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

[B.F.M. Droog]

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

[robert]

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

[B.F.M. Droog]

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

[pourteau]

Originally Posted by B.F.M. Droog

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

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

[robert]

Hi,

do you have takeoff time?

Regards

Robert

[pourteau]

Originally Posted by robert

Hi,

do you have takeoff time?

Regards

Robert

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

[robert]

Thanks a lot!

Regards

Robert