Hurricane excavation early 1980's Belgium

[bn785371]

A Hurricane was excavated by the Brussels AirMuseum in Loonbeek(Belgium) in 1981/82.I contacted them for info and they told me it was Sgt.Williams 3Sqn. shot down 15 May 1940,anyone knows if this is correct?

[paulmcmillan]

BoFTaN has Hurricane L1645 of 3 Sqn lost on 15th May 1940. Sgt J L C Williams missing. Aircraft believed shot down by Bf109's near Dinant

[Leendert]

René,

L1645 indeed came down "near Overijse", which perfectly matches Loonbeek.

Regards,

Leendert

[Andy Saunders]

Sgt James Leslie Clutton WILLIAMS is indeed still missing and his name on the Runnymede Memorial. If his Hurricane was recovered and identified as L1645 it does beg the question: what became of Sgt Williams?

Also, what/who is the "Brussels Air Museum at Loonbeek"?

[paulmcmillan]

Belgian Air Museum

See also:


http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showth...sels+Hurricane

[Andy Saunders]

Over to Peter Cornwell, methinks.....!

[bn785371]

Makes me wonder as a Belgian,where are the people of the Belgian(Brussels)Air Museum as there was such a lot airplaneparts excavated,the identity must shorely be known by now,after nearly 30years.But as it is state owned,you never know!

[Andy Saunders]

I remain confused!

The Brussels Air Museum is in Brussels and we all know about that. However, Loonbeek is in the municipality of Huldenberg some way from Brussels. Are we talking about the museum in Brussels or some other private museum collection in Loonbeek. Can anyone clarify?

[bn785371]

Loonbeek or Huldenberg was the place were the airplane came dawn and the Belgain(Brussels) Air Museum dug it up.

[Andy Saunders]

Doh! That is just me being rather stupid in misunderstanding the first post. My apologies.