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Crash of a Beechcraft C-45F Expeditor on the Mt Vorder Galmihorn: 4 killed

Date & Time: Feb 19, 1952 at 1358 LT
Type of aircraft:
Beechcraft C-45 Expeditor
Operator:
Registration:
B-7
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
No
Site:
Mountains
Schedule:
Geneva – Dübendorf
MSN:
7930
YOM:
1944
Location:
Mt Vorder Galmihorn
Valais
Country:
Switzerland
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The crew was on his way from Geneva to Dübendorf, near Zurich, when the twin engine aircraft hit the south side of the Mt Vorder Galmihorn (3,517 metres high) located north of the village of Grafschaft. The wreckage was found a day later and all four crew members were killed.
Crew:
1st Lt H. Schafroth, pilot,
Maj M. Brenneisen,
P. Weder, engineer,
H. Früh (Radio Suisse).

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster I in Mt Grammont: 7 killed

Date & Time: Jul 13, 1943 at 0035 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
ED412
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Mountains
Schedule:
Langar - Langar
Location:
Mt Le Grammont
Valais
Country:
Switzerland
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The crew left RAF Langar at 2236LT on a bombing mission to Torino. En route, while cruising at an altitude of 18,000 feet, the crew encountered stormy weather and decided to reduce his altitude and to reroute. In poor visibility, the aircraft hit the slope of Mt Le Grammont located southwest of Le Bouveret. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew (207th Squadron):
P/O Horace Badge, pilot,
Sgt Robert Wood, flight engineer,
F/S Ronald Oswald Charles Brett, air gunner,
Sgt James Arthur Spence, air gunner,
Sgt Edward Higgins, wireless operator,
Sgt Arthur Charles Wright, observer,
F/Lt Arthur Charles Jepps, navigator.
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