The Refuge des Grand Mulets sits at 3051 m (10,010 ft) on the Mont Blanc. The mountain hut was rebuilt in 1960. Here the famous French mountaineer and High Commissioner for Youth and Sport Maurice Herzog arrives for the inauguration. F-BIFL crashed three days later. The pilot and a mechanic were killed. Photo by: Henri Salesse / Ministry of Construction (France)

We can only find a snippet of information about Air Inter - then a new airline - starting Alouette II flights between Le Bourget and Orly airports on 21 July 1958. By 1960 F-BIFL was operated by Helicop-Air. It fatally crashed on 20 August 1960 in the French Alps. Photo from: Nationaal Archief (Netherlands)