ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 74383
Last updated: 23 May 2013
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| Date: | 24-JAN-1949 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: | Douglas Dakota C.4 (C-47B/DC-3) |
| Operator: | Berlin Airlift RAF |
| Registration: | KN491 / 24 |
| C/n / msn: | 16261/33009 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 25 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Utecht -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Berlin/RAF Gatow |
| Lübeck/RAF Blankensee |
Crashed into forest near Schattin during night approach to Lübeck. 15 passengers (Lothar Zeidler, Peter Zimmermann (11), ...) and two crew members survived. The pilot (Ervin Eddy) and one passenger were seriously injured.
Sig. II L. E. Grout (RAF)
Gudrun Giessler
Ursula Grasshoff
Irmgard Kelch
Emanuel Kelch
Johann Lercher
Gerti Zimmermann
Silvia Zimmermann
Sources:
Die Rosinenbomber: Die Berliner Luftbrücke 1948/49, Huschke, Wolfgang J.
http://www.morgenpost.de/berlin/60-jahre-luftbruecke/article1091649/Ueber_Tempelhof_trudelten_Schoko_Rosinen_vom_Himmel.html
http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/BERLIN_A/BAPIC_17.HTM
http://www.peter-adler.de/zeitgeschichte/20051101_die_luftbruecke.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-May-2010 13:04 | TB | Added |
| 18-May-2010 03:16 | TB | Updated [Narrative] |
| 18-May-2010 08:50 | TB | Updated [Total fatalities, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-May-2010 09:39 | TB | Updated [Source] |
| 24-Aug-2010 13:59 | TB | Updated [Registration, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Jan-2012 04:49 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Mar-2012 13:31 | TB | Updated [Source] |
| 12-Jan-2013 07:47 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 12-Jan-2013 07:48 | Nepa | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport] |
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