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Avro 626
Singel engine two/three-seat advanced trainer
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. In Belgian service the Avro 626, which was powered by a 240 hp Armstrong Siddeley Lynx IVC engine, had an additional cockpit behind the rear seat. This additional cockpit could be equipped with a Scarff ring and machine gun for gunnery training and the aircraft also carried equipment for air navigation and wireless training.
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. (D. Brackx)
A-1
C/N
783
Date In
Jan 1935
Date Out
May 1940
History
A-1, Ecole de Perfectionnement, Wevelgem, abandoned at Evere in May 1940.
A-2
C/N
784
Date In
Jan 1935
Date Out
May 1940
History
A-2, Ecole de Perfectionnement, Wevelgem, final fate unknown.
A-3
C/N
785
Date In
Jan 1935
Date Out
Apr 1936
History
A-3, Ecole de Perfectionnement, Wevelgem, crashed at Sint-Denijs-Westrem on 23 Apr 1936
A-4
C/N
786
Date In
Jan 1935
Date Out
May 1940
History
A-4, Ecole de Perfectionnement, Wevelgem, crashed at Tours (F.) on 12 May 1940.
A-5
C/N
787
Date In
Jan 1935
Date Out
Oct 1937
History
A-5, Ecole de Perfectionnement, Wevelgem, crashed at Wevelgem on 23 Oct 1937.
A-6
C/N
788
Date In
Jan 1935
Date Out
May 1940
History
A-6, Ecole de Perfectionnement, Wevelgem, abandoned at Evere in May 1940.
A-7
C/N
789
Date In
Jan 1935
Date Out
May 1940
History
A-7, Ecole de Perfectionnement, Wevelgem, final fate unknown.
A-8
C/N
790
Date In
Jan 1935
Date Out
Sep 1940
History
A-8, Ecole de Perfectionnement, Wevelgem, handed over to French authorities at Oran (La Senia) on 7 Sep 1940, stored at Oujda (Morocco), scrapped.
A-9
C/N
822
Date In
Aug 1935
Date Out
Jun 1940
History
A-9, Ecole de Perfectionnement, Wevelgem, abandoned at the Parque du Bataillon de l'Air N°108 at Frejorgues (F.)
A-10
C/N
823
Date In
Aug 1935
Date Out
May 1940
History
A-10, Ecole de Perfectionnement, Wevelgem, final fate unknown.
A-11
C/N
824
Date In
Aug 1935
Date Out
May 1940
History
A-11, Ecole de Perfectionnement, Wevelgem, final fate unknown.
A-12
C/N
825
Date In
Sep 1935
Date Out
May 1940
History
A-12, Ecole de Perfectionnement, Wevelgem, final fate unknown.