page_title: De Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk
section_title: Military operators
hierarchical_section_title: De Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk / Operators / Military operators
caption_attribution_description: privately owned DHC-1 Chipmunk F-AZSM in flight
context_page_description: The de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk is a tandem, two-seat, single-engined primary trainer aircraft designed and developed by Canadian aircraft manufacturer de Havilland Canada. It was developed shortly after the Second World War and sold in large numbers during the immediate post-war years, being typically employed as a replacement for the de Havilland Tiger Moth biplane.
  The Chipmunk was the first postwar aviation project conducted by de Havilland Canada. It performed its maiden flight on 22 May 1946 and was introduced to operational service that same year. During the late 1940s and 1950s, the Chipmunk was procured in large numbers by military air services such as the Royal Canadian Air Force, Royal Air Force, and several other nations' air forces, where it was often utilised as their standard primary trainer aircraft. The type produced under licence by de Havilland in the United Kingdom, who would produce the vast majority of Chipmunks, as well as by OGMA in Portugal.
context_section_description:  Belgium
  Belgian Air Force In 1948, the Belgian Air Force acquired two DHC-1s for evaluation as a possible replacement for their de Havilland Tiger Moth trainers. In the end, they chose the Stampe-Vertongen SV.4 instead and the two Chipmunks were sold off to the civilian market in 1955. (retired)
   Burma
  Burma Air Force (retired)
   Canada
  Royal Canadian Air Force (retired)
   Ceylon
  Royal Ceylon Air Force (retired)
   Denmark
  Royal Danish Air Force (retired)
   Egypt
  Egyptian Air Force (retired)
   Ghana
  Ghana Air Force (retired)
   Ireland
  Irish Air Corps (retired)
   Iraq
  Iraqi Air Force (retired)
   Israel
  Israeli Air Force – One aircraft only. (retired)
   Jordan
  Royal Jordanian Air Force (retired)
   Kenya
  Kenya Air Force (retired)
   Lebanon
  Lebanese Air Force (retired)
   Malaysia
  Royal Malaysian Air Force (retired)
   Portugal
  Portuguese Air Force (six in use)
  Squadron 802, Águias (Sintra)
  Air Force Academy (Academia de Força Aérea, Sintra)
   Saudi Arabia
  Royal Saudi Air Force (retired)
   Spain
  Spanish Air Force – One aircraft only. (retired)
   Syria
  Syrian Air Force (retired)
   Southern Rhodesia
  Rhodesian Air Training Group 4 Flying Training School.  One aircraft WG354 preserved by South African Airforce Museum. (retired)
   Thailand
  Royal Thai Air Force, developed as RTAF-4. (retired)
   United Kingdom
  British Army – Army Air Corps (retired)
  Basic Fixed Wing Flight
  Army Air Corps Historic Aircraft Flight
  Royal Air Force (retired, in use with Battle of Britain Memorial Flight)
  RAFVR RFS
  No.8 Sqn
  No.31 Sqn
  No.114 Sqn
  No.275 Sqn
  No.613 Sqn 
  No.663 Sqn 
  RAF Gatow (Berlin) Station Flight
  University Air Squadrons
  Air Experience Flights (Air Training Corps)
  Battle of Britain Memorial Flight
  Royal Navy – Fleet Air Arm (retired, in use with Royal Navy Historic Flight)
  771 NAS
  781 NAS
  727 NAS Britannia Royal Naval College Flight
  Royal Navy Historic Flight
   Uruguay
  Uruguayan Air Force (retired)
   Zambia
  Zambian Air Force (retired)
caption: Privately owned DHC-1 Chipmunk F-AZSM
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