I attached an orbat of the belgian air force by 1940 to give you an idea of what it looked like back then.
And this one I found on another (french) website:
1er Régiment d’Aéronautique [ Top of Page ]
1st Air Regiment (Observation and Army Cooperation).
Ier Groupe
Unit Aircraft Total Peacetime Base Wartime Base Attached to
1re Escadrille “Mouette” (1/I/1) Fairey Fox II & III 10 Deurne Hingene IVe & Ve Corps d’Armées
IIe Groupe
Unit Aircraft Total Peacetime Base Wartime Base Attached to
3e Escadrille “Feuille de Houx” (3/II/1) Fairey Fox II 12 Goetsenhoven Glabeek IIe Corps d’Armée
IIIe Groupe
Unit Aircraft Total Peacetime Base Wartime Base Attached to
5e Escadrille “Hirondelle” (5/III/1) Fairey Fox III 10 Goetsenhoven Jeneffe IIIe Corps d’Armée
& Liège fortress
IVe Groupe
Unit Aircraft Total Peacetime Base Wartime Base Attached to
7e Escadrille “Méphisto” (7/IV/1) Fairey Fox VI 9 Goetsenhoven Lonzee VIIe Corps d’Armée
& Namur fortress
Ve Groupe
Unit Aircraft Total Peacetime Base Wartime Base Attached to
9e Escadrille “Sioux Bleu” (9/V/1) Renard 31 11 Bierset Wilderen Corps de Cavalerie
VIe Groupe
Unit Aircraft Total Peacetime Base Wartime Base Attached to
11e Escadrille “Sioux Rouge” (11/V/1) Renard 31 8 Bierset Hannut Ier Corps d’Armée
and later VIe Corps d’Armée
2e Régiment d’Aéronautique [ Top of Page ]
2nd Air Regiment (Fighter).
Ier Groupe
Unit Aircraft Total Peacetime Base Wartime Base
1e Escadrille “La Comète” (1/I/2) Gloster Gladiator 15 Schaffen Beauchevain &
Bevekom
2e Escadrille “Le Chardon” (2/I/2) Hawker Hurricane Mk.I 11 Schaffen Beauchevain &
Bevekom
IIe Groupe
Unit Aircraft Total Peacetime Base Wartime Base
3e Escadrille “Cocotte Rouge” (3/II/2) Fiat CR 42 14 Nivelles Brustem
4e Escadrille “Cocotte Blanche” (4/II/2) Fiat CR 42 9 Nivelles Brustem
IIIe Groupe
Unit Aircraft Total Peacetime Base Wartime Base
5e Escadrille “Aigle Bleu” (5/III/2) Fairey Fox VI 15 Nivelles Vissenaken
6e Escadrille “Aigle Rouge” (6/III/2) Fairey Fox VI 15 Nivelles Vissenaken
3e Régiment d’Aéronautique [ Top of Page ]
3rd Air Regiment (Reconnaissance – Bomber).
Ier Groupe
Unit Aircraft Total Peacetime Base Wartime Base
1re Escadrille “Dragon Doré” (1/I/3) Fairey Fox III 15 Evère Neerhespen
3e Escadrille “Dragon Argenté” (3/I/3) Fairey Fox III 15 Evère Neerhespen
IIe Groupe
Unit Aircraft Total Peacetime Base Wartime Base
9e Escadrille (9/II/3) none – Evère crews operated in 5/III/3
11e Escadrille (11/II/3) none – Evère planned but not yet created
IIIe Groupe
Unit Aircraft Total Peacetime Base Wartime Base
5e Escadrille “Faucon Egyptien” (5/III/3) Fairey Battle 14 Evère Belcele
7e Escadrille “Flèche Ailée” (7/III/3) Fairey Fox VIII 9 Evère Belcele
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Ecoles de Pilotage [ Top of Page ]
Ecole de Pilotage Elémentaire (Basic Flight School)
Unit Aircraft Total Peacetime Base
1ere Escadrille Avro 504, Avro 626, MS 236 &SV4B St-Denijs-Westrem
2e Escadrille (these planes were distributed Gosselies
3e Escadrille thoughout the unit) Deurne
5e Escadrille Wevelgem
6e Escadrille Wevelgem
Ecole de Pilotage Avancé (Advanced Flight School)
Unit Aircraft Total Peacetime Base
E.P.A. Fairey Firefly
Fairey Fox
Bréguet XIX
Potez 33
Koolhoven FK 56 ?
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12 Wevelgem & Goetsenhoven
I hope this will help…
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