Date:	Tuesday 22 March 1949
Time:
Type:	Douglas Dakota IV (DC-3)
Owner/operator:	Royal Air Force - RAF
Registration:	KJ970
MSN:	26264/14819
Year of manufacture:	1944
Engine model:	Pratt & Whitney R-1830-90C
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	3 km SE of Lübeck -   Germany
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Berlin-R.A.F. Gatow Airport (GWW/EDBG)
Destination airport:	Lübeck-Blankensee RAF Station (LBC/EDHL)

Narrative:
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.

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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