SV en Ercoupe Fly In 31/5 - 1/6

Forwarded message - From: Dirk De Quick 

31 mei - 1 juni 2014 - 24e Antwerp Stampe & 8e Ercoupe Fly In

Het Stampe en Vertongen Msueum vzw organiseert haar 24e Antwerp Stampe & Ercoupe Fly In. Het grote publiek is hierbij welkom. Dit evenement is zoals steeds gratis. Er wordt de bezoekers vrijblijvend een programmabruchure aangeboden als steun voor het evenement en het museum See more on http://www.stampe.be/UK/SV-meeting.html#

Events coming soon : Stampe Fly in - Antwerp Aviation Fair

11 & 12 May 2013 - Stampe & Ercoupe Fly In

As an annual tradition, the Antwerp Stampe Center, together with ASA, organises the 23th Antwerp Stampe Fly In on 11 & 12 May 2013. Historic aircraft, mainly of the type SV-4, come together at Antwerp Airport where pioneers Jean Stampe and Maurice Vertongen built these aircraft in the nineteen-twenties. http://www.stampe.be/NL/SV-meeting.html

25 May 2013 - Antwerp Aviation Fair

Antwerp Aviation Fair For more information and reservations see the ASA website.

Video Antwerpen in de oorlog

Thx dirk

Forwarded message From: Dirk De Quick 
Date: 2013/4/5
Subject: Antwerpen in de oorlog
To: Yves Duwelz <yduwelz@gmail.com>

Antwerpen in de oorlog                            

V-Wapens voor Antwerpen 

In september 1944 werd Antwerpen bevrijd. Na de bevrijding kregen de Antwerpenaren nog een verschrikking te verduren, de Duitsers bestookten de stad met hun nieuwste 'vergeldingswapens', de V-bommen, in een poging om Antwerpen met de grond gelijk te maken en de geallieerde aanvoer van oorlogsgoederen te verhinderen. De maandenlange terreur duurde tot 28 maart 1945. De tol voor Antwerpen was zwaar, 4.500 doden, 7.000 gewonden en 50.000 vernielde woningen. Docu door Jean de Meulder in HD                                       https://www.youtube.com/embed/NNKYrmisGls?feature=R

21st TSC spearheads helicopter offload at Antwerp

Elements of the 21st Theater Sustainment Command assisted the 838th Transportation Battalion, Kleber Kaserne, Kaiserslautern, Germany, with the offload of nearly 50 Army helicopters and associated components from a cargo ship at the port here, Jan. 17.

The AH-64 Apache helicopters and CH-47 Chinook helicopters began their journey in Beaumont, Texas, where they spent 12 days traveling across the Atlantic Ocean before being offloaded and stored at the port of Antwerp.

Various United States and partner nation agencies are involved in the movement with the final destination set for Coleman Barracks, Germany, where the 12th Combat Aviation Brigade will assemble and distribute the helicopters to its subordinate units.

According to Hans Roggeveen, a senior cargo specialist with the Benelux Detachment of 838th Trans., the cargo will be stored in Antwerp for up to three weeks before being loaded onto barges and transported down the Rhine River into Germany.

Read more: http://www.dvidshub.net/news/100945/21st-tsc-spearheads-helicopter-offload-belgian-port#.UQQFCOjsVBw#ixzz2J6Gb1VRN

Best regards,

Daniel Brackx

asa-be.com rare DH Dragon EI-ABI in Antwerp

04/08/2012 Unique aircraft temporarily based at Antwerp

A unique Irish registered DH.84 Dragon arrived at Antwerpen airport.  http://www.asa-be.com/index.htm

Antwerp under V1 and V2 attacks

Antwerp and her citizens were the victims of the massive attack by V2 rockets at the end of the war. Except at the Stampe Museum in Antwerp there is no place where the courage of the city and her inhabitants is remembered. Thanks to the net, the story can be told.

Antwerp, "City of Sudden Death"

References to V1 and V2 Rockets and Operations

V1 at the Stampe Museum

Antwerp X: The AAA War Against the Buzz Bombs

Defense of Brussels against the V1

Liège was also under attack

vidéo : "Clark Gable 8th USAAF 1943"

Thank Philippe for the information

Clark Gable was a superstar in Hollywood. In 1942, following the death of his wife Carole Lombard in an air crash, he became afraid of flying. However, Gable joined the U.S. Army Air Corps and followed successfully officer and air gunner training. He was posted in the UK where he flow combat missions on B-17. One of these mission was over Antwerp. 

Clark Gable 8th USAAF 1943 During much of 1943, Major Clark Gable was stationed at Polebrook to produce a recruiting film for aircraft gunners. While there, he flew five combat missions as an observer. Much of the film was shot by MGM cinematographer Andrew McIntyre, who not only accompanied Gable, but who also enlisted with him in the USAAF. Gable's first combat mission occurred on 4 May 43 flying with Capt W.R. Calhoun from the 303rd Bomb Group at Molesworth in the lead aircraft nicknamed 'Eight Ball II' #41-24635 and targeting Antwerp, Belgium. His second mission was on 15 Jun 43 flying with Lt. Theodore. Argiropulos from the 351st Bomb Group at Polebrook in the aircraft 'Argonaut III' #42-29851 and targeting Villacoublay, France. His third combat mission occurred on July 24, 1943 flying with Lt.Col . Robert W. Burns from the 351st Bomb Group at Polebrook in 'Argonaut III' #2-29851 and bombing Heroya, Norway. His fourth combat mission occurred 12 Aug 43 flying with Capt... plus

Belgian-wings.be News : 18/05 - FlyingGroup building new hangar at Antwerp Airport

http://www.belgian-wings.be/Webpages/Navigator/News/news%202011_2.html