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| Date: | Sunday 24 January 1932 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Potez 25 |
| Owner/operator: | Imperial Japanese Army Air Service |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Beizhen County-Level City, Jinzhou, Liaoning Province -
 China
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| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
Imperial Japanese Army pilot Tomoo Hanazawa was leading a formation of two Potez (twin-seat) and four Nieuport-Delage NiD 29 (single-seat) when he was shot down by Chinese resistance army. Tomoo Hanazawa and his crew member Tanaka Tetsuta were both killed in action. A Chinese source claimed that Tomoo Hanazawa had bailed out and survived but was later shot by a Chinese soldier as he refused to surrender.
Sources:
https://www.sohu.com/a/31263629_161352
https://mobile.rmzxb.com.cn/tranm/index/url/www.rmzxb.com.cn/c/2017-09-19/1802765.shtml
https://baijiahao.baidu.com/s?id=1708217502335917895&wfr=spider&for=pc
https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1Jj421f7vm (includes a photocopy of the two crew members' death record)
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-Sep-2016 19:03 | TB | Added |
| 08-Dec-2024 17:17 | RDV | Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Phase, Source, Narrative, ] |
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