Accident Fairey Fox IIIc O-83,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 89137
 
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Date:Wednesday 15 May 1940
Time:
Type:Fairey Fox IIIc
Owner/operator:1/I/1 Aéronautique Militaire Belge
Registration: O-83
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Herentals, Antwerp -   Belgium
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Mission: Recce Geel
Lost: 15/05/1940
Adj Marcel Brosteaux, pilot - safe
Olt Eugène Boissiroy, observer - KIA
Hit by ground fire. Crashed south of Herentals (perhaps in Lier)

Sources:

http://www.epibreren.com/ww2/belgium/af/losses.html

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
18-Jan-2011 13:45 ThW Added
28-Jan-2011 14:37 ThW Updated [Operator]
07-Feb-2011 13:54 ThW Updated [Aircraft type]
14-Nov-2022 00:51 Ron Averes Updated [Location, Narrative]

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