Eric Vicomte de Spoelberch
Olympic athlete
1903 – 1939
Who was Eric Vicomte de Spoelberch?
Éric Vicomte de Spoelberch was a Belgian pilot.
As a lieutenant in the Aéronautique Militaire he was one of two Belgian pilots sent to Britain to evaluate the Hawker Hurricane and the Supermarine Spitfire. In the following January he was killed in an air accident while flight testing a plane.
He was son of Guillaume de Spoelberch and Colienne de Neufforge. He married Katharina Stewart 28 April 1932, in Haverford and the couple had two sons Guillaume and Jacques de Spoelberch.
As a bobsledder he competed in the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, he finished eighth both in the two-man and four-man events.
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