Date:	Sunday 6 July 1952
Time:
Type:	Nord 2501 Noratlas
Owner/operator:	Nord Aviation
Registration:	F-WFUN
MSN:	02
Year of manufacture:	1950
Engine model:	Bristol Hercules 739
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	Lyon-Bron Airport (LYN) -   France
Phase:	Take off
Nature:	Demo/Airshow/Display
Departure airport:	Lyon-Bron Airport (LYN/LFLY)
Destination airport:	Lyon-Bron Airport (LYN/LFLY)

Narrative:
One engine was shut down during a demonstration flight at a national air meeting at Lyon. The aircraft crashed from an altitude of 200 m. One of the casualties was the famous French pilot Marie-Louise 'Maryse' Bastié.

Du Noratlas au Transall : 40 annees de transport aerien militaire / Claude TERRAZZONI
Drames aeriens dans le departement du Rhone

photo (c) SMCAN / ETH Zurich; in flight (CC:by-nc-nd)

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