Light Aviation Group
Groep
Lichte Vliegtuigen (GPLV) 1
| Unit |
Main Equipment |
Location |
Peace
Strength |
War
Strength |
Staff
and Staff Squadron
Light Aviation Group |
|
Deelen |
26/45/38
(109)
|
28/65/63
(156) |
| 298
Light Aviation Squadron |
24 x
Alouette III |
Soesterberg |
48/45/60
(153) |
56/50/77
(183) |
| 299
Light Aviation Squadron |
24 x BO-105C |
Deelen |
48/45/60
(153) |
56/50/77
(183) |
| 300
Light Aviation Squadron |
18 x
Alouette III
|
Deelen |
31/42/51
(124) |
38/39/65
(142) |
| 302
Light Aviation Squadron [a] |
18 x
Alouette III |
– |
– |
44/43/74
(161) |
| Maintenance
and Materiel Squadron |
|
Soesterberg |
6/95/70
(171) |
6/100/98
(204) |
| Light Aviation Group Peace Strength: 159/272/279 (710) | | Light Aviation Group War Strength: 228/347/454 (1029) |
Note
| a. | Filled by mobilisable
personnel that had served in 299 Light Aviation Squadron up to eight and a half years prior to mobilisation.2 |
Operational Role
The
GPLV helicopter fleet, comprising twenty-four BO-105C and seventy-two Alouette III
helicopters, was operated by the Air Force and owned
by the Army. Falling under the
Commander-in-Chief Air Forces in
peacetime, the GPLV's operational role was to
fly scouting, liaison and light transport missions for 1 (NL)
Corps, under which command they would fall in wartime. 300 Squadron provided the Helicopter Type and
Theatre Conversion, the Elementary Tactical Helicopter Course and the
Advanced Tactical Helicopter Course for 298 and 299 Squadron.3
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| 1. | | In some Army documents the somewhat cumbersome abbreviation "Gpltvltgn"is used. | | 2. | | NIMH 205A/10,
Aflossing van
mobilisabele eenheden en
-aanvullingen d.d. 27 mei 1980. Ibid., d.d. 11 november 1983.
Ibid., d.d. 17
juni 1985. | | 3. | | For this paragraph: Helfferich, Nederlandse Koninklijke, 50,
127-135. Helfferich,
Squadrons
(1983), 71. Helfferich,
Squadrons
(1994), 109-128. De Jong, Vlucht, 215, 279-286,
395-396. |
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