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Consolidated C-87 Liberator Express – 41-23694
Mid-air fire near Kunming. Crashed; crew bailed out.
26
Mar
Douglas C-53-DO (DC-3) – 53
CNAC's Douglas C-53 "53" departed Kunming for a supply run over the Himalayas together with three other aircraft. It was snowing and th...
26
Mar
Douglas DC-3-294A – 46
Forced landed in the Yangtze River near Chungking, China. This aircraft was damaged by a bomb on May 20, 1941. The right hand wing was ...
26
Mar
Douglas C-47-DL (DC-3) – 60
CNAC Flight 60 left Kunming, China where it had dropped off a load of gasoline and ammunition, and was heading back to Dinjan, India wh...
26
Mar
Douglas C-53 Skytrooper – Tianshan
A Douglas C-53 Skytrooper, the former USAAF s/n 42-6501, was destroyed when it crashed on approach to Lanzhou Airfield, which had exper...
26
Mar
Douglas DC-2-221 – 31
The Douglas DC-2, named "Chungshan", crashed 2 km from Kunming Airport shortly after takeoff. Three crew (pilot William H. Schuler, co-...
26
Mar
Junkers Ju-52/3m – XT-ABE
The Ju-52 named "Suchow" was destroyed during a Japanese air raid.
26
Mar
Douglas DC-2-192 – 40
The Douglas DC-2, named "Kangting", crashed into a mountain during a thunderstorm. Pilot Joy Foon Thom, co-pilot Paul Chinn, radio oper...