Crash of a Bloch MB.131 in Morsbach: 2 killed
Date & Time:
Sep 17, 1939
Operator:
Registration:
L-341
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Étain-Rouvres - Étain-Rouvres
MSN:
86
YOM:
1938
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The crew departed Étain-Rouvres AFB on a reconnaissance mission over Metz. En route, the airplane was shot down by the pilot of a German fighter. The pilot attempted an emergency landing when the aircraft crashed by the forest of Guensbach, in Morsbach, bursting into flames. Two crew members were rescued while two others were killed.
Crew:
S/Lt Leory, pilot,
Lt Rousset, observer,
S/Lt Paul Antoine Jean Capdeville, navigator, †
Adj René Emile Louis Saron, gunner. †
Crew:
S/Lt Leory, pilot,
Lt Rousset, observer,
S/Lt Paul Antoine Jean Capdeville, navigator, †
Adj René Emile Louis Saron, gunner. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
