ASN Aircraft accident Douglas C-54G-1-DO (DC-4) 45-514 Berlin-Tempelhof Airport (THF)
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Date:Friday 13 August 1948
Type:Silhouette image of generic DC4 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Douglas C-54G-1-DO (DC-4)
Operator:United States Air Force - USAF
Registration: 45-514
MSN: 35967
First flight: 1945
Crew:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3
Passengers:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Total:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3
Aircraft damage: Damaged beyond repair
Location:Berlin-Tempelhof Airport (THF) (   Germany)
Phase: Landing (LDG)
Nature:Military
Departure airport:?
Destination airport:Berlin-Tempelhof Airport (THF/EDBB), Germany
Narrative:
Overran runway on landing runway 27R; crashed into a dam (Tempelhofer Damm) and caught fire.

Classification:
Runway excursion

Sources:
» Die Rosinenbomber, Die Berliner Luftbrücke 1948/49 / Huschke, Wolfgang J.
» Landesbildstelle Berlin/picture
» http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/BERLIN_A/BAPIC_18.HTM
» L'Unità 21-08-1948


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