List of Supermarine Spitfire operators
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This is a list of operators of the Supermarine Spitfire
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Australia · Belgium · Burma · Canada · China · Czechoslovakia · Denmark · Egypt · France · Germany · Greece · Hong Kong · India · Ireland · Israel · Italy · Netherlands · New Zealand · Norway · Poland · Philippines · Portugal · Rhodesia · South Africa · Soviet Union · Sweden · Syria · Thailand · Turkey · United States · Kingdom of Yugoslavia |
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Australia
- No. 79 Squadron RAAF
- No. 85 Squadron RAAF
- No. 451 Squadron RAAF
- No. 452 Squadron RAAF
- No. 453 Squadron RAAF
- No. 457 Squadron RAAF
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Belgium
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Burma
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Canada
- No. 400 Squadron RCAF
- No. 401 Squadron RCAF
- No. 402 Squadron RCAF
- No. 403 Squadron RCAF
- No. 411 Squadron RCAF
- No. 412 Squadron RCAF
- No. 414 Squadron RCAF
- No. 416 Squadron RCAF
- No. 417 Squadron RCAF
- No. 421 Squadron RCAF
- No. 430 Squadron RCAF
- No. 441 Squadron RCAF
- No. 442 Squadron RCAF
- No. 443 Squadron RCAF
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Czechoslovakia
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Denmark
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Egypt
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France
- No. 326 Squadron
- No. 327 Squadron
- No. 328 Squadron
- No. 329 Squadron
- No. 340 Squadron
- No. 341 Squadron
- No. 345 Squadron
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Germany
Luftwaffe captured several Spitfires and used them to test, and for operational training duties.
- 2./Versuchsverband ObdL
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Greece
- Royal Hellenic Air Force
- No. 335 Squadron RAF
- No. 336 Squadron RAF
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Hong Kong
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India
- No.1 Squadron, IAF
- No.2 Squadron, IAF
- No.3 Squadron, IAF
- No.4 Squadron, IAF
- No.6 Squadron, IAF
- No.7 Squadron, IAF
- No.8 Squadron, IAF
- No.9 Squadron, IAF
- No.10 Squadron, IAF
- No.12 Squadron, IAF
- No.14 Squadron, IAF
- No.15 Squadron, IAF
- No.16 Squadron, IAF
- No.101 Squadron, IAF
- No.1 Service Flying and Training School, Ambala
- Conversion Training Unit IAF
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Ireland
- No 1. Fighter Squadron
- Air Corps Training Wing
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Israel
Israel bought their Spitfire IX from Czechoslovakia in 1948. After a few years of operational use and major action during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War these Spitfires were sold to Burma.
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Italy
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Netherlands
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New Zealand
- No. 485 Squadron RNZAF
- No. 486 Squadron RNZAF (486 Squadron was officially equipped with the Hawker Tempest. In September 1945 they handed their aircraft over to ex-Spitfire unit No. 41 Squadron RAF. They then picked up some Spitfire XVIs from No. 416 Squadron RCAF and ferried them to England.)
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Norway
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Poland
- 302 Dywizjon Myśliwski "Poznański"
- 303 Dywizjon Myśliwski "Warszawski im. Tadeusza Kościuszki"
- 306 Dywizjon Myśliwski "Toruński"
- 308 Dywizjon Myśliwski "Krakowski"
- No. 309 Polish Fighter Squadron
- 315 Dywizjon Myśliwski "Dębliński"
- 316 Dywizjon Myśliwski "Warszawski"
- 317 Dywizjon Myśliwski "Wileński"
- 318 Dywizjon Myśliwsko-Rozpoznawczy "Gdański"
- Polski Zespół Myśliwski (also known as Skalski's Circus)
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Portugal
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Rhodesia
- No. 1 Squadron
- No. 2 Squadron
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South Africa
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Soviet Union
- 57th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment (April-June 1943)
- 821st Fighter Aviation Regiment (April-June 1943)
The Soviet Union ran into immediate problems with friendly fire at the introduction of the Lend-Lease Spitfire Mk. Vb to combat operations. Deadly anti-aircraft artillery fire and neighboring VVS fighters took their toll. The problem was that the Spitfire too closely resembled the enemy's Messerschmitt Bf 109 aircraft. Making Spitfire unit markings more prominent didn't help (the 57th already displayed a yellow lightning bolt down the entire side of their fuselages), and the aircraft type was withdrawn from combat duties after only three months of service as part of defensive operations in the Kuban sector.[2][3]
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Sweden
Soon after the end of the Second World War, the Swedish Air Force equipped a photo reconnaissance wing, F 11 in Nyköping (just south of Stockholm), with 50 Mk XIXs, designated S 31. Several S 31 photographic missions in the late 1940s entailed flagrant violations of Soviet – and, at least once, Finnish – airspace in order to document activities at the air and naval installations in the Baltic and Kola regions. At that time, no Soviet fighter was able to reach the operational altitude of the S 31. No Swedish planes were lost during those clandestine operations. However, by the early 1950s, Soviet air defenses had become so effective that such practices had to cease. The S 31s were replaced by jet-powered SAAB S 29Cs in the mid-1950s.
- F 11 photo reconnaissance wing
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Syria
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Thailand
- 1st Wing RTAF
- 1st Squadron RTAF
- 4th Wing RTAF
- 41st Squadron (earlier called 1 Sqn., today 401 Sqn.)
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Turkey
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United Kingdom
- No. 1 Squadron RAF
- No. 2 Squadron RAF
- No. 4 Squadron RAF
- No. 5 Squadron RAF
- No. 6 Squadron RAF
- No. 11 Squadron RAF
- No. 16 Squadron RAF
- No. 17 Squadron RAF
- No. 19 Squadron RAF
- No. 20 Squadron RAF
- No. 26 Squadron RAF
- No. 28 Squadron RAF
- No. 32 Squadron RAF
- No. 33 Squadron RAF
- No. 34 Squadron RAF
- No. 41 Squadron RAF
- No. 43 Squadron RAF
- No. 54 Squadron RAF
- No. 56 Squadron RAF
- No. 58 Squadron RAF
- No. 60 Squadron RAF
- No. 63 Squadron RAF
- No. 64 Squadron RAF
- No. 65 Squadron RAF
- No. 66 Squadron RAF
- No. 67 Squadron RAF
- No. 69 Squadron RAF
- No. 71 Squadron RAF
- No. 72 Squadron RAF
- No. 73 Squadron RAF
- No. 74 Squadron RAF
- No. 80 Squadron RAF
- No. 81 Squadron RAF
- No. 82 Squadron RAF
- No. 87 Squadron RAF
- No. 91 Squadron RAF
- No. 92 Squadron RAF
- No. 93 Squadron RAF
- No. 94 Squadron RAF
- No. 111 Squadron RAF
- No. 118 Squadron RAF
- No. 121 Squadron RAF
- No. 122 Squadron RAF
- No. 123 Squadron RAF
- No. 124 Squadron RAF
- No. 126 Squadron RAF
- No. 127 Squadron RAF
- No. 129 Squadron RAF
- No. 130 Squadron RAF
- No. 131 Squadron RAF
- No. 132 Squadron RAF
- No. 133 Squadron RAF
- No. 134 Squadron RAF
- No. 136 Squadron RAF
- No. 137 Squadron RAF
- No. 140 Squadron RAF
- No. 145 Squadron RAF
- No. 152 Squadron RAF
- No. 153 Squadron RAF
- No. 154 Squadron RAF
- No. 155 Squadron RAF
- No. 164 Squadron RAF
- No. 165 Squadron RAF
- No. 167 Squadron RAF
- No. 183 squadron RAF
- No. 184 Squadron RAF
- No. 185 Squadron RAF
- No. 186 squadron RAF
- No. 208 Squadron RAF
- No. 213 Squadron RAF
- No. 222 Squadron RAF
- No. 225 Squadron RAF
- No. 229 Squadron RAF
- No. 232 Squadron RAF
- No. 234 Squadron RAF
- No. 237 Squadron RAF
- No. 238 Squadron RAF
- No. 241 Squadron RAF
- No. 242 Squadron RAF
- No. 243 Squadron RAF
- No. 249 Squadron RAF
- No. 253 Squadron RAF
- No. 256 Squadron RAF
- No. 257 Squadron RAF
- No. 266 Squadron RAF
- No. 268 Squadron RAF
- No. 269 Squadron RAF
- No. 273 Squadron RAF
- No. 274 Squadron RAF
- No. 275 Squadron RAF
- No. 276 Squadron RAF
- No. 277 Squadron RAF
- No. 278 Squadron RAF
- No. 283 Squadron RAF
- No. 287 Squadron RAF
- No. 288 Squadron RAF
- No. 289 Squadron RAF
- No. 290 Squadron RAF
- No. 501 Squadron RAF
- No. 502 Squadron RAF
- No. 504 Squadron RAF
- No. 518 Squadron RAF
- No. 519 Squadron RAF
- No. 520 Squadron RAF
- No. 521 Squadron RAF
- No. 527 Squadron RAF
- No. 529 Squadron RAF
- No. 541 Squadron RAF
- No. 542 Squadron RAF
- No. 543 Squadron RAF
- No. 544 Squadron RAF
- No. 545 Squadron RAF
- No. 548 Squadron RAF
- No. 549 Squadron RAF
- No. 567 Squadron RAF
- No. 577 Squadron RAF
- No. 587 Squadron RAF
- No. 595 Squadron RAF
- No. 600 Squadron RAF
- No. 601 Squadron RAF
- No. 602 Squadron RAF
- No. 603 Squadron RAF
- No. 604 Squadron RAF
- No. 607 Squadron RAF
- No. 608 Squadron RAF
- No. 609 Squadron RAF
- No. 610 Squadron RAF
- No. 611 Squadron RAF
- No. 612 Squadron RAF
- No. 613 Squadron RAF
- No. 614 Squadron RAF
- No. 615 Squadron RAF
- No. 616 Squadron RAF
- No. 631 Squadron RAF
- No. 667 Squadron RAF
- No. 680 Squadron RAF
- No. 681 Squadron RAF
- No. 682 Squadron RAF
- No. 683 Squadron RAF
- No. 684 Squadron RAF
- No. 691 Squadron RAF
- No. 695 Squadron RAF
- No. 1435 Squadron RAF
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United States
Spitfire was one of only a few foreign aircraft to see service with the USAAF, equipping four groups in England and the Mediterranean.
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Kingdom of Yugoslavia
- No. 352 Squadron RAF
- 1st Yugoslav Fighter Sqn, 1st Fighter Aviation Regt, Zadar
[edit] References
- ^ “LORD, LET THY SERVANT GO IN PEACE NOW” by Polly Singh
- ^ Lend-lease on airforce.ru. (2006) Spitfires over the Kuban Igor Zlobin. Translation by James F. Gebhardt
- ^ Hardesty, Von [1982] (1991). "Barbarossa to Berlin: A Summing Up", Red Phoenix: The Rise of Soviet Air Power 1941-1945. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution, 225. ISBN 0874745101.
