De Havilland DH.9 crash, Jul 27, 1926 (2 killed), Leuven...

De Havilland DH.9 accident on July 27, 1926 near Leuven Flemish Brabant, Belgium with 2 fatalities.

A Belgian Air Force DH 9 (D 23) crashed into a courtyard at Blauwput, a suburb of Leuven, on 27 July 1926 after its engine caught fire in flight. The pilot Alphonse Laplanche was killed, and the observer Joseph Delvenne died of his injuries the following day.

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