ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 224082
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| Date: | Friday 26 April 1940 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Caudron C.280 Phalène |
| Owner/operator: | Battalion 107 L'Armee de l'Air |
| Registration: | F-AMZT |
| MSN: | 81/6917 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | La Route, near Jujurieux, Ain, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes -
 France
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Ambérieu-en-Bugey Airbase, Ain department of the Rhône-Alpes region (LFXA) |
F-AMZT Caudron 282/8 Phalene (81/6917); first registered 18.6.34 (3805) Rene Caudron, Issy. Regd 9.38 to Aero Club de Pontarlier (based Ambérieu-en-Bugey Airfield). Impressed into military service 10.39.
Written off (destroyed) 26.4.40: The crew was performing a test flight on behalf of battalion 107 based in the Ambérieu-en-Bugey Airbase. En route, the pilot did not realise he was flying too low. The single engine aircraft hit power cables and crashed near the hamlet of La Route, near Jujurieux, Ain Department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Eastern France (at approximate Coordinates: 46°02′27″N 5°24′34″E). Both crew members were killed.
Crew:
Slt Adrien Charles Bourbon, pilot,
Adj André Martin, engineer.
Sources:
1. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/f-aaaa.pdf
2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_F-12.html
3. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-caudron-c282-phalene-jujurieux-2-killed
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jujurieux
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amb%C3%A9rieu-en-Bugey_Air_Base
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Apr-2019 16:14 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 17-Apr-2019 16:30 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 13-Mar-2020 18:45 | DB | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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