Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) crash, Aug 24, 1948 (2 killed)
Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) accident on August 24, 1948 near Ravolzhausen Hesse, Germany with 2 fatalities. Cause: Mid air collision with another USAF...
- Date: August 24, 1948
- Aircraft: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3)
- Location: Ravolzhausen Hesse, Germany
- Fatalities: 2
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Mid air collision with another USAF C 47 during the Berlin Airlift.
A USAF C 47 on a Berlin Airlift cargo flight from Berlin Tempelhof to Wiesbaden collided in mid air with another C 47 near Ravolzhausen, Hesse, on 24 August 1948. Both aircraft crashed, and all four crew on the two aircraft were killed.