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| Date: | Saturday 30 April 1949 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax C.8 |
| Owner/operator: | World Air Freight Ltd |
| Registration: | G-AKAC |
| MSN: | 1340 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Nauen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Hamburg Airport, Hamburg (HAM/EDDH) |
| Berlin-Tegel Airport, Berlin (TXL/EDDT) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Crashed during Berlin Airlift. While approaching Berlin on a cargo flight from Hamburg, taking part to the Berlin Airlift, the four engine aircraft crashed in unknown circumstances. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Captain William Richard Donald Lewis, pilot,
Edward Ernest Carroll, navigator,
John Anderson, flight engineer,
Kenneth George Wood, radio operator.
Sources:
1. Die Rosinenbomber: Die Berliner Luftbrücke 1948/49, Huschke, Wolfgang J.
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File BT 217/2492: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C576646
4. http://halifax346et347.canalblog.com/archives/les_halifax_ii_v_iii_vi_et_vii_/index.html
5. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AKAC.pdf
7. http://www.bbaa-airlift.org.uk/page15.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-May-2008 11:10 | ASN archive | Added |
| 31-May-2010 12:38 | TB | Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 07-Mar-2017 21:26 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 07-Mar-2017 21:28 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 22-Dec-2018 14:36 | TB | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 22-Dec-2018 14:44 | TB | Updated [Operator, Narrative, ] |
| 30-Oct-2019 01:26 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 30-Oct-2019 18:57 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 12-Dec-2019 16:05 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, ] |
| 10-Feb-2020 17:54 | johnnyalucard | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 15-Jun-2020 15:40 | TB | Updated [Location, Source, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
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