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
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	Wunstorf RAF Station -   Germany
Phase:	Take off
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Wunstorf RAF Station
Destination airport:

Narrative:
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.

Broken Wings : Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents / James J. Halley

photo (c) Russ Hall, via Jim Hall; Sacramento-Mather AFB, CA (MHR); 1947

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