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The pilot, the illustrious WW1 French ace Captain Rene Fonck and the co-pilot Lt Laurence Curtin USN managed to escape the flames, but the radio operator Charles Clavier and the flight mechanic Jacob Islamoff both died.
On 25 May 1916 Fonck's observer was killed by an anti-aircraft shell burst, a fate that almost befell Fonck a few weeks later. Fonck claimed his first enemy aircraft in July 1916, but his victory was unconfirmed.
- France
- 18 June 1953 (aged 59), Paris, France
Mar 29, 2018 · In late July, when GC.12 moved to Dunkirk in the Flanders sector, to face some of the best fighter squadrons in the German air service, the aerial action heated up considerably. On August 19, Fonck embarked on a winning streak, downing an enemy plane daily until the 22nd.
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The Sikorsky S-35 was an American triple-engined sesquiplane transport later modified to use three-engines. It was designed and built by the Sikorsky Manufacturing Company for an attempt by René Fonck on a non-stop Atlantic crossing for the Orteig Prize. It was destroyed in the attempt.
- August 23, 1926
- Sikorsky Manufacturing Company
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- Transatlantic sesquiplane
Fonck survived the war as France's leading air ace. Staying in aviation, Fonck twice failed to make the first west-to-east transalantic crossing in 1926 and 1927, narrowly avoiding his own premature end in the crash of his big Sikorsky S-35 on 20 Septenber 1926.
ROOSEVELT FIELD, WESTBURY, N. Y., Sept. 21.—Rene Fonck’s long heralded attempt to fly with threo companions from New York to Parle started today amid the acclaim of a thousand persons, and three minutes later it ended, the plane in flames and two of the crew dead.
Crash of a Sikorsky S-35 in Roosevelt Field: 2 killed. Date & Time: Sep 21, 1926. Type of aircraft: Sikorsky S-35. Operator: Argonauts. Flight Phase: Takeoff (climb) Flight Type: Private. Survivors: Yes. Site: Airport (less than 10 km from airport) Schedule: Roosevelt Field - Paris. Location: Roosevelt Field. New York. Country:
