Date:	Friday 4 March 1949
Time:	16:59
Type:	Douglas C-54E-5-DO (DC-4)
Owner/operator:	United States Air Force - USAF
Registration:	44-9086
MSN:	27312
Year of manufacture:	1945
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 5
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	near Bad Langensalza -   Germany
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Wiesbaden-Erbenheim (Y-80) Air Base (WIE/ETOU)
Destination airport:	Berlin-Tempelhof Airport (THF/EDBB)

Narrative:
Caught fire & crashed in a field close to Heroldishausen. Two crew members and the two passengers bailed out. 1st/Lt. Royce C. Stephens (pilot) killed. The C-54 was part of Berlin Airlift. The accident was caused by an engine oil leak that resulted in a fire

USAAS-USAAC-USAAF-USAF Aircraft Serial Numbers--1908 to Present / Joe Baugher
Huschke, Wolfgang J. /Die Rosinenbomber, Die Berliner Luftbrücke 1948/49
The Unheralded: Men and Women of the Berlin Blockade and Airlift/Edwin Gere
50 Jahre Stiftung Luftbrücke

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