Cherbourg - Cherbourg

On November 12, 1934 at 12:00 AM, Cherbourg - Cherbourg experienced a crash involving CAMS 55, operated by French Navy, with the event recorded near Cosqueville Manche.

The flight was categorized as training and the reported phase was flight at a plain, valley crash site.

5 people were known to be on board, 5 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 4, crew fatalities: 4, passengers on board: 1, passenger fatalities: 1, other fatalities: 0.

The airplane departed Cherbourg harbor on a training sortie with three other similar airplanes. While returning to its base at night, the floatplane crashed in unknown circumstances on a sand dune located north of Cosqueville, bursting into flames. A crew member was seriously injured while four other occupants were killed. The following day, the only survivor died from his injuries. Crew: EV2 Jean-Paul Colas, pilot, Q/Me André Dieudonné Aimé Dolhant, radio operator, S/M Liévin Émile Dumont, pilot stoker, S/M André Charles Gaston Huet, mechanic. Passenger: Henri Marie Rampont, doctor.

Aircraft reference details include registration 1.E1.6, MSN 15, year of manufacture 1930.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 49.6944°, -1.4090°.