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| Date: | Monday 4 August 1941 |
| Time: | 12:00 LT |
| Type: | Caudron C.444 Goéland |
| Owner/operator: | Air Bleu |
| Registration: | F-AOMR |
| MSN: | 7267/3 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Pic d'Estables, Salvezines, Aude, France -
 France
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Vichy, Allier, France |
| Pau, Pyrénées Atlantiques, France |
F-AOMR Caudron 441 Goeland (MSN 7267/5); first registered 8.4.36 (C of R 4651) to S.A. des Avions Caudron, Issy. C of T 7.36 to Caudron 440. Registration F-AOMR cancelled 11.36 as "Sold abroad". Re-registered as Caudron 444 (3/7267) on 28.9.37 (C of R 5398) to S.A. des Avions Caudron, Issy. Re-registered 3.38 to Cie Air Bleu, Paris.
Written off (destroyed) 4.8.41: While on a postal flight, the crew did not realise they were flying too low due to bad weather conditions. The aircraft hit a mountain and was destroyed near Salvezines, Aude, France. Both crewmen were killed, as was their passenger, Claire Roman, herself a well-known pre-war sporting pilot.
Crew:
Max Rives, pilot,
Jean Joly, radio navigator.
Passenger:
Claire Roman
Sources:
1. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/f-aaaa.pdf
2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_F-15.html
3. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-caudron-c444-near-salvezines-2-killed
4. https://www.siv.archives-nationales.culture.gouv.fr/siv/rechercheconsultation/consultation/ir/pdfIR.action?irId=FRAN_IR_057354
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claire_Roman
6. Air-Britain Digest, Winter 1993, Caudron Goeland article by Harm J. Hazewinkel
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 06-Apr-2019 22:07 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 08-Feb-2021 10:12 | Pete78 | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 23-Sep-2023 17:55 | Anon. | Updated |
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