Project Eugène Seghers
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Holger KranichI agree with Bart, thats very interesting, even to me. Did the Pilot Crash or was he shot down?
Erik De SmetI just added a picture of the memorial, that says that his spitfire was destroyed by the exploding V1.
Erik De SmetStephan, I saw you made a very nice diorama of a 32sqn Hurricane in 1:48. Seghers was with that sqn and was shot down on 24 aug 1940 by a Messerschmitt Bf109E of JG26 , most probably by Adam Bernard. He baled out of Hurricane V6567 , which I am building as GZ*T.
Stephan RyllThank you Erik 🙂 glad that you like my dio, I think you will build a very nice hurricane of 32sqn 🙂
Sebastian or HarryHey Eric, nice job! Could you tell me where can i find moving pictures like this one? I need one for my P-51 which is flying over an airfield.
Erik De SmetThanks, friends for your kind comments. Actually, the propeller of the spitfire is running and the flame of the V1 is flickering, but I cannot show this, as I do not know how to upload a mp4 file on scalemates.
Sebastian, for the "moving" picture , I first made a copy of the Uckfield area on Google Earth and I loaded into "paint.net" (free software) . There is a function "Effects / Blurs / Motion Blurs , which allows you to obtain the "moving" picture. Finally , I printed the result on A4 photopaper.
Coastal kits coastalkits.co.uk/ has ready made blurred display bases , but I wanted a curved background to hide the wiring of the V1 and spitfire engines.
Guy RumpGreat diorama, lovely models and a fitting tribute to a hero of WW2. Per Adua ad Astra.
Album info
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.
