Accident description
Last updated: 21 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 24 JAN 1949 |
| Type: | Douglas C-47B-30-DK Dakota C.4 |
| Operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
| Registration: | KN491 |
| C/n / msn: | 16261/33009 |
| First flight: | 1945 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-90C |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 22 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 25 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near Utecht (Germany) |
| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Berlin-R.A.F. Gatow Airport (GWW/EDBG), Germany |
| Lübeck-Blankensee RAF Station (LBC/EDHL), Germany |
The Dakota crashed into a forest in East Germany while approaching Lübeck at night.
Sources:
» Broken Wings : Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents / James J. Halley
» The History of British Military Conflicts since 1945
» Die Rosinenbomber: Die Berliner Luftbrücke 1948/49, Huschke, Wolfgang J
» Die Luftbrücke tv documentary
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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.
