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| Date: | Tuesday 15 February 1949 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas R5D-2 (C-54B) |
| Owner/operator: | United States Navy |
| Registration: | 90386 |
| MSN: | 18372 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Oberpfaffenhofen Airport (OBF) -
 Germany
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| Oberpfaffenhofen Airport (OBF/EDMO) |
The crew forgot to lower the gear. The aircraft landed on its belly and skidded before coming to rest. Fire erupted.
Sources:
Wolfgang J. /Die Rosinenbomber, Die Berliner Luftbrücke 1948/49
Aviation Archaeological Investigation and Research (AAIR)
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