English plane crash investigation May 1940
Introduction: At the outbreak of WWII, my grandfather Michel Van de Sijpe , born on May 8, 1926, lived at Gentse Steenweg in Zottegem On… Lees meer »English plane crash investigation May 1940
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Monument for Halifax HR872 LQ-K
Members of the 405 Squadron of the 14th Wing Greenwood (Nova Scotia) of the RCAF and Fred Davies a war veteran of the Second World… Lees meer »Monument for Halifax HR872 LQ-K
Monument for USAAF 2nd Lieutenant Floyd Addy
Died June 14, 1944 over Chievres, Belgium Buried: Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, Netherlands On his last mission when three engines of his Liberator B24 44-40460… Lees meer »Monument for USAAF 2nd Lieutenant Floyd Addy
B 17 Flying Fortress 43-38581 96 Bomb Group, 413 Bomb Squadron
On Saturday, February 6th 2010, it was exactly 65 years ago that an USAF airplane crashlanded in the town of Galmaarden, Belgium. To remember this… Lees meer »B 17 Flying Fortress 43-38581 96 Bomb Group, 413 Bomb Squadron
Memorial Lancaster PM-X ND700 103 RAF Sqd
May 12, 1944, the PM-X Lancaster of the 103rd Squadron of the Royal air Force crashed in Malle (Belgium). The usual pilot of this plane,… Lees meer »Memorial Lancaster PM-X ND700 103 RAF Sqd
Handley Page Hampden AD975 KM-N 44 RAF “Rhodesian” Sqd
Handley page Hampden AD975 KM-N of the 44 RAF Sqd crashed at Waasmunster (Belgium) on October 14 1941. Sgt E Owen RAF pilot F/Sgt… Lees meer »Handley Page Hampden AD975 KM-N 44 RAF “Rhodesian” Sqd
Remy “Mony” Van Lierde Memorial 609 RAF Auxilliary Sqd
Colonel Remy Van Lierde, DFC & two bars (14 August 1915 – 8 June 1990) was a Belgian pilot who served during World War in… Lees meer »Remy “Mony” Van Lierde Memorial 609 RAF Auxilliary Sqd
Lancaster JI-C MKII 514 RAF Sqd
On the night of 27/28 May 1944, a bomber formation flew to Aachen, for the “Rothe Erde ‘bombing. According to the reports of the British… Lees meer »Lancaster JI-C MKII 514 RAF Sqd
Liberator B-24 J 42-50861-S 392 BG “Crusaders” 577 BS
In the early morning of Friday the 29th of December 1944, after the briefing on their base Wendling (county Norfolk) in England, the 29… Lees meer »Liberator B-24 J 42-50861-S 392 BG “Crusaders” 577 BS
Lancaster W4234 DX-P 57 RAF Sqd
During the longest night of 1942, RAF Bomber Command launched a Lancaster-force of more than one hundred bombers towards the German town of Munich.… Lees meer »Lancaster W4234 DX-P 57 RAF Sqd