UPDATE : That disappeared Piasecki H21 and its' Belgian crew

[Stratofreighter]

http://www.standaard.be/artikel/detail. ... 101027_052

http://www.paracommando.com/news.php?extend.2187

http://baha.be/Webpages/Navigator/News/news_2010_4.html

Between November 21st and December 19th, 2010, Belgian Defence in collaboration with the Congolese Army, is setting up and expedition to search for the wreck of the Piasecki H-21 Workhorse FG- 378 helicopter which crashed with its Belgian crew in North Eastern Congo in 1964.
The helicopter disappeared mysteriously near Stanleyville (now Kisangani) in a time of growing unrest. The (Belgian) crew composed of pilots Adj Robert Jacobs and Adj Frans Allaeys and technician Raymond Bardon is still reported as missing. The military base at Koksijde is still called “Basis Adjudant Vlieger Frans Allaeys” to honour one of the crew members. .

http://bahamilitary.fotopic.net/p39233658.html

Force Aérienne Congolaise Piasecki H-21 FG378 went missing in Congo on 27 June 1965 during a humanitarian mission on a flight between Buta and Stanleyville.
On board were Adj. R. Jacobs, Kpt. R. Bordon and Adj. Frans Allaeys detached from the Belgian Air Force.
Only recently the wreckage of the ill fated helicopter was discovered in the jungle. During a ceremony on 27 September 1990 Koksijde airbase was officially named "Basis Adjudant Vlieger Frans Allaeys". Artwork by Fernand Van de Plas

Exhaustive background story in Belgian newspaper "De Standaard" in 2009:
http://vokkoksijde.tripod.com/allaeys/allaeys_1.pdf

http://vokkoksijde.tripod.com/allaeys/allaeys_2.pdf

http://vokkoksijde.tripod.com/allaeys/allaeys_3.pdf

[Stratofreighter]

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4th December 2010, 16:11

I can report some good news on the expedition.

Yesterday afternoon a mixed group of Belgian paracommando's and Congolese military discovered the wreckage in the jungle, and they confirmed it's identity.

Unfortunately no trace was found of the missing crew.

[Copter]

Een Belgisch militair expeditieteam heeft in Congo het wrak gevonden van een helikopter die in juli 1965 neerstorte. Zie de link hieronder voor meer informatie.

Weet iemand om welke helikopter het hier gaat ?

Zie: http://www.mil.be/def/news/index.asp?LAN=nl&ID=2780

[ehusmann]

Volgens dit artikel een H-21 van het Congolese leger met aan boord drie Belgen.

Overigens was dit de eerste hit in Google bij het zoeken op "helicopter ongeluk congo 1965"....

Erwin