Crash of an Amiot 354 in Vauxrezis: 4 killed
Date & Time:
May 24, 1940
Operator:
Registration:
I-108
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
La Ferté-Gaucher - La Ferté-Gaucher
MSN:
38
YOM:
1940
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
While on an offensive reconnaissance mission over Givet, the aircraft was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Vauxrezis. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
S/Lt Maurice Jean Marie Lafargue, pilot,
Lt Pierre Eugène Marchand, bomber,
Adj/C Georges Ludovic Charles Sere, radio operator,
Sgt/C Marcel Léon Joseph Galerneau, air gunner.
Crew:
S/Lt Maurice Jean Marie Lafargue, pilot,
Lt Pierre Eugène Marchand, bomber,
Adj/C Georges Ludovic Charles Sere, radio operator,
Sgt/C Marcel Léon Joseph Galerneau, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.
