Crash of a Grumman JRF-5 Goose near Béjaïa: 1 killed
Date & Time:
Oct 4, 1956
Operator:
Registration:
8.S.8
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Oran - Oran
MSN:
B84
YOM:
1944
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The crew left Lartigue Airbase (Tafraoui AFB) in Oran on a maritime patrol flight along the coast, between cape Carbon and Cape Tenès, Algiers region. While flying northwest of Béjaïa, the airplane encountered strong downdrafts and crashed on a rocky terrain overlooking the sea. The copilot was killed while three other occupants were injured.
Crew:
T/Sgt Parfait, pilot,
T/Sgt Thinon, copilot, †
T/Sgt Pichon, gunner,
T/Sgt Jean Claude Deniel, radio operator.
Crew:
T/Sgt Parfait, pilot,
T/Sgt Thinon, copilot, †
T/Sgt Pichon, gunner,
T/Sgt Jean Claude Deniel, radio operator.
