Crash of a Douglas C-47B-35-DK Dakota C.4 in Bückeburg

Date & Time: Jan 22, 1947
Operator:
Registration:
KP222
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
16690/33438
YOM:
1945
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
0
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
During the takeoff roll, the aircraft skidded on runway and when an undercarriage collapsed, it went out of control, veered off runway and came to rest. There were no casualties.

Crash of an Avro 652 Anson C.19 near Hamm: 7 killed

Date & Time: Nov 7, 1946
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
TX175
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Site:
Schedule:
Gütersloh – Northolt
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
5
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
While flying at low height in foggy conditions, the twin engine aircraft hit the chimney of the De Wendel Factory located eight km southwest of Hamm, stalled and crashed in a huge explosion. All seven occupants wee killed.
Crew (2nd Communication Group):
F/Lt Maxwell Roy Harwood, pilot,
F/O Jack Albert Butler, navigator.
Passengers:
Cpl Allan MacDonald,
F/O Arthur Stanley Pinnion,
F/O Charles King Allan,
F/Sgt George William Harry Barkham,
F/Lt Noel Joseph Mowat.

Crash of a Douglas C-47A-65-DL near Simmerath: 1 killed

Date & Time: Oct 22, 1946
Operator:
Registration:
42-100506
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
18969
YOM:
1943
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
Crashed in unknown circumstances near Simmerath, about 30 km southeast of Aachen. Two crew members were injured while the captain, Norbert R. Schenk, was killed.

Crash of a Douglas C-47A-90-DL in Frankfurt

Date & Time: Oct 15, 1946
Operator:
Registration:
43-15647
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
MSN:
20113
YOM:
1944
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
0
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
Crashed on takeoff at Frankfurt-Main Airbase. Crew fate remains unknown.

Crash of a Douglas C-47A-80-DL in Fürth

Date & Time: Aug 30, 1946
Operator:
Registration:
43-15353
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
19819
YOM:
1944
Location:
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
0
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
Crashed on landing in Fürth Advanced Landing Ground R-28. There were no casualties.

Crash of a Douglas C-47B-1-DL near Garmisch-Partenkirchen: 5 killed

Date & Time: Aug 22, 1946
Operator:
Registration:
43-16276
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Site:
Schedule:
Paris -Erding
MSN:
20742
YOM:
1944
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
In the region of Munich, the weather conditions worsened and the crew continued to the south. Few minutes later, the aircraft hit the slope of a mountain located 16 km west of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, near the border between Germany and Austria. The wreckage was found few days later and all five crew members were killed. They were performing a flight from Paris-Le Bourget to the airbase of Erding, northeast of Munich.

Crash of a Douglas C-47A-90-DL near Heidelberg

Date & Time: May 6, 1946
Operator:
Registration:
43-15676
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
20142
YOM:
1944
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
0
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
Enroute, the aircraft collided with another airplane (identification unknown). The crew decided to abandon the aircraft that dove into the ground and crashed in a field. All occupants escaped uninjured while the airplane was destroyed.
Probable cause:
In flight collision.

Crash of a Lockheed L-414 Hudson in Münster: 1 killed

Date & Time: Feb 22, 1946
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
AM797
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
5
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
Enroute, the crew encountered poor weather conditions with snow falls and severe icing conditions. With a horizontal visibility less than 500 meters, the crew decided to attempt an emergency landing and reduced his altitude when the aircraft hit a tree and crashed in a drainage ditch located near Münster. Six occupants were injured while the seventh occupant, a civilian, was killed.

Crash of a Noorduyn UC-64A Norseman in Neckargartach

Date & Time: Dec 15, 1945
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
44-70502
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
767
YOM:
1945
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
Crashed in Neckargartach, north of Heilbronn. The aircraft was destroyed and the pilot Jack M. Ealy was injured.

Crash of a Noorduyn UC-64A Norseman near Schweinfurt: 4 killed

Date & Time: Nov 15, 1945
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
44-70383
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
MSN:
648
YOM:
1944
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
3
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
While cruising in poor weather conditions, the pilot lost control of the aircraft that crashed in a field located 20 miles southeast of Schweinfurt. The pilot Lawrence D. Kimborugh and all three passengers were killed.