| Date: | Monday 30 April 1945 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47A-30-DK (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 43-48258 |
| MSN: | 25519/14074 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Poltava Air Base -
 Ukraine
|
| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
The C-47, named "Lady Helen", caught fire when washed with gasoline. Half of right wing burned down.
Sources:
The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 - the first seventy years / J.M. Gradidge
Images:
photo (c) C Mac Kay; Poltava Air Base; 1945
photo (c) C Mac Kay; Poltava Air Base; 1945
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