ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 47867
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| Date: | Friday 2 May 1975 |
| Time: | 15:07 |
| Type: |  Dassault Mirage 5BA |
| Owner/operator: | Belgische Luchtmacht |
| Registration: | BA29 |
| MSN: | 29 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 9 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Vechta -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Bierset airfield, Liege |
| EBLG | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
A formation of 4 Mirage aircraft was flying an exercise. A fifth aircraft followed the formation some miles behind to evaluate the mission. N°4 flew in the left wing of the deputy leader. Encountering adverse and sudden weather, everybody closed-in in a left turn to enter the clouds. But n°4 was too late and most probably banked to avoid the loss of sight aircraft, most probably beyond 90°and crashed, after spatial desorientation.
The plane crashed into a residential area of Vechta (Germany). Pilot O.Lt. Pierre Van der Zwalmen killed. (3 Wing - 1 Squadron).
Sources:
ANP
Local firefighter history - http://www.feuerwehr-vechta.de/einsaetze/meldungen/vorher/75-05-02/75-05-02.htm
http://belmilac.wetpaint.com/page/Part+2+%3A+BA21+-+BA40
Netherlands National Archive: press photo of the crash scene: http://proxy.handle.net/10648/a807261a-d418-18dd-8309-510b34295af9
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 9 April 1984 | A3-29 | Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) | 1 | Bluff Downs, QLD |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Nov-2008 10:15 | ASN archive | Added |
| 07-Nov-2008 12:11 | harro | Updated |
| 11-May-2009 12:54 | zerocinquanta | Updated |
| 12-Sep-2011 00:27 | Chr. Hölscher | Updated [Time, Cn, Other fatalities, Phase, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 14-Jun-2012 00:38 | Anon. | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 14-Jun-2012 00:41 | harro | Updated [Narrative] |
| 07-Feb-2019 17:30 | TB | Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Jun-2021 19:20 | Hoekb03 | Updated [Source] |
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