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| Date: | Wednesday 12 March 1952 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Junkers Ju 52 |
| Owner/operator: | Aéronautique navale (French Naval Air Arm) |
| Registration: | 4.S-5 |
| MSN: | 1025 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Location: | Near Collo, (then French) Algeria -
 Algeria
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Lartigue (French) Naval Air Station, Algeria |
| Karouba (nr. Bizerte) Naval Air Station |
On a transit flight from Lartigue (near Oran, Algeria) to Karouba (Tunisia), crashed against a summit near Collo.
"4.S-5" was a squadron marking, meaning fifth aircraft of Escadrille 4.S, French Navy.
International radio call-sign, although not confirmed, was almost certainly F-YCDE beign tied up to squadron code.
Sources:
1. French Navy official archives as supplied by French Naval Aviation Historical Society (ARDHAN)
2. Lucien Morareau, Mémorial de l'Aéronautique navale (1910-2010), published by ARDHAN, 2010, only from official sources.
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-Jun-2024 16:10 | Jean-Pierre Dubois | Added |
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