Amiot 354, GB I/34, 14/05/1940, Maastricht area
 

Who can enlighten me with more information on the other crew members of this bomber, fate of the respective crew members, crash location, operation, cause of crash?:

Type: Amiot 354
Serial number: 34
Unit: GB I/34
Operation: ?
Lost: 14/05/1940
Colonel François
Crashed in the Maastricht area.

Regards,

Bart

Re: Amiot 354, GB I/34, 14/05/1940, Maastricht area
 

Hi,

I have serial: 30 and markings white 7 or 8. It was lost due to Flak probably in the night. I have only two crew members:
- Lt.Col.Dagnaux WIA (plane`s CO)
- Lt.Franck Fremond (pilot)

Regards

Robert

Re: Amiot 354, GB I/34, 14/05/1940, Maastricht area
 

Hello Robert,

Thanks! So the crew would be:

Lt.Col.Dagnaux WIA (plane's CO)
Lt.Franck Fremond (pilot) - safe?
and maybe Colonel François (fate unknown)? Or is Colonel François maybe Lt. Col. François Dagnaux?

Regards,

Bart

Re: Amiot 354, GB I/34, 14/05/1940, Maastricht area
 

gpourteau@yahoo.fr

Good morning;

Some information about Jean Dagnaux:

He was shot downn by german Flak during the night of 17/18 May 1940, between Guise and Vervins, town located in the north east of France. The Amiot crashed just before the church of a little village whose name is "la Vallée au Bled". There was a crew of 4 men, two dies an two escaped using their parachute.

Pilot : Frank Fremond (escaped)
Radio : Raymond Regnault (escaped)
Bomber : Maurice Lavolley (died)
Dagnaux, who took the place of the upper gunner before starting, died too with the planes's crashed.

The Amiot started from Nangis, a the east of Paris, in order to have a look of the german colunns near Chimay in Belgium, and eventually to drop bombs.

best regards

Re: Amiot 354, GB I/34, 14/05/1940, Maastricht area
 

Hi,

do you have takeoff time?

Regards

Robert

Re: Amiot 354, GB I/34, 14/05/1940, Maastricht area
 

23,00 hours or, if you prefer, 11 P.M.
Pourteau[/quote]

Re: Amiot 354, GB I/34, 14/05/1940, Maastricht area
 

Thanks a lot!

Regards

Robert