Beauvechain Air Base (ICAO: EBBE).
The American 9th AF used the base for several units from 22 October 1944 until closing the base in June 1946. Known units assigned were:
373d FG, 22.X.1944-11.III 1945 (P-47)
36th FG, 27.X.1944-26.III.1945 (P-47)
322d BG, III-VI.1946 (B-26)

The wartime Belgian Spitfire flying squadrons (RAF) were relocated to Beauvechain, where they formed on 1 February 1948 as the 1st Fighter Wing.
The first F-16 arrived in Beauvechain in 1979. The 1st Fighter Wing was disbanded in1996 and its squadrons were relocated to Florennes AB and Kleine Brogel AB.
The 1st Wing was formed as a flight training unit when all training squadrons relocated from Goetsenhoven and Brustem to Beauvechain in 1996. The 1st Wing was disbanded as a training unit and recreated as a helicopter unit in September 2010.
Beauvechain is the home of the First Wing Historical Centre, a military museum which has a number of historic aircraft on display.

 General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon

Nice cache placed delicately in the memorial of the crew of the B-24J-15-FO Liberator 42-52025 ,,Arsenic and Lace", which was shot down over Olomouc on December 17, 1944 during combat mission to Odertal Oil Refinery. Five airmen bailed out and survived, the other five perished in the airplane wreckage:

pilot 2nd Lt Gerald R. SMITH
co-pilot 2nd Lt Vrooman L. FRANCISCO Jr.
navigator F/O Milton A. KLARSFELD
ball turett gunner Sgt John R. MODROVSKY
tail turret gunner Sgt Clifton J. STEWART

bombardier 2nd Lt Artur H. CARLSON KIA
nose turett gunner Cpl David D. BREWER KIA
top turret gunner Sgt Morris R. GOLDMAN KIA
radio operator / right waist gunner Sgt Abraham P. ABRAMSON KIA
engineer / left waist gunner S/Sgt Edwin L. HOWARD KIA
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„Arsenic and Lace“

A P-51 Mustang(s) of the 325th Fighter Group / 15th AF (performing fighter escort (https://coord.info/TL9T87AE) for B-24 Liberators air raid on Vacuum Oil Company A.G. that day (https://coord.info/GC21RKD) strafed passenger train No.805 near Libice nad Cidlinou on December 28, 1944 at 12:35. Train driver didn't react to the warning flyby of the attacking aircraft and the consequences were tragic: 26 Czech civilians dead and 62 wounded. The steam engine No.434.2268 was destroyed and five railways cars damaged.

1944 - Nalet u Libice n/C

AirForce Museum 

B 17 Crash

On 17 August 1943 a B-17 (42-30389) “Dear Mom” of 331 BS, 94 BG, was attacked and shot down by Karl Borris of I. / JG26. The B-17 crashed at Lummen, 10 km east of Diest, the crew was on their 14th mission:
1st Lt Nayowitz Bernard W piloot ( KIA )
2nd Lt Allison Robert P+R2211 bombardier (KIA) 02043752 Pensylvania, Ardennes War Cemetery Belgium
2nd Lt Burnett Murlyn F. navigator (KIA) 0-755195 Oklahoma,
Ardennes War Cemetery Belgium
2nd Lt Smith J co-piloot (KIA)
T/Sgt Beyke Albert gnr (KIA)
Ardennes War Cemetery Belgium
S/Sgt Loveless Jack H (KIA) 33373037 Maryland, Ardennes War Cemetery Belgium
T/Sgt McDonnel Arthur radio (WIA)
S/Sgt Dalinsky Jacob gnr (Evaded by the Cométe Line)
S/Sgt Geyber Beverley C gunner (Evaded by the Cométe Line)
S/Sgt Tolbert James W gnr 13088962 Pensylvania ( POW ) Stalag 17b
MACR 323---6KIA 2EVD 1POW  

B-17 "Dear Mom" 

B-17 serial 42-97848, "Silver Wings", 92BG / 327BS / 8thAF, crashed in Schaffen, Belgium on the 13 of September 1944.
Crewmembers were:
1 st Lt Peck Jack A (KIA) 0-706269 
2nd Lt McMahon G (KIA ) 
Yaksh Edwin navigator 0-710360 (KIA ) 
Reynolds R bombardier (KIA) 
Sanderson W gnr (WIA)
Pemperton R gnr (KIA) 
Martin R gnr (KIA) 
Greene James A  gnr 36457149 (KIA) 
Franklin T rad (WIA)

B17 crash site

B-17G s/n 42-97266, GODFATHERS INC, 398BG, MIA Pilsen 25/4/45.
Pilot: Allan Ferguson, Co-Pilot: John Halbert, Navigator: Howard Feldman, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Joe Heustess, Radio Operator: Mike Brennan, Tail Gunner: Byron Young (6KIA); Ball Turret Gunner: Bill O'Malley, Waist Gunner: Harry Mazer (2POW); flak hit #2, crashed Litice, near Pilsen, Czech; MACR 14224 (last group aircraft lost in action).

B-17 G  Flying Fortress

B-17 going down...

B-17F  "Lazy Baby" of the 305th Bomb Group, 8thAF, escaped the Black Thursday over Schweinfurt heavily damaged and crashed on this field near Aesch less than a minute after crossing the German border.
The text on the plaque:
Crash landing of a flying fortress
(B-17F of the 8th US Army Air Force)
on Schattfeld on October 14 1943
Crew:
E. Dienhart, D. Rowley, C. Johnson
H. Smith, R. Baus, R. Cinibulk
C. Zullo, B. Segal
The lower plaque:
Lt. Donald T. Rowley
born June 26 1921
died on October 15 1943 in
Basel from his injuries.
He died,
so we may live in liberty.

B-17F Lazy Baby

B24 cpl. Zebersky

B-24J-105-CO Liberator 42-109807, 445BG / 701BS		
Lost Apr 12, 1944, Belgium. MACR 3833
Pilot 1st Lt John B. Anderson (+), 
Co-pilot 2nd Lt Jack C. Juras (EVD), 
Navigator 2nd Lt Walter P. McHugh (EVD), 
Bomber 2nd Lt Lawrence J. Ebenkamp (EVD), 
Engineer T/Sgt Michael Bungo (EVD), 
RO T/Sgt Milton C. Stremple (POW), 
BT S/Sgt Cornelius J. Harrington (POW), 
LW S/Sgt Albert P. Horvath (POW), 
RW S/Sgt George P. Kountz (POW),
TT S/Sgt Francis J. Rogalski (POW).

B-24 J

On July 19, 1943, a US Army Air Corps B-24 Liberator bomber went out of control and broke apart in the air over a canyon outside of Gunnison, Colorado.

B-24 Liberator

In the night of 16-17 April 1945, Consolidated B-24H-30-CF Liberator then named "Flying Rumor", belonging to the 859th Sq. (492nd BG) and assigned to the 2641st Special Group of the 15th AF at this date, was shot down by a German night fighter near the town of Tisnov (Czech Republic), W of Brno. The aircraft caught fire but all crew members were able to bail out safely and became part of the local resistance movements. The pilot was 1st/Lt. Thomas O. McCarthy.

B-24 Liberator – CWG smenarna

On December 29, 1943 B-24J-1-CO Liberator "Baby Sandy 2" 42-73013
took off from Tarawa Airfield (Hawkins) on a bombing mission against Taroa Airfield. The bombers were later attacked by over thirty A6M Zeros.
Damaged, this B-24 made a perfect water landing atop west reef between Majuro Island and Ajola Island at 12:01pm local time. Two Zero followed the B-24s to Majuro, dove down to strafe the ditched bomber, until driven off by the orbiting B-24s. The entire crew was listed as MIA.
When the two strafing A6M Zeros landed at Taroa Airfield, they reported the ditched B-24. The Kaikou Maru steamed from Maloelap to the location. During the ditching, the pilot and co-pilot died on impact.  The other eight members of the crew survived the ditching and managed to reach a small island to the northeast. On December 30, 1943 the crew were located by the Japanese Navy and captured and became Prisoners Of War (POW). The crew was transported to Maloelap Atoll and later executed.

B-24J "Liberator"

B-24J Liberator

B-24J-155-CO Liberator 44-40332 took off from Hickam Field on May 5, 1944 at 5:22am on a ferry flight bound for Australia where it would be assigned to the 5th Air Force. Soon after take off only six miles away this bomber failed to make a turn (other sources report a fuel problem) causing the B-24 to crash into Puu Nau ridge near Aiea. On impact, the B-24 immediately caught fire and the entire crew was killed in the crash.

B-24J Liberator Bomber

A cache near a wreck of a North American B-25 Mitchell, crashed near Darwin during WWII.

B-25

Memorial dedicated to the crew of Martin B-26G Marauder 43-34605, 320BG / 441BS, crashed on 19-JAN-1945. All six Americans aviators died tragically in the area:
2ndLt MacCurdy Arthur Pilot Born February 9th 1921 State of Wisconsin
1stLt Cudworth Elmer CoPilot Born May 29th 1916 State of New York
Staff Sergeant Hill John Bombardier Born October 9th 1918 State of Colorado
Staff Sergeant Bentas Nicholas Mechanic-Gunner Born May 11th 1922 State of Michigan
Staff Sergeant Rahl Lloyd Radio-Gunner Born October 16th 1923 State of Michigan
Staff Sergeant Tothamer Henry Navigator-Gunner Born April 19th 1911 State of California

B-26 Marauder

A monument of B-29 shot down over Nagoya, Japan.
On January 3, 1945, B-29-45-BW "The Leading Lady" 42-24766 was rammed by a 55th Sentai Ki-61 Tony piloted by 1st Lt. Minoru Shirota, who bailed out, but died from injuries the next day. The B-29 was hit between the nose and no. 3 engine and fell out of formation, leveled out then suffered an explosion and rolled over on its back and went into a spin. This B-29 was officially listed as Missing In Action (MIA).
During the impact, tail gunner Hedges was thrown out of the tail escape hatch and was the only member of the crew who was able to escape the aircraft. Descending, he was strafed by two enemy aircraft. After landing, he was taken prisoner. At the end of the war, he was liberated from Omori POW Camp and returned to the United States.

B-29  Friendship Monument

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