ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 340138
| Date: | Friday 14 April 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47A-1-DK (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | Aeroflot |
| Registration: | CCCP-L877 |
| MSN: | 12129 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1943 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | UI |
| Location: | SE of Rechitsa, Gomel district -
 Belarus
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | |
The C-47A transport aircraft was flying at a height of 180 metres when it came close to the bridge over the Dnepr River which was protected by a Soviet anti-aircraft artillery battery. The aircraft was hit and damaged by the anti-aircraft fire and made a forced landing near the Uza railway station. It caught fire and burnt out.
Sources:
Soviet Transports
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