ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 89136
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| Date: | Wednesday 15 May 1940 |
| Time: | 06:30 |
| Type: | Fairey Fox |
| Owner/operator: | 7/ II/3 Aéronautique Militaire Belge |
| Registration: | O-? |
| MSN: | O-? |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | south of Brussels -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Aalter airfield |
Takeoff at 06:00 LT for a recce operation to Louvain (Leuven).
Shot down at 06:30 hrs by a British machine gun post. Wetz was hurt, but both were able to join the Belgian troops at Wezembeek-Oppem (Vlaams-Brabant) around noon.
Pilot - Adjudant Armand Wetz - injured
Observer - Adjudant R. Verlaine
Sources:
http://www.epibreren.com/ww2/belgium/af/losses.html
https://luchtvaartgeschiedenis.be/content/aalter-vliegveld
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-Jan-2011 13:45 | ThW | Added |
| 28-Jan-2011 15:19 | ThW | Updated [Operator] |
| 13-May-2019 15:06 | TigerTimon | Updated [Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
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