Northolt – Berlin

On March 15, 1949 at 12:00 AM, Northolt – Berlin experienced a crash involving Avro 685 York, operated by Skyways of London, with the event recorded near Berlin-Gatow Berlin.

The flight was categorized as cargo and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

3 people were known to be on board, 3 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 3, crew fatalities: 3, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

On final approach to Berlin-Gatow Airport, the four engine aircraft banked left and crashed few hundred yards short of runway threshold. The aircraft was destroyed and all three crew members were killed. They were performing a cargo flight from Northolt, taking part to the Berlin Airlift. Crew: Cpt Cecil Golding, pilot, Henry Thomas Newman, copilot, Peter James Edwards, radio operator.

Aircraft reference details include registration G-AHFI, MSN 1316, year of manufacture 1946.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 52.4719°, 13.1387°.