Lorient - Lorient

On March 13, 1967 at 09:45 PM, Lorient - Lorient experienced a crash involving Lockheed P-2 Neptune, operated by French Navy, with the event recorded near Iroise Sea All France.

The flight was categorized as survey / patrol / reconnaissance and the reported phase was flight at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

13 people were known to be on board, 13 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 13, crew fatalities: 13, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The crew departed Lorient-Lann Bihoué Naval Air Station on a maritime patrol flight on behalf of the 24F Group. En route, in unknown circumstances, the airplane crashed into the Iroise Sea, some 40 nautical miles off the Ar-Men lighthouse, Britain. All 13 crew members were killed. Crew: Lieutenant de Vaisseau Thaddée Tyl, pilot, Maître Guy Stivalet, pilot, Lieutenant de Vaisseau Jean-François Lucas, navigator, Enseigne de Vaisseau Jacques Guillemette, navigator, Maître Michel Maurin, navigator, Premier Maître François Connan, flight engineer, Premier Maître Raymond Couturier, flight engineer, Maître Joseph Vanteene, flight engineer, Premier Maître Léopold Claulin, electronician, Maître Bernard Gueneguan, electronician, Maître Joseph Helliott, electronician, Maître Jean-Claude Pledel, electronician, Second Maître Louis Delannoy.

Aircraft reference details include registration 147565, MSN 726-7181, year of manufacture 1958.