Hautes-Alpes

The single engine airplane departed Gap-Tallard Airport on a local skydiving mission, carrying 15 skydivers and one pilot. After all 15 skydivers jumped out, the pilot was returning to his departure point when the airplane crashed on the wooded slope of Pic de Crigne, bursting into flames. The wreckage was found about 10 km southwest of Gap-Tallard Airport. The airplane was destroyed and the pilot was killed.

While cruising in poor visibility due to low clouds, the twin engine aircraft struck the slope of a mountain located near Serres. The wreckage was found a day later and both occupants were killed.

The single engine airplane departed Salon-de-Provence Airbase on a training mission over the Alps with a pilot and five skydivers on board. While cruising at an altitude of 1,300 meters, the airplane went out of control, dove into the ground and crashed in flames near Moissière Pass. The aircraft was destroyed and all six occupants were killed.
Crew:
Cpt Jean Salette.
Passengers:
S/Sgt Jean Bousquet,
Cpt Yves Charpentier,
Cpt Bernard Pergeline,
Cpt Bernard Billiet,
Cpt Max Bonnaud.

The crew departed RAF Tangmere in the early morning on a transfer flight to the Middle East via Marseille. En route, the crew encountered poor weather conditions when the airplane crashed in Prunières, some 20 km east of Gap. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Douglas Stewart Johnston, pilot,
Sgt Kenneth G. Walker, observer,
LAC William H. Higgins, wireless operator and air gunner.