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| Date: | Tuesday 23 August 1938 |
| Time: | 22:00 |
| Type: | Amiot 143 |
| Owner/operator: | GR II/35 l'Armee de L'Air |
| Registration: | 51 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Lyon-Bron Airport, Rhône 69 -
 France
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Lyon-Bron Airport, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France (LYN/LFLY) |
| Lyon-Bron Airport |
The crew was performing a training flight on behalf of the Reconnaissance Group II/35 based in Lyon-Bron. In the evening, aircraft left Lyon with another Amiot 143 registered 120. In flight, both aircraft collided and crashed in a field and onto a house. All six occupants - three in each aircraft - were killed.
Crew:
Under Lieutenant Pierre Delaye, pilot,
Adjutant Gaston Capdeville, pilot,
Adjutant Serge-André Dore, copilot.
Sources:
1. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-amiot-143-lyon-3-killed
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Jul-2015 18:49 | TB | Added |
| 15-Apr-2019 17:36 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 21-Dec-2019 15:31 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
| 21-Dec-2019 15:35 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
| 12-Jun-2020 16:31 | TB | Updated [Location, Destination airport, ] |
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