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| Date: | Saturday 25 June 1949 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-54E-1-DO (DC-4) |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 44-9050 |
| MSN: | 27276 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Berlin-Tempelhof Airport (THF) -
 Germany
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Frankfurt-Rhein-Main AFB (FRF/EDAF) |
| Berlin-Tempelhof Airport (THF/EDBB) |
Overturned on landing and came to rest inverted. One crew member suffered injuries. The C-54 was part of the Berlin Airlift.
Sources:
Historical Airlift Report of Tempelhof Airbase/picture, via Huschke, Wolfgang J. /Die Rosinenbomber, Die Berliner Luftbrücke 1948/49
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