The List of Hawker Tempest operators lists the counties and their air force units that have operated the aircraft:
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Only one Hawker Tempest was ever operated by the RCAF. The aircraft was in service from 1946 to 1947.
One Mk.5 (EJ709) was salvaged by 2./Versuchsverband O.K.L. after getting shot down in October 1944 and ferried to Finow for repairs. It was repaired with parts of another Tempest which was shot down at Thiene near Hesepe on 29 December 1944.
Inherited 16 Tempest Mk.IIs from the British Indian Air Force instead of the original 35 fighters in 1947.[1][2]