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Crash of a Douglas DB-7 Boston near Clastres AFB: 3 killed

Date & Time: May 31, 1940
Operator:
Registration:
U-220
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
MSN:
5
YOM:
1940
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
Crashed and burned on the shore of a canal located near the Clastres AFB. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Adj Louis Albert Beyney, pilot,
Sgt/C Pierre Jules Lajule, radio operator,
Adj Joseph Marcel Picart, observer.