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Notes
- ↑ Transport version only
- 1 2 Retired 1942
- ↑ Retired by US before war
- ↑ Obsolete fighter used for reconnaissance
- 1 2 3 4 5 Also built in Canada
- 1 2 Prototype used operationally
- ↑ Not used by France during the war
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Submarine-borne aircraft
- ↑ Not used by Germany
- ↑ Also used as a trainer and photo reconnaissance.
- 1 2 Later versions built as transports
- ↑ RCAF bought 2 ex-inflight refuelling aircraft
- ↑ Retired by Germany before war
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Obsolete aircraft used for training
- ↑ Paratroop transport and glider tug
- ↑ Built in Canada & elsewhere
- 1 2 Variant specifically built as a trainer
- ↑ Ordered by Thailand, disarmed and impressed as trainer
- ↑ Not used by US
Citations
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- ↑ Thornburg, Chris (3 December 2006). "World Air Forces - Historical Listings Thailand (THL)". Archived from the original on 25 January 2012. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
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