Accident Douglas C-54D-10-DC (DC-4) 42-72698,
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Date:Sunday 5 December 1948
Time:00:23
Type:Silhouette image of generic DC4 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Douglas C-54D-10-DC (DC-4)
Owner/operator:United States Air Force - USAF
Registration: 42-72698
MSN: 10803
Year of manufacture:1945
Fatalities:Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3
Aircraft damage: Destroyed, written off
Category:Accident
Location:near Fassberg -   Germany
Phase: Initial climb
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Faßberg Air Base (ETHS)
Destination airport:Berlin-R.A.F. Gatow Airport (GWW/EDBG)
Narrative:
Crashed. The airplane was part of the Berlin Airlift.

Sources:

USAAS-USAAC-USAAF-USAF Aircraft Serial Numbers--1908 to Present / Joe Baugher
Die Rosinenbomber, Die Berliner Luftbrücke 1948/49 / Huschke, Wolfgang J.

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