Zone
Manche

Crash of a CAMS 55 in Cléon: 1 killed

Date & Time: Jun 9, 1940
Type of aircraft:
CAMS 55
Operator:
Registration:
85
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Les Mureaux - Cherbourg
MSN:
85
YOM:
1932
Location:
Cléon
Seine-Maritime
Country:
France
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The crew departed Les Mureaux to transfer the float plane to Cherbourg on behalf of the Service Réception et Convoyage (SRC). En route, the airplane was hit by the German Flak. At low height, the mechanic was able to bail out and survived. Unfortunately, the pilot was killed as he bailed out too late and his parachute failed to open in due time.
Crew:
Sgt Louis Evrard Corrège, pilot +1.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a CAMS 55 near Cosqueville: 5 killed

Date & Time: Nov 12, 1934
Type of aircraft:
CAMS 55
Operator:
Registration:
1.E1.6
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Training
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Cherbourg - Cherbourg
MSN:
15
YOM:
1930
Location:
Cosqueville
Manche
Country:
France
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
1
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed Cherbourg harbor on a training sortie with three other similar airplanes. While returning to its base at night, the floatplane crashed in unknown circumstances on a sand dune located north of Cosqueville, bursting into flames. A crew member was seriously injured while four other occupants were killed. The following day, the only survivor died from his injuries.
Crew:
EV2 Jean-Paul Colas, pilot,
Q/Me André Dieudonné Aimé Dolhant, radio operator,
S/M Liévin Émile Dumont, pilot stoker,
S/M André Charles Gaston Huet, mechanic.
Passenger:
Henri Marie Rampont, doctor.
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