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Crash of a Breguet 280T in Caromb: 2 killed

Date & Time: Jan 20, 1934
Type of aircraft:
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Registration:
F-AJKX
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Marseille – Paris
MSN:
8
YOM:
1930
Location:
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
While on a cargo flight from Marseille to Paris, the crew encountered poor weather conditions. In stormy weather, the pilot lost control of the airplane that crashed on the hill of Paty, in Caromb. Both crew members were killed.
Crew:
Pierre Lefèvre du Prey, pilot,
André Simon, radio navigator.