Saint-Yan

The aircraft was engaged in a local training flight at Saint-Yan Airport on behalf of the Service de Formation Aéronautique & de Contrôle Technique (SFACT). Following several 'touch-and-go' completed successfully, the crew landed and simulated an engine failure, reducing the power on the left engine. While rolling on runway 33R, flaps were mistakenly retracted from 30° to zero prior to takeoff. Unable to rotate, the aircraft continued, overran and eventually collided with the ILS antenna. Both pilots escaped with minor injuries while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

The crew was engaged in a calibration mission on behalf of the DGAC/SFACT (Service de Formation Aéronautique & de Contrôle Technique). In unknown circumstances, the aircraft belly landed at Saint-Yan Airport and slid for several meters before coming to rest. All four crew members escaped uninjured while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

While approaching Istres AFB following a bombing mission over Torino, Italy, the aircraft crashed in unknown circumstances in Miramas. Three crew members were injured and Cpl/C Jean Pierre Marie Diguet, air gunner, was killed.

The airplane departed Saint-Yan AFB on a raid over a BMW factory in Munich. Following a flight of 6 hours and 50 minutes and while returning to his base at an altitude of 5,000 metres, the crew was forced to land due to fuel exhaustion. The aircraft crash landed in a field and was totally destroyed. All seven crew members were rescued, among them one was injured.
Crew:
Adj/C Barbazange, pilot,
Lt Corriol, Chief,
Lt Gillet, navigator,
Sgt/C Bernard, mechanic,
Adj Moreau, air gunner,
Cpl/C Barberain, air gunner,
Sgt/C Cantisi.

The airplane was transferred from Romilly-sur-Seine to Saint-Yan. On approach, it was mistakenly shot down by the French Flak and crashed near the airport. The crew fate remains unknown.