Aéronautique Militaire Belge
Order of Battle, 10th May 1940

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1er Régiment d'Aéronautique (1st Air Regiment - Observation and Army Cooperation)

2e Régiment d'Aéronautique (2nd Air Regiment - Fighters)

3e Régiment d'Aéronautique (3rd Air Regiment - Reconnaissance and Bombers)

Ecoles de Pilotage (Flight Schools)

1er Régiment d'Aéronautique [ Top of Page ]

1st Air Regiment (Observation and Army Cooperation).

Ier Groupe
Unit	Aircraft	Total	Peacetime Base	Wartime Base	Attached to
1re Escadrille "Mouette" (1/I/1)	Fairey Fox II & III	10	Deurne	Hingene	IVe & Ve Corps d'Armées

IIe Groupe
Unit	Aircraft	Total	Peacetime Base	Wartime Base	Attached to
3e Escadrille "Feuille de Houx" (3/II/1)	Fairey Fox II	12	Goetsenhoven	Glabeek	IIe Corps d'Armée

IIIe Groupe
Unit	Aircraft	Total	Peacetime Base	Wartime Base	Attached to
5e Escadrille "Hirondelle" (5/III/1)	Fairey Fox III	10	Goetsenhoven	Jeneffe	IIIe Corps d'Armée & Liège fortress

IVe Groupe
Unit	Aircraft	Total	Peacetime Base	Wartime Base	Attached to
7e Escadrille "Méphisto" (7/IV/1)	Fairey Fox VI	9	Goetsenhoven	Lonzee	VIIe Corps d'Armée & Namur fortress

Ve Groupe
Unit	Aircraft	Total	Peacetime Base	Wartime Base	Attached to
9e Escadrille "Sioux Bleu" (9/V/1)	Renard 31	11	Bierset	Wilderen	Corps de Cavalerie

VIe Groupe
Unit	Aircraft	Total	Peacetime Base	Wartime Base	Attached to
11e Escadrille "Sioux Rouge" (11/V/1)	Renard 31	8	Bierset	Hannut	Ier Corps d'Armée and later VIe Corps d'Armée

2e Régiment d'Aéronautique [ Top of Page ]

2nd Air Regiment (Fighter).

Ier Groupe
Unit	Aircraft	Total	Peacetime Base	Wartime Base
1e Escadrille "La Comète" (1/I/2)	Gloster Gladiator	15	Schaffen	Beauchevain & Bevekom
2e Escadrille "Le Chardon" (2/I/2)	Hawker Hurricane Mk.I	11	Schaffen	Beauchevain & Bevekom

IIe Groupe
Unit	Aircraft	Total	Peacetime Base	Wartime Base
3e Escadrille "Cocotte Rouge" (3/II/2)	Fiat CR 42	14	Nivelles	Brustem
4e Escadrille "Cocotte Blanche" (4/II/2)	Fiat CR 42	9	Nivelles	Brustem

IIIe Groupe
Unit	Aircraft	Total	Peacetime Base	Wartime Base
5e Escadrille "Aigle Bleu" (5/III/2)	Fairey Fox VI	15	Nivelles	Vissenaken
6e Escadrille "Aigle Rouge" (6/III/2)	Fairey Fox VI	15	Nivelles	Vissenaken

3e Régiment d'Aéronautique [ Top of Page ]

3rd Air Regiment (Reconnaissance - Bomber).

Ier Groupe
Unit	Aircraft	Total	Peacetime Base	Wartime Base
1re Escadrille "Dragon Doré" (1/I/3)	Fairey Fox III	15	Evère	Neerhespen
3e Escadrille "Dragon Argenté" (3/I/3)	Fairey Fox III	15	Evère	Neerhespen

IIe Groupe
Unit	Aircraft	Total	Peacetime Base	Wartime Base
9e Escadrille (9/II/3)	none	-	Evère	crews operated in 5/III/3
11e Escadrille (11/II/3)	none	-	Evère	planned but not yet created

IIIe Groupe
Unit	Aircraft	Total	Peacetime Base	Wartime Base
5e Escadrille "Faucon Egyptien" (5/III/3)	Fairey Battle	14	Evère	Belcele
7e Escadrille "Flèche Ailée" (7/III/3)	Fairey Fox VIII	9	Evère	Belcele

Ecoles de Pilotage [ Top of Page ]

Ecole de Pilotage Elémentaire (Basic Flight School)
Unit	Aircraft	Total	Peacetime Base
1ere Escadrille	Avro 504, Avro 626, MS 236 &SV4B		St-Denijs-Westrem
2e Escadrille	(these planes were distributed		Gosselies
3e Escadrille	thoughout the unit)		Deurne
5e Escadrille			Wevelgem
6e Escadrille			Wevelgem

Ecole de Pilotage Avancé (Advanced Flight School)
Unit	Aircraft	Total	Peacetime Base
E.P.A.	Fairey Firefly Fairey Fox Bréguet XIX Potez 33 Koolhoven FK 56	? ? ? ? 12	Wevelgem & Goetsenhoven

Sources : [ Top of Page ]

Les Aéronefs de la Force Aérienne Belge (3e partie : 1920-1940), Jean-Luc WAUTHY and Florimond DE NEVE Le Fana de l'Aviation magazine n.306, Mai 1995

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