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| Date: | Wednesday 17 November 1948 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas Dakota IV (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
| Registration: | KP223 |
| MSN: | 33440/16692 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1945 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-90C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Schönberg -
 Germany
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Berlin-R.A.F. Gatow Airport (GWW/EDBG) |
| Lübeck-Blankensee RAF Station (LBC/EDHL) |
The Dakota C.4 was on a Blind Approach Beam System (BABS) approach to Lübeck-Blankensee RAF Station during the Berlin Airlift when it crashed and caught fire 15 km ENE of the air base.
Sources:
Broken Wings : Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents / James J. Halley
Die Rosinenbomber: Die Berliner Luftbrücke 1948/49, Huschke, Wolfgang J.
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