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| Date: | Wednesday 9 March 1949 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-54D-1-DC (DC-4) |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 42-72464 |
| MSN: | 10569 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial, repaired |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | N of Celle -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Celle RAF Station (ZCN/ETHC) |
| Berlin-R.A.F. Gatow Airport (GWW/EDBG) |
Failure of engine No.2. A propeller blade penetrated the fuselage. The C-54 returned and emergency landed at Celle Airport.
The Skymaster was repaired and converted to SC-54D.
Sources:
Major USAF (Ret.) Bill J. Anderson/picture, via Huschke, Wolfgang J. /Die Rosinenbomber, Die Berliner Luftbrücke 1948/49
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