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May 11 2009, 3:26 AM EDT (current) Ecam 18 words added, 5 words deleted, 2 photos added, 1 photo deleted
May 2 2009, 12:16 PM EDT LaurentH 2 words added, 2 words deleted

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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

BA-43
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

Part 3 : BA41 - BA63 - Belgian Military Aircraft Database
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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

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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

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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

Part 3 : BA41 - BA63 - Belgian Military Aircraft Database
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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

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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

BA54 "Diyarbakir Express"
BeauvechainBierset 000091000491 - Photo LaurentDirk HeyligenLamarque ©

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.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)

Part 3 : BA41 - BA63 - Belgian Military Aircraft Database
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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

Part 3 : BA41 - BA63 - Belgian Military Aircraft Database
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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

BA-60
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.

Part 3 : BA41 - BA63 - Belgian Military Aircraft Database
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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

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Brustem 170994 - Photo Laurent Heyligen ©

BA63 c/n 63
  • 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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