ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 18843
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| Date: | Monday 21 March 1949 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax C.8 |
| Owner/operator: | Lancashire Aircraft Corporation (LAC) |
| Registration: | G-AJZZ |
| MSN: | 1396 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near RAF Schleswigland, Jagel, Schleswig-Holstein -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Tempelhof (EDDI) |
| Schleswigland (ETNS) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Flew into high ground at night during Berlin Airlift ("Operation Planefare"). On final approach to Schleswigland Air Base, the four engine aircraft was too low and crashed few hundred yards short of runway. Three crew members were killed while the fourth occupant was injured. The aircraft was destroyed.
Crew:
Capt. Robert John Freight, pilot
James Patrick Lewin Sharp, navigator,
Henry Patterson, flight engineer
Sources:
1. Die Rosinenbomber: Die Berliner Luftbrücke 1948/49, Huschke, Wolfgang J.
2. http://www.harringtonmuseum.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DropZone-Volume-6-Issue-2-July-2008.pdf
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schleswig_Air_Base#Berlin_Airlift_casualties_at_RAF_Schleswigland
5. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AJZZ.pdf
6. http://halifax346et347.canalblog.com/archives/les_halifax_ii_v_iii_vi_et_vii_/index.html
7. http://www.bbaa-airlift.org.uk/page15.html
9. https://www.key.aero/forum/historic-aviation/148884-names-on-berlin-airlift-memorial
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-May-2008 11:10 | ASN archive | Added |
| 31-May-2010 12:09 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 31-May-2010 12:19 | TB | Updated [Narrative] |
| 07-Mar-2017 20:48 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 22-Dec-2018 14:43 | TB | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 30-Oct-2019 00:03 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 13-Jun-2020 19:10 | TB | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 09-Apr-2024 09:58 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Location, Narrative, Operator] |
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