Haut-Rhin

The twin engine airplane departed Saint-Étienne-Bouthéon Airport on an executive flight to Colmar-Houssen Airport, Haut-Rhin. On final approach, the crew was in contact with ATC when the airplane struck tree tops and crashed in a wooded and mountainous area located near Ribeauvillé, about 10 km northwest of runway 19 threshold. The aircraft was destroyed and all seven occupants were killed, among them five French industrialists who were flying to Colmar to take part to a hunting party in the Alsacian forests.
Crew:
Jean-Claude Glatigny, pilot,
Jean-Paul Champagnon, copilot.
Passengers:
Jean-Pierre Gerard,
Henri Vignon,
Louis Gauchon,
Jacques Dreyfus,
Olivier Segond.

The aircraft left Mengen Airbase in the morning on a flight to Brétigny-sur-Orge, south of Paris, with several French Officers on board. Shortly before noon, the crew encountered poor weather conditions with low visibility due to heavy snow falls. While flying over the Vosges Mountain Range, the aircraft hit the slope of the snowy Le Ballon d'Alsace (1,247 meters high). The aircraft disintegrated on impact and all 12 occupants were killed.
Crew (Groupe II/20 Bretagne):
S/Lt René Gasperment, pilot,
Sgt René Le Pironnec, navigator,
S/Lt André Taîb, radio operator,
Sgt Léopold Ney, mechanic.
Passengers:
Cdt Jean Mahé, Chief of Groupe II/20 Bretagne,
Cpt Loïc Le Saulnier,
Cpt Robert Milbeau,
Cdt Marcel Badoy,
Mrs Simone Badoy,
Mr Antoine Badoy (5 years old),
Mrs Jeanne Marie Stern, spouse of Cdt Jean Mahé,
Mr Robert Jolly, (9 years old, son of Cdt Jean Mahé).

Attached to the Groupe de Bombardement Moyen I/22 Maroc, the aircraft left Lyon-Bron Airport in the morning to bomb several bridges over the Rhine. Approaching the target, the aircraft was shot down by enemy fire, exploded and crashed in flames in a field located in Chalampé. Four crew members were killed while three others were wounded. The aircraft was registered 08 and 42-107713.
Crew:
Cdt Raoul Robert Albert Menard, pilot, †
Cpt Lucien Joseph Theobald, bomber, †
S/Lt Eugène Truchot, navigator, †
Sgt/C Pierre Marc Boutin, radio operator, †
Adj Jean-Baptiste Liebenguth, air gunner,
Lt Fourlinnie,
Cpl Letoffet, air gunner.
Sources & photos: http://jmfischer.chez.com/jbliebenguth.html