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Crash of a Beechcraft UC-45F Expeditor in Chevry-Cossigny: 6 killed

Date & Time: Feb 13, 1953
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
295
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Brétigny-sur-Orge - Brétigny-sur-Orge
MSN:
8554
YOM:
1945
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
3
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The twin engine aircraft was completing a test flight on behalf of the Flight Test Center (CEV-Centre d'essais en vol) based in Brétigny-sur-Orge and was carrying three crew members, one passenger and two experimenters of the CEV. For unknown reasons, the airplane went out of control and crashed in a wooded area, killing all six occupants.
Crew:
François Richet, pilot,
Lucien Blanc, mechanic,
Gilbert Lanez , mechanic.
Passengers:
André Romanet, CEV's experimenter,
Jacques Folliex, CEV's experimenter,
Edouard Nassiet.

Crash of a Martin B-26G-15-MA Marauder in the Vosges: 12 killed

Date & Time: Dec 2, 1946 at 1130 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
41
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Site:
Schedule:
Mengen - Brétigny-sur-Orge
MSN:
44-67855
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
8
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
12
Captain / Total flying hours:
1300
Circumstances:
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).

Crash of a Junkers JU.88A-4 in Brétigny-sur-Orge

Date & Time: Jan 12, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Brétigny-sur-Orge - Brétigny-sur-Orge
MSN:
5877
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The crew was performing a local training flight at Brétigny-sur-Orge Airport. Upon landing, the airplane went out of control and came to rest upside down. All four crew members were injured.
Crew:
Obfw Ignaz Berger, pilot,
Uffz Walter Wurtzbach, observer,
Uffz Walter Ackermann, radio operator,
Uffz Otto Bäck, air gunner.

Crash of a Junkers JU.88A-5 in Marolles-en-Hurepoix: 4 killed

Date & Time: Feb 14, 1942 at 2030 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Brétigny-sur-Orge - Brétigny-sur-Orge
MSN:
0384
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
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.