Mid-air collision Accident Morane-Saulnier MS 406 549/N-967,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 54035
 
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Date:Monday 13 May 1940
Time:09:20 LT
Type:Morane-Saulnier MS 406
Owner/operator:GC III/3 - Armée de l'Air
Registration: 549/N-967
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Etten-Leur, Noord-Brabant -   Netherlands
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Narrative:
While engaged in aerial combat with Bf 109E aircraft of the I./JG 26, the aircraft collided in mid-air with a Bf 109 E-1 of the 1./JG 26 flown by Unteroffizier H. Speck. Both pilots did not survive.

Capt. R.J.A. Trouillard was initially buried at Etten-Leur, but now rests at a cemetery in France.

Sources:

https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T0635&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
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Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-Dec-2008 11:45 ASN archive Added
29-Jun-2011 00:31 ThW Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Source, Narrative]
01-Dec-2017 08:54 Laurent Rizzotti Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative]
23-Mar-2020 14:25 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative]

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