South American Air Forces

**CharlesBronson** · 01-17-2011 09:47 AM

First photo of post 89: very funny, the aircraft is wasted tough so I woulndt be making jokes about it

**gekho** · 01-17-2011 02:48 PM

An initial acquisition of 13 airplanes were made in 1947, but later more units were bought to replace old units or to be used as spare parts. The lasT C-47 arrived to Argentina in 1970; a readapted C-47 with DC-4 engines. Destinated to the 2º Squadron of the Aeronaval Transport Command, they were the main aircraft of the naval logistic. The last unit on service was the C-47 coded 5-T-22, that flew for the last time to Ushuaia in spetember 1979, remaining there as a relic.

**gekho** · 01-17-2011 02:53 PM

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**gekho** · 01-17-2011 03:02 PM

Concerning the Beechcraft 18, at least 4 units were bought in 1948 for general porpouses. The AT-11s were acquired in 1946; at the begining they also were used for general porpouses, but in 1950 they formed a bomber squadron. In 1965 all of them were withdrawn from service, being replaced by the C-45H.

**gekho** · 01-17-2011 04:16 PM

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**Gnomey** · 01-17-2011 06:39 PM

Good stuff!

**gekho** · 01-18-2011 09:59 AM

he Avro Type 694, better known as the Avro Lincoln, was a British four-engined heavy bomber, which first flew on 9 June 1944. Developed from the Avro Lancaster, the first Lincoln variants were known initially as the Lancaster IV and V, but were renamed Lincoln I and II. It was the last piston-engined bomber used by the Royal Air Force. The Lincoln became operational in August 1945, too late to see action in the Second World War. It was assigned to units of Tiger Force, a British Commonwealth heavy bomber force, intended to take part in Allied operations against the Japanese mainland. However, the Lincoln did see action with the RAF during the 1950s, in the Mau Mau Uprising in Kenya and with the RAF and RAAF during the Malayan Emergency. In all 604 Lincolns were built. The type also saw significant service with the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) and Fuerza Aérea Argentina (Argentine Air Force), as well as some civil aviation usage.

**gekho** · 01-18-2011 10:03 AM

The Lincoln served with the Fuerza Aerea Argentina from 1947: 30 aircraft were acquired (together with 15 Lancasters), giving Argentina the most powerful bombing force in South America. The Argentine aircraft were used in bombing missions against rebels during the attempted military coup of September 1951 and by both the government and rebel forces during the 1955 Revolución Libertadora coup that deposed Juan Perón. Lincolns were also used to drop supplies in support of Argentinean operations in the Antarctic.

**pbfoot** · 01-18-2011 10:03 AM

I think the Lincoln was ugly almost like french pre war IMHO the only thing lacking on that nose are curtains

**gekho** · 01-18-2011 10:05 AM

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**gekho** · 01-18-2011 10:18 AM

At least 17 Catalinas were bought at Canada between 1946 and 1948, entering of service only 12 of them, being the rest used as spare parts. They were coded 2-P-2, with the exception of one unit, that was used as a trainer and was coded 1-G-1. These aircrafts had a great importance at the argentinian navy, since they were the first aircrafts to conect the Antarctic and Buenos Aires, they took part in many war actions in 1955, they searched lost ships, they patroled the south of the Patagonia etc.....