Salon-de-Provence

The single engine airplane departed Salon-de-Provence Airbase on a training mission over the Alps with a pilot and five skydivers on board. While cruising at an altitude of 1,300 meters, the airplane went out of control, dove into the ground and crashed in flames near Moissière Pass. The aircraft was destroyed and all six occupants were killed.
Crew:
Cpt Jean Salette.
Passengers:
S/Sgt Jean Bousquet,
Cpt Yves Charpentier,
Cpt Bernard Pergeline,
Cpt Bernard Billiet,
Cpt Max Bonnaud.

Few minutes after its takeoff from Chambéry Airport, while climbing at an altitude of 1,050 meters, the twin engine aircraft hit the slope of the Dent du Chat located less than 5 km west of the airport. The aircraft was destroyed by impact forces and all five crew members were killed.
Crew:
Cpt Pierre Allegre, pilot,
Adj André Godard,
Sgt Marcel Larue,
Sgt Joseph Fourmy,
Cpl Abel Filquin.

Shortly after takeoff from Salon-de-Provence, while climbing, the airplane went out of control and crashed, bursting into flames. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Lt Auguste Marie Gabriel Merceur, pilot,
Adj/C Jean Guarneri, observer,
Sgt/C Hubert Pierre Joquel, mechanic.

The crew departed Salon-de-Provence on a local night bombing exercice on the field of Quatre-Termes. After takeoff, while climbing to a height of 300-400 metres, the pilot initiated a left turn when the airplane entered stratus. Fort unknown reasons, the pilot continued to turn and completed a circle when the airplane went out of clouds at a height of 200 metres. Then the pilot attempted to regain control but the airplane slid on its left side and continued to descend at a speed of 500 km/h until it impacted the ground southeast of the airbase. The aircraft disintegrated on impact and all four occupants were killed.
Crew:
S/Lt Raoul Pongnot, pilot,
Lt Gaston Denis, chief,
Cpl/C Lucien Lalloz, radio operator.
Passenger:
Lt Col Alfred d'Arnaud de Vitrolles.

The twin engine airplane departed Salon-de-Provence Airbase at 0043LT on a local training exercice, carrying five crew members. Weather was misty without moon. After completing several circuits over the airfield, the airplane continued to the south at an altitude of 1,000 metres. In unknown circumstances, the airplane went out of control and crashed inverted in an open field located in Le Sambuc, some 18 km west of Istres-Le Tubé AFB, bursting into flames. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
Cne Georges Geerts, Chief,
Adj/c Jean Villemot, pilot,
Lt Claude Wemaere, navigator,
Adj/C Marie-Joseph Vogel, radio operator,
Adj Charles Hanotel, gunner.

The crew was completing a local training flight at Salon-de-Provence AFB. While circling in the vicinity of the airbase, the pilot-in-command misused the propeller pitch system and decided to return for landing. On short final, due to an insufficient speed, the airplane stalled and crashed in a field located one km from the runway threshold. The aircraft broke in three and was destroyed. Both crew members were injured.
Crew:
Adj/C Guy Tesson, pilot,
Sdt Miguel Olsina, mechanic.