Accident description
Last updated: 19 June 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 12 JUL 1949 |
| Type: | Douglas C-54D-1-DC (DC-4) |
| Operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 42-72476 |
| C/n / msn: | 10581 |
| First flight: | 1945 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 19 km (11.9 mls) W of Rathenow (Germany)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| ? |
Crashed. The Skymaster was part of the Berlin Airlift.
Sources:
» 317th Veterans Group Web site
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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.
