2012-02-13

André Leleu Un ancien de la RAF vient de nous quitter Squadron 158 RAF

Un ancien de la RAF vient de nous quitter.

André LELEU s'est en allé rejoindre ses compagnons au paradis des aviateurs.

André LELEU est né le 15 septembre 1921 à Courtrai.

En février 1941, son frère Lucien et lui décident de Quitter la Belgique pour rejoindre l'Angleterre.

Après avoir traversé la France, l'Espagne et le Portugal ils arrivent à Gibraltar et embarquent, sous la protection de la Royal Navy, à bord d'un navire vers la Grande Bretagne.

More at

http://belgiansinrafandsaaf1940-1945.blogspot.com/2012/02/un-ancien-de-la-raf-vient-de-nous.html

Philippe Deman

http://www.bamfbamrs.be/RAF/index.htm

video: "Halifax Bomber"


Halifax Bomber The Hadley Page Halifax prototype first flew in October 1939 and started entering service in November 1940. The performance of the early Halifax models was not particularly impressive, but installation of more powerful Bristol Hercules engines in the Mark III improved performance greatly. The first RCAF squadron to fly the Halifax was Number 405 which began in April 1942. With a bomb load of 13,000 pounds it had a range of over 1,000 miles. The Halifax along with the Avro Lancaster were the backbone of the RAF's Bomber Command, but it seldom received the acclaim that the Lancaster did.
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2012-02-11

Collection Philippe Veys last update

Collection Philippe Veys

In August 2011, the collection Philippe Veys was given to the Brussels Air Museum Funds to be preserved digitally and put at the disposal of the aviation researchers.

Philippe Veys collaborated with many newspapers before World War 2 and collected documents about aviation. The Belgian Aviation History Library was selected for her capability to convert great quantities of paper to digital archives permitting easy access and the diffusion of this collection, the result of many years of hard labour of an Aviation Enthusiast.

We are proud to publish these documents and share them with the aviation community.

If you want to use these documents, please mention Collection Philippe Veys. 15 files, last one added on Feb 10, 2012.Currently more than 100 documents are scanned.

http://www.bamf.be/?Collection_Philippe_Veys