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| Date: | Monday 24 January 1949 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas Dakota IV (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
| Registration: | KN491 |
| MSN: | 33009/16261 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1945 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-90C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 25 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Utecht -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Berlin-R.A.F. Gatow Airport (GWW/EDBG) |
| Lübeck-Blankensee RAF Station (LBC/EDHL) |
The Dakota crashed into a forest in East Germany while approaching Lübeck at night.
Sources:
Broken Wings : Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents / James J. Halley
The History of British Military Conflicts since 1945
Die Rosinenbomber: Die Berliner Luftbrücke 1948/49, Huschke, Wolfgang J
Die Luftbrücke tv documentary
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