ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 347496
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| Date: | Tuesday 3 October 1939 |
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| Type: | Tupolev SB 2? |
| Owner/operator: | ROC Air Force - 2nd Aviation Group |
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| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Hejiang County, Luzhou, Sichuan Province -
 China
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
The pilot Yuanbai MEI got lost in an evening flight. His light bomber (probably Tupolev SB but might also be Ilyushin DB) crashed into river when he attempted a forced landing in darkness.
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)
Tang, X. 2020. The track of aerial battles of Xueyan Li, the Flying Tiger in the Blue Sky. Hongyanchunqiu, 2020(2). (in Chinese)
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-Nov-2023 14:49 | RDV | Added |
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