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.
» cnac.org
| Status: | |
| Date: | Tuesday 29 October 1940 |
| Type: |  Douglas DC-2-221 |
| Operator: | China National Aviation Corporation - CNAC |
| Registration: | 39 |
| MSN: | 1568 |
| First flight: | 1937 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 10 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 9 / Occupants: 14 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Aircraft fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near Changyi ( China)
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| Phase: | Taxi (TXI) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Chongqing-Jiangbei International Airport (CKG/ZUCK), China |
| Kunming-Wujiaba Airfield (KMG/ZPPP), China |
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:
» Soviet Transports» cnac.org
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This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Chongqing-Jiangbei International Airport to Kunming-Wujiaba Airfield as the crow flies is 647 km (405 miles).
Distance from Chongqing-Jiangbei International Airport to Kunming-Wujiaba Airfield as the crow flies is 647 km (405 miles).
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