Postal (mail)

While on a mail flight from Saugus (Santa Clarita) to Bakersfield, the pilot encountered very bad weather conditions and lost his orientation. He decided to bail out and abandoned the aircraft that crashed shortly later and was destroyed. The pilot was unhurt.

The aircraft departed London on a mail flight to Nairobi with intermediate stops in Cairo, Khartoum and Kisumu. While taking off from the Bay of Kisumu, the seaplane collided with floating obstacles (jetsam) and came to rest. The pilot was uninjured and the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

The aircraft crashed for unknown reason while on final approach to Saint Louis, Senegal. Both crew members were slightly injured and the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

After a stop in Saint Louis, the crew was approaching Dakar Airport when the aircraft crashed west of Thiès, bursting into flames. Both crew members were killed and the aircraft was destroyed by a post crash fire.
Crew:
Edmond Lasalle, pilot,
Mr Moreau, mechanic.

While cruising off the Spanish coast, the crew encountered engine problems and attempted to ditch the aircraft off Roses, Catalonia. During four days, the crew tried to maintain the aircraft floating but eventually decided to abandon the seaplane and was rescued by the crew of the Italian ship named 'Monteponi'. While all three crew members were slightly injured, the aircraft sank and was lost.
Crew:
René Mercier, pilot,
Antoine Mattei, radio,
Edmond Roux, mechanic.

While approaching Alicante, the airplane crashed in unknown circumstances in the Mediterranean sea off Alicante. The pilot, sole on board, was killed.

The pilot, sole on board, departed Boston on a night mail flight to Hartford. En route, he encountered poor weather conditions and was forced to make two emergency landing. While flying in poor visibility, the airplane struck a hill and crashed near Willington. The pilot was killed.

On the leg from Barcelona to Perpignan, the crew overflew the east part of the Pyrenees Mountains and was descending to Perpignan-La Llabanère Airport. Due to low visibility, the pilot failed to realize his altitude was insufficient. On approach, the aircraft crashed on a hill located in Saint-André, some 3 km west of Argelès-sur-Mer. The aircraft was destroyed upon impact and all three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Alexandre Bury, pilot,
Georges Guyollot, copilot,
Léopold Servin, mechanic.

The Orteig prize was won by Charles Lindbergh last 22nd of May so the crew was preparing the aircraft for the first postal and nonstop transatlantic flight between the United States and Paris. The aircraft named 'America' departed Roosevelt Field on 29JUN1927 with a crew of four on board. The flight was hard with many difficulties en route. Arriving over Paris from the north, the crew contacted ground services at Le Bourget Airport at 0110LT to obtain assistance as he was unable to localize the airport due to foggy conditions. After few minutes, the crew decided to return to the north and saw some lights on the ground and the sea as well. At this time, the crew realized he was not over Paris but Normandy. Due to poor visibility (night and fog) and fuel shortage, the crew understood it was not possible to continue to Paris anymore so he attempted to make an emergency landing. Aircraft eventually came to rest in the sea some 300 metres offshore, near Ver-sur-Mer. When it contacted water, the aircraft lost its undercarriage and nosed down before coming to rest. All four occupants evacuated the cabin themselves and swam to the beach. While all four occupants were slightly injured, the aircraft was recovered few hours later but was destroyed. The mail was later recovered as well.
Crew:
Cdt Richard E. Byrd, pilot,
Bert Acosta, pilot,
Bernt Balchen, pilot,
George O. Noville, radio officer.