| Date: | Friday 27 January 1939 |
| Time: | 12:13 |
| Type: | Potez 62 |
| Owner/operator: | Air France |
| Registration: | F-ANPJ |
| MSN: | 3926 / 4 |
| Engine model: | Gnome-Rhône 14Kirs Mistral Major |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Köln-Butzweilerhof Airfield -
 Germany
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Paris (unknown airport) |
| Köln-Butzweilerhof Airfield |
The Potez 62, named "Courlis", hit a chimney in dense fog at Köln-Knapsack and crashed. The aircraft was on approach to Köln-Butzweilerhof Airfield, an intermediate stop a flight from Paris to Berlin.
Sources:
El Litoral 27-1-1939
De Maasbode, 27-1-1939
Location
Images:
photo (c) afvintage; Praha-Ruzyne International Airport (PRG/LKPR); 1937
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