Date & Time:
Apr 21, 1919 at 1040 LT
Type of aircraft:
Caudron C.23
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Postal (mail)
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Villacoublay - Rome
Country:
France
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
2
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The crew was performing the first postal flight between Paris and Rome, Italy. The aircraft departed Villacoublay Airport at 0600LT. While overflying Drôme, the crew encountered strong winds from the north and one of the engines seems to have problems. The crew elected to make an emergency landing when the aircraft crashed in an open field located in Coinaud, near Saint-Rambert-d’Albon. Both occupants were killed.
Crew:
Jules Védrines, pilot
Marcel Guillain, navigator.
Crew:
Jules Védrines, pilot
Marcel Guillain, navigator.
