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Avro 504N
Single engine two-seat trainer aircraft
In order to replace the aging Avro 504K trainers at the Wevelgem based pilot School, the Belgian government decided to acquire the much-improved version of the same design, the Avro 504N trainer. The rotary engine of the Avro 504K which was either the 130 hp (97 kW) Clerget 9B, the 100 hp (75 kW) Gnome Monosoupape or 110 hp (82 kW) Le Rhône 9J engines was replaced by the more powerful 215 hp Armstrong Siddeley Lynx Mk. IV engine and the airframe was substantially upgraded and modernized. A first order for 10 aircraft was placed with the Manchester based A.V. Roe Company on 14 December 1929 covering the aircraft with c/n 373 to 382. Avro delivered five more 504N's as of 19 January 1931 (construction numbers 480 to 484) followed by two more on 14 March 1931 (c/n 492 to 493) for a total of 17 aircraft. Having been granted license rights for the Avro 504N production, Sabca complied with a first contract for the production of 15 aircraft which were delivered during 1934 (X-18 to X-31). In 1937 Sabca received a second order for 10 more Avro 504N's (X-33 to X-42) followed in 1939 by 10 more aircraft (X-43 to X-52). At the beginning of the hostilities a large number of trainer aircraft fled the country to finally end up at the then French airfield of Oujda in Morocco. With the fall of France, the aircraft were abandoned to the elements and finally scrapped. The following Avro 504N trainers were registered in inventory at Oujda: X2, X9, X10, X19, X20, X23, X36, X42, X44, X46, X48, X50 and X51.
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X-1
C/N
373 (Avro)
Date In
Dec 1929
Date Out
-
History
X-1, Pilot School Wevelgem
X-2
C/N
374 (Avro)
Date In
1930
Date Out
Sep 1940
History
X-2, Pilot School Wevelgem, used by the aerobatic team of Wevelgem, handed over to French authorities at Oran (La Senia) on 7 Sep 1940, stored at Oujda (Morocco), scrapped.
X-4
C/N
376 (Avro)
Date In
1930
Date Out
-
History
X-4, Pilot School Wevelgem, used by the aerobatic team of Wevelgem, Pilot School Deurne 39/40.
X-5
C/N
377 (Avro)
Date In
1930
Date Out
-
History
X-5, Pilot School Wevelgem
X-6
C/N
378 (Avro)
Date In
1930
Date Out
-
History
X-06, Pilot School Wevelgem, Pilot School Deurne,
X-7
C/N
379 (Avro)
Date In
1930
Date Out
-
History
X-7, Pilot School Wevelgem
X-8
C/N
380 (Avro)
Date In
1930
Date Out
History
X--08, Pilot School Wevelgem, used by the aerobatic team of Wevelgem, Pilot School Gosselies (1939/40), fate unknown.
X-9
C/N
381 (Avro)
Date In
1930
Date Out
Jun 1940
History
X-9, Pilot School Wevelgem, Pilot School Gosselies 1939, Pilot School Deurne 1939/40, Frejorgues (F.) Jun 1940, ultimate fate unknown.
X-10
C/N
382 (Avro)
Date In
1930
Date Out
Sep 1940
History
X-10, Pilot School Wevelgem, handed over to French authorities at Oran (La Senia) on 7 Sep 1940, stored at Oujda (Morocco), scrapped.
X-11
C/N
480 (Avro)
Date In
1931
Date Out
-
History
X-11, Pilot School Wevelgem, fate unknown.
X-12
C/N
481 (Avro)
Date In
1930
Date Out
Sep 1939
History
X-12, Pilot School Wevelgem, crashed at Sint-Denijs-Westrem on 6 Sep 1939.
X-13
C/N
482 (Avro)
Date In
1930
Date Out
-
History
X-13, Pilot School Wevelgem, Pilot School Gosselies (1939/40), fate unknown.
X-14
C/N
485 (Avro)
Date In
1930
Date Out
Apr 1937
History
X-14, Pilot School Wevelgem, crashed at Wevelgem on 23 Apr 1937 (Pilot Maurice Peeters - 67 Promotion)
X-15
C/N
484 (Avro)
Date In
1930
Date Out
Mar 1940
History
X-15, Pilot School Wevelgem, Pilot School Gosselies (1939/40), fatal crash at Gosselies on 23 Mar 1940, Pilot/Monitor Omer Genicot was severely injured and died of his wounds on 10 Sep 1940.
X-16
C/N
492 (Avro)
Date In
1930
Date Out
-
History
X-16, Pilot School Wevelgem, fate unknown.
X-17
C/N
493 (Avro)
Date In
1930
Date Out
-
History
X-17, Pilot School Wevelgem, fate unknown.
X-18
C/N
- (Sabca)
Date In
Mar 1936
Date Out
-
History
X-18, Pilot School Wevelgem, fate unknown.
X-19
C/N
- (Sabca)
Date In
1934
Date Out
Sep 1940
History
X-19, Pilot School Wevelgem, handed over to French authorities at Oran (La Senia) on 7 Sep 1940, stored at Oujda (Morocco), scrapped.
X-20
C/N
- (Sabca)
Date In
-
Date Out
Sep 1940
History
X-20, Pilot School Wevelgem, handed over to French authorities at Oran (La Senia) on 7 Sep 1940, stored at Oujda (Morocco), scrapped.
X-21
C/N
- (Sabca)
Date In
1934
Date Out
-
History
X-21, Pilot School Wevelgem, fate unknown.
X-22
C/N
- (Sabca)
Date In
-
Date Out
-
History
X-22, Pilot School Wevelgem, fate unknown.
X-23
C/N
- (Sabca)
Date In
-
Date Out
Sep 1940
History
X-23, Pilot School Wevelgem, Pilot School Deurne 39/40, handed over to French authorities at Oran (La Senia) on 7 Sep 1940, stored at Oujda (Morocco), scrapped.
X-24
C/N
- (Sabca)
Date In
-
Date Out
Mar 1940
History
X-24, Pilot School Wevelgem, Pilot School Gosselies (1939/40), crashed at Gosselies on 2 Mar 1940.
X-25
C/N
- (Sabca)
Date In
1934
Date Out
-
History
X-25, (Sabca), Pilot School Wevelgem, Pilot School Deurne 39/40, fate unknown.
X-26
C/N
- (Sabca)
Date In
-
Date Out
-
History
X-26, Pilot School Wevelgem, fate unknown.
X-28
C/N
- (Sabca)
Date In
-
Date Out
-
History
X-28, Pilot School Wevelgem, Pilot School Deurne 39/40, fate unknown.
X-30
C/N
- (Sabca)
Date In
1934
Date Out
-
History
X-30, (Sabca), Pilot School Wevelgem, fate unknown.
X-31
C/N
- (Sabca)
Date In
-
Date Out
-
History
X-31, (Sabca), Pilot School Wevelgem, fate unknown.
X-32
C/N
- (Sabca)
Date In
-
Date Out
Mar 1936
History
X-32, Pilot School Wevelgem, fate unknown.
X-34
C/N
- (Sabca)
Date In
1937
Date Out
-
History
X-34, (Sabca), Pilot School Wevelgem, Pilot School Deurne 39/40, fate unknown.
X-35
C/N
- (Sabca)
Date In
1937
Date Out
-
History
X-35, Pilot School Wevelgem, Pilot School Deurne 39/40, fate unknown.
X-36
C/N
- (Sabca)
Date In
1937
Date Out
Sep 1940
History
X-36, Pilot School Wevelgem, handed over to French authorities at Oran (La Senia) on 7 Sep 1940, stored at Oujda (Morocco), scrapped.
X-37
C/N
- (Sabca)
Date In
1937
Date Out
-
History
X-37, Pilot School Wevelgem, fate unknown.
X-38
C/N
- (Sabca)
Date In
1937
Date Out
-
History
X-38, Pilot School Wevelgem, fate unknown.
X-39
C/N
- (Sabca)
Date In
1937
Date Out
Mar 1940
History
X-39, Pilot School Wevelgem, Pilot School Gosselies (1939/40), crashed at Gosselies on 1 Mar 1940, student-pilot De Wever .
X-40
C/N
- (Sabca)
Date In
1937
Date Out
-
History
X-40, Pilot School Wevelgem, fate unknown.
X-41
C/N
- (Sabca)
Date In
1937
Date Out
-
History
X-41, (Sabca), Pilot School Deurne, fate unknown
X-43
C/N
-
Date In
1939
Date Out
-
History
X-43, Pilot School Wevelgem, fate unknown.
X-44
C/N
-
Date In
1939
Date Out
Sep 1940
History
X-44,Pilot School Wevelgem, Pilot School Deurne 39/40 (to be confirmed), handed over to French authorities at Oran (La Senia) on 7 Sep 1940, stored at Oujda (Morocco), scrapped.
X-47
C/N
-
Date In
1939
Date Out
-
History
X-47 Pilot School Wevelgem, fate unknown.
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