Accident Polikarpov I-15 ,
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Date:Wednesday 25 May 1938
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Type:Polikarpov I-15
Owner/operator:ROC Air Force - 3rd Aviation Group
Registration:
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Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Xiaogan, Hubei Province -   China
Phase: Unknown
Nature:Military
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Destination airport:
Narrative:
A test flight of a newly built Polikarpov I-15 ended up in a fatal crash owing to mechanical breakdown.

Pilot: Zuo LIN

Sources:

Xu, X. 2016. Falling Down—the Life & Death Records of 682 Martyrs of the (China) Air Force. Beijing, China: Unity Press. 540 pp. (in Chinese)

Revision history:

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