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Date: | Thursday 8 January 1942 |
Time: | |
Type: | Tupolev SB 2 |
Owner/operator: | ROC Air Force - 2nd Aviation Group |
Registration: | 3011 |
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Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 3 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Liping County, Qiandongnan Prefecture, Guizhou Province -
China
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
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Narrative:After the Tupolev SB 2 sustained heavy damage in combat, all crew members bailed out except for pilot Wen JIN, who attempted to make an emergency landing and save the plane. However, the bomber crashed in mountains.
Sources:
Zhejiang Workers' Daily, 2015-07-11. Article by Huang, S. (in Chinese)
Yao, Q. 2015. The long gone hawk—Wen Jin, a warrior of China Air Force. Tai Sheng, 368(07): 101. (in Chinese)
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21-May-2023 05:39 |
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