Part 3 : BA41 - BA63

BA41 c/n 41

260572: delivered BAF
190684: crashed immediately after take-off from Bierset in an open field on the Industrial Estate of Alleur. Cause of the accident was engine failure. The crashing aircraft headed straight towards the FN-factory, the pilot managed to stear away, but this left him unsufficient time to bail-out safely, and O.Lt.vl.Michel Vincentinelli was killed.

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BA42 c/n 42

180572: delivered BAF
000091: noted marked 'Glenmorangie'
000194: wfu
100194: noted stored Weelde
240499: last noted stored Weelde
000699: sold to SAGEM and moved to France

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BA43 c/n 43

060672: delivered BAF
000087: special colorscheme to celebrate 70 Years 2 Squadron (Comet I 'Milky Way)
060191-000091: deployed to Diyarbakir (Turkey) during operation 'Ace Guard' (first Gulf War)
000194: wfu
000694: note stored Weelde
001198: last noted stored Weelde
000099: sold to SAGEM and moved to France
001009: Noted on road transported between Bordeaux and Cazaux (F); (Scramble 373 June 2010 p.73)
000510: Noted at Orange (Scramble 374 July 2010 p.72)

Photo Jean-Marie Hanon.

BA44 c/n 44

020672: delivered BAF
000091-080391: deployed to Diyarbakir (Turkey) during operation 'Ace Guard' (first Gulf War)
000991: noted marked 'Glenlivet' (8 Squadron)
100194: stored Weelde
060699: last noted stored Weelde
000099: sold to SAGEM and moved to France

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BA45 c/n 45

230672: delivered BAF
000000: noted named 'Troup'
180789: After a birdstrike immediately after take-off from Bierset (2 km away from the base over Cahottes-Horion-Hozemont) the pilot made a 180° turn in an attempt to make an emergency landing at Bierset, but in the opposite direction. The aircraft touched down just before the threshold of the runway, lost the undercarriage and slides over the runway on the auxiliary fueltanks. Pilot Lt.Kol.vl.Jean-Paul Sparenberg is ok, but the aircaft is declared a write-off.
230690: wreck last noted on dump Bierset
000196: used by SABCA Gosselies as spares source for Chilean Elkans
000796: wreck last noted on dump Gosselies
230304: fuselages first noted stored at Brussels Air Museum depot at Vissenaken.
000906: still at Vissenaken
000511: fuselage noted at Bitburg, Germany.

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BA46 c/n 46

130672: delivered BAF
000390: wfu
070690: first noted stored in cocoon at Koksijde
050792: last noted stored Koksijde
000000: to SABCA at Gosselies for MirSIP upgrade (2nd aircraft)
000094: sold to Fuerza Aérea de Chile as Mirage M5MA Elkan N°707
220895: delivered Fuerza Aérea de Chile
001206: Struck of Charge Fuerza Aérea de Chile

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BA47 c/n 47

050772: delivered BAF
000000: noted named 'Dédé'
280676: crashed near Dikkebus after engine failure at 12000ft. Pilot Lt.vl.Claude Vermeulen managed to save himself with his ejection seat. (3 Wing - 1 Squadron)

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BA48 c/n 48

120772: delivered BAF
000082: participated in secret training mission to help RAF Harrier pilots to practice air-to-air combat with Mirage type aircraft in preparation of Falkland campaign. Training was held at RAF Gütersloh. Aircraft received a RAF 3 Squadron zap which was covered by a 8Sqn badge
000290: wfu
070690: first noted stored in cocoon at Koksijde
050792: last noted Koksijde
000000: to SABCA at Gosselies for MirSIP upgrade (6th aircraft)
000094: sold to Fuerza Aérea de Chile as Mirage M5MA Elkan N°708
000195: first noted as MirSIP at Brustem and used for Chilean crew training
000000: delivered Fuerza Aérea de Chile
001206: Struck of Charge Fuerza Aérea de Chile
001007: noted stored at Division de Abastecimiento, El Bosque
281210: first noted stored at the Museo Nacional Aeronautico y del Espacio/National Aeronautical and Space Museum at Los Cerillos, Chile.

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BA49 c/n 49

100772: delivered BAF
170475: crashed after engineproblems during the approach to Bierset in the Bois de Vivegnies near Amay (Jehay-Bodegnée). Pilot Capt.vl.Guy Neyrinck managed to eject safely (3 Wing - 1 Squadron).

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BA50 c/n 50

240472: delivered BAF
000290: wfu
070690: first noted stored in cocoon at Koksijde
060792: last noted stored Koksijde
000000: to SABCA at Gosselies for MirSIP upgrade (9th aircraft)
000094: sold to Fuerza Aérea de Chile as Mirage M5MA Elkan N°709
000000: delivered Fuerza Aérea de Chile
001206: Struck of Charge Fuerza Aérea de Chile

BA51 c/n 51

020772: delivered BAF
180986: just before take-off from Solenzara (Corsica) the engine exploded, debris also slightly damaged a few other Mirages. Pilot : Maj.vl.Roger Luyckx (3 Wing - 8 Squadron)
000488: wreck used for BDRT at Bierset
230690: last noted at Bierset
000096: used by SABCA at Gosselies as spares source for Chilean Elkans
001296: left Gosselies for Florennes
001197: last noted at Florennes
000304: first noted stored at Brussels Air Museum depot at Vissenaken
000906: still at Vissenaken
300410: fuselage noted at museumdump near Bitburg, Germany (+ one unidentified example)

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BA52 c/n 52

040872: delivered BAF
000190: wfu
000000: stored Koksijde
000791: last noted stored Koksijde
000000: to SABCA at Gosselies for MirSIP upgrade (14th aircraft)
000094: sold to Fuerza Aérea de Chile as Mirage M5MA Elkan N°710
001105: noted operational during Exercise CEIBO 2005, BA Mendoza, Argentina
001206: Struck of Charge Fuerza Aérea de Chile

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BA53 c/n 53

310872: delivered BAF
120194: stored Weelde
000699: last noted stored Weelde
000099: sold to SAGEM and moved to France
000410: First noted at the Musée Européen de l'Aviation de Chasse, Montélimar (F.).
120610: Last noted at the Musée Européen de l'Aviation de Chasse, Montelimar (F.), still to be assembled.

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Montélimar 120610 - Photo Laurent Heyligen ©

BA54 c/n 54

060972: delivered BAF
060191-000092: deployed to Diyarbakir (Turkey) during operation 'Ace Guard' (first Gulf War)
290691: f/n 8 Squadron marked 'Diyarbakir Express'
100194: stored Weelde
060699: last noted stored Weelde
000099: sold to SAGEM and moved to France

Bierset 000491 - Photo Dirk Lamarque ©

BA55 c/n 55

310872: delivered BAF
000000: noted named 'Jean'
000000: Cat.? hit some high-tension electricity cables
071082: Cat.5 During a touch-and-go at Bierset, the aircraft got entangled in the arresting wire and crashes. The ejection seat is activated, but the parachute does not open and the pilot was killed. Kapt.vl.Jokke Haepers (3 Wing - 1 Squadron)
000000: wreck noted dumped at Bierset
000197: wreck noted sumped at Florennes
000304: tail section noted in Brussels Air Museum depot at Vissenaken

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BA56 c/n 56

161072: delivered BAF
000680: participated in Tactical Air Meet 1980, Ramstein (code A)
000290: wfu
070690: first noted stored in cocoon at Koksijde
050792: last noted stored Koksijde
000000: to SABCA at Gosselies for MirSIP upgrade (7th aircraft)
000494-000395: used by Detachement MirSIP at Brustem
000094: sold to Fuerza Aérea de Chile as Mirage M5MA Elkan N°711
111094: roll-out at Gosselies, officially handed over to Fuerza Aérea de Chile
030895: last MirSIP flight from Brustem to SABCA Gosselies, was used until then for Mk.82 Snakeye retarted bomb trials, and SUU-20 practice bomb dispencer certification trials in dual BAF-ChAF markings. (flight was delayed for one day, because aircraft broke down)
000000: delivered Fuerza Aérea de Chile
001206: Struck of Charge Fuerza Aérea de Chile
001007: noted stored at Division de Abastecimiento, El Bosque

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BA56

000495 St-Truiden (Brustem) - Photo Dirk Lamarque ©

BA57 c/n 57

241072: delivered BAF
000290: wfu
070690: first noted stored in cocoon at Koksijde
040793: last noted stored Koksijde
000000: to SABCA at Gosselies for MirSIP upgrade (13th aircraft)
000094: sold to Fuerza Aérea de Chile as Mirage M5MA Elkan N°712
000000: Struck of Charge Fuerza Aérea de Chile
190304: first noted preserved War Academy Santiago (Chili)

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BA58 c/n 58

181072: delivered BAF
100177: On this day the aircraft was flying at low level in a formation of 4 aircraft. During a turn the aircraft was on the inside position, in order not to loose eyecontact with the leaded the pilot descended and flew into the ground on the sand-bank 'Hoge Springer' in the 'Westerschelde' (8 km east of Breskens-Oostburg) . The weather conditions were very bad at the time. Pilot O.Lt.Xavier Rolin was unfortunately killed in this crash (2 Wing - 2 Squadron)

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BA59 c/n 59

261072: delivered BAF
000290: wfu
070690: first noted stored cocoon Koksijde
040793: last noted stored in cocoon at Koksijde
000000: to SABCA at Gosselies for MirSIP upgrade (10th aircraft)
000094: sold to Fuerza Aérea de Chile as Mirage M5MA Elkan N° 713
001105: noted operational during Exercise CEIBO 2005, BA Mendoza, Argentina
001206: Struck of Charge Fuerza Aérea de Chile

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BA60 c/n 60

251072: delivered BAF
000680: participated at the Tactical Air Meet 1980, Ramstein (code E)
000189: wfu
000000: stored Koksijde
000092: to SABCA at Gosselies for MirSIP upgrade (prototype)
281292: first flight as MirSIP from Gosselies, pilot : Lt.Kol.vl.Mark d'Espallier
000693: displayed at Le Bourget Airshow in grey colorscheme with cheatline in belgian national colors
260993: displayed at Bierset Airshow
160394: stored Weelde
210994: no longer stored Weelde
000094: sold to Fuerza Aérea de Chile as Mirage M5MA Elkan N°714
220695: delivered to Chile with Antonov An124
001105: noted operational Exercise CEIBO 2005, BA Mendoza, Argentina
001206: Struck of Charge Fuerza Aérea de Chile

Bierset 000693 - Photo Jean-Marie Hanon

BA61 c/n 61

130373: delivered BAF
020579: crashed at Hoyaux-Finnevaux after a mid-air collision with BA39 over Dinant. Pilot O.Lt.vl.Alain Denis (see also BA09) managed to escape with his ejection seat.

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BA62 c/n 62

060373: delivered BAF
000290: wfu
070690: first noted stored in cocoon at Koksijde
050792: last noted stored Koksijde
000000: to SABCA at Gosselies for MirSIP upgrade (5th aircraft)
170994: first noted as MirSIP at Brustem
000094: sold to Fuerza Aérea de Chile as Mirage M5MA Elkan N° 715
220695: delivered to Chile by Antonov An124
001206: Struck of Charge Fuerza Aérea de Chile
000000: stored at Division de Abastecimiento, El Bosque
001007: in use as instructional airframe at Escuela de Especialidades, El Bosque

130773: delivered BAF
100688: After engines problems, caused by Foreign Object Damage (FOD), the pilot decided to make an emergency landing. The aicraft hit the ground near Huy, bounced back up and exploded. Debris damaged a nearby school. The FOD was caused by a Teflon-strip that was detached from the landinggear of the Mirage that preceded BA63 during take-off. Pilot Kapt.vl.Jos Van Schoenwinkel (3 Wing - 8 Squadron)

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