Several countries and many Royal Air Force units operated the Hawker Hart and its variants.
Operators
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- Afghan Air Force received eight aircraft in 1937.
- Estonian Air Force received eight Harts with interchangeable wheel and float undercarriages in 1932.[1] They remained in use until the Soviet occupation of Estonia in 1940.[2]
- Finnish Air Force received five ex-Swedish Air Force Harts in 1940.
- South African Air Force received over 50 ex-RAF Harts from 1937.[2][3]
- Southern Rhodesian Air Force
- No. 1 Squadron
- Royal Swedish Air Force received four Hawker-built Harts powered by Bristol Pegasus radial engines in 1934, with 42 more Pegasus powered Harts built under licence.[1]
- Royal Air Force[4]
- No. 5 Squadron RAF June 1940–February 1941
- No. 6 Squadron RAF October 1935–March 1938
- No. 11 Squadron RAF February 1932–July 1939
- No. 12 Squadron RAF January 1931–October 1936
- No. 15 Squadron RAF June 1934–March 1936
- No. 17 Squadron RAF October 1935–May 1936
- No. 18 Squadron RAF November 1931–May 1936
- No. 24 Squadron RAF
- No. 27 Squadron RAF 1939–1940
- No. 33 Squadron RAF February 1930–March 1938
- No. 39 Squadron RAF November 1931–July 1939
- No. 40 Squadron RAF November 1935–March 1936
- No. 45 Squadron RAF September 1935–January 1936
- No. 57 Squadron RAF October 1931–May 1936
- No. 60 Squadron RAF
- No. 81 Squadron RAF
- No. 142 Squadron RAF
- No. 173 Squadron RAF
- No. 235 Squadron RAF
- No. 237 Squadron RAF
- No. 296 Squadron RAF
- No. 500 Squadron RAF
- No. 501 Squadron RAF
- No. 502 Squadron RAF
- No. 503 Squadron RAF
- No. 504 Squadron RAF
- No. 510 Squadron RAF
- No. 600 Squadron RAF
- No. 601 Squadron RAF
- No. 602 Squadron RAF
- No. 603 Squadron RAF
- No. 604 Squadron RAF
- No. 605 Squadron RAF
- No. 609 Squadron RAF
- No. 610 Squadron RAF
- No. 611 Squadron RAF
- Fleet Air Arm[5]
- Royal Yugoslav Air Force - Four Harts were loaned to Yugoslavia in 1931.[6]
Hawker Audax
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- Southern Rhodesian Air Force
- No. 1 Squadron
- Royal Air Force[7]
- No. 2 Squadron RAF
- No. 4 Squadron RAF
- No. 5 Squadron RAF in India
- No. 13 Squadron RAF
- No. 16 Squadron RAF
- No. 20 Squadron RAF
- No. 24 Squadron RAF
- No. 26 Squadron RAF
- No. 28 Squadron RAF
- No. 52 Squadron RAF[8]
- No. 61 Squadron RAF
- No. 63 Squadron RAF
- No. 77 Squadron RAF
- No. 105 Squadron RAF
- No. 114 Squadron RAF
- No. 144 Squadron RAF
- No. 146 Squadron RAF
- No. 148 Squadron RAF
- No. 173 Squadron RAF
- No. 208 Squadron RAF
- No. 211 Squadron RAF
- No. 226 Squadron RAF
- No. 237 Squadron RAF
- No. 267 Squadron RAF
- No. 615 Squadron RAF
- Fleet Air Arm
Hawker Demon
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- Royal Australian Air Force
- No. 1 Squadron RAAF
- No. 2 Squadron RAAF
- No. 3 Squadron RAAF
- No. 4 Squadron RAAF
- No. 12 Squadron RAAF
- No. 21 Squadron RAAF
- No. 22 Squadron RAAF
- No. 23 Squadron RAAF
- No. 25 Squadron RAAF
- No. 1 Service Flying Training School
- No. 1 Air Depot
- No. 2 Air Depot
- No. 3 Bombing and Gunnery School
- Communications and Survey Flight
Hawker Hardy
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Hawker Hartebeest
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- Fleet Air Arm[5]
- 701 Naval Air Squadron
- 711 Naval Air Squadron
- 712 Naval Air Squadron
- 713 Naval Air Squadron
- 714 Naval Air Squadron
- 715 Naval Air Squadron
- 716 Naval Air Squadron
- 718 Naval Air Squadron
- 750 Naval Air Squadron
- 755 Naval Air Squadron
- 757 Naval Air Squadron
- 758 Naval Air Squadron
- 759 Naval Air Squadron
- 800 Naval Air Squadron
- 801 Naval Air Squadron
- 802 Naval Air Squadron
- 803 Naval Air Squadron
- No. 404 (Fleet Fighter) Flight[10]
- No. 405 (Fleet Fighter) Flight[10]
- No. 406 (Fleet Fighter) Flight[10]
- No. 407 (Fleet Fighter) Flight[10]
- No. 409 (Fleet Fighter) Flight[11]
- No. 443 (Fleet Reconnaissance) Flight[11]
- No. 444 (Fleet Reconnaissance) Flight[11]
- No. 445 (Fleet Reconnaissance) Flight[12]
- No. 447 (Fleet Reconnaissance) Flight[11]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Mason 1991, p. 165.
- ^ a b Wixey Air Enthusiast November/December 2001, pp. 28–29.
- ^ Thetford Aeroplane Monthly July 1995, p. 57.
- ^ Thetford Aeroplane Monthly July 1995, pp. 54–57.
- ^ a b Sturtivant and Balance 1994, p. 362.
- ^ Mason 1991, p. 64.
- ^ a b Mason 1994, p. 220.
- ^ Halley 1980, p. 87.
- ^ Mason 1992, p. 235.
- ^ a b c d Sturtivant and Ballance 1994, p. 431.
- ^ a b c d Sturtivant and Ballance 1994, p. 432.
- ^ Sturtivant and Ballance 1994, p. 433.
Bibliography
edit- Halley, James J. The Squadrons of the Royal Air Force. Tonbridge, Kent, UK: Air-Britain (Historians), 1980. ISBN 0-85130-083-9.
- Mason, Francis K. The British Bomber Since 1914. London: Putnam Aeronautical Books, 1994. ISBN 0-85177-861-5.
- Mason, Francis K. The British Fighter since 1912. Annapolis, Maryland, USA: Naval Institute Press, 1992. ISBN 1-55750-082-7.
- Mason, Francis K. Hawker Aircraft since 1920. London: Putnam Aeronautical Books, 1991. ISBN 0-85177-839-9.
- Sturtivant, Ray and Balance, Theo. The Squadrons of the Fleet Air Arm. Tonbridge, Kent, UK: Air-Britain (Historians), 1994. ISBN 0-85130-223-8.
- Thetford, Owen. "By Day and By Night: Hawker Hart and Hind": Operational History Part One. Aeroplane Monthly, July 1995, Vol. 24 No. 1, Issue No 267, pp. 50–57. London: IPC. ISSN 0143-7240.
- Wixey, Ken. "Hart Of The Matter:Part One - Hawker's Hart 'Family': The Hart Bomber And The Army Co-Op Audax". Air Enthusiast, No 96, November/December 2001. Stamford UK: Key Publishing. pp. 24–33.