Crash of a Douglas C-47B-1-DK near RAF Valley: 4 killed

Date & Time: Nov 12, 1944 at 1200 LT
Operator:
Registration:
43-48473
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Site:
Schedule:
Paris - Warrington
MSN:
14289/25734
YOM:
1944
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The crew left Paris-Le Bourget Airport in the morning with mail bags and various goods. While flying over Wales, the crew was contacted by ground and instructed to divert to RAF Valley due to the deterioration of the weather conditions. After he changed his heading, the crew encountered marginal weather and shortly later, the twin engine aircraft hit the slope of a rocky mountain and was destroyed. First rescuers arrived on site ten days later and all four crew members were killed.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I near Paris

Date & Time: Dec 7, 1940
Operator:
Registration:
P4404
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Scampton – Scampton
Location:
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Scampton to attack airfield in northern France. It was shot down by the German Flak and crashed southeast of Paris. All four crew members became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Brian Herbert Evans,
Sgt John Cecil Shaw,
Sgt William Keiran O'Leary,
Sgt David Young.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Caudron C.445 Goéland in Karachi

Date & Time: Oct 26, 1936
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
F-AOMS
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Paris – Saigon
MSN:
7268.5
YOM:
0
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
Crashed on landing in unknown circumstances. All three crewmen were unhurt while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Crash of a Lockheed 5 Vega in Floyd Bennett Field

Date & Time: Nov 4, 1932 at 0248 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
NR496M
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
New York - Paris
MSN:
619
YOM:
1930
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The American aviator Ruth Nichols was attempting a new solo transatlantic flight from New York to Paris on this Lockheed 5 Vega named 'Akita' and owned by the Crosley Radio Corporation. Shortly after takeoff from Floyd Bennett Field in New York, the airplane lost height and crashed. The aircraft was damaged beyond repair and the pilot was uninjured.

Crash of a Farman F.197 in Dibaya: 3 killed

Date & Time: Jan 13, 1930
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
F-AJJK
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Antananarivo - Paris
MSN:
7160
YOM:
1929
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The crew departed Algiers on 13DEC1929 bound for Antananarivo where he arrived on 01JAN1930. On 10JAN1930, the crew departed Antananarivo for his back trip to Paris, with intermediate stops in Quelimane and Elizabethville. Few minutes after its departure from Port-Francqui, the aircraft crashed in the jungle near Dibaya, Kasai. The wreckage and the dead bodies of the crew members were found on 13MAR1930 in an isolated area.
Crew:
Léopold Roux, pilot,
Raymond Caillol, radio,
Eric Dodemont, mechanic.
Probable cause:
The cause of the accident could not be determined.

Crash of a Breguet 284T in Bondy

Date & Time: Feb 19, 1929 at 1815 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
F-AIYB
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Schedule:
Paris – Marseille – Tunis – Tripoli – Cairo – Basra – Karachi – Allahabad – Calcutta – Akyab – Yangon – Hanoi
MSN:
01
YOM:
1928
Location:
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The aircraft departed Paris-Le Bourget Airport at 1752LT on a trip to Vietnam. The aircraft was fully prepared with 1,900 liters of fuel. Eight minutes after takeoff, while cruising over Paris at a height of 500 metres, the engine stopped. The crew attempted an emergency landing but the visibility was poor due to the night. The pilot tried to find a suitable open terrain for the emergency landing and eventually landed along the railway line near the Bondy Station. Upon landing, the aircraft lost its undercarriage and hit an electric pole, causing both left wings to separate. While the aircraft named 'Dragon de l'Annam' was destroyed, all three occupants evacuated safely.
Crew:
Dieudonné Costes,
Maurice Bellonte,
Paul Codos.
Probable cause:
According to the crew, a fuel line ruptured shortly after takeoff, causing the engine to stop.

Crash of a Stinson SM-1 Detroiter in the Atlantic Ocean

Date & Time: Oct 12, 1927
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
NX1384
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
New York - Paris
MSN:
M207
YOM:
1927
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
1
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
While performing a nonstop transatlantic flight from New York (Roosevelt Field) to Paris, the aircraft named 'American Girl' was cruising 650 km west from the Azores Islands when the engine failed due to an oil leak. The crew sent a mayday message, reporting his position. The pilot ditched the airplane and both occupants were later rescued by the crew of the dutch tanker named 'Barendrecht'. The aircraft sank and was lost.
Crew:
George Halderman, pilot.
Passenger:
Mrs. Ruth Elder, aviator, actress and owner of the aircraft.
Probable cause:
Engine failure due to oil leak.

Crash of a Breguet 19 in Paris: 1 killed

Date & Time: Feb 24, 1926
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Site:
Location:
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The pilot, Lieutenant Albert Collet, made a bet with friends he was able to fly under the Eiffel tower and to pass between the pillars. Just prior reaching the Tower, the aircraft hit an antenna and crashed, bursting into flames. The only occupant was killed.
Probable cause:
Poor judgement on part of the pilot.

Crash of a De Havilland DH.4A off Boulogne: 2 killed

Date & Time: May 15, 1919
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
H5894
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
London - Paris
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
1
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The single engine aircraft departed London on a flight to Paris, carrying one pilot and one passenger, the agronomist and botanist Aaron Aaronsohn. While flying over The Channel, the aircraft crashed in unknown circumstances in the sea off Boulogne-sur-Mer. Both occupants were killed.