Hawker Hunter F4 ID-59
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N 50° 24.053 E 005° 25.942
31U E 672857 N 5586031
Monument with inscription "Here flew the soul of Olivier Leclercq, Fighter Command Pilot Esc. 349,16.09.1957"
Waymark Code: WMM7XV
Location: Liège, Belgium
Date Posted: 08/06/2014
Views: 12
Monument can be found hidden in the woods. Olivier Leclercq crashed at this location with a Hawker Hunter F4 ID-59 (1 Wing 349 Sqn).
The hole in the ground is still there.
Olivier Leclercq, born in 1925, buried in Jesus-Eik (Overijse).
D'ICI S'EST ENVOLEE
L'AME
D'OLIVIER LECLERCQ
PILOTTE DE CHASSE
COMMANDANT L'ESCADRILLE 349
16 IX 1957
Date of Crash: 09/16/1957
Aircraft Model: Hawker Hunter
Military or Civilian: Military
Tail Number: 59
Cause of Crash:
16/09/57: cat.5 - During a air-to-air combat training mission against a Royal Canadian Air Force Sabre from Marville, the pilot went into a dive to outrun his adversary, but unfortunately the pilot didn't manage to get the aircraft out of the dive and crashed near Ocquier-Oneux-Borlon (Durbuy). The pilot did not try to eject and was killed. Maj.vl. Olivier 'Coco' Leclercq
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