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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.
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
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.
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.)
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.).
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
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
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.).
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.).
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.
C/N
AF 5030
Y-54
Date In
1932
Date Out
-
History
Y-54, 3/II/2 Aé (Cocottes Rouges), destroyed before Jan 1937.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.)
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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
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.
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.
C/N
AF 5044
Y-68
Date In
1933
Date Out
-
History
Y-68, 1/I/2 Aé (Comète), destroyed before Jan 1937.
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.)
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.)
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
C/N
AF 5058
Y-82
Date In
1933
Date Out
May 1940
History
Y-82, presumed destroyed in Belgium in May 1940.
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.
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.
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.
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.
C/N
AF 5063
Y-87
Date In
Mar 1936
Date Out
-
History
Y-87, no further information available on this aircraft.