Centre de Transformation à la Chasse (CTC)
| History: | |
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21. February 1956 |
CTC formed at Cap Saint Jacques AB |
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1 June 1956 |
CTC renamed 1er GCVN (1er Groupe de Chasse Vietnamien) |
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June 1956 |
1er GCVN renamed 1er GCRVN |
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3. July 1956 |
1er GCRVN absorbed into the 1st Fighter Squadron |
| Aircraft: |
F8F- Bearcat
| Air Base Assingment | ||
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Cap Saint Jacques AB |
21. Feb 1956 |
1 June 1956 |
| Commanding Officers: | ||
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| Grumman F8F- Bearcat of Centre de Transformation à la Chasse | ||||||
| Type |
US Serial |
Reg. |
s/n |
Delivered |
Withdrawn |
Remarks |
| F8F-1B | 122139 | A (XV-FFA) | ? | ? | 3 Jul. 1956 | To VNAF |
| F8F-1 | 094836 | B (XV-FFB) | ? | ? | 3 Jul. 1956 | To VNAF |
| F8F-1B | 095305 | C (XV-FFC) | ? | ? | 3 Jul. 1956 | To VNAF |
| F8F-1 | 094781 | D (XV-FFD) | ? | ? | 3 Jul. 1956 | To VNAF |
| F8F-1B | 095349 | E (XV-FFE) | ? | ? | ? | To VNAF |
| F8F-1B | 122133 | F (XV-FFF) | ? | ? | 3 Jul. 1956 | To VNAF |
| F8F-1 | 095453 | G (XV-FFG) | ? | ? | 3 Jul. 1956 | To VNAF |
| F8F-1B | 095062 | H (XV-FFH) | ? | ? | 3 Jul. 1956 | To VNAF |
| F8F-1B | 121489 | I (XV-FFI) | ? | ? | 3 Jul. 1956 | To VNAF |
| F8F-1B | 095039 | J (XV-FFJ) | ? | ? | 3 Jul. 1956 | To VNAF |
| F8F-1 | 094993 | K (XV-FFK) | ? | ? | ? | To VNAF |
| F8F-1B | 121509 | L (XV-FFL) | ? | ? | 3 Jul. 1956 | To VNAF |
| F8F-1B | 095022 | M (XV-FFM) | ? | ? | 13 Mar. 1956 | Crashed |
| F8F-1B | 095143 | N (XV-FFN) | ? | ? | 3 Jul. 1956 | To VNAF |
| F8F-1B | 095128 | O (XV-FFO) | ? | ? | 3 Jul. 1956 | To VNAF |
| F8F-1 | 094998 | P (XV-FFP) | ? | ? | 3 Jul. 1956 | To VNAF |
| F8F-1 | 095379 | Q (XV-FFQ) | ? | ? | 3 Jul. 1956 | To VNAF |
| F8F-1 | 095003 | R (XV-FFR) | ? | ? | 3 Jul. 1956 | To VNAF |
| F8F-1B | 095113 | S (XV-FFS) | ? | ? | 3 Jul. 1956 | To VNAF |
| F8F-1B | 121491 | T (XV-FFT) | ? | ? | 3 Jul. 1956 | To VNAF |
| F8F-1B | 122145 | V (XV-FFV) | ? | ? | 3 Jul. 1956 | To VNAF |
| F8F-1 | 095229 | W (XV-FFW) | ? | ? | 3 Jul. 1956 | To VNAF |
| F8F-1B | 095295 | X (XV-FFX) | ? | ? | 3 Jul. 1956 | To VNAF |
| F8F-1B | 121490 | Y (XV-FF) | ? | ? | 3 Jul. 1956 | To VNAF |
| F8F-1 | 095203 | U or Z (XV-FF?) | ? | ? | 21 Mar. 1956 | Crashed |
| History: |
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From 21. February 1956 to 3. July 1956, twenty-five Bearcats were used at the Centre de Transformation à la Chasse (CTC) at Cap Saint Jacques AB (Vung Tau AB) by the French air force. The CTC did the conversion training of Vietnamese pilots on the Bearcat who had 200 hours flying on the T-6 Texan and 20 hours on the Morane Saulnier MS 472 in France. The CTC had disbanded on 1 June 1956 to become 1er GCVN (1er Groupe de Chasse Vietnamien aka 1st VN Fighter group) and a few weeks later 1er GCRVN (R for Reconnaissance) These aircraft at first flew in French colors. They later temporarily used civil registrations in the series XV-FFA to XV-FFZ and kept their individual letters. |