Date: | Tuesday 29 October 1940 |
Time: | |
Type: | Douglas DC-2-221 |
Owner/operator: | China National Aviation Corporation - CNAC |
Registration: | 39 |
MSN: | 1568 |
Year of manufacture: | 1937 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 9 / Occupants: 14 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | UI |
Location: | near Changyi -
China
|
Phase: | Taxi |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Chongqing-Jiangbei International Airport (CKG/ZUCK) |
Destination airport: | Kunming-Wujiaba Airfield (KMG/ZPPP) |
Narrative:A CNAC DC-2, named "Kweilin", ran into a group of Japanese fighters and forced landed on a small airfield 100 km NE of Kunming. The aircraft was spotted and strafed. Pilot Walter "Foxy" Kent (36), the stewardess and seven passengers died. Two crew members and three passengers survived. The aircraft was destroyed.
Sources:
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