ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 89320
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| Date: | Friday 8 December 1939 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Fairey Battle Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 5/III/3 Aéronautique Militaire Belge |
| Registration: | T-69 |
| MSN: | F3258 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Eeklo, East Flanders -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Evere, Brussels, Belgium |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Captain-pilot Jacques de Caters, (born 2 March 1904 in Bruges) was the commanding officer of 5/III/3 Aéronautique Militaire Belge, had engine trouble during a flight with the Fairey Battle T-69 in the vicinity of Eeklo, East Flanders, and searched for a place to put the aircraft down. However, he touched the tops of two trees on the edge of the road. His Battle slid a little further across the field, hit headlong and caught fire. The pilot could not save himself.
Sources:
1. The Battle File (Sidney Shail. Air Britain, 1997 p113)
2. https://www.luchtvaartgeschiedenis.be/content/fairey-battle-t-69-te-eeklo-jacques-de-caters
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eeklo
4. http://www.letletlet-warplanes.com/2018/07/30/the-fairey-battles-of-the-belgian-aeronautique-militaire/
5. https://www.belgian-wings.be/webpages/navigator/Photos/MilltaryPics/interbellum/Fairey-Battle-I/Fairey-Battle-I-frontpage.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-Jan-2011 13:34 | ThW | Added |
| 02-Feb-2011 13:57 | ThW | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 21-Feb-2011 05:38 | Anon. | Updated [Registration] |
| 18-Jun-2019 22:01 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 27-Oct-2020 22:26 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Nov-2020 04:58 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Registration, Cn, Source, Narrative] |
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