Crash of a De Havilland DH.9 in Brasschaat: 1 killed
Date & Time:
May 21, 1929
Operator:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Brasschaat AFB - Brasschaat AFB
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The pilot, sole on board, was completing a local exercice with the ground forces. In flight, the aircraft was inadvertently shot down by ground artillery, entered a dive and crashed. The pilot Georges Poullet was killed.
Probable cause:
Inadvertently shot down by ground artillery.
