IdentifierBIO_image_081SourceBiographical Files, Felix Waitkus FolderDescriptionPhotograph of a de Havilland D.H.4 aircraft on fire, circa 1930s-1940s. The inscription notes that the fire was started by someone smoking cigarette while the aircraft was refueling.
Inscription on verso: "Somebody lit a cigarette while this ship was being refueled on the ground. This is the way we like to see all the damned DHs."Creation Datecirca 1930s-1940sSubjectde Havilland (Airco) D.H.4Airplanes, MilitaryExtent1 photograph : print, black and white ; 13 x 8 cmLanguageEnglishOriginal Formatphotographic printsBibliographic CitationThe Museum of Flight Biographical Information Files/The Museum of FlightRightsIn copyright
[de Havilland D.H.4 aircraft on fire], [BIO_image_081]. Museum of Flight Digital Collections, accessed 12/12/2025, https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/nodes/view/26164
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