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Crash of an Avro 652A Anson V on Mt Le Grammont: 2 killed

Date & Time: Oct 5, 1956 at 1855 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
OY-DZI
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Site:
Schedule:
Frankfurt – Genoa
MSN:
3732
YOM:
1947
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The crew was performing an ambulance flight from Frankfurt to Genoa to pick up a patient. After passing over Bern, the crew was authorized to descend to 6,000 feet and passing over the Lake of Geneva, weather conditions worsened. At an altitude of about 5,600 feet, the airplane went through clouds and the pilot made a turn to the left of 20° for unknown reasons when the airplane struck the northeast face of Mt Le Grammont (2,172 meters) located six km northwest of Vouvry. The wreckage was found less than ten meters below the summit and both crew members were killed.
Crew:
Cpt Johann-Christian Jessen, pilot,
Niels-Michael Seierde, radio operator.
Probable cause:
The exact cause of the accident could not be determined with certainty. However, weather conditions were considered as poor with icing conditions and the assumption that the accident was the result of a navigation error on part of the crew was not ruled out.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster I in Mt Grammont: 7 killed

Date & Time: Jul 13, 1943 at 0035 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
ED412
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Site:
Schedule:
Langar - Langar
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The crew left RAF Langar at 2236LT on a bombing mission to Torino. En route, while cruising at an altitude of 18,000 feet, the crew encountered stormy weather and decided to reduce his altitude and to reroute. In poor visibility, the aircraft hit the slope of Mt Le Grammont located southwest of Le Bouveret. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew (207th Squadron):
P/O Horace Badge, pilot,
Sgt Robert Wood, flight engineer,
F/S Ronald Oswald Charles Brett, air gunner,
Sgt James Arthur Spence, air gunner,
Sgt Edward Higgins, wireless operator,
Sgt Arthur Charles Wright, observer,
F/Lt Arthur Charles Jepps, navigator.