Date:	Wednesday 17 November 1948
Time:
Type:	Douglas Dakota IV (DC-3)
Owner/operator:	Royal Air Force - RAF
Registration:	KP223
MSN:	33440/16692
Year of manufacture:	1945
Engine model:	Pratt & Whitney R-1830-90C
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	Schönberg -   Germany
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Berlin-R.A.F. Gatow Airport (GWW/EDBG)
Destination airport:	Lübeck-Blankensee RAF Station (LBC/EDHL)

Narrative:
The Dakota C.4 was on a Blind Approach Beam System (BABS) approach to Lübeck-Blankensee RAF Station during the Berlin Airlift when it crashed and caught fire 15 km ENE of the air base.

Broken Wings : Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents / James J. Halley
Die Rosinenbomber: Die Berliner Luftbrücke 1948/49, Huschke, Wolfgang J.
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