ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 238924
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| Date: | Thursday 29 April 1948 |
| Time: | 13:00 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington |
| Owner/operator: | Armée de l'Air |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 13 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Mediterranean Sea, 200 meters from Rachgoun beach, off Bèni-Saf -
 Algeria
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Marrakech, Morocco |
| Oran, Algeria |
Ditched into the Mediterranean Sea, 200 meters from Rachgoun beach, off Bèni-Saf, Algeria. Ten rescued, three missing. Body of 2°Lt Maurice Simon (24) located 7 May, 21:00. Another body recovered a few days before.
Rachgoun is a town in northwestern Algeria, in the district of Béni-Saf. It is a small coastal village at the mouth of the Tafna wadi, 7 km west of the commune capital and facing its eponymous island - Rachgoun Island - located 2 km offshore.
The village is organised around two sandy beaches, Rachgoun beach crossed by the stream which flows into it, and, further east, Madrid beach, a small beach in a cove, from which it is separated by a rocky promontory.
Sources:
1. L'Echo d'Oran 30 April 1948, p1/1 May 1948, p2/9 May 1948, p3
2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachgoun
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-Aug-2020 08:11 | TB | Added |
| 01-Aug-2020 10:13 | TB | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Aug-2020 10:16 | TB | Updated [Narrative] |
| 12-Jun-2023 00:47 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [[Narrative]] |
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