On 12 december 1961, two BAF C119 took off from Melsbroek, three minutes apart, with Chièvres as first destination.
CP-23 (OT-CBC), captain Jules Gérard, had Solenzara (Corsica) as final destination; CP-25 (OT-CBE), 1st sergeant José De Caigny, was to go on to Liège.
They collided in flight on approach to Chièvres. All 13 members of the crews (8 + 5) were killed.
No fault of the crews, but misunderstanding and errors by ATC and GCA personel.
See : "De Zondag" today page 6
http://makr.roularta.be/3DI/DZ/index.jsp?editie=14011
http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vliegtuigr ... %C3%A8vres
Fifty years ago : crash of two BAF C119
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- TerryMulhern
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Re: Fifty years ago : crash of two BAF C119
I contacted David Steiner (he spent 484 hours in C-119s). His C-119 Missions are described on his blog. And in case someone is interested, his columns are published in the Allenspark Wind.On 12 december 1961, two BAF C119 took off from Melsbroek, three minutes apart, with Chièvres as first destination.
CP-23 (OT-CBC), captain Jules Gérard, had Solenzara (Corsica) as final destination; CP-25 (OT-CBE), 1st sergeant José De Caigny, was to go on to Liège.
They collided in flight on approach to Chièvres. All 13 members of the crews (8 + 5) were killed.
No fault of the crews, but misunderstanding and errors by ATC and GCA personel.
See : "De Zondag" today page 6
http://makr.roularta.be/3DI/DZ/index.jsp?editie=14011
http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vliegtuigramp_bij_chièvres/writemyessay
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Re: Fifty years ago : crash of two BAF C119
I just can't understand how can one spend almost 500 hours in such a noisy C-119. Btw, David's blog provide truly unique facts about his missions.TerryMulhern wrote: ↑16 May 2019, 10:57I contacted David Steiner (he spent 484 hours in C-119s). His C-119 Missions are described on his blog. And in case someone is interested, his columns are published in the Allenspark Wind.On 12 december 1961, two BAF C119 took off from Melsbroek, three minutes apart, with Chièvres as first destination.
CP-23 (OT-CBC), captain Jules Gérard, had Solenzara (Corsica) as final destination; CP-25 (OT-CBE), 1st sergeant José De Caigny, was to go on to Liège.
They collided in flight on approach to Chièvres. All 13 members of the crews (8 + 5) were killed.
No fault of the crews, but misunderstanding and errors by ATC and GCA personel.
See : "De Zondag" today page 6
http://makr.roularta.be/3DI/DZ/index.jsp?editie=14011
http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vliegtuigramp_bij_chièvres/essaylib
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