ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 137011
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| Date: | Thursday 16 May 1940 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Potez 63 |
| Owner/operator: | GAO 503 Armée de l'Air |
| Registration: | 375 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Beert-Bellingen, Flemish Brabant -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
Hit by flak and starboard engine set alight during reconnaissance sortie over enemy armoured columns. Crashed and burned out near the goods station at Beert-Bellingen, between Soignies and Braine-le-Comte 3.20 p.m. S/Lt. A. Mann dropped from aircraft at low level and seriously injured, taken to a clinic in Halle where died next day. Adjt. Nourry baled out over Hennuyères but shot at by allied troops and badly wounded, admitted to hospital in Binche. Adjt. Gourdon baled out landing unhurt
Sources:
http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showthread.php?t=21643
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-Jun-2011 05:36 | ThW | Added |
| 24-Feb-2020 11:56 | Iwosh | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 13-Nov-2022 18:24 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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