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Proposed OOB

Aeronautique Militaire

Each Regiment is composed of six squadrons, each equipped with twelve aircraft.


1st Regiment, HQ Deurne Aerodrome

1/1 Escadrille, Deurne Aerodrome, Avions-Fairey Balmoral
3/1 Escadrille, Gossoncourt Aerodrome, Avions-Fairey Balmoral
5/1 Escadrille, Gossoncourt Aerodrome, Avions-Fairey Balmoral
4/1 Escadrille, Bierset Aerodrome, SABCA S.47
6/1 Escadrille, Bierset Aerodrome, SABCA S.47
2/1 Escadrille, Bierset Aerodrome, SABCA S.47

2nd Regiment , HQ Schaffen Aerodrome
1/2 Escadrille, Schaffen Aerodrome, Renard R.38
2/2 Escadrille, Schaffen Aerodrome, Renard R.38
5/2 Escadrille, Schaffen Aerodrome, Renard R.38
3/2 Escadrille, Nivelles Aerodrome, Renard R.37
4/2 Escadrille, Nivelles Aerodrome, Renard R.37
6/2 Escadrille, Le Zoute Aerodrome, Renard R.38

3rd Regiment, HQ Evére Aerodrome
1/3 Escadrille, Evére Aerodrome, Avions-Fairey Balmoral
3/3 Escadrille, Evére Aerodrome, Avions-Fairey Balmoral
5/3 Escadrille, Evére Aerodrome, Avions-Fairey Balmoral
2/3 Escadrille, Kleine Brogel Aerodrome, SABCA S.48
4/3 Escadrille, Kleine Brogel Aerodrome, SABCA S.48
6/3 Escadrille, Kleine Brogel Aerodrome, Avions-Fairey Balmoral

4th Regiment , HQ Beauvechain Aerodrome
1/4 Escadrille, Beauvechain Aerodrome, Renard R.38
2/4 Escadrille, Beauvechain Aerodrome, Renard R.38
4/4 Escadrille, Florennes Aerodrome, Renard R.38
6/4 Escadrille, Florennes Aerodrome, Renard R.38
3/4 Escadrille, Melsbroek Aerodrome, Renard R.37
5/4 Escadrille, Melsbroek Aerodrome, Renard R.37

5th Regiment , HQ Sint-Truiden Aerodrome
1/5 Escadrille, Sint-Truiden Aerodrome, SABCA S.48B
Advanced Flying School, Sint-Truiden Aerodrome, Koolhoven F.K.56 and SABCA S.48
Elementary Flying School, Goetsenhoven Aerodrome, Stampe SV.4 and Stampe SV.9 and SABCA S.40
Tactical School, Le Zoute Aerodrome, Renard R.37 and Avions-Fairey Balmoral
Technical School, Charlerois-Gosselies
1 Depot, Charlerois-Gosselies
2 Depot, Namur

Aeronautique Marine, HQ Ostend Aerodrome
1M Escadrille, Ostend Aerodrome, Fokker T.XIV-Wm
3M Escadrille, Ostend Aerodrome, SABCA S.48
4M Escadrille, Ostend Aerodrome, SABCA S.40
2M Escadrille, Knokke Aerodrome, Avions-Fairey Seafox V


Total frontline numbers are: 144 fighters (+24 as trainers), 156 bombers (+48 as trainers, 12 transports, 108 trainers, 24 seaplanes plus around 160 of all types in storage/ reserve
362 pilots, 216 aircrew, 147 instructors and 252 pupils and 1,504 ground crew = total nominal personnel exc. students and other base staff etc. of 2,229.


Aircraft Types
Stuff that Kirk never simmed and stuff that I've designed to fill in the gaps, all of these are real aircraft, except the Seafox V which was a stillborn Kirk project.

Avions-Fairey Seafox V
A licence-built version of the Fairey Seafox but modernised with better streamlined struts, a new radial engine and stronger construction. A prototype first flew on 8 August 1937 and the type became the standard ship-borne reconnaissance seaplane during 1938.
Wingspan: 12.20 m (40 ft 0 in)
Length: 10.22 m (33 ft 5 in)
Height: 3.71 m (12 ft 2 in)
Wing area: 40.3 m² (434 ft²)
Empty weight: 1930 kg (4,254 lb)
Loaded weight: 2,766 kg (6,097 lb)
Powerplant: 450hp Wright Whirlwind R-975-E3 radial engine
Maximum speed: 220 km/h (137 mph) at 1787 m (5,860 ft)
Cruise speed: 175 km/h (108 mph)
Service ceiling: 3032 m (9,950 ft)
Climb to 5,000 ft (1,520 m): 14.5 min
Range: 710 km (440 miles)
Endurance: 4.25 hours
Armament: 1x 7.7mm FN-Browning MG in ring mount, 2x 50kg bombs underwing

Avions-Fairey Fox II
In Britain, Fairey produced a private-venture land-based ground attack variant of the naval Fairey Spearfish dive/ torpedo-bomber. A prototype was converted from the second prototype, which flew in August 1944. The RAF selected the type to replace the Hawker Henley and Bristol Balmoral and the first entered service during late 1945. At the same time, Belgium selected the aircraft to replace their Balmoral fleet and 144 were ordered from Avions-Fairey. The first production aircraft was delivered in May 1946. The main changes from the Spearfish are; removal of wing folding and arrestor hook, the ASV search set; the addition of some armour plating and improved self-sealing wing tanks; four 20mm cannon in the wings and the internal bay can carry either bombs or an extra 2955 litre self-sealing gallon fuel tank or an under fuselage cannon pack with four 20mm cannon. Underwing armament can consist of either eight rocket projectiles, two bombs or two 40mm Vickers ‘S’ guns in pods or two standard drop tanks can be fitted. The gunner has a remotely controlled turret armed with two 13.2mm FN-Browning machine-guns.
Wingspan: 18.37 m (60 ft 3in)
Length: 13.62 m (44 ft 7 in)
Height: 4.14 m (16 ft 6 in)
Wing area: 530 ft² (49.2 m²)
Max take-off weight: 10047 kg (22,150 lb)
Powerplant: 2,625hp Bristol Centaurus X 18-cylinder radial engine
Maximum speed: 469 km/h (292 mph) at 4267 m (14,000 ft)
Cruise speed: 415 km/h (260 mph)
Service ceiling: 7620 m (25,000 ft)
Rate of climb: 8.74 m/sec (1,720 ft/min)
Range: 1763 km (1,096 miles)
Armament: 4x 20mm Hispano HS-204 cannon in wings, 2x 13.2mm FN-Browning MGs in dorsal turret, bomb load of 1x 900kg or 2x 500kg or 4x 250 kg bombs in the bomb bay or a pack with 4x 20mm Hispano HS-204 cannon, 2x 500kg or 250 kg bombs or 8x 76mm RPs or two 400 litre drop-tanks underwing

Renard R.37
A development of the R.36 fighter with a radial engine, first flown 18 July 1936 and in service by the end of 1937. 140 were built.
Wingspan: 11.64 m (38 ft 2 in)
Length: 8.70m (28 ft 5 in)
Height: 2.90m (9 ft 6 in)
Wing area: 20.00m² (215.28 ft²)
Empty weight: 1,770 kg (3,902 lb)
Loaded weight: 2,470 kg (5,445 lb)
Powerplant 1100hp Gnome-Rhône 14N-21 radial engine
Maximum speed: 531 km/h (330 mph)
Range: 1000 km (620 miles)
Armament: 4x 7.7mm FN-Browning MGs in wings

Renard R.38
A development of the R.36 powered by a 1327hp Paladin I V-12 engine, the prototype was first flown on 4 August 1939 and had a top speed of 326 mph (525 km/h). It entered service in 1941.
Wingspan: 11.64 m (38 ft 2 in)
Length: 8.96m (29 ft 3 in)
Height: 2.90m (9 ft 6 in)
Wing area: 20.00m² (215.28 ft²)
Empty weight: 1,995 kg (4,398 lb)
Loaded weight: 2,580 kg (5,687 lb)
Powerplant: 1327hp Paladin I V-12 liquid cooled engine
Maximum speed: 632 km/h (393 mph)
Time to 4,000m: 4.13 minutes
Range: 1000 km (620 miles)
Armament: 1x 20mm Hispano-Suiza cannon and 4x 13.2mm FN-Browning MGs in wings

Renard R.40
A high-altitude variant of the R.38 with a pressurised cabin which could be jettisoned in-flight with a compressed-air charge. The jettisonable cabin is connected to the fuselage by a casing in two parts (the first part connected to the cabin, the other part fixed to the airframe). Inside this casing, the flight-controls and instruments are equipped with quick-disconnects. A prototype flew on 28 November 1940 but no production was undertaken.

SABCA S.40
A two-seat low-wing monoplane basic trainer aircraft of conventional design with a fixed, tailwheel undercarriage. The pilot and instructor sit in tandem in an enclosed cockpit. The prototype flew during September 1936 and production began during 1938.
Wingspan: 10.20 m (33 ft 6 in)
Length: 7.14 m (23 ft 5 in)
Height: 2.40 m (7 ft 11 in)
Empty weight: 780 kg (1,720 lb)
Gross weight: 1,240 kg (2,730 lb)
Powerplant: 140hp Renault 4Pei
Maximum speed: 360 km/h (230 mph)

SABCA S.47
A two-seat low-wing single-engine monoplane light bomber/reconnaissance aircraft with a retractable tailwheel undercarriage, with the mainwheels retracting backwards into the wing. The pilot and observer were located in individual, widely separated cockpits. A small ventral bay holds two/three cameras or can be fitted to carry two 50 kg bombs. The prototype flew on 16 February 1936 but the decision to build the Fairey Balmoral under licence saw the S.47 reconfigured as a reconnaissance type and the prototype’s Hispano-Suiza engine was replaced by a Rolls-Royce Merlin to provide compatibility with the Balmoral fleet. The prototype flew again on 3 September 1938 and production of 36 aircraft began soon after to replace the Renard R.31 fleet.
Wingspan: 13.2017 m (43 ft 3 in)
Length: 10.6109 m (34 ft 9 in)
Height: 3.20 m (10 ft 6 in)
Wing area: 23.80 m2 (256.2 sq ft)
Empty weight: 2,250 kg (4,960 lb)
Gross weight: 3,240 kg (7,143 lb)
Max take-off weight: 3,350 kg (7,385 lb)
Powerplant: 1,280hp Rolls-Royce Merlin IV V12 liquid cooled engine
Maximum speed: 540 km/h (336 mph) at 4,200 m (13,780 ft)
Service ceiling: 9,501 m (31,170 ft)
Time to altitude: 2,000 m (6,650 ft) in 3 min 5 sec, 6,000 m (19,685 ft) in 14 min 11 s
Range: 1,576 km (979 miles) at 4,000 m (13,120 ft)
Armament: 2x 7.7mm FN-Browning MGs in wings, 1x 7.7mm FN-Browning MG in rear cockpit, 2x 50kg bombs in ventral bay and 10x 50kg bombs underwing

SABCA S.48
A small three-seat light bomber and light transport. The prototype first flew on 2 February 1938 and production for the Belgian Air Force began during 1939 to meet a requirement for a bomber aircrew trainer equipped for bomb-aimer, navigator and radio operator training. Several were also built as transports as the S.48B with space for two pilots and five passengers. The S.48C is a civilian airliner version with a pilot and six passengers.
Wingspan: 16.65 m (54 ft 7 in)
Length: 11.80 m (38 ft 8 in)
Height: 3.70 m (12 ft 2 in)
Wing area: 38.9 m2 (419 ft2)
Empty weight: 4,072 kg (8,977 lb)
Gross weight: 5,672 kg (12,505 lb)
Powerplant: 2× 725hp Avia-Minerva Minion IIS
Maximum speed: 420 km/h (261 mph)
Range: 1,700 km (1,050 miles)
Service ceiling: 8,500 m (27,880 ft)
Armament: 1 × 7.7mm FN-Browning MG in each nose, dorsal (powered) and ventral positions, 400 kg (882 lb) bomb load

Stampe SV.4
A highly successful biplane two-seat trainer and sports aircraft that has been sold widely since 1933.
Wingspan: 8.385 m (27 ft 6 in)
Length: 6.80 m (22 ft 4 in)
Height: 2.775 m (9 ft 1 in)
Wing area: 18.06 m² (194.4 ft²)
Empty weight: 520 kg (1146 lb)
Max take-off weight: 770 kg (1697 lb)
Powerplant: 145hp de Havilland Gipsy Major VI or Blackburn Cirrus Major II
Maximum speed: 188 km/h (116 mph)
Cruise speed: 140 km/h (87 mph)
Service ceiling: 6,000 m (20,000 ft)
Range: 420 km (260 miles)

Stampe SV.5/ SV.9
A military biplane basic trainer that was first flown in 1933. It was designed for to meet a military requirement and eventually a batch was procured in 1938 to a modified design SV.9 with a metal, variable-pitch propeller and upper wings moved 2 cm rearward to improve the centre of gravity. Export versions include; the SV.6 with a 350hp Armstrong Siddeley Cheetah, the SV.7 with a 500hp Pratt & Whitney Wasp Junior and spoilers under the upper wing and the cheaper SV.8 with a 240hp Armstrong Siddeley Lynx IV radial.
Wingspan: 10.52 m (34 ft 6 in)
Length: 8.04 m (26 ft 4 in)
Height: 3.04 m (10 ft 0 in)
Wing area: 26.7 m2 (287 ft2)
Empty weight: 890 kg (1,960 lb)
Gross weight: 1,340 kg (2,950 lb)
Powerplant: 340hp Armstrong Siddeley Cheetah X
Maximum speed: 272 km/h (151 mph)
Service ceiling: 7,150 m (23,500 ft)
Endurance: 3 hours 30 min