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Crash Site Morane-Saulnier 406 N° 837 - GC III/7

French pilot Lieutenant Paul Costey was killed on 15 May 1940 when his Morane-Saulnier MS 406 of the Groupe de Chasse III/7 was attacked by twelve Messerschmitt Bf 109s. He crashed here in a field at St.-Aubin near the Morialmé-Florennes road.
This monument was erected in 1991 at the place where he died.

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Source

  • Text: Luc Van Waeyenberge
  • Photos: Luc Van Waeyenberge
  • https://www.hangarflying.eu/

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