Essonne

Shortly after takeoff from Toussus-le-Noble Airport runway 07L, while climbing in limited visibility due to fog, the twin engine aircraft initiated a right turn when control was lost. It nosed down and eventually crashed in an open field located in Saclay, about 5 km southeast of the airport. The aircraft disintegrated on impact and all seven occupants were killed. At the time of the accident, the visibility was poor due to thick fog. For unknown reasons, the pilot initiated a right turn after takeoff while departure procedures define a straight in climb. Five of the six passengers were automobile journalists flying to Montluçon where they were supposed to visit the Dunlop facilities and perform drive tests on the last BMW M3. The sixth passenger was a marketing Director by a BMW dealer who chartered the aircraft.
Crew:
Daniel Douzard.
Passengers:
François-Xavier Beaudet,
Denis Charpentier,
Raymond Bochet,
Geoffroy Lemaignen,
Marc Duick,
Jean-Claude Depincé.

The crew left Paris-Orly Airport at 0849LT on a training flight to Reims, carrying three pilots, one instructor and one controller from the Vilgenis Instruction center. After takeoff, the crew climbed to 3,000 feet and above the cloud layer, continued under VFR. At 0858LT, the captain requested permission to climb to 5,000 feet when control was lost. The airplane entered a dive and crashed in a field located in Dannemois, about 31 km south of Paris-Orly Airport. The aircraft was destroyed by impact forces and a post crash fire and all five crew members were killed.
Crew:
Mr. Marchandise,
Mr. Brunot,
Mr. Colsy,
Mr. Heymard,
Mr. Nicolai.

The crew was performing a local training flight out from Paris-Orly Airport on behalf of the CIET, Centre d’Instruction des Équipages de Transport. The twin engine aircraft crashed in unknown circumstances in Verrières-le-Buisson, about five km northwest of Paris-Orly Airport. Both occupants were killed.

The crew was completing a local training sortie at Brétigny-sur-Orge AFB. While circling in the vicinity of the airbase, the airplane crashed for unknown reasons in Marolles-en-Hurepoix, about 5 km southwest of the airfield. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Lt Hans-Joachim Strauch, pilot,
Uffz Karl Seifert, observer,
Uffz Günther Kraus, radio operator,
Gefr Hans-Otto Keske, air gunner.

The airplane crashed in unknown circumstances in Écharcon, about 6 km southeast of Brétigny Airbase. A crew (Friedrich Lutz) was killed and three others were rescued.

The airplane departed RAF Bodney at 1505LT to attack German columns in the Forêt de Gault. The pilot was forced to attempt an emergency landing for unknown reasons. All three crew members survived.
Crew:
F/Lt L. V. E. Petley, pilot,
Sgt W. M. Harris, observer,
Sgt E. F. Hart, wireless operator and air gunner.

The airplane departed Paris-Orly on a local private flight. While completing aerobatic manoeuvres, the pilot lost control of the airplane that entered a dive and crashed in Athis-Mons, south of the airfield. The aircraft was destroyed and both occupants were killed.

Both French aviators Paul Tarascon and François Coli were performing a training flight to take part of the 'Orteig' prize rewarding the first north Atlantic nonstop flight between New York and Paris, either way. The crew departed Étampes in the day for a nonstop training flight over the southwest region of Paris, passing over Chartres and Orleans before returning to Étampes. After a flight of 20 hours, while cruising by night and with a high outside temperature, both pilots doze off and did not realize the aircraft was flying too low. It impacted a tree and crashed in an open field, bursting into flames. Both crew were injured, Paul Tarascon was seriously burned. The aircraft named 'Ocean' was destroyed by a post crash fire.