Status: | |
Date: | Monday 30 April 1945 |
Type: | Douglas C-47A-30-DK (DC-3) |
Operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
Registration: | 43-48258 |
MSN: | 25519/14074 |
First flight: | 1944 |
Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
Location: | Poltava Air Base ( Ukraine)
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Phase: | Standing (STD) |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | ? |
Destination airport: | ? |
Narrative:The C-47, named "Lady Helen", caught fire when washed with gasoline. Half of right wing burned down.
Classification:
Damaged on the ground
Sources:
» The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 - the first seventy years / J.M. Gradidge
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accident date:
30-04-1945type: Douglas C-47A (DC-3)
registration: 43-48258
accident date:
30-04-1945type: Douglas C-47A (DC-3)
registration: 43-48258
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.