Accident Polikarpov I-16 ,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 314919
 
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Date:xx Apr 1940
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic I16 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Polikarpov I-16
Owner/operator:ROC Air Force - 3rd Aviation Group
Registration:
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Hongjiang County-Level City, Huaihua, Hunan Province -   China
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Engine quitted mid-air. The Polikarpov I-16 descended until impacting upon a bank in a farmland. Pilot Chun ZHOU perished.

Sources:

Guangxi Regional PCC‘s [Political Consultative Conference's] Committee for Cultural and Historical Materials, 1992. Compilation of Cultural and Historical Materials of Guangxi. Volume 35. Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China: Guangxi Regional PCC‘s Editorial Board for Cultural and Historical Materials. 225 pp. (in Chinese)

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