Date:	Monday 24 January 1949
Time:
Type:	Douglas Dakota IV (DC-3)
Owner/operator:	Royal Air Force - RAF
Registration:	KN491
MSN:	33009/16261
Year of manufacture:	1945
Engine model:	Pratt & Whitney R-1830-90C
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 25
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	near Utecht -   Germany
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Berlin-R.A.F. Gatow Airport (GWW/EDBG)
Destination airport:	Lübeck-Blankensee RAF Station (LBC/EDHL)

Narrative:
The Dakota crashed into a forest in East Germany while approaching Lübeck at night.

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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