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This is a list of aircraft of the Swiss Air Force during World War II. During World War II, despite Switzerland being neutral throughout, Swiss pilots did engage with axis and allied aircraft to defend Swiss airspace.
The history of the Swiss Air Force began in 1914 with the establishment of an ad hoc force consisting of a handful of men in outdated and largely civilian aircraft. It was only in the 1930s that an effective air force was established at great cost, capable of inflicting several embarrassing defeats on the Nazi Luftwaffe in the course of an initially vigorous defence of neutral Swiss airspace.
The Swiss Air Force (German: Schweizer Luftwaffe; French: Forces aériennes suisses; Italian: Forze aeree svizzere; Romansh: Aviatica militara svizra) is the air component of the Swiss Armed Forces, established on 31 July 1914, three days after the outbreak of World War I, as a part of the army and in October 1936 as an independent service.
Allied aircraft intruded on Swiss airspace throughout World War II. In total, 6,304 Allied aircraft violated Swiss airspace during the war. [23] Some damaged Allied bombers returning from raids over Italy and Germany would intentionally violate Swiss airspace, preferring internment by the Swiss to becoming prisoners of war. Over a hundred ...
The Swiss Air Force worked on extending the operational times in 2016, aiming to be maintaining readiness for two armed jet fighters round-the-clock by 2020. [37] On 31 December 2020, the Swiss Air Force gained two operational fighter jets ready to scramble 24/7. [38] [39]
A Swiss Messerschmitt Bf 109, which served as the backbone of the Swiss Air Force during World War II. Swiss Bf 109s were regularly used by the Swiss Air Force to intercept Allied bombers flying over Switzerland. Allied planes bombed Switzerland about seventy times during World War II, killing 84 people.
History of the Swiss Air Force; Hugo Wolf F/A-18C simulator; L. LGR-1 Radar; List of aircraft of Switzerland in World War II; Lufttransport Staffel 1; Lufttransport ...
Military history of Switzerland during World War II (1 C ... History of the Swiss Air Force; L. ... Musso War; P. Projekt-26; Projekt-27; S. Swiss Military Museum ...