ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 18840
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| Date: | Wednesday 1 June 1949 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax C.8 |
| Owner/operator: | Lancashire Aircraft Corporation (Berlin Airlift) |
| Registration: | G-AKBJ |
| MSN: | 1317 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Tegel Airport, Berlin -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | RAF Schleswigland, Jagel, Schleswig-Holstein (ETNS) |
| Berlin/Tegel Airport (EDDT) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Handley Page Halifax C.Mk.VIII: built for the RAF as PP233. First civil registered as G-AKBJ 29 September 1948 to Lancashire Aircraft Corporation Ltd., Samlesbury, Blackburn, Lancashire (aircraft actually based at RAF Bovingdon, Hertfordshire) and named 'Air Ambassador'. (C of A 103748; C of R11773/1). Written off 1 June 1949 when crash landed for unknown reasons at Berlin-Tegel Airport, Berlin, Germany. All four crew members were slightly injured and the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.
Registration G-AKBJ cancelled by the Secretary of State, Air Ministry on 1.6.1949 (same day as accident)
Sources:
1. http://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-AKBJ.pdf
2. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-handley-page-hp70-halifax-viii-berlin-1
3. http://halifax346et347.canalblog.com/archives/2014/12/26/31206409.html
4. http://www.harringtonmuseum.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DropZone-Volume-6-Issue-2-July-2008.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-May-2008 11:10 | ASN archive | Added |
| 30-May-2010 13:04 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 07-Mar-2017 20:27 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 30-Oct-2019 19:18 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Source, Narrative] |
| 05-Jul-2022 01:54 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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