ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 221036
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| Date: | Tuesday 15 October 1946 |
| Time: | afternoon |
| Type: |  Avro Anson I |
| Owner/operator: | Armée de l'Air |
| Registration: | NK231 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Dent Du Chat, Savoie, near Lyon, Rhône 69 -
 France
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Bourget-du-Lac (15:00) |
| Chalons |
French military bi-motor (British type) crashed into hill (Dent du Chat) in bad visibility and caught fire. All five on board were killed. According to a rough translation from French into English of the accident report (see link #2 for the original French text):
"Captain Pierre Allegre
Warrant Officer André Godard
Sergeant Joseph Fourny
Sergeant Marcel Larue
Cap-Chef Abel Fillouin
of the Ecole de l'Air Fallen in air service Ordered on October 15, 1946
A twin-engine Avro Anson NK231 of the Ecole de l'Air, arrived three days earlier at the Air Base of Le Bourget du Lac collided with the Mont du Chat which overlooked the latter while trying to return to Salon de l'Air
Provence. Captain Pierre Allègre, Warrant Officer André Godard, Sergeants Joseph Fourny and Marcel Larue, and Master Corporal Abel Filquin were killed in the accident. A sixth crewman, René Moulin, had not boarded at the last moment!"
Dent du Chat (cat's tooth) is a mountain of Savoie, France. It lies in the Jura range. It has an elevation of 1,390 metres (4,560 ft) above sea level.
Sources:
1. Le Petit Marocain 16 October 1946
2. https://www.aerosteles.net/stelefr-montduchat-anson-site
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dent_du_Chat
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 23-Jan-2019 13:33 | TB | Added |
| 21-Jun-2020 08:33 | TB | Updated [Time, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Jun-2020 09:56 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative] |
| 10-Aug-2020 15:30 | TB | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 20-Sep-2020 15:09 | TB | Updated [Registration, Source] |
| 17-Oct-2020 19:59 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration] |
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