A partially covered fuselage of the DFS 230 assault glider can be seen at the Belgian Eben-Emael Fort, where this type, and assault gliders in general, were used in combat for the first time. The fuselage was reconstructed from 3 original wrecks; the work was supervised by the type's designer Hans Jacobs. It is one of 2 original examples of this glider in the world.
Flying Museum Seppe. This Tiger Moth was built by the de Havilland Aircraft Company Ltd. in Hatfield in 1939. It was operated as a primary trainer aircraft by the RAF as R5086 (c/n82981). Since November 1953 it was in possession of several private owners. It arrived in Breda/Seppe in April 2021.
This Warhawk was built by the Curtiss company as USAAF 41-13570 (c/n16786) and shipped to the Soviet Union. It was assigned to the 20th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment of the 14 Army for defence of the Port of Murmansk and the Kola Peninsula. On June 1, 1942 it was shot down by a Messerschmitt Bf-109 of II/JG5 and crash-landed on a lake. It remained there till August 1997. It went through several restorers. Finally, it arrived in Belgium on 10 May 2024.
The aircraft was built in 1988 for the Soviet DOSAAF. After Lithuania gained independence, it was transferred to the Lithuanian Air Force. Later it was offered for sale. It was put into the Belgian Aircraft Register in 2021.
The tandem-seat Pilatus P-2 trainer was the first production aircraft of the Swiss company of the same name. It was powered by an Argus As 410A-2 V-12 inverted piston engine, reaching a maximum speed of 340 km/h. 51 machines (+ 4 prototypes) were built in two series, one (P-2-05) unarmed and the second (P-2-06) equipped with a machine gun above the engine and wing racks for light bombs and rockets, dedicated for weapon training. They served in the Swiss Air Force between 1946 and 1981. Afterwards, most of the surviving aircraft (48?) were sold to civilian customers.
The P-2-05 aircraft with serial number 46, captured at the home airfield of Balen-Keiheuvel, is offered for sale on the Internet for € 180,000. It was built in 1948 and has flown 1,826 hours.
