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Re: What is...

Posted by Ron Henry on Mon Feb 04, 2002 02:24:37 PM

In reply top What is... posted by Mike Henniger on Mon Feb 04, 2002 01:54:46 PM

: OK... I'll bite by asking a question that will likely high
: light my ignorance... What is COGEA?
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: Mike
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COGEA was a Belgian company who supplied target towing services for the Belgian armed services (the company might have had other specialities, but I don't know about that). The expansion of the name was something like Compagnie Generale d'Expeditions Aerien (the 1st two words *are* correct !).

In the late 50s they operated 6 (?) Spitfire 9s on this work - some, at least, being ex-Dutch, IIRC. The Spitfires were sold, and, in the 60s, at least one of them came onto the UK register (G-ASJT?). The replacements were some Meteor NF11s.

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