Chièvres - Chièvres

On October 24, 1940 at 12:00 AM, Chièvres - Chièvres experienced a crash involving Fiat BR.20 Cigogna, operated by Regia Aeronautica, with the event recorded near Florenville Luxembourg.

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

6 people were known to be on board, 6 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 6, crew fatalities: 6, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The twin engine aircraft was involved in a bombing mission over England and left Chièvres AFB in the day. In unknown circumstances, the aircraft went out of control and crashed some 400 meters from the Florenville station. All six crew members were killed. Crew (13th Squadron): Cpt Carlo Pagani, pilot, Arrigo Tenente Vardabasso, pilot Giovanni Maresciallo Favia, copilot, Sgt Aldo Maggiori Del Monte, flight engineer, Sgt-Mag Paride Astesati, air gunner, Sgt Paolo Biziocchi, radio navigator.

Aircraft reference details include registration MM21928.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 49.6993°, 5.3101°.