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Drôme

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II near Mantaille

Date & Time: Feb 9, 1944
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II
Operator:
Registration:
LW275
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Supply
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Location:
Saint-Rambert-d’Albon
Drôme
Country:
France
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
1
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
Crew was performing a supply mission for the French Resistance. En route, while flying over Romans, captain instructed his crew to bail out following an engine fire. Out of control, aircraft crashed in a field and was destroyed while all eight occupants were uninjured. The passenger was a member of the British Special Services.
Probable cause:
Engine fire in flight.

Crash of a Savoia-Marchetti S.74 in Saint-Rambert-d'Albon

Date & Time: Aug 11, 1936
Type of aircraft:
Savoia-Marchetti S.74
Operator:
Registration:
I-URBE
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Scheduled Revenue Flight
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Rome – Lyon – Paris
MSN:
21001
YOM:
1935
Location:
Saint-Rambert-d’Albon
Drôme
Country:
France
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
15
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The four engine airplane departed Rome-Urbe Airport on a schedule service to Paris with an intermediate stop in Lyon, carrying 15 passengers and a crew of three. While cruising along the Rhône River, the crew encountered stormy weather when the aircraft was struck by lightning. The captain reduced his altitude and attempted an emergency landing when the aircraft crash landed in a pasture located in Le Creux de la Thine, near the Saint-Rambert-d'Albon Aerodrome. All 18 occupants evacuated safely and the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.
Probable cause:
Emergency landing after being struck by lightning.

Crash of a Caudron C.23 near Saint-Rambert-d’Albon: 2 killed

Date & Time: Apr 21, 1919 at 1040 LT
Type of aircraft:
Caudron C.23
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Postal (mail)
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Villacoublay - Rome
Location:
Saint-Rambert-d’Albon
Drôme
Country:
France
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The crew was performing the first postal flight between Paris and Rome, Italy. The aircraft departed Villacoublay Airport at 0600LT. While overflying Drôme, the crew encountered strong winds from the north and one of the engines seems to have problems. The crew elected to make an emergency landing when the aircraft crashed in an open field located in Coinaud, near Saint-Rambert-d’Albon. Both occupants were killed.
Crew:
Jules Védrines, pilot
Marcel Guillain, navigator.
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