Zone
Rhône

Crash of a Martin B-26 Marauder in Poleymieux-au-Mont-d’Or: 16 killed

Date & Time: Oct 15, 1945 at 1145 LT
Type of aircraft:
Martin B-26 Marauder
Operator:
Registration:
44-66200
Flight Phase:
Takeoff (climb)
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Lyon - Algiers
Location:
Poleymieux-au-Mont-d’Or
Rhône
Country:
France
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
15
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
16
Circumstances:
Shortly after takeoff from Lyon-Bron Airport, while climbing, the crew encountered an unexpected technical failure and lost control of the aircraft that crashed onto a hill located in Poleymieux-au-Mont-d’Or, north of Lyon. All five crew members and 11 passengers were killed.
Crew:
Cpt Thomas, pilot,
Sgt René Bertini, copilot,
Asp André Moreau, navigator,
Sgt Aimé Barberis, radio operator,
Cpl Darech, flight engineer.

Crash of a Heinkel He.111 in Poleymieux-au-Mont-d’Or: 5 killed

Date & Time: Dec 14, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Heinkel He.111
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Dijon - Dijon
Location:
Poleymieux-au-Mont-d’Or
Rhône
Country:
France
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
En route, aircraft went out of control and crashed in Fond Grimaud, near Poleymieux-au-Mont-d’Or, north of Lyon. All five crew from the 55th Bombing Squadron based in Dijon were killed.
Crew:
Fritz Morhardt,
Helmut Stierle,
Franz Weinekötter,
Albert Schönecker,
Wolfgang Leitzger.
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