Berlin – Frankfurt

On July 16, 1949 at 12:00 AM, Berlin – Frankfurt experienced a crash involving Handley Page H.P.67 Hastings, operated by Royal Air Force - RAF, with the event recorded near Berlin-Tegel Berlin.

The flight was categorized as military and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

5 people were known to be on board, 5 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 5, crew fatalities: 5, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. Shortly after takeoff, while climbing steeply to a height of some 150 feet, the aircraft stalled from the tail and went to a near vertical attitude. The left wing then dropped and the aircraft crashed into the ground and was destroyed. All five crew members were killed. Crew (47th Squadron based in RAF Dishforth): F/O Ian R. Donaldson, Sgt Joseph Toal, Nav William G. Page, Sig Alexander Dunsire, Eng Roy R. Gibbs.

Aircraft reference details include registration TG611, MSN 89, year of manufacture 1949.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 52.5882°, 13.2897°.