Presentation of Eugène Seghers and his airplanes at the Artevelde Challenge 2017
memorial to remember Eugène in Uckfield, Essex, UK
detail of the memorial
one of the few pictures of Eugène Seghers in the RAF
old airfix hurricane I under construction
frog v-1 with led light inside
frog spitfire xiv with minimotor
academy spitfire xiv under construction
two revell spitfires vb under construction
First diorama uckfield aerial view
V1 added to diorama background
working engine of the V1, first attempt
explaining Eugènes story (In Dutch)
Fairey Fox VI : 25 years old self made resin model, will replace it by Omega kit later
Hurricane Ib 32 sqn : In this plane he was shot down but rescued; old Airfix kit
Old Airfix kit , large code letters from Xtradecal
This was the Revell kit, with green-earth camo
Spitfire Vb of 165 Sqn, where he was squadron leader
Revell Vb, this time in green grey camo
Spitfire Vb of 609 Squadron, early 1941
Spitfire XIV , Academy kit, 91 squadron, july 1944
I did not like the result of the diorama, so I started again with a "moving" background
button battery 1,5 v and on-off switch for the motor; will last for about 1 hour
flashing flame on v1
powered by print recovered from a bicycle light and 2x 1.5 V button batteries
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Eugène George Achilles Seghers, was born in Ledeberg near Ghent on April 7th, 1910. His came from a working class family, his father was a fire stoker at the Belgian Railways. He became a military pilot in 1931. He flew with Fairey Fox at the 5/III/1Aé and at the 6/III/2Aé .
He was one of Churchill's Few in the Battle of Britain as Hurricane pilot at the 32 and 46 squadrons.
In April 1941 he joins the 609 Sq , as many other Belgians, flying the Spitfire Vb. In April 1942 he joins the 165 Sq, and was there Squadron Leader from March to June 1943. He was awarded a DFC on February 13, 1943. Later, he serves with 52 Operational Training Unitand the Central Gunnery School.
In June 1944, he joins 91 Sq. On July 26, 1944 he attacks a V-1 above Uckfield, Sussex, the bomb explodes and Eugène Seghers is killed, with his Spitfire XIV RM653.
The project is to build the aircraft flown by this pilot and a diorama of his last flight and killing.
