ASN Aircraft accident Handley Page Hastings C.1 TG534 Schleswigland RAF Station (WBG)
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Date:Wednesday 6 April 1949
Type:Silhouette image of generic hphs model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Handley Page Hastings C.1
Operator:Royal Air Force - RAF
Registration: TG534
MSN: HP67/39
First flight:
Crew:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Passengers:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Total:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Aircraft damage: Damaged beyond repair
Location:Schleswigland RAF Station (WBG) (   Germany)
Phase: Standing (STD)
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Schleswigland RAF Station (WBG/ETNS), Germany
Destination airport:?
Narrative:
Caught fire on engine start up due to a fuel leak. The aircraft was taking part in the Berlin airlift.

Classification:
Damaged on the ground

Sources:
» Broken Wings : Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents / James J. Halley
» Hastings Bangs and Prangs and Splashes and Crashes


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