Morane-Saulnier M.S.406 - Operators

Operators

China
  • Nationalist Chinese Air Force ordered 12 aircraft in 1938 and they were shipped to Haiphong, but diverted to Escadrille EC 2, which fought against the Japanese and Thai in December 1940 One or two aircraft may have reached the Chinese Air Force
Independent State of Croatia
  • Zrakoplovstvo Nezavisne Države Hrvatske received over 15 aircraft.
Finland
  • Ilmavoimat received 76 M.S.406 and 11 M.S.410
France
  • Armée de l'Air
  • French Navy
Vichy France
  • Vichy French Air Force
Germany
  • Luftwaffe operated captured aircraft.
Italy
  • Regia Aeronautica
Lithuania
  • Lithuanian Air Force ordered 13 Moranes, but none were delivered.
Poland
  • Polish Air Force ordered 160 aircraft, but none were delivered, due to the fall of Poland.
  • Polish Air Force in exile in France operated at least 91 aircraft in several training and combat units:
    • Groupe de Chasse de Varsovie
    • Section no.1 Łaszkiewicz GC III/2
    • Section no.2 Pentz GC II/6
    • Section no.3 Sulerzycki GC III/6
    • Section no.4 Bursztyn GC III/1
    • Section no.5 Brzeziński GC I/2
    • Section no.6 Goettel GC II/7
    • Jasionowski Koolhoven Flight
    • DAT section Krasnodębski GC I/55 based at Châteaudun and Étampes
    • DAT section Skiba GC I/55
    • DAT section Kuzian based at Nantes
    • DAT section Opulski based at Romorantin
    • DAT section Krasnodębski based at Toulouse-Francazal
    • Centre d'Instruction d'Aviation de Chasse at Montpellier
    • Ecole de Pilotage No 1 (Chasse) at Etampes
    • Ecole de Pilotage at Avord
    • Centre d'Instruction at Tours
    • Depot d'Instruction de l'Aviation Polonaise at Lyon-Bron
    • Montpellier Flight
Switzerland
  • Swiss Air Force
Turkey
  • Turkish Air Force received 45 Moranes. At least 30 of them were originally intended for shipment to Poland and had Polish stencilling.
Thailand
  • Royal Thai Air Force operated several captured aircraft.
Kingdom of Yugoslavia
  • Royal Yugoslav Air Force ordered 25 aircraft, but the fall of France precluded their delivery

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