Pyrénées-Atlantiques

Crashed in unknown circumstances while descending to Pau-Uzein Airport. All seven occupants were killed.

On final approach to Pau-Uzein Airport, the three engine aircraft hit power cables and crashed in a field located few km short of the runway threshold. Two crew members, the radio navigator Jacques Favreau and the mechanic Eugène Houix, were killed. A third crew member survived.

The crew departed Pau-Uzein in the early evening on an exercice to Istres and back. On approach to Pau Airport at night, the crew failed to realize his was too low when the airplane impacted trees and crashed in Momas, north of the airfield. The aircraft was destroyed and all four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Adj/C Louis Boisson, pilot,
Sgt Jean Reulet, pilot,
Sgt Jean Bella, radio operator,
Sgt Serge Vasseur, technician.

The crew was on his way from Croydon to Madrid with an intermediate stop in Biarritz to deliver the aircraft to the Spanish Air Force (Aviación Nacional). On approach to Biarritz-Parme Airport, the crew encountered marginal weather conditions and initiated a go around. While trying to get height, the three engine airplane stalled and crashed in an open field, bursting into flames. Both crew members were killed and the aircraft was destroyed by a post crash fire. It is not clear if the crew was attempting a first, a second or a third approach when the accident occurred. It is also possible that the aircraft was struck by lightning as the weather conditions were poor at the time of the accident.
Crew:
Jan Kazimierz Franciszek Lasocki, pilot,
Mr. Morawski.