Belgian Wings

A Short History of Aviation in Belgium


 

The origins of flying in Belgium 

The Pioneers

The first pilots

The First 100 pilots in Belgium


World War I 

Birth of a New War Machine

Belgian Air Service First Mounts

The age of the knights of the Air (WW I)

JASTA 17 in Belgium

A German Fighter school in 1918 in occupied Belgium

 

Interbellum 

Sabena story

Belgian Air Force between the Wars 

The Phoney war

 

Building an aviation industry

SABCA 

Avions Fairey (Gosselies) & Sonaca 

 

World War II 

Rodolphe Count de HEMRICOURT
de GRUNNE
 

Night Fighters 

One of the many in the PRU 

The Belgians of Six-o-Nine

 

Post-War Development


Post-War Development 

Into the jet age

The future 

Squadrons of the Belgian Air Force (1946 - 2012)

Belgian Defence: Air Assets Order of Battle (01 January 2012)

Belgian Air Cadets Fleet on 15 September 2011

 


Last updated 06/11/11 15:00   Daniel Brackx