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

1955 Defence Forces image of Irish Air Corps de Havilland Vampire Trainers

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

• Royal Australian Air Force
  • No. 21 Squadron RAAF
  • No. 22 Squadron RAAF
  • No. 23 Squadron RAAF
  • No. 25 Squadron RAAF
  • No. 75 Squadron RAAF
  • No. 76 Squadron RAAF
  • No. 1 Advanced Flying Training School RAAF^[1]
  • No. 2 Operational Conversion Unit RAAF
  • No. 5 Operational Training Unit RAAF
  • Central Flying School RAAF
• Fleet Air Arm
  • 723 Squadron RAN
  • 724 Squadron RAN

 Burma

• Burmese Air Force 1954-1978, 8 x T.55s^[2]

 Canada

• Royal Canadian Air Force
  • No. 421 Squadron RCAF

 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

• Egyptian Air Force

 Finland

• Suomen Ilmavoimat

 France

• Armee de l'Air
• Aeronavale

 India

• Indian Air Force
• Indian Naval Air Arm

 Indonesia

• Tentara Nasional Indonesia - Angkatan Udara operated six T.11s.

 Iraq

• Iraqi Air Force

 Ireland

• Irish Air Corps

 Italy

• Italian Air Force operated 268 Vampire from 1949 until 1960 ^[4]

 Japan

• Japan Air Self-Defense Force received one Vampire T.55 trainer for evaluation in 1955.^[5]

 Jordan

• Royal Jordanian Air Force

 Katanga

• Katangese Air Force operated two ex-Portuguese T.11s.

 Lebanon

• Lebanese Air Force

 Mexico

• Fuerza Aérea Mexicana retired their Vampires in 1970.

 New Zealand

• Royal New Zealand Air Force
  • No. 14 Squadron RNZAF
  • No. 75 Squadron RNZAF

 Norway

• Royal Norwegian Air Force
  • No. 336 Squadron RNoAF
  • No. 337 Squadron RNoAF
  • No. 339 Squadron RNoAF
  • Jet Training Wing

 Portugal

• Força Aérea Portuguesa Two T. 55 trainers.^[6]

 Rhodesia

• Rhodesian Air Force / Royal Rhodesian Air Force

 Saudi Arabia

• Royal Saudi Air Force - 15 former Egyptian FB.52s deliveried in 1957 and withdrawn in 1958.
  • No. 5 Squadron

 South Africa

• South African Air Force

 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

• Syrian Air Force

 United Kingdom

• Royal Air Force
  • No. 3 Squadron RAF F.1^[7]
  • No. 4 Squadron RAF FB.5, FB.9^[7]
  • No. 5 Squadron RAF F.3, FB.5^[7]
  • No. 6 Squadron RAF FB.5, FB.9^[7]
  • No. 8 Squadron RAF FB.9^[7]
  • No. 11 Squadron RAF FB.5^[7]
  • No. 14 Squadron RAF FB.5^[7]
  • No. 16 Squadron RAF FB.5^[7]
  • No. 20 Squadron RAF F.1, F.3, FB.5, FB.9^[7]
  • No. 23 Squadron RAF NF.10^[7]
  • No. 25 Squadron RAF NF.10^[7]
  • No. 26 Squadron RAF FB.5, FB.9^[7]
  • No. 28 Squadron RAF FB.5, FB.9^[7]
  • No. 32 Squadron RAF F.3, FB.5, FB.9^[7]
  • No. 45 Squadron RAF FB.9^[7]
  • No. 54 Squadron RAF F.1, F.3, FB.5^[7]
  • No. 60 Squadron RAF FB.5, FB.9^[7]
  • No. 67 Squadron RAF FB.5^[7]
  • No. 71 Squadron RAF FB.5^[7]
  • No. 72 Squadron RAF F.1, F.3, FB.5^[7]
  • No. 73 Squadron RAF F.3. FB.5, FB.9^[7]
  • No. 93 Squadron RAF FB.5^[7]
  • No. 94 Squadron RAF FB.5^[7]
  • No. 98 Squadron RAF FB.5^[7]
  • No. 112 Squadron RAF FB.5^[7]
  • No. 118 Squadron RAF FB.5^[7]
  • No. 130 Squadron RAF F.1^[7]
  • No. 145 Squadron RAF FB.5^[7]
  • No. 151 Squadron RAF NF.10^[7]
  • No. 185 Squadron RAF FB.5^[7]
  • No. 213 Squadron RAF FB.5, FB.9^[7]
  • No. 234 Squadron RAF FB.5, FB.9^[7]
  • No. 247 Squadron RAF F.1, F.3, FB.5^[7]
  • No. 249 Squadron RAF FB.5, FB.9^[7]
  • No. 266 Squadron RAF FB.5^[7]
  • No. 501 Squadron RAF F.1, FB.5, FB.9^[7]
  • No. 502 Squadron RAF F.3, FB.5, FB.9^[7]
  • No. 595 Squadron RAF F.1^[7]
  • No. 601 Squadron RAF F.3^[7]
  • No. 602 Squadron RAF FB.5^[7]
  • No. 603 Squadron RAF FB.5^[7]
  • No. 604 Squadron RAF F.3^[7]
  • No. 605 Squadron RAF F.1, F.3, FB.5^[7]
  • No. 607 Squadron RAF FB.5^[7]
  • No. 608 Squadron RAF F.1, F.3, FB.5, FB.9^[7]
  • No. 609 Squadron RAF FB.5^[7]
  • No. 612 Squadron RAF FB.5^[7]
  • No. 613 Squadron RAF F.1, FB.5, FB.9^[7]
  • No. 614 Squadron RAF F.3, FB.5, FB.9^[7]
  • No. 631 Squadron RAF F.1^[7]
  • No. 202 Advanced Flying School RAF
  • No. 203 Advanced Flying School RAF
  • No. 206 Advanced Flying School RAF
  • No. 208 Advanced Flying School RAF
  • No. 210 Advanced Flying School RAF
  • No. 226 Operational Conversion Unit RAF
  • No. 229 Operational Conversion Unit RAF
  • No. 233 Operational Conversion Unit RAF
  • No. 1 Flying Training School RAF
  • No. 3 Flying Training School RAF
  • No. 4 Flying Training School RAF
  • No. 5 Flying Training School RAF
  • No. 7 Flying Training School RAF
  • No. 8 Flying Training School RAF
  • No. 9 Flying Training School RAF
  • No. 10 Flying Training School RAF
  • No. 11 Flying Training School RAF
  • No. 102 Flying Refresher School RAF
  • No. 103 Flying Refresher School RAF
• Central Flying School
• Royal Air Force College
• Central Air Traffic Control School
• Central Navigation and Control School
• Fleet Air Arm

 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 Allen, 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.