Canadair F-86E Sabres serving with the German Luftwaffe during the Cold War
(DND Photo via James Craik)
Canadair F-86 Sabre Mk. 6 (Serial No. BB-118), MSN 964, ex RCAF (Serial No. 23174), and a number of Mk. VI Sabres of the German Luftwaffe, in front of the hangars at the Luftwaffe’s Sabre conversion unit, Waffenschule 10, Oldenburg, Germany. The aircraft in camouflage are Mk. V’s and those in natural metal are Mk. VIs.
The German Air Force operated 75 Canadair Sabre Mk. 5 and 225 Canadair Sabre Mk. 6 from 1957 to 1964. They were flown by JG 71, JG 72, and JG 73. The last Mk. 6 used for training was retired in 1983.
(Luftwaffe Photo)
Canadair F-86 Sabre Mk. 6 (Serial No.JA-114).
(Peter (Christian) Riemann Photo)
Canadair F-86 Sabre (Serial No. YA-042), German Air Force, Fürstenfeldbruck Air Base in Bavaria, near Munich, Germany.
(Aldo Bidini Photo)
Canadair F-86 Sabre Mk. 6 (Serial No. JA-106), Wittmundhafen Air Base, ETNT, Germany.
Canadair F-86E Sabre Mk. 6 survivors in Germany
(Deutsches Museum Flugwerft Schleißheim Photo)
Canadair F-86 Sabre Mk. 5 (Serial No. D-9542), Deutsches Museum Flugwerft Schleißheim, Effnerstraße 18, 85764 Oberschleißheim, Luftwaffenmuseum der Bundeswehr, Berlin-Gatow.
(Luftwaffenmuseum der Bundeswehr, Berlin-Gatow. Photo)
Canadair F-86 Sabre Mk. 6 (Serial No. JA-111), Luftwaffenmuseum der Bundeswehr, Berlin-Gatow.
(Militärhistorisches Museum Flugplatz Berlin-Gatow, Am Flugplatz Gatow 33, 14089 Berlin Photo)
Canadair F-86 Sabre Mk. 5 (Serial No. BB-150), Militärhistorisches Museum Flugplatz Berlin-Gatow.
(Uetersen Photo)
JB+110 – Uetersen Airfield.
KE+105 – Deutsches Museum Flugwerft Schleissheim
BB+183/01+04 painted as ‘23042’ of the Golden Hawks – Technikmuseum Speyer, Speyer.
JC-101 – Flugausstellung Peter Junior, Hermeskeil.
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JD-249 – Luftwaffenmuseum der Bundeswehr, Berlin-Gatow.