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Denmark

Denmark was the first to place an order for G-1 Mercury's with dive breaks that were supposed to be equipped with the Madsen armament that was also mounted in the Hispano Suiza prototype (2 x 20 mm cannons, 2 x 7,9 mm machineguns). The amount of money involved was Hfl 70.000 for a licence contract. That does not seem much, but in those days it was a lot of money.

The Flyvertropperne Vaerkstaeder near the airfield Kløvermarken, Kopenhagen, where they were supposed to be built. Both Flyvertropperne Vaerkstaeder and the airfield Kløvermarken don't exist anymore. A continuation order to build 24 planes under license by Skandinavik Aero Industri was also intended.

In the end Denmark were working on assembling one of them (one might ask why only one).

This means that a total of 63 G-1's were build!