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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
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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.
Sources:
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."
Revision history:
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] |