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In 1959, as full Colonel, he commanded the air base at Kamina in the Belgian Congo. Van Lierde is considered a hero of World War II and a flying ace. Colonel Van Lierde he was made Deputy Chief of Staff to the Ministre of Defense in 1954. In 1958 he became one of the first Belgians to break the sound barrier while test flying a Hawker Hunter at Dunsfold Aerodrome in England. Remy van Lierde (14 August 1915–8 June 1990) was a Belgian pilot who served during World War II in the Belgian and British Air Forces, shooting down six enemy aircraft and 44 V-1 flying bombs, and achieving the RAF rank of Squadron Leader.

These assertions, however, aren’t viable in an encounter chronicled in 1959 by a helicopter pilot flying in the Congo region.Ĭol. Sensationalist news, sometimes anchored on dubious witnesses and unclear photos, appear frequently in South American and African newspapers. Tales about enormous snakes are very frequent throughout the tropical regions of the world. Although there is no way to tell the size due to not being anything of significance to compare it to. This image has surfaced on a few websites over the years and was taken by a passenger on a plane flown by a WWII pilot upon returning back to their Congo base from a mission. Alleged encounter with a giant snake in Katanga 1959:
