Narrative:
Two USAF Douglas C-47 transport aircraft (43-16036 and 43-15116), participating in the Berlin Airlift, crashed following a mid-air collision.
One aircraft crashed about 100 yards south of Ravolzhausen, the other about 1 km north-west of Ravolzhausen.
Loss of control
» The Free Lance-Star - Aug 24, 1948
» Die Rosinenbomber: Die Berliner Luftbrücke 1948/49, Huschke, Wolfgang J.
| Status: | |
| Date: | Tuesday 24 August 1948 |
| Time: | 07:31 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47A-80-DL (DC-3) |
| Operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 43-15116 |
| MSN: | 19582 |
| First flight: | 1944 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Collision casualties: | Fatalities: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | near Ravolzhausen ( Germany)
|
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Berlin-Tempelhof Airport (THF/EDBB), Germany |
| Wiesbaden-Erbenheim (Y-80) Air Base (WIE/ETOU), Germany |
Two USAF Douglas C-47 transport aircraft (43-16036 and 43-15116), participating in the Berlin Airlift, crashed following a mid-air collision.
One aircraft crashed about 100 yards south of Ravolzhausen, the other about 1 km north-west of Ravolzhausen.
Classification:
Mid air collisionLoss of control
Sources:
» The Unheralded: Men and Women of the Berlin Blockade and Airlift/Edwin Gere» The Free Lance-Star - Aug 24, 1948
» 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-Tempelhof Airport to Wiesbaden-Erbenheim (Y-80) Air Base as the crow flies is 441 km (276 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.
Distance from Berlin-Tempelhof Airport to Wiesbaden-Erbenheim (Y-80) Air Base as the crow flies is 441 km (276 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.
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