Victimes de l'Atlantique I
Victimes de l'Atlantique I stands in Antibes, near the old city walls and Port Vauban. Its setting brings together stone ramparts, harbour activity and the Mediterranean coast. A memorial here recalls the crew lost when the Atlantique I hydroplane crashed during test flights offshore. The aircraft was a Léo H 47, designed for long-distance routes across the South Atlantic.
Lucien Bourdin, Marcel Juin, Luce Brochet, Robert Blouin and Charles Rayer are remembered here. Their names connect this quiet site with France’s interwar aviation ambitions. Early hydroplanes promised links between Europe and South America, while ocean flights exposed crews to considerable danger. A vanished earlier memorial once took the shape of an aircraft tail fin and carried a tribute to Bourdin and his companions.
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