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| Date: | Wednesday 13 May 1959 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Lockheed T-33A |
| Owner/operator: | Fighter School, Belgische Luchtmacht |
| Registration: | FT18 |
| MSN: | 580-7363 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Bogaarden, Flemish Brabant -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Brustem, Belgium |
| Brustem, Belgium |
FT18 C/n 7363 USAF-Serial: 51-17469/TR-469
10/12/53: Taken on Charge
11/02/54: 2 Wing 83Group Instrument Flight, Florennes (as TR-469)
02/08/56: Cat.2
10/09/56: Fighter School, Brustem
13/05/59: Cat.5 Mid-air collision with T-33A FT35, crashed near Bogaerden. Crew: Kapt.vl. Hubert De Ketelaere (1 Wing 350Sqn, flew as guestpilot in flight VVZ at Brustem) was killed and 1 Sgt.vl. René Schoels (Instructor), pilot ok. De Ketelaere was killed when the ejection seat was fired by accident, Schoels' ejection seat no longer functioned and he bailed out by parachute.
30/09/59: Struck of Charge (tt 1579:10 hrs)
Sources:
1. http://belmilac.wetpaint.com/page/Part+1%3A+FT01+-+FT20 [Not working anymore]
2. https://www.belgian-wings.be/lockheed-t-33a
3. https://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1951.html
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 07:56 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 15-Nov-2022 00:25 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, Narrative, ] |
| 08-May-2023 05:38 | Peter Ziegler | Updated |
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