1948 Gatow air disaster

Ne zaman

5 Nis 1948

Tür

Uçak kazası

Koordinatlar

52.47° N, 13.14° E

Description

1948 mid-air collision over Berlin, Germany

Deaths

14

1948 mid-air collision over Berlin, Germany

The 1948 Gatow air disaster was a mid-air collision in the airspace above Berlin, Germany, that occurred on 5 April, sparking an international incident. A British European Airways (BEA) Vickers VC.1B Viking airliner crashed near RAF Gatow air base, after being struck by a Soviet Air Force Yakovlev Yak-3 fighter aircraft. All ten passengers and four crew on board the Viking were killed, as was the Soviet pilot.

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