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4 November 2004, 06:45 AM
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1911 Benselin - Belgian aviator ?
Hi!
Here a post card I found recently about the airfield of Hasselt-Kiewit with an aviator named BENSELIN ! Postcancelled 1911, August... Now is it so no Benselin never was licenced by the Belgian Aéro-Club de Belgique! Could it be he was licensed in France? Problem is I don't have his first name! Into the Yearbooks of the Aé.B.C. period 1911-1912 the only member named Maurice Benselin was an industrial from Grand-Rechain (near Verviers) Logicly spoken, it might have been this aviator! The Benselin family seems to have been living around Verviers... (Grand-Rechain & from Petit Rechain (another familymember was member post WWI!Also industrial -....) Than 1914 de Petrowski with as observer G. Benselin realised to get the first Belgian aerial war victory getting down a Taube and killing the pilot... The Benselin on photo, who was he??? So good as sure a Belgian aviator, but maybe still not licensed and for one or another reason never got his license! I noticed Maurice Benselin didn't renew his membership for 1913... So the problem is: what happend to the Benselin on this photo and who was he? Killed in a crash or died meanwhile? Abandoned flying? And was it Maurice, or that G. Benselin from WWI ? Fact is, after some first enquiries I made, this aviator seems not to be known in Belgium! It's also so it is the first time I ever got this post card from Hasselt-Kiewit under my eyes! Never seen it before during all the years I am collecting! VBR Jempie |
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4 November 2004, 10:39 AM
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Jempie,
According to Roger Lampaert there was never a G. Benselin ! So the two are one and the same person, as the victory of 'de' Petrowski (who returned to Russia) was together with M. Benselin. A Belgian mystery, quickly solved ( for once !  )Best from Johan |
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4 November 2004, 12:30 PM
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Welcome back to theaerodrome forum Johan !
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