On Sat, 31 May 2008 18:45:30 +0100, DAN wrote
(in message ):

Were they ever used in wartime and were they successful in their rolls.

The French Aeronavale used their Venoms (licence-built as SNCASE SE-202
Aquilon)
in Algeria in ground support role.

France also used the Mistral (Vampire) in air-ground operations in
Algeria and in Suez in 1956.

The UK used Vampires and/or Venoms in campaigns in Suez, Aden,
Malaya and Kenya and doubtless one or two other places as it tried
to hold on to its empire in the 50s. I think New Zealand used
Vampires in Malaya as well (or were these Venoms?).

Egypt had Vampires which I believe put in an appearance in the 1956
fighting, Rhodesia used them in the 60s and 70s in operations
against the guerrillas of ZANU and ZAPU and there are one or two
other operators/locations I'm not sure about without checking
(India in 1965?).

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