Kenitra

Crashed in unknown circumstances at Kenitra Airport. The airplane was destroyed by a post crash fire and the occupant's fate remains unclear.

While cruising in poor weather conditions, the four engine aircraft hit the slope of a mountain located 8 km southeast of Ketama. All eight crew members were killed.

Shortly after takeoff from Port Lyautey Airport, while climbing, the aircraft suffered an engine failure. The crew decided to ditch the aircraft off shore and was quickly rescued. The airplane sank and was lost.

The crew was performing a flight from Saint-Mandrier-sur-Mer, south of Toulon, Var, to Port Lyautey, Morocco. The approach to the airbase was started from the southwest, but for unknown reason, the pilot was too low. The seaplane hit power cables and banked left, causing the left wing to hit the ground. The aircraft cartwheeled and crashed in flames along the Sebou River, few km from the airfield. Four crew members and three passengers were killed while all 20 other occupants were injured, some of them seriously. The aircraft christened 'Sirius' was destroyed by impact forces and a post crash fire. The four crew members (33S Squadron) who were killed were:
PM Maurice Souny,
2SM Roger Pouget,
2QM Raymond Jeandot,
SM Joseph Cariou.

Shortly after takeoff from Port Lyautey Airbase (now Kénitra), while climbing, the twin engine aircraft went out of control and crashed into the sea off Mehdia. All six crew members were killed.
Crew (2F Squadron):
2nd Q/Mst Georges Nicolas 5.

Swerved on landing and came to rest. There were no casualties but the aircraft was written off. It was returning to Port-Lyautey (later Kénitra) Airport following a maritime patrol flight over the Atlantic Ocean.

Crashed in unknown circumstances in Port Lyautey Airbase, killing all four crew members.

The aircraft was on its way to the US with Army personnel on board. About an hour after departure from Pomigliano Airbase, an engine failed, forcing the crew to ditch the aircraft into the Tyrrhenian Sea. On impact, the aircraft broke in two and sank in 30 seconds. Twelve hours later, twelve people were rescued while 13 others were killed. A body was recovered on the Italian coast over four months later, some 300 miles from the crash site.
Crew:
1st Lt Albert Lazar, pilot,
2nd Lt Joseph M. Johnson, copilot, †
F/O Robert M. Cashman, navigator,
S/Sgt Frank S. Peters, flight engineer,
S/Sgt Bernard C. Doherty, radio operator.
Passengers:
S/Sgt Leslie M. Caraway, †
S/Sgt Hayden N. Hale, †
S/Sgt Nathaniel Hendrix, †
Sgt Lloyd H. Ainsworth,
Sgt Eliga T. Eaton, †
Tec Ernest M. Dumoit,
Tec Woodrow W. Foster,
Tec Paul C. Hartzheim, †
Cpl Norbert J. Andrews, †
Tec Alfred H. Afflerbach, †
Tec Cecil E. Barnes,
Tec Fred P. Carpenter,
Pfc Jeff W. Busby,
Pfc Pedro G. Garcia, †
Pfc John J. Hardy, †
Pfc Howard W. Haskins,
Pvt Manuel V. Barrientez, †
Pvt Woodrow W. Boyles, †
S/Sgt Lewis Fraley,
Tec John L. Porter. †

Upon landing in Kenitra, the aircraft went out of control and crashed. Both crew members were injured.