Aircraft Photo of MM6152 | De Havilland D.H. 113 Vampire NF54 | Italy - Air Force | AirHistory.net #694704
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:MM6152
Aircraft Original Type:De Havilland D.H. 100 Vampire
Aircraft Generic Type:De Havilland D.H. 100/113/115 Vampire
Aircraft Version:De Havilland D.H. 113 Vampire NF54
C/n (msn):13094
Operator Titles:Italy - Air Force
Location
City / Seaplane Base:Vigna di Valle - Seaplane (closed)Map
Country:Italy
Airport Codes:ICAO: LIRB   IATA: -   Local: -   Other: -
Collection:Museo Storico dell'Aeronautica Militare
 
Photo Date:17 June 2023
Photo by:Richard Vandervord
Photo ID: 694704
Photo Comment

Italy signed a licence production and development agreement for the Vampire in October 1949. After initial deliveries of British-built aircraft, licence construction by Fiat and Macchi took over. When Britain placed an embargo on exports to Egypt after Suez, 58 ex-AMI Vampires were rebuilt by Macchi, of which most were flown out but 15 shipped in crates marked as glass products. This NF.54 was used by the All-Weather Fighter School at Amendola and later preserved in Turin before moving to the Italian AF Museum.

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