Status: | |
Datum: | Montag 24 Januar 1949 |
Flugzeugtyp: | Douglas Dakota IV (DC-3) |
Fluggesellschaft: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
Kennzeichen: | KN491 |
Werknummer: | 33009/16261 |
Baujahr: | 1945 |
Triebwerk: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-90C |
Besatzung: | Todesopfer: 1 / Insassen: 3 |
Fluggäste: | Todesopfer: 7 / Insassen: 22 |
Gesamt: | Todesopfer: 8 / Insassen: 25 |
Sachschaden: | Zerstört |
Konsequenzen: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
Unfallort: | nahe Utecht ( Deutschland)
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Flugphase: | Annäherung (APR) |
Betriebsart: | Militär |
Flug von: | Berlin-R.A.F. Gatow Airport (GWW/EDBG), Deutschland |
Flug nach: | Lübeck-Blankensee RAF Station (LBC/EDHL), Deutschland |
Unfallbericht:The Dakota crashed into a forest in East Germany while approaching Lübeck at night.
Informationsquelle:
» 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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Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does
not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Berlin-R.A.F. Gatow Airport to Lübeck-Blankensee RAF Station as the crow flies is 217 km (136 miles).
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.