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Short S.29 Stirling V

 

 
Date: 1947

Location: BRU/EBBR (Melsbroek)

Photo: collection Skystef

Description: Trans-Air first ex bomber Stirling wearing the full 'colors', however it arrived at Melsbroek second after OO-XAD on June 18 1947.
Date: 1947

Location: BRU/EBBR (Melsbroek)

Photo: R. De Velder via collection J-P Lauwers

Description: taken from a different angle at Melsbroek, it served the airline until taken over by another Belgian company Air Transport Company on October 27 1947. Bad luck struck when it crashed just after take off at Kunming (China) on December 22 1947 with only one casualty.

 

Belgian register