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Aircraft and aviation equipment
of Air force of Independent State of Croatia
History
Initially aircraft come from war booty and were badly obsolete but since there primary role was training and counter-insurgency this wasn't so obvious defect.
As was progressed and USAF heavy bombers started appearing over NDH need for more powerful air force started but equipment was again slow to arrive because Germans were already pressed hard in defense of Reich so once again instead of modern German fighters older Italian and war booty aircraft were supplied.
Until end of the war air combat over NDH was light since neither Croatian nor local German air units had enough power to take on massive bomber formations.
Aircraft
Type Number used Entered service Airspeed Envoy 2 1943 Amiot 143 M 1 1941 Avia BH-33 E 7 1941 Avia Fokker F.7 6 1942 Avia Fokker F.9 1 1942 Avia Fokker F.18 1 1942 Avia Fokker F.39 1 1941 Beneš-Mraz BE-51 Beta Minor 25 1943 Breguet 19 Jupiter 26 1941 Breguet 19 Lorraine 5 1941 Breguet 19-8 Cyclone 10 1941 Breguet 19-7 Hispano 5? 1941 Bristol Blenheim Mk.I 8 1941 Büecker Bü 131 Jungmann 46 1941 Büecker Bü 133 Jungmeister 10 1941 Büecker Bü 181 Beastmann 22 1944 CANT Z-1007 Alcione 6 1944 Caproni-Bergamaschi Ca.310 Libbecio 6 1941 Caproni-Bergamaschi Ca.310 bis 1 1941 Caproni-Bergamaschi Ca.311 M 14 1942 Caproni Ca.313 G 1 1944 Caproni Ca.314 1 1944 De Havilland DH.80 Puss Moth 2 1943 Dornier Do Y 1 1941/42 Dornier Do 17E 30 1943 Dornier Do 17Z/M 12 1941-43 Dornier Do 17K 11 1942 Fiat BR.20 9 1944 Fiat CR.42 4 1944 Fiat G.50bis Freccia 9 1942 Fiat G.50 B 1 1942 Fieseler Fi 156 Storch B 10 1941 Fieseler Fi 156 Storch C 1 1942 Fieseler Fi 167 A-0 10 1944 Focke-Wulf Fw 58 Weihe ? 1943? Fizir F.N. 20 1941 Fizir F.N. Ruler 5 1941 Fizir F.P.2 23 1941 F.L.3. open cockpit 10 1943 F.L.3. enclosed cockpit 10 1943 Hawker Fury II 1? 1941 Hirtenberg-Hopfner WN 15 1 1943 Ikarus IK-2 4? 1941 Ikarus M.M.2 1 1942 Junkers JU-52 3m 1+ 1945 Junkers JU-87B-2 Stuka 11 1944 Junkers JU-W-34 4 1944? Macchi MC.200 4 1944 Macchi MC.202 16 1944 Messerschmitt Bf-108 Taifun 1 1942 Messerschmitt Bf 109E 12? 1942 Messerschmitt Bf 109G-2 12? 1942 Messerschmitt Bf 109G-6 12? 1943 Messerschmitt Bf 109G-10/G-14 10 1945 Messerschmitt Bf 110 G-2 1 1945 Morane-Saulnier M.S.406 48 1943 Potez 25 Jupiter 24 1941 Rogožarski R-100 11 1941 Rogožarski P.V.T. 15 1941 Rogožarski SIM X 2 1941 Rogožarski SIM XI 1 1941 R.W.D. 13 1 1941 S.A.I.M.A.N. 200 25 1943 S.A.I.M.A.N. 202 2 1943 Savoia-Marchetti S.M.79-I Sparviero 1 1941 Gliders
Type Number used Entered service Grunau Baby 2-3 1941/42 Komar bis ? 1941/42 MK-2 ? 1941/42 Modly J.M.8 1 1944 PWS 101 1 1942/43 Salamander ? 1941/42 Sg 38 ? Vrabac ? 1941/42 Zögling 35 ? 1941/42 References
- Hrvatsko ratno zrakoplovstvo Drugome svjetskom ratu, Tihomir Lisko & Danko Canak, Danko Canak, Nova Gradiska 1998
- Zrakoplovstvo Nezavisne Drzave Hrvatske 1941-1945, Danijel Frka, Josip Novak & Sinisa Pogacic, PC graficke usluge d.o.o, Zagreb 1998
Recommended reading
- Croatian Aces of World War 2 (Osprey Aircraft of the Aces, 49) by Boris Ciglic, Dragan Savic, John Weal
Checkerboard Hunters- The Croatian Volunteers of 15./JG 52 on the Eastern Front by Marko Jeras
