Fouga Magister

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Airframe register

Every Fouga we have been able to identify, with its serial, registrations, status and location. Each entry cites its sources.

716

Airframes on the register

703 airframes recorded of 862 built

862 ≠

Built

862 is the lowest, nominal-list figure (S022); sources range up to 1,009 — the gap is scope (new-build vs licence-built vs prototypes).

Sources disagree on this figure

S022Magister Aviation — fouga.be, édité par Tine SoetaertReliability A-B — Academic, archival or official document

44

Still flying

Of which confirmed by a dated record less than 24 months old: 10

407

Serials with no record

82% of the production run is documented here.

716 documented airframes · 407 serials still to research

CM.170 Magister

670 airframes documented · 407 serials with no record

The main production series — trainer and light attack, including the CM.170R, CM.170-1 and the navalised CM.170M Esquif.

Military serial
Location
001(1)CM.170M Esquif N62271—FRRochefort (17) Preserved—2001(01)CM.170M Esquif F-ZWUD01FR— Unknown—1001CM.170R IIF-WFAV503FR— Unknown—1002(2)CM.170M Esquif N840H2FRSavigny-lès-Beaune (21) Preserved—4002CM.170R IIF-WDXH2FRLons-le-Saunier Unknown—2003CM.170R II—03 · 500 · 3—— Unknown—1004CM.170R II——FR— Unknown—1005CM.170R II—05—— Unknown—1006CM.170R II—6FR— Unknown—3007 ≠ CM.170R II—7FR— Destroyed—4008(8) ×2CM.170R II—8—— Unknown—1008(8) ×2CM.170R II———— Preserved—1
009No information on this airframe — research needed
010No information on this airframe — research needed
011CM.170R II——FR— Unknown—1
012No information on this airframe — research needed
013CM.170R II——FR— Unknown—1014CM.170R IIF-WGPU493 · 14FRSavigny-lès-Beaune Unknown—3015(15)CM.170R F-BHOH—FR— Preserved—1
016No information on this airframe — research needed
017CM.170R II—17FR— Unknown—3
018No information on this airframe — research needed
019(19)CM.170R II—19—— Unknown—1
020No information on this airframe — research needed
021(21)CM.170R II——FRDomme (24) Preserved—1
022No information on this airframe — research needed
023(23)CM.170R II——FRAteliers de restauration du Musée de l'Air et de l'Espace (Dugny) Stored—1024CM.170R II—24FR— Unknown—3025CM.170R II——FR— Unknown—1026CM.170R II—26—— Unknown—1026(26)CM.170R II——FRAteliers de restauration du Musée de l'Air et de l'Espace (Dugny) Stored—1
027No information on this airframe — research needed

Serials up to 576 are confirmed by records in this register. Beyond that, rows are inferred from the production total of 862 and are research leads, not evidence — the series may not be contiguous.

CM.175 Zéphyr

20 airframes documented

Carrier-capable naval variant for the Aéronavale. Numbered in its own series — msn 28 here is not msn 28 of the Magister.

Military serial
Location
04(4) ≠ CM.175 Zéphyr N9878A4BEAérodrome de Grimbergen Preserved—605(5)CM.175 Zéphyr —5—— Preserved—205CM.175 Zéphyr F-AZPI—FRCuers-Pierrefeu (LFTF) Destroyed—311CM.175 Zéphyr —11FRAérodrome de Morlaix-Ploujean (LFRU) Under restoration—412CM.175 Zéphyr —12FROrange Preserved—413CM.175 Zéphyr —13—— Destroyed—214CM.175 Zéphyr F-AZMO14FRAérodrome de Brive-Laroche (LFSL) Airworthy—616CM.175 Zéphyr —16FRRochefort (17) Preserved—317CM.175 Zéphyr —17FRRéserves de Dugny Stored—418 ≠ CM.175 Zéphyr —18FRPorte-lès-Valence, route nationale 7 Preserved—420CM.175 Zéphyr —20FRRochefort (17) Preserved—321 ≠ CM.175 Zéphyr —21FRBAN Hyères-Palyvestre Preserved—522CM.175 Zéphyr —22—— Destroyed—123CM.175 Zéphyr —23FRRéserves de Dugny Stored—424CM.175 Zéphyr —24FRRochefort (17) Preserved—327CM.175 Zéphyr —27FRRéserves de Dugny Stored—328CM.175 Zéphyr F-AZPF28FRLe Bourget (LFPB) Airworthy—829CM.175 Zéphyr —29—— Destroyed—330CM.175 Zéphyr —30FRBAN Landivisiau Preserved—3— ≠ CM.175 Zéphyr N9878A—USLONG BEACH, CA Unknown—3

IAI Tzukit

16 airframes documented

Israeli licence-built and upgraded Magister. Identified by Israeli Air Force serials rather than construction numbers.

Military serial
Location
006/69IAI Tzukit —569—— Unknown—1015/46IAI Tzukit —546ILHatzerim (LLHB) Unknown—1152/30IAI Tzukit —630 · AA-272—— Unknown—243/58IAI Tzukit —558—— Unknown—1D087/06IAI Tzukit —606—— Unknown—1D107/47IAI Tzukit —647 · AA-207—— Unknown—2D128/3IAI Tzukit —603ILHatzerim Preserved—2D15/087/35IAI Tzukit —635—— Unknown—1D153/77IAI Tzukit —677 · AA-244—— Unknown—2D167/23IAI Tzukit —623 · 126 · AA-258ILHatzerim Preserved—3D188/70IAI Tzukit —670 · AA-279—— Unknown—2D214/39IAI Tzukit —639 · AA-176ILHatzerim Preserved—3D23/105/29IAI Tzukit —629 · 044ILHatzerim Preserved—2D40/142/73IAI Tzukit —673 · 038ILHatzerim Preserved—2D64/7IAI Tzukit —607 · 032ILHatzerim Preserved—2D91/74IAI Tzukit —674ILHatzerim Museum (LLHB) Preserved—1

Unattributed airframes

10 airframes documented

Records whose variant is not yet established. They belong to the register but cannot be placed in a series.

Military serial
Location
001(01) ≠ — IIN62271—US— Unknown19742142— II—AA-142—— Unknown—1181— II—FM-1—— Unknown—2216— IIN216F—IEShannon Aviation Museum (Co. Clare, Irlande) Preserved—7225— II—FM-21—— Preserved—3246— II—FM-12—— Preserved—4253— II—FM-16—— Preserved—5497— VIN497F497TRSivrihisar (Eskişehir) Preserved—4
—— ——USTucson, Arizona Preserved—1
D229— —AA+014 · AA-014DEBerlin-Gatow (Militärhistorisches Museum, Flugplatz Gatow) Preserved—4