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| Date: | Friday 4 March 1949 |
| Time: | 16:59 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-54E-5-DO (DC-4) |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 44-9086 |
| MSN: | 27312 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1945 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Bad Langensalza -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Wiesbaden-Erbenheim (Y-80) Air Base (WIE/ETOU) |
| Berlin-Tempelhof Airport (THF/EDBB) |
Caught fire & crashed in a field close to Heroldishausen. Two crew members and the two passengers bailed out. 1st/Lt. Royce C. Stephens (pilot) killed. The C-54 was part of Berlin Airlift. The accident was caused by an engine oil leak that resulted in a fire
Sources:
USAAS-USAAC-USAAF-USAF Aircraft Serial Numbers--1908 to Present / Joe Baugher
Huschke, Wolfgang J. /Die Rosinenbomber, Die Berliner Luftbrücke 1948/49
The Unheralded: Men and Women of the Berlin Blockade and Airlift/Edwin Gere
50 Jahre Stiftung Luftbrücke
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