Date
Location
Force
Aircraft
From-To
Crew
18-06-1940
Ovar
Armée de l'Air - Group Aérienne d’Observation
Caudron C.630M Simoun T-585
France (Pau) → Portugal
Sgt-Chef Jean Dreyfus France
The pilot escaped from France when the capitulation of the country was announced. The aircraft was offered, after the war, to a Portuguese lawyer from the city of Covilhã and had registry CS-ADG. In 1973 it was donated to the Musée de L'air being the only complete Caudron of that museum. It is on display with the registry F-ANRO.
Resources:
* “Aviões da Cruz de Cristo” – Mário Canongia Lopes
