OO-AUI

On May 23, 1940 at 12:00 AM, OO-AUI experienced a crash involving Douglas DC-3, operated by SABENA - Société Anonyme Belge d'Exploitation de la Navigation Aérienne, with the event recorded near Arques Pas-de-Calais.

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

6 people were known to be on board, 2 fatalities were recorded, 4 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 33.3%.

Crew on board: 4, crew fatalities: 2, passengers on board: 2, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is terrorism act, hijacking, sabotage. The aircraft was performing a flight from Brussels to the British Isles. While overflying the region of Merville, the aircraft was hot by the German Flak. The crew attempted to make an emergency landing but the aircraft eventually crashed in a field located near Arques and was destroyed. The pilot and the navigator were killed while both other crew members and both passengers were taken POW. Crew: Sgt Raymond Chartier, pilot, † Capt John M.H. Hoare, navigator, † P/O Benson Freeman, Pier Vrebos, engineer. Source: http://luchtvaartgeschiedenis.be/

Aircraft reference details include registration OO-AUI, MSN 02094, year of manufacture 1938.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 50.7349°, 2.3240°.