Accident
Last updated: 25 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Datum: | 12 JAN 1949 |
| Zeit: | 00:05 |
| Flugzeugtyp: | Douglas C-54D-5-DC |
| Fluggesellschaft: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Kennzeichen: | 42-72629 |
| Werknummer: | 10734 |
| Baujahr: | 1945 |
| Besatzung: | Todesopfer: 3 / Insassen: 3 |
| Fluggäste: | Todesopfer: 0 / Insassen: 0 |
| Gesamt: | Todesopfer: 3 / Insassen: 3 |
| Sachschaden: | Zerstört |
| Konsequenzen: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Unfallort: | 4 km (2.5 Meilen) E of Frankfurt Rhein-Main Airport (FRA) (Deutschland)
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| Flugphase: | Annäherung (APR) |
| Betriebsart: | Militär |
| Flug von: | Berlin (unknown airport), Deutschland |
| Frankfurt Rhein-Main Airport (FRA/EDDF), Deutschland |
Crashed on approach in a snowstorm. The C-54 was part of the Berlin Airlift.
Informationsquelle:
» USAAS-USAAC-USAAF-USAF Aircraft Serial Numbers--1908 to Present / Joe Baugher
» Die Rosinenbomber, Die Berliner Luftbrücke 1948/49 / Huschke, Wolfgang J.
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This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
