Date: Tuesday 4 July 1989 Time: Type: MiG-23M "Flogger-B" Owner/operator: Soviet Air Force Registration: 29 MSN: Fatalities: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 Other fatalities: 1 Aircraft damage: Destroyed Location: Bellegem, West Flanders - Belgium Phase: Initial climb Nature: Military Departure airport: Bagicz near Kołobrzeg (Poland) Destination airport: Bagicz near Kołobrzeg Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources Narrative: Engine problems during a trainging flight forced the pilot to eject. The MiG continued unmanned across Poland and Germany before it ran out of fuel. It crashed into a house at Bellegem, Belgium, killing a man on the ground.
The outline of a U.S. Marine Corps gull-wing Corsair fighter is silhouetted against the setting sun at Kwajalein Island in
the Pacific during World War II. 2nd Lt. Magill took the picture of his plane and used it on Christmas cards he sent friends
from the front in 1944.