Loss of LN-LAI off Bangui 1952

[longshot]

There's a photo of this Sandringham for sale on Ebay...I hadn't come across the accident before https://aviation-safety.net/photo/5359/ ... m-6-LN-LAI https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/z8QAAOSw ... -l1600.jpg

[longshot]

Bouncing this question again....does anybody (perhaps with connections to the Biscaroffe museum?) have any information on this Sandringham (LN-LAI) and 'France-Hydro SA' (formerly SEMAF)the company chartering it when it was lost near Bangui in 1952. France Hydro more famously lost a Latecoere 631 F-BDRE down there in September 1955 viewtopic.php?f=14&t=857&p=7108&hilit=france+hydro#p7108

[Meisterlin]

Hi 'Longshot'

what kind of information are you looking for? I found some information on French magazines, but much more. I am still translating this as I did not like my original translation.

/Rob

[longshot]

Thanks, Rob....Looking for any information on the France Hydro operation . The story that the flying boats were carrying cotton bales sounds a little unlikely. Photos would be interesting ,too Mick