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| Date: | Thursday 23 August 1956 |
| Time: | 09:30 |
| Type: | Morane |
| Owner/operator: | Armée de l'Air |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 9 mi S of Mascara (Muaskar) -
 Algeria
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | BA Thiersville/4°DIM |
A SNCAC NC 700 Martinet and an observation Morane aircraft collided and crashed. General Fernand Besancon (58) killed.
Sources:
https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k6739227v/f6.item.zoom
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-Jun-2020 09:57 | harro | Updated [Total occupants, Other fatalities, ] |
| 26-Jun-2020 07:54 | TB | Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 26-Jun-2020 08:00 | TB | Updated [Narrative, ] |
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