Status: | |
Datum: | Dienstag 22 März 1949 |
Flugzeugtyp: | Douglas Dakota IV (DC-3) |
Fluggesellschaft: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
Kennzeichen: | KJ970 |
Werknummer: | 26264/14819 |
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)
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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: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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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.