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| Date: | Monday 21 April 1919 |
| Time: | 10:40 LT |
| Type: | Caudron C.23 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Saint-Rambert-d’Albon, Valence, Drôme 26 -
 France
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Villacoublay, Paris |
| Rome, Italy | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Crew was performing the first postal flight between Paris and Rome, Italy. Aircraft left Villacoublay Airport at 06:00 LT. While overflying Drôme, aircraft encountered strong winds from the north and one of the engines seems to have problems. Crew elected to make an emergency landing but aircraft eventually crashed in an open field located in Coinaud, near Saint-Rambert-d’Albon. Both crew were killed.
Crew:
Jules Védrines, pilot
Marcel Guillain, navigator.
Sources:
1. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-caudron-c23-near-saint-rambert-dalbon-2-killed
2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caudron_C.23#Operational_history
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jules_V%C3%A9drines
4. New York Times. Associated Press. April 22, 1919: https://www.nytimes.com/1919/04/22/archives/vedrines-killed-in-parisrome-trip-airplane-falls-from-great-height.html
5. https://www.air-journal.fr/2018-04-21-le-21-avril-1919-dans-le-ciel-le-raid-paris-rome-de-vedrines-et-guillain-tourne-mal-5197688.html
Media:
Jules Védrines and his mechanic taking off for the last time 21 April 1919:
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 28-Oct-2017 07:30 | Sergey L. | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 27-Mar-2019 22:36 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
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