Hamburg – Berlin

On April 29, 1949 at 12:00 AM, Hamburg – Berlin experienced a crash involving Handley Page H.P.70 Halifax VIII, operated by World Air Freight, with the event recorded near Nauen Brandenburg.

The flight was categorized as cargo and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a plain, valley crash site.

4 people were known to be on board, 4 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 4, crew fatalities: 4, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

While approaching Berlin on a cargo flight from Hamburg, taking part to the Berlin Airlift, the four engine aircraft crashed in unknown circumstances in Nauen, about 26 km northwest of Tegel Airport. All four crew members were killed. Crew: Cpt William Richard Donald Lewis, pilot, Edward Ernest Caroll, navigator, John Anderson, flight engineer, Kenneth George Wood, radio operator.

Aircraft reference details include registration G-AKAC, MSN 1340, year of manufacture 1945.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 52.6061°, 12.8773°.