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The airplane departed Dole-Tavaux Airport to attack enemy troops base in the region of Chaulnes. It was shot down by the German Flak. All four crew members were able to bail out and the aircraft crashed and was destroyed.
Crew:
Lt André Mayer, Chief,
Sgt/C Yves René Cadiou, pilot,
Sgt Verlet, radio operator,
Sgt Baert, air gunner.

Probable cause:

Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Lioré-et-Olivier LeO 45 in Ognolles: 2 killed

Date & Time: Jun 6, 1940

Type of aircraft:

Lioré-et-Olivier LeO 45 (451-459)

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L-750

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Oysonville - Oysonville

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214

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1940

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The airplane departed Oysonville to attack enemy columns based in Chaulnes. It was shot down by the pilot of a Me.109 and crashed in Ognolles. Two crew members were killed and two others were seriously injured.
Crew:
Cpt Théodore Just Emile Marchand, Chief,
Sgt/C Ange Dominique Defendini, pilot, †
Adj Marcel Jean Paul Mariani, radio operator, †
Cpl Robert Adrien Boileau, air gunner.

Probable cause:

Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Martin 167F Maryland in Beauvais: 1 killed

Date & Time: Jun 5, 1940 at 1400 LT

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Martin 167 Maryland

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The airplane was supposed to attack an armored column between Péronne and Roye. It was shot down by enemy fire and crash landed in Beauvais. A crew member was killed and two others were seriously injured.
Crew:
Adj Eugène Mony, pilot,
S/Lt Robert Vaux, observer,
Sgt/C Raymond Léonce Joseph Chieusse, radio operator.†

Probable cause:

Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Douglas DB-7 Boston in Le Quesnel-Aubry: 3 killed

Date & Time: May 31, 1940 at 1800 LT

Type of aircraft:

Douglas A-20 Havoc/DB-7 Boston

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U-247

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Flight

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Bombing

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Plain, Valley

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1940

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The airplane was shot down by the pilot of a Me.109 and crashed in Le Quesnel-Aubry, killing all three crew members.
Crew:
Adj Henri Emile Schoenher, pilot,
Lt André Pierre Constant, observer,
Adj Albert Marie Emmanuel Charoy, wireless operator and air gunner.

Probable cause:

Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Lioré-et-Olivier LeO 451 in Ressons-sur-Matz: 4 killed

Date & Time: May 31, 1940

Type of aircraft:

Lioré-et-Olivier LeO 45 (451-459)

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Registration:

L-669

Flight Phase:

Flight

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Bombing

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Plain, Valley

Schedule:

Étempes - Étempes

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133

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1940

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The airplane departed Étempes-Mondésir Airfield at 1815LT to bomb enemy positions northeast of Amiens. En route, it was shot down by the pilot of a Me.109. All four crew members bailed out but the aircraft was too low so they were killed as the distance to the ground was insufficient.
Crew:
S/Lt André Charles Albert Bourges, Chief,
Adj/C Hubert Eugène Raymond Gauthier, pilot,
Sgt/C Georges Gaston Weber, bomber,
Sgt Pierre Sauveur Joseph Michel, radio operator.

Probable cause:

Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Lioré-et-Olivier LeO 451 in Malassise: 3 killed

Date & Time: May 31, 1940

Type of aircraft:

Lioré-et-Olivier LeO 45 (451-459)

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L-645

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109

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1940

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Engaged in a bombing mission over Abbeville, the aircraft was shot down by the pilot of a Me.109 and crashed in Malassise. A crewman was seriously injured and three others were killed.
Crew:
Adj Abel Verna, pilot,
S/Lt Pierre Ernest Scavizzi, chief, †
Sgt Jean Eugène Olivier Désiré Desesquelle, radio operator, †
Sgt Guy Léon Charles Champenois, bomber. †

Probable cause:

Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Douglas DC-2-115B in Senlis: 5 killed

Date & Time: Jan 7, 1939 at 1630 LT

Type of aircraft:

Douglas DC-2

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HB-ITA

Flight Phase:

Flight

Flight Type:

Scheduled Revenue Flight

Survivors:

Yes

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Plain, Valley

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Zurich – Paris

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1329

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1935

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While descending to Paris-Le Bourget Airport in marginal weather conditions, the crew failed to realize he was flying too low. The twin engine aircraft hit the ground and lost partially its both wings before coming to rest in an open field located in Senlis, some 30 km northeast of Le Bourget Airport. The cabin remained relatively intact while the cockpit was destroyed. Two passengers and all three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Egon Frei, pilot,
Kurt Walter, radio navigator,
Josie Brooke, stewardess.

Crash of a Vultee V-1A in Beauvais

Date & Time: Aug 15, 1937

Type of aircraft:

Vultee V-1

Operator:

Rudolf Wolf Corporation

Registration:

F-AQAL

Flight Phase:

Takeoff (climb)

Flight Type:

Delivery

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Yes

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Airport (less than 10 km from airport)

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Beauvais – Toulouse – Barcelona

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184

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1935

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The aircraft was supposed to be delivered to the Spanish Air Forces in Barcelona. Shortly after takeoff from Beauvais-Tillé Airport, the crew encountered an unexpected situation and was forced to attempt an emergency landing. The single engine airplane crash landed in a wheat field, lost its undercarriage and slid for few dozen metres before coming to rest. Both crewmen were uninjured and the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Crash of a Waco UIC in Mont-l’Évêque: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jan 19, 1937 at 1445 LT

Type of aircraft:

Waco UIC

Operator:

M. A. G. van der Leeuw

Registration:

PH-MAG

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Flight

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Private

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Plain, Valley

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Paris – Rotterdam

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3790

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1933

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The single engine airplane departed Paris-Le Bourget Airport at 1415LT on a flight to Rotterdam with two passengers and two crew members on board. Thirty minutes into the flight, while cruising at an altitude of 300 metres, the aircraft rolled to the left, entered a dive and crashed in a swampy area located in Mont-l'Evêque, east of Senlis. All four occupants were killed. The crew was repatriating the aircraft to The Netherlands as his owner, Mr. M. A. G. van der Leeuw, died in another Waco crash near Rotterdam 3 December 1936.
Crew:
Joachim Tissot, pilot,
Albertus Sommer, pilot.
Passengers:
Adriamis Hoertens,
Jacob Maltha.

Probable cause:

The accident is attributable to an in-flight breakup of the left airframe following, it seems, a resource following either a spin or a spiral and nose-down descent. The pilot who, at a given moment was in the clouds, would thus have, for a cause that the commission could not specify, lost the control of the plane. The aircraft would then have entered a spin or a steep dive and the pilot would have pulled it up sharply in sight of the ground, coming out of the clouds. It should be noted that the maximum load of 1'540 kilos indicated on the certificate of airworthiness was largely reached and that the speed of the aircraft must, at the time it was righted, have been very close to the speed limit of 300 km/h and that it could not, under these conditions, resist the acceleration due to a brutal resource.

Crash of a Sabca F7/3m in Silly-le-Long: 2 killed

Date & Time: Apr 21, 1936 at 2100 LT

Type of aircraft:

Sabca F7

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OO-AIF

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Flight

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Cargo

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Plain, Valley

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Paris – Brussels – Cologne

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1929

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The crew was performing a cargo flight from Paris to Cologne with an intermediate stop in Brussels. Few minutes after takeoff from Paris-Le Bourget Airport, the three engine aircraft went out of control and crashed in an open field located in Silly-le-Long, some 30 km northeast of Le Bourget Airport. Both crew members were killed.

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