Crash of a Potez 25 in Vélizy-Villacoublay

Date & Time: Jun 7, 1940 at 1145 LT
Type of aircraft:
Potez 25
Operator:
Registration:
2010
Flight Phase:
Landing (descent or approach)
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
Schedule:
Rennes - Vélizy-Villacoublay
MSN:
2010
Location:
Vélizy-Villacoublay
Yvelines
Country:
France
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
On final approach to Vélizy-Villacoublay Airport, the aircraft crashed due to a fuel exhaustion. The pilot was uninjured and the aircraft was destroyed.
Crew:
Sgt/C Jean Bétrancourt, pilot.
Probable cause:
Fuel exhaustion.

Crash of a Caudron C.635M Simoun near Trébry: 1 killed

Date & Time: May 3, 1940 at 1030 LT
Type of aircraft:
Caudron C.630/C.635 Simoun
Operator:
Registration:
205
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Training
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Rennes - Rennes
MSN:
7771.75
YOM:
1937
Location:
Trébry
Côtes-d'Armor
Country:
France
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The crew departed Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport at 0910LT on a local training flight. While cruising at low height, the airplane entered an area of thick fog when it impacted trees and crashed in Mont de Bel Air. The pilot was killed and the second occupant was seriously injured.
Crew:
Lt Col Georges Pierre Gabriel Fauvel, pilot,
Lt André Sarran.

Crash of a Lioré-et-Olivier LeO 20 in Gévizé

Date & Time: May 31, 1934 at 1530 LT
Type of aircraft:
Lioré-et-Olivier LeO 20
Operator:
Registration:
107
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Gaël - Chartres
MSN:
107
YOM:
1930
Location:
Rennes
Ille-et-Vilaine
Country:
France
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The crew was returning to his base in Chartres following aerial manoeuvres in Gaël, Ille-et-Vilaine. While cruising at a height of 400 metres north of Rennes, the pilot encountered engine problems and elected to make an emergency landing. On final, the airplane impacted telephone wires, stalled and crashed in a field located in Gévezé, some 12 km north of Rennes. The wreckage was found along a railway track. The aircraft was destroyed and all four crew members evacuated uninjured.
Crew:
Sgt/C Aouach, pilot,
S/Lt Baillard, observer,
Sgt/C Marot, mechanic,
Sgt/C Castets, radio operator.
Probable cause:
Engine malfunction.
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