It is not widely known, but the Canadair Sabre served with the Royal air Force for a brief time.During the early 1950's , the Sabres of the RCAF were actually the only swept-wing fighters available for the defense of Western Europe.At the time the RAF were still flying straight-winged types as the Meteor and Vampire while waiting for the Swift and Hunter to reach production status. Early in 1953 the RAF somewhat releluctantly decided to aquire the Canadair Sabre to fill in the gap 2 TAF Sabre Conversion Unit were baswed at Wildenrath in Germany from the 10th March 1953 until 30th June 1954

Model wingspan 175mm,