I/2 Aé (Chardon), Schietschool/Ecole de Tir (Oostende), Montpellier-Fréjorgues (F.), German Armistice Commission at Chalons s/Saone (F.)

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C/N

AF 5047

Y-71

Date In

1933

Date Out

May 1940

History

Y-71, N° 6 (Training) Squadron (Manchot). ready for delivery to Parc Avancé Aé.M. on 12 May 1940, shot down by Belgian AAA on 14 May 1940.

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C/N

AF 5048

Y-72

Date In

1933

Date Out

Jul 1934

History

Y-72, Vervolmakingschool/Ecole de Perfectionnement (Manchot) at Wevelgem, crashed at Wevelgem on 12 Jul 1934, the pilot Luitenant Germain Mortier did not survive.

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C/N

AF 5049

Y-73

Date In

1933

Date Out

May 1940

History

Y-73, 3/II/2 Aé (Cocottes Rouges), 6/III/2 (Epervier Rouge), destroyed in the Luftwaffe bombing of Nivelles airbase on 10 May 1940.

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C/N

AF 5050

Y-74

Date In

1933

Date Out

1933

History

Y-74, Sold to Fairey Hayes for conversion into Firefly IV, fate unknown.

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C/N

AF 5051

Y-75

Date In

1933

Date Out

Jun 1940

History

Y-75, 4/II/2 Aé (Cocottes Blanches), evacuated to Bordeaux-Mérignac (BA 106, F.), ultimate fate unknown.

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C/N

AF 5052

Y-76

Date In

1933

Date Out

May 1940

History

Y-76, 3/II/2 Aé (Cocottes Rouges), Ets Aé, Destroyed at Evere airfield on 10 May 1940.

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C/N

AF 5053

Y-77

Date In

1933

Date Out

May 1940

History

Y-77, 4/II/2 Aé (Cocottes Blanches), 2/I/2 Aé (Chardon), presumed destroyed in Belgium in May 1940.

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C/N

AF 5054

Y-78

Date In

1933

Date Out

-

History

Y-78, 4/II/2 Aé (Cocottes Blanches), damaged in bombing raid on Nivelles airbase and abandoned.

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C/N

AF 5055

Y-79

Date In

1933

Date Out

May 1940

History

Y-79, 3/II/2 Aé (Cocottes Rouges), 6/III/2 (Epervier Rouge), destroyed in the Luftwaffe bombing of Nivelles airbase on 10 May 1940.

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C/N

AF 5056

Y-80

Date In

1933

Date Out

Jun 1940

History

Y-80, 3/II/2 Aé (Cocottes Rouges), Montpellier-Fréjorgues (F.), German Armistice Commission at Chalons s/Saone (F.), - Made last operational Firefly flight on- 15 Jun 1940

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C/N

AF 5057

Y-81

Date In

1933

Date Out

May 1940

History

Y-81, 3/II/2 Aé (Cocottes Rouges), destroyed in German bombing raid on Nivelles airbase on 10 May 1940.

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C/N

AF 5058

Y-82

Date In

1933

Date Out

May 1940

History

Y-82, presumed destroyed in Belgium in May 1940.

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C/N

AF 5059

Y-83

Date In

Mar 1936

Date Out

Jun 1940

History

Y-83, 3/II/2 Aé (Cocottes Rouges), Ets; Aé, Montauban (F.) still stored at Montauban on 23 Jul 1940, ultimate fate unknown.

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C/N

AF 5060

Y-84

Date In

Mar 1936

Date Out

Feb 1939

History

Y-84, 2/I/2 Aé (Chardon), crashed at Beverlo on 2 Feb 1939.

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C/N

AF 5061

Y-85

Date In

Mar 1936

Date Out

Sep 1936

History

Y-85, 3/II/2 Aé (Cocottes Rouges), 4/II/2 Aé (Cocottes Blanches). Crashed at Petit-Roux on 24 Sep 1936, pilot Sgt. Walter Mathot did not survive.

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C/N

AF 5062

Y-86

Date In

Mar 1936

Date Out

-

History

Y-86, 1/I/2 Aé (Comète), not on the inverntory of the AéM after Feb 1940.

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C/N

AF 5063

Y-87

Date In

Mar 1936

Date Out

-

History

Y-87, no further information available on this aircraft.

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