Last updated: 7 March 2021
| Status: | |
| Date: | Tuesday 18 January 1949 |
| Time: | ca 13:30 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-54G-15-DO (DC-4) |
| Operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 45-563 |
| C/n / msn: | 36016 |
| First flight: | 1945 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | 10 km (6.3 mls) E of Fassberg ( Germany)
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| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Berlin-Tempelhof Airport (THF/EDBB), Germany |
| Faßberg Air Base (ETHS), Germany |
Crashed and burned 10 km E of Fassberg, Germany. The Skymaster was part of Berlin Airlift. 1st/Lt. Robert P. Weaver (pilot) killed.
Sources:
» USAAS-USAAC-USAAF-USAF Aircraft Serial Numbers--1908 to Present / Joe Baugher» Huschke, Wolfgang J. /Die Rosinenbomber
» Die Rosinenbomber, Die Berliner Luftbrücke 1948/49
» The Unheralded: Men an Woman of the Berlin Blockade and Airlift/Edward Gere
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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 Faßberg Air Base as the crow flies is 220 km (138 miles).
Accident location: Global; accuracy within tens or hundreds of kilometers.
Distance from Berlin-Tempelhof Airport to Faßberg Air Base as the crow flies is 220 km (138 miles).
Accident location: Global; accuracy within tens or hundreds of kilometers.
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.
