Belgian Wings
Belgian Air Force, past and present.
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Personnel Precursers & WWI
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ATTOUT
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Date of Birth
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Date of Death
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Promotion
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Career
Official Photographer at Calais Beaumarais
BALLEUX Oscar
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Date of Birth
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Date of Death
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Promotion
Etampes 1915/1916
Career
Etampes 1915-1916,
BALON Fernand
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Date of Birth
25 Nov 1885
Date of Death
05 Jun 1948
Promotion
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Career
Observer with V Sqn, Esc. C74, 4 Sqn.
BARBIER Maurice
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Date of Birth
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Date of Death
03 Oct 1984
Promotion
Juvisy - Jan 1918 - May 1919
Career
Student pilot: Juvisy-sur-Orge - left Air Force on 14 Oct 1918
BASTIN Jacques
"Le Ministre"
Date of Birth
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Date of Death
13 May 1921
Promotion
Juvisy - Jan 1918 - May 1919
Career
Wings: 02 May 1918 - killed in crash Levi-Lepen-LARA at Leopoldville 13 May 1921.
BASTIN Jean
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Date of Birth
21 Mar 1896
Date of Death
02 Mar 1975
Promotion
Etampes - 1916/1917
Career
Wings: 21 May 1918 - 2 Sqn
BAUDELET Georges
"Bol de Lait"
Date of Birth
20 Mar 1883
Date of Death
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Promotion
Etampes - 1916/1917
Career
Wings: 30 Sep 1916, - 2 Sqn, Ecole d'Aviation, left military on 01 Apr 1919.
BECQUET André
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Date of Birth
19 Feb 1893
Date of Death
31 Aug 1975
Promotion
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Career
Observer: 3 Sqn, became Major General in the post War Belgian Air Force and retired on 22 April 1954.
BEHAEGHE Aimé
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Date of Birth
17 Nov 1890
Date of Death
03 Dec 1916
Promotion
Ecole Morane (F.)
Career
Wings: Apr 1915, Flight Hydro Tanganyika, died of exhaustion at Niemba (Congo).
BENOIDT Victor
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Date of Birth
05 Nov 1895
Date of Death
23 Jun 1975
Promotion
Juvisy - Jan 1918 - May 1919
Career
Wings: 31 Jul 1918, 9 Sqn,
BIERENT de CANTILLON Georges
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Date of Birth
04 Mar 1895
Date of Death
23 Nov 1956
Promotion
Etampes - 1916/1917
Career
Wings: Oct 1916, 3 Sqn,
BODDAERT Marcel
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Date of Birth
24 Sep 1886
Date of Death
10 Dec. 1971
Promotion
Etampes - 1916/1917
Career
Wings: 21 Sep 1917, 6 Sqn, 5 Sqn, left the military on 10 Oct 1919.
BOEL Gustave
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Date of Birth
17 Jan 1896
Date of Death
01 Jul 1918
Promotion
Etampes - 1916/1917
Career
Wings: 30 May 1918, 6 Sqn - lost his life when he crashed during a test flight of the Squadron's Sopwith Camel on 01 July 1918.
BOIN Victor
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Date of Birth
28 Feb 1886
Date of Death
31 Mar 1974
Promotion
Etampes - 1915/1916
Career
Wings: 28 Sep 1916, Squadron Hydro (Calais), personal pilot of Queen Elisabeth
BONNEVIE Robert
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Date of Birth
10 Mar 1892
Date of Death
11 Feb 1969
Promotion
UK - Etampes 1915/1916
Career
Wings: 16 Nov 1916, 2 Sqn, 8 Sqn, 5 Sqn, retired from service as a Major on 28 Jun 1946.
BOUDIN Edgard
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Date of Birth
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Date of Death
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Promotion
UK - Etampes 1915/1916
Career
Wings: - Ingeneer - left the Military on 19 May 1917.
BRABANT Emile
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Date of Birth
07 Oct 1891
Date of Death
26 Sep 1921
Promotion
Etampes - 1915/1916
Career
Wings: 16 Jul 1915, V Sqn, 5 Sqn, 4 Sqn, 6 Sqn, Pilot School Juvisy, died of illness on 26 Sep 1921.
BRAUN de ter MEEREN Pierre
"Bambino"
Date of Birth
06 Oct 1897
Date of Death
05 Dec 1917
Promotion
Etampes - 1915/1916
Career
Wings: 05 Feb 1915, V Sqn, 1 Sqn, 5 Sqn, 2 Confirmed victories, 1 probable, killed when he crashed into the sea on 5 Dec 1917 while performing aerobatics.
BRICOULT Alfred
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Date of Birth
19 Sep 1893
Date of Death
23 Nov 1965
Promotion
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Career
Observer: Nov 1917, 2 Sqn.
BRONNE Emmanuel
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Date of Birth
07 Feb 1880
Date of Death
25 Nov 1964
Promotion
Sint-Job-in-'t-Goor 1911
Career
Wings: 28 Mar 1911 (Brevet N° 37), III Sqn HF, 3 Sqn, 2 Sqn.
BROOS Joseph
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Date of Birth
30 Jan 1894
Date of Death
13 Oct 1962
Promotion
Juvisy -Jan 1918-/May 1919
Career
Wings: 1919 (?)
BRUGHMANS Marcel
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Date of Birth
30 Mar 1893
Date of Death
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Promotion
Etampes 1916/1917
Career
Wings: 30 Apr 1918, 3 Sqn, left military on 23 Dec 1919
BUSSY Léopold
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Date of Birth
236 Feb 1890
Date of Death
07 May 1915
Promotion
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Career
Observer: II Esc HF, 1 Esc HF, always flew with Jules Jaumotte, killed when a new Voisin 3LA stalled. on take-off from Villacoublay (F.)