Accident Polikarpov I-15 2112,
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Date:Tuesday 16 July 1940
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Type:Polikarpov I-15
Owner/operator:ROC Air Force - 4th Aviation Group
Registration: 2112
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Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Chongqing -   China
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
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Destination airport:
Narrative:
Shot down while attacking a Japanese bomber echelon escorted by fighters.

Pilot: Shoukang DING. Bailed out, but he succumbed to the injuries sustained in battle.

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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