Avro 626

Avro 626

Single engine two seat advanced training aircraft

In the early thirties the Belgian Government decided to acquire 12 Avro 626 Prefect (Tutor) aircraft for advanced pilot training at the Pilot School based at Wevelgem.
All aircraft entered service by 1935 and the survivors soldiered on up to the outbreak of the Second World War. Some aircraft were transferred to the French authorities.

Picture	*Serial*	*Date In*	*Date Out*	*History*
	A-2	1934-35	-	A-2, Ecole de Perfectionnement (Penguin) at Wevelgem, fate unknown
	A-4	1934-35	May 1940	A-4, Ecole de Perfectionnement (Penguin) at Wevelgem, crash at Tours (F.) on 12 May 1940
	A-5	1934-35	-	A-5, Ecole de Perfectionnement (Penguin) at Wevelgem, written off in crash at Wevelgem (Date?)
	A-6	1934-35	-	A-6, Ecole de Perfectionnement (Penguin) at Wevelgem, fate unknown
	A-8	1934-35	June 1940	A-8, Ecole de Perfectionnement (Penguin) at Wevelgem, June 1940 transferred to French authorities at Oran la Sénia (Algeria).
	A-11	1934-35	-	A-11, Ecole de Perfectionnement (Penguin) at Wevelgem, fate unknown