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| Date: | Sunday 19 September 1948 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Avro 685 York C.1 |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
| Registration: | MW288 |
| MSN: | |
| Engine model: | Rolls-Royce Merlin |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Wunstorf RAF Station -
 Germany
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Wunstorf RAF Station |
The Avro York transport plane was participating in the Berlin Airlift. During a night-time takeoff from Wunstorf, the aircraft suffered an engine failure. The pilot attempted to avoid hitting a GCA caravan at the airport but the plane stalled and crashed.
Sources:
Broken Wings : Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents / James J. Halley
Location
Images:
photo (c) Russ Hall, via Jim Hall; Sacramento-Mather AFB, CA (MHR); 1947
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