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Fleet Listing (1945-1950):

Naval Air Service

These fleet listings gives a complete survey of all aeroplanes, hydroplanes, aircrafts, helicopters etc. in service with the Naval Air Servise since the early start in 1912 and to the present day.

When the Royal Danish Airforce was formed as a separate branch in 1950, all aircrafts from the Naval Air Service and Army Air Coprs were transferred hereto. Since 1962 the RDN has only been operating helicopters.

The fleet listings are made in chronological order. For faster loading on the net, the listings are separated into different time periods.

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| 1912-1918 | 1919-1940 | 1962-  |

Percival P.44 Proctor Mk. III
(1945-1951) - transferred to the RDAF November 1, 1950

(Photo from Air Tactical Command)

Type: Trainer and Station Flight

Armament: None

Engine: 1 ea De Havilland Gipsy Queen 208 Hps.

Max. airspeed: 253 km/hr.

Max. ceiling: 4,250 m

Max. weight: 1,587 kg

Span - Length - Height:

12.00 m - 8.60 m - 2.38 m

Manufacturer:
Percival Aircraft Ltd., Great Britain

Units (station):

6 ea (1. & 2. Naval Air Flotilla)

Kramme & Zeuthen KZ-III
(1946-1951) - transferred to the RDAF November 1, 1950

(Photo from Air Tactical Command)

Type: Station Flight

Armament: None

Engine: 1 ea Blackburn Cirrus Minor 90 Hps.

Max. airspeed: 185 km/hr.

Max. ceiling: 4,000 m

Max. weight: 650 kg

Span - Length - Height:

9.60 m - 6.60 m - 2.10 m

Manufacturer:
Skandinavisk Aeroindustri A/S, Copenhagen

Units (station):

2 ea

Kramme & Zeuthen KZ-IIT
(1946-1955) - transferred to the RDAF November 1, 1950

(Photo from Air Tactical Command)

Type: Two-seated Trainer

Armament: None

Engine: 1 ea De Havilland Gipsy Major X 145 Hps.

Max. airspeed: 235 km/hr.

Max. ceiling: 5,000 m

Max. weight: 850 kg

Span - Length - Height:

10.20 m - 7.50 m - 2.10 m

Manufacturer:
Skandinavisk Aeroindustri A/S, Copenhagen

Units (station):

15 ea (Divided between the Naval Air Service and Army Air Coprs at Naval Air Station Avnø)

Airspeed A.S. 10 Oxford Mk. I og II
(1946-1955) - transferred to the RDAF November 1, 1950

(Photo from Air Tactical Command)

Type: Twin-engine Trainer and Station Flight

Armament: None

Engine: 2 ea Armstrong Siddeley Cheetah X á 355 Hps.

Max. airspeed: 301 km/hr.

Max. ceiling: 6,000 m

Max. weight: 3,450 kg

Span - Length - Height:

16.25 m - 10.50 m - 3.38 m

Manufacturer:
Airspeed Ltd., Great Britain

Units (station):

48 ea (Divided between the Naval Air Service and Army Air Coprs)

North American Harvard
(1946-1959) - transferred to the RDAF November 1, 1950

(Photo from Air Tactical Command)

Type: Two-seated Trainer

Armament: None

Engine: 1 ea Pratt & Whitney R-1340-S3H1 Wasp 550 Hps.

Max. airspeed: 331 km/hr.

Max. ceiling: 7,000 m

Max. weight: 2,385 kg

Span - Length - Height:

12.90 m - 8.80 m - 3.50 m

Manufacturer:
North American Aviation Inc., USA

Units (station):

31 ea (Divided between the Naval Air Service and Army Air Coprs for common pilot training)

Supermarine Sea Otter Mk. II
(1946-1952) - transferred to the RDAF November 1, 1950

(Photo from Air Tactical Command)

Type: Reconnaissance/Search and Rescue

Armament: None

Engine: 1 ea Bristol Mercury 855 Hps.

Max. airspeed: 241 km/hr.

Max. ceiling: 5,000 m

Max. weight: 4,540 kg

Span - Length - Height:

14.02 m - 12.12 m - 4.93 m

Manufacturer:
Vickers-Armstrong (Supermarine) Ltd., Great Britain

Units (station):

7 ea (1. Naval Air Flotilla, Naval Air Station Copenhagen)

Vickers Armstrong (Supermarine) Spitfire Mk. IXE
(1947-1955) - transferred to the RDAF November 1, 1950

(Photo from Air Tactical Command)

Type: Fighter

Armament:
2 ea 20 mm Machine guns
4 ea 12.7 mm Light Machine guns

Engine:
1 ea Rolls Royce Merlin 1.650 Hps.

Max. airspeed: 655 km/hr.

Max. ceiling: 13,500 m

Max. weight: 3,400 kg

Span - Length - Height:

11.23 m - 9.46 m - 3.85 m

Manufacturer:
Vickers-Armstrong (Supermarine) Ltd., Great Britain

Units (station):

12 ea (2. Naval Air Flotilla in Kastrup)

Vickers Armstrong (Supermarine) Spitfire Mk. XI
(1947-1955) - transferred to the RDAF November 1, 1950

(Photo: Archives of the
Royal Danish Naval Museum)

Type: Photo Reconnaissance

Armament: None

Engine:
1 ea Rolls Royce Merlin 1.650 Hps.

Max. airspeed: 679 km/hr.

Max. ceiling: 13,500 m

Max. weight: 3,583 kg

Span - Length - Height:

11.23 m - 9.55 m - 3.85 m

Manufacturer:
Vickers-Armstrong (Supermarine) Ltd., Great Britain

Units (station):

3 ea (2. Naval Air Flotilla in Kastrup)

Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina
(1947-1968) - transferred to the RDAF November 1, 1950

(Photo from Air Tactical Command)

Type: Reconnaissance/Search and Rescue

Armament: None

Engine:
2 ea Pratt & Whitney R-1830-S3C4 á 1.200 Hps.

Max. airspeed: 314 km/hr.

Max. ceiling: 5,500 m

Max. weight: 15,425 kg

Span - Length - Height:

31.72 m - 19.52 m - 5.65 m

Manufacturer:
Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corp., USA

Units (station):

6 ea (Catalina Group at 1. Naval Air Flotilla, Naval Air Station Copenhagen)

Gloster Meteor F. Mk. 4
(1949-1957) - transferred to the RDAF November 1, 1950

(Photo from Air Tactical Command)

Type: Fighter/Fighter Bomber

Armament:
4 ea 20 mm Machine guns
Rockets or 900 kg bombs

Engine:
2 ea Rolls Royce Derwent à 1,590 kg st.

Max. airspeed: 940 km/hr.

Max. ceiling: 14,000 m

Max. weight: 6,885 kg

Span - Length - Height:

11.30 m - 13.20 m - 3.96 m

Manufacturer:
Gloster Aircraft Co., Great Britain

Units (station):

20 ea (3. Naval Air Flotilla i Karup)

Gloster Meteor T. Mk. 7
(1950-1957) - transferred to the RDAF November 1, 1950

(Photo from Air Tactical Command)

Type: Two seated trainer

Armament: None

Engine:
2 ea Rolls Royce Derwent à 1.590 kg st.

Max. airspeed: 940 km/hr.

Max. ceiling: 11,000 m

Max. weight: 6,410 kg

Span - Length - Height:

11.30 m - 13.20 m - 3.96 m

Manufacturer:
Gloster Aircraft Co., Great Britain

Units (station):

3 ea (3. Naval Air Flotilla i Karup)

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Sources:

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Air Tactical Command, Karup

&

Dansk Marineflyvning 1911-1998, by Niels M. Probst, Orlogsmuseet, Copenhagen 1998 (ISBN 87-87720-15-9)

&

Dansk Militærflyvnings - Hvornår skete det, by Hans A. Schrøder, Flyvevåbnets Bibliotek 2000 (ISBN 87-987748-0-8)

&

Danske Militærfly, by Niels Jensen, Clausen Bøger, 1978 (ISBN 87-11-03877-2)

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