Date:	Monday 5 April 1948
Time:
Type:	Yakovlev Yak-3
Owner/operator:	Soviet Air Force /Red Army
Registration:
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	14
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	3 km of RAF Gatow, West Berlin -   Germany
Phase:	Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.)
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:
Destination airport:

Narrative:
A BEA Vickers 610 Viking 1B (G-AIVP) collided head-on with a Russian Air Force Yakovlev 3 fighter, which was performing aerobatics. The Viking spiralled slowly without control and crashed. The fighter pilot was also killed.

PROBABLE CAUSE: "The collision was caused by the action of the Yak fighter, which was in disregard of the accepted rules of flying and, in particular, of the quadripartite flying rules to which Soviet authorities were parties."

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
02-Dec-2017 15:51	harro	Added
28-Sep-2018 08:27	TB	Updated [Operator]
05-Jul-2022 01:52	Ron Averes	Updated [Location]
09-Apr-2024 20:51	Nepa	Updated [Location, Operator]