Lioré-et-Olivier LeO 45 (451-459)

While approaching the island of Majorca, the crew encountered technical problems and the captain elected to ditch the aircraft 300 meters of Magaluf, 12 km southwest of Palma de Majorca. Seven occupants were rescued while five others drowned. The aircraft sank and was lost.

The airplane was completing an exercise at Istres-Le Tubé AFB when it crashed in unknown circumstances in Vergières located north of the airbase. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Adj/C André Schirman,
Adj/C Joseph Beck,
Sgt Bernard Perrey,
Sgt André Frachez-Charlot.

Shortly after takeoff from Salon-de-Provence, while climbing, the airplane went out of control and crashed, bursting into flames. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Lt Auguste Marie Gabriel Merceur, pilot,
Adj/C Jean Guarneri, observer,
Sgt/C Hubert Pierre Joquel, mechanic.

The crew refused to be interned and wanted to continue to fight. As four LeO 45 (n°157, 169, 181 & 190) were parked at Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport, the crew stole one of them to reach the front line. One of the crew took his bicycle with him but as it was not properly stored in the cabin, it shifted rearward upon liftoff, causing the elevator system to be jammed. The pilot lost control of the airplane that crashed in a wooded area just past the runway end, bursting into flames. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Paul Michel Jean-Louis André, pilot,
Adj Jean Baptiste Pierre Lucien Chavy, pilot,
Sgt Jean Georges René Cavalié, mechanic.
Passenger:
Asp François Joseph Jean Jacques Ducreuzet.

The airplane departed a military camp in Bussac-Forêt to be transferred to Perpignan-La Llabanere. En route, the crew encountered poor weather conditions with thunderstorm activity. The airplane apparently lost a wing then entered a dive and crashed in a hilly terrain. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Adj Lucien Henri Robert Coiffier, pilot,
Sgt/C Roger Pierre Bertrand, observer,
Sgt/C Raymond Eugène Emmanuel Chrétien, air gunner.

While approaching Istres AFB following a bombing mission over Torino, Italy, the aircraft crashed in unknown circumstances in Miramas. Three crew members were injured and Cpl/C Jean Pierre Marie Diguet, air gunner, was killed.

The airplane departed Til-Châtel Airfield at 0740LT to attack German convoy in the sector of Mourmelon. After being attacked by enemy fire, the crew returned to Til-Châtel when the airplane crashed upon landing. All four crew members evacuated safely while the aircraft was destroyed.
Crew:
Lt Pré, pilot,
Sgt/C Alexandre, pilot,
Sgt/C Mesples, radio operator,
Cpl/C Bardon, air gunner.

The airplane departed Tours-Parçay-Meslay Airport to attack an enemy column located in the area of Châlons-en-Champagne. After being hit by the German Flak, it exploded in the air and crashed in Couvrot. A pilot bailed out and became PoW while three other occupants were killed.
Crew:
Cpt André Clément Alphonse Lachaux, pilot, †
Sgt Petermann, pilot,
Adj Robert Emile Terrière, radio operator, †
Adj Joseph Paul Bauer, air gunner. v

The airplane departed Tours-Parçay-Meslay on a bombing mission in the area of Châlons-en-Champagne. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Quincey. All four crew members bailed out. One crew as killed and two others were injured.
Crew:
Cpt Marc Hériard-Dubreuil, pilot,
S/Lt André Jean Maurice Lafage, observer, †
Adj/C Colin, radio operator,
Adj Gouriou, air gunner.

The airplane was shot down by the pilot of a German fighter and crashed in Tagnon, bursting into flames. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
S/Lt Philippe Charles Adrien Georges Riche, pilot,
Sgt Guy Marie Camille Meynard de Chabannes, pilot,
Sgt Roger André Louis Weiler, radio operator,
Cpl/C Lucien Louis Vridaud, air gunner.