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I was wrong about the ME-109. Here's the roster from world airforces.com

They had two Vautour IIBs. These were destroyed on the ground at Uli and never saw action. The UH1 is not mentioned, but my friend and Gen. Madiebo said Biafra had one.

deH.(Riley) D.H.104 Dove {F} 67/ 2 *SP
" D.H.114 Heron " 1 *S
" D.H.115 Vampire 2 .
Douglas A-26 Invader {F} 67/68 2(+2?) *SP
" C-47 Dakota " 67/68 7 *SP |
" DC-7 " 67/68 2 *S |
"(Can) C-4 Argonaut ntu 2 *S |
Fokker F.27-200 Friendship {F} 67/67 1 *S
Gloster Meteor NF.14 " ntu 2 *SP
H.S. HS.125-1B " 68/ 1 *SP |
Hiller UH-12E " /67 2 *S |
Lockheed 649A Constellation " 68/68 1 *S
" 1049G " " 67/68/ 4 *S
Max Holste MH.1521M Broussard " 69 1 *Pd
MFI 9B Bolkow Jr "Minicoins" " 69/70 9 *SP
NAA B-25 Mitchell " 67/68 2 *S |
" T-6G Texan " 69/70 12 *SPD
Sikorsky(Wlnd) S-51 Widgeon " 67/68 4 *S
SNIAS Alouette II " 67/69 4 *SP
" " III " 67/ 2 *S
"(Fouga) Magister, CM.170 " ntu 5 *S

Books:

Draper, Michael I.
Shadows: Airlift and Airwar in Biafra and Nigeria
1967-1970
Hikoki, 1999, Ill. 288pp

Haglund, Gunnar
Gerillapilot i Biafra
1988

Kearey, Charles
Last Plane from Uli [Novel]
Holt, Rinehart & Winston
New York, 1972

Zumbach, Jean
On Wings of War
1975

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