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| Date: | Saturday 11 December 1948 |
| Time: | 00:01 |
| Type: |  Douglas R5D-3 (DC-4) |
| Owner/operator: | United States Navy |
| Registration: | 56502 |
| MSN: | 10643 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1945 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 1,6 km S of Königstein im Taunus -
 Germany
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Berlin-Tempelhof Airport (THF/EDBB) |
| Frankfurt International Airport (FRA/EDDF) |
The C-54 crashed in Taunus Mountains near Frankfurt-am-Main, when it was returning from Berlin (Berlin Airlift)
Sources:
VR-6 Historical Report for 30 October 1948 to 31 January 1949
Location
Images:
photo (c) Paul G Sanger; Königstein im Taunus; December 1948
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