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| Date: | Thursday 8 July 1948 |
| Time: | 23:30 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47A-30-DK (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 43-48256 |
| MSN: | 25517/14072 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 16 km NNE of Wiesbaden -
 Germany
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Wiesbaden-Erbenheim (Y-80) Air Base (WIE/ETOU) |
| Berlin-Tempelhof Airport (THF/EDBB) |
Crashed into Mount Steinkopf, near Königstein, Taunus. The C-47 was part of the Berlin Airlift.
Sources:
Die Rosinenbomber: Die Berliner Luftbrücke 1948/49, Huschke, Wolfgang J
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