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| Date: | Friday 18 November 1977 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Lockheed T-33A |
| Owner/operator: | Belgische Luchtmacht |
| Registration: | FT05 |
| MSN: | 580-5445 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Mückenborgberg -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Ramstein AB, German |
| Brustem AB, Belgium |
FT05 C/n 5445 USAF-Serial: 51-4151/TR-151
30/08/52: Taken on Charge
30/09/52: 2 Wing 83 Group Instrument Flight, Florennes (as TR-151)
31/01/56: Fighter School, Koksijde
00/00/57: Fighter School, Brustem
30/01/58: Cat.3 - withdrawn from service for modifications and repairs
04/04/62: borrowed by the Royal Netherlands Air Force, delivered Woensdrecht as 'M42' (tt 856 hrs)
08/08/72: Returned BAF as FT05 (2672 hrs in KLu service)
18/11/77: Cat.5 at Kell (near Mückenborgberg, Germany). During the returnflight from Ramstein to Brustem the crew avoided some low clouds, but aircraft flew into the Teufelskopf-hill (height 700m) South-East of Trier. After contact was lost German and Belgian Air Force helicopters started the Search-and-Rescue and the wreckage was discovered the next day. Both crewmembers were killed. Cdt.vl.(instructor) Paul Van Essche, Adjt.(student-pilot) Paul Slegers.
20/10/79: Struck of Charge (tt 4530:10 hrs)
Sources:
1. http://belmilac.wetpaint.com/page/Part+1%3A+FT01+-+FT20
[Not working anymore]
2. http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1951.html
3. https://www.belgian-wings.be/lockheed-t-33a
4. http://web.archive.org/web/20180422215058/http://www.millionmonkeytheater.com/T-33.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Nov-2008 10:15 | ASN archive | Added |
| 05-Feb-2012 22:08 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 14-Dec-2020 16:22 | TB | Updated [Operator, Location, Narrative, ] |
| 06-May-2023 05:30 | Peter Ziegler | Updated |
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