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Seine-et-Marne

Crash of an Avro 652 Anson I in Dammartin-en-Goële

Date & Time: Feb 10, 1950
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
G-AJBA
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
London – Paris
MSN:
AX409
YOM:
1947
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The crew was performing a cargo flight from London to Paris, carrying a load of newspapers. On approach to Le Bourget Airport, and engine caught fire. The crew elected to make an emergency landing when the aircraft crash landed and came to rest in flames in a field located in Dammartin-en-Goële. Both occupants were slightly injured and the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.
Probable cause:
Engine fire.

Crash of a SNCAC NC.702 Martinet in Melun

Date & Time: Jul 28, 1948
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
F-BDLR
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Schedule:
Melun - Melun
MSN:
0281
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
0
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
Crashed shortly after takeoff from Melun-Villaroche Airport while on a test flight. The crew fate remains unknown.

Crash of a Sud-Est SE.161 Languedoc in Coulommiers

Date & Time: Jun 14, 1948
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
F-BATG
Flight Phase:
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
07
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
0
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
Crashed in unknown circumstances in Coulommiers. There were no casualties.

Crash of a Douglas A-26 Invader in Chelles-le-Pin

Date & Time: Dec 24, 1947
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Vélizy-Villacoublay – Blida
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
9
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
Few minutes after takeoff from Vélizy-Villacoublay, an engine caught fire. The captain elected to return but was forced to attempt an emergency landing in a field located near the aerodrome of Chelles-le-Pin. The aircraft belly landed and came to rest in flames. All 15 occupants, most of them women and children flying back to Algeria, were slightly injured while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.
Probable cause:
Engine fire.

Crash of a Noorduyn UC-64A Norseman in Chelles-le-Pin: 1 killed

Date & Time: Sep 15, 1944 at 1200 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
43-35360
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Chartres - Chelles-le-Pin
MSN:
434
YOM:
1944
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
Crashed and destroyed on landing while on a flight from Chartres. The pilot Robert K. Brown was killed.

Crash of a Consolidated B-24J-130-CO Liberator in Coulombs-en-Valois: 1 killed

Date & Time: Apr 1, 1944 at 1350 LT
Operator:
Registration:
42-110087
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Seething - Seething
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
10
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The bomber aircraft left RAF Seething on a bombing mission to Ludwigshafen. While cruising east of Paris, the aircraft was shot down by enemy fire. All ten crewmen were able to bail out while the aircraft crashed in an open field located in Coulombs-en-Valois. Nine crew members were unhurt while one was killed as his parachute did not open.
Crew (448th BG):
Lt Harrison C. Mellor, pilot,
2nd Lt Douglas J. Eames, pilot,
2nd Lt Frank H. Jacobson, navigator,
T/Sgt Francis C. Marx, radio operator,
Lt Marvin Thomson Goff, air bomber,
S/Sgt Nelson A. Branch, air gunner,
Sgt Mike Little, air gunner,
S/Sgt Ira R. Allen, air gunner,
S/Sgt Walter T. Bressler, air gunner,
T/Sgt William A. Warren, air gunner, †
Probable cause:
Shot down.

Crash of a Boeing B-17F-15-BO Flying Fortress in Villeroy: 1 killed

Date & Time: Dec 20, 1942 at 1240 LT
Operator:
Registration:
41-24495
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Thurleigh - Thurleigh
MSN:
3180
YOM:
1942
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
10
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Thurleigh on an operation to Romilly-sur-Seine. Passing east of Paris, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Villeroy. A crew was killed, nine others parachuted to safety, eight became PoW and the pilot evaded.
Crew:
1st Lt John R. McKee, pilot,
2nd Lt Leornard Eugene Hamaker, copilot,
Sgt Helmuth V. Roeder, flight engineer,
T/Sgt Francis John Hess, radio operator,
1st Lt Thomas S. Marchant, navigator,
2nd Lt George Lloyd Mathews, bomb aimer,
T/Sgt Stanley Clark Garner, air gunner,
Sgt Walter Wynn, air gunner,
Sgt Carl H. Warheit, air gunner, †
Sgt Darwin Wissenback, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Boeing B-17F-10-BO Flying Fortress in Le Mée-sur-Seine: 3 killed

Date & Time: Dec 20, 1942 at 1240 LT
Operator:
Registration:
41-24489
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
3174
YOM:
1942
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
10
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane was engaged in an operation to Romilly-sur-Seine. Passing west of Melun, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in the Seine River near Le Mée-sur-Seine. Three crew members were killed and seven others became PoW.
Crew:
1st Lt Lewis Robert McKesson, pilot,
2nd Lt Quentin Webster Burgett, copilot,
S/Sgt Stanley J. Milik, flight engineer, †
1st Lt Sidney Berk, navigator, †
T/Sgt Delmar Leslie Swyers, radio operator,
1st Lt Robert M. Freeman, bomb aimer, †
Sgt Ludvik V. Dejnozka, air gunner,
Sgt Richard Eugene Cox, air gunner,
Sgt Lucien Bedard, air gunner,
Sgt Fletcher Merton De Wolf, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Boeing B-17F-30-BO Flying Fortress in Les Orbies: 7 killed

Date & Time: Dec 20, 1942
Operator:
Registration:
42-5071
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Thurleigh - Thurleigh
MSN:
3610
YOM:
1942
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
10
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Thurleigh at 0930LT on an operation to Romilly-sur-Seine. Approaching Provins, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in an open field in Les Orbies. Seven crew members were killed, two became PoW and one evaded.
Crew:
1st Lt Danton J. Nygaard, pilot,
1st Lt Daniel Dulany De Butts Jr., copilot, †
Sgt Arthur A. Bloom, flight engineer, †
S/Sgt Robert B. Sandlin, radio operator, †
2nd Lt Frank Bob Leasman, navigator,
2nd Lt John S. Trost, bomb aimer,
S/Sgt Cecil J. Floyd, air gunner, †
Sgt Stephen Ross, air gunner, †
S/Sgt Arnold E. Pearson, air gunner, †
S/Sgt Edwin Adam Simoncek, air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Boeing B-17F-25-BO Flying Fortress near Achères-la-Forêt: 2 killed

Date & Time: Dec 12, 1942 at 1230 LT
Operator:
Registration:
41-24582
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Molesworth - Molesworth
MSN:
3267
YOM:
1942
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
10
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Molesworth at 1030LT on an operation to Romilly-sur-Seine. South of Paris, it was shot down by a German fighter and later abandoned by the crew. The airplane crashed 2 km from Achères-la-Forêt and exploded, injuring four people on the ground. Two crew members were killed and eight others parachuted to safety, five became PoW and three evaded.
Crew:
Cpt William Nathaniel Frost, pilot,
2nd Lt Robert L. Mays, copilot,
Sgt Floyd J. Shaw, flight engineer, †
T/Sgt Joseph Edwin Powers, radio operator,
1st Lt Joe Reid Phillips, navigator,
1st Lt Leon Woodrow Brownlee, bomb aimer,
T/Sgt Kenneth Gilbert Hildebrand, air gunner,
Sgt William Sheldon Devine, air gunner,
Sgt Billie K. Davis, air gunner, †
Sgt James Robert Toney, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.