Accident
Last updated: 20 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Datum: | 22 MRZ 1949 |
| Flugzeugtyp: | Douglas C-47B-10-DK Dakota C.4 |
| Fluggesellschaft: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
| Kennzeichen: | KJ970 |
| Werknummer: | 14819/26264 |
| Baujahr: | 1944 |
| Triebwerk: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-90C |
| Besatzung: | Todesopfer: 3 / Insassen: 3 |
| Fluggäste: | Todesopfer: 0 / Insassen: 0 |
| Gesamt: | Todesopfer: 3 / Insassen: 3 |
| Sachschaden: | Zerstört |
| Konsequenzen: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Unfallort: | 3 km (1.9 Meilen) SE of Lübeck (Deutschland) |
| Flugphase: | Annäherung (APR) |
| Betriebsart: | Militär |
| Flug von: | Berlin-R.A.F. Gatow Airport (GWW/EDBG), Deutschland |
| Lübeck-Blankensee RAF Station (LBC/EDHL), Deutschland |
Dakota KJ970 was participating in the Berlin Airlift operation. It was returning to Lübeck at night when it flew into the ground during a Blind Approach Beam System (BABS) approach.
Informationsquelle:
» BAAA-ACRO
» 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.
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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.
