Going through my databases, I stumbled upon a certain Dechesne Coomans, from Belgium, whose only claim to fame is a participation in a race at Grenzlandring in September 1952 counting for the West German F3 Championship, driving a NSU (according to F2 Register; more likely a special with a NSU engine, like René Berte also used more or less at the same time). There were a number of a few other more widely-known Belgian drivers in the race (A. Pilette, Van Hauw, Delhaes, etc.) so it is quite possible his nationality is right. However, it is a strange first name I never heard of, Belgian or otherwise.
Searching a little further, I re-read the chapter on Belgian 500 racers André Biaumet included in the first volume of his "Le Grand Prix ds Frontières à Chimay". No reference of Coomans but a small paragraph dedicated to an indeed Belgian amateur called Dechêsne that entered but did not appear in the F3 race of the Grand Prix des Frontières in 1952, supposedly driving a special with a DKW engine(and that had previously run in the 1947 sports race, driving a Georges Irat). Biaumet gives just an initial ("J") to go with the family name. Looks, though, more likely as Dechêsne is a perfectly legitimate francophone family name.
So, could it be the same man? Does any of you have any extra information about this mysterious gentleman?
