Narrative:
Overran runway on landing runway 27R; crashed into a dam (Tempelhofer Damm) and caught fire.
» Landesbildstelle Berlin/picture
» http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/BERLIN_A/BAPIC_18.HTM
» L'Unità 21-08-1948
| Status: | |
| Date: | Friday 13 August 1948 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-54G-1-DO (DC-4) |
| Operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 45-514 |
| MSN: | 35967 |
| First flight: | 1945 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | Berlin-Tempelhof Airport (THF) ( Germany)
|
| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| Berlin-Tempelhof Airport (THF/EDBB), Germany |
Overran runway on landing runway 27R; crashed into a dam (Tempelhofer Damm) and caught fire.
Classification:
Runway excursion
Sources:
» Die Rosinenbomber, Die Berliner Luftbrücke 1948/49 / Huschke, Wolfgang J.» Landesbildstelle Berlin/picture
» http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/BERLIN_A/BAPIC_18.HTM
» L'Unità 21-08-1948
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