Accident Beechcraft C18S F-BEAF,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 145492
 
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Date:Monday 8 November 1948
Time:17:39 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic BE18 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Beechcraft C18S
Owner/operator:Escadrille Mercure Taxis Aeriens
Registration: F-BEAF
MSN: 6336
Fatalities:Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:near Dieppe -   France
Phase: En route
Nature:Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi
Departure airport:LFPB
Destination airport:LON
Narrative:
Aircraft took off 16:38 LT and disappeared over the English Channel in adverse weather conditions. Six players of Czechoslovak national ice-hockey player team, the French pilot René de Narbonne (36) and the navigator died. No aircraft wreckage nor bodies were found.

Sources:

http://pdennez.free.fr/hommes/html/h081.html
https://technet.idnes.cz/trosky-letadla-s-nasimi-hokejisty-nikdy-nenasli-zabil-je-sebevedomy-pilot-15s-/tec_technika.aspx?c=A110911_155221_tec_technika_kuz
El Litoral 9 November 1948, p1

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
08-May-2012 04:15 TB Added
08-May-2012 04:30 TB Updated [Source]
05-May-2013 23:21 Dr. John Smith Updated [Time, Registration, Location, Source, Narrative]
18-Feb-2015 19:56 TB Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
18-Mar-2021 15:12 Mormegil Updated [Registration, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative]
11-Nov-2023 13:04 Anon. Updated [Registration]

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