Crash of a Bloch MB.200 in Le Breuil

Date & Time: Dec 15, 1939
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
E-932
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Avord - Istres
MSN:
133
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
En route from Avord to Istres to transfer the squadron, the crew encountered poor weather conditions with limited visibility due to heavy snow falls. All three crew decided to bail out and abandoned the aircraft that entered a dive and crashed in a field located in Le Breuil, four km east of Le Creusot. All three crewmen from the 51st Bomb Squad were uninjured.