ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 240961
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| Date: | Tuesday 28 April 1942 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Curtiss P-40C Warhawk |
| Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Force (USAAF) |
| Registration: | 68 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Dianchi Lake, Yunnan Province -
 China
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Kunming Airport |
The airplane crashed into the lake in training. The pilot, John Blackburn, died in the crash.
The plane was recovered in june 2023.
The body of the P-40's pilot, John Blackburn, was recovered after the crash and returned to the United States.
Sources:
https://www.warbirdforum.com/lake.htm
https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20200906/p2g/00m/0et/057000c
http://news.sohu.com/76/95/news212959576.shtml
https://www.reddit.com/r/ThatsInsane/comments/149z778/a_curtiss_p40c_fighter_was_raised_from_the/?xpromo_edp=enabled
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Good to Know : This aircraft was recovered from the the bottom of the Chinese Lake Dianshi ( 滇池 ) after more than 80 years.
— FL360aero (@fl360aero) June 15, 2023
- The Curtiss P-40C fighter jet was once flown by American pilot John Blackburn of Flying Tigers volunteer air group flew during World War II.#aircraft pic.twitter.com/XkfS8iYwTB
- The Flying Tigers, sent to China in 1941 by then President Franklin D. Roosevelt before Washington joined the war, have long been one of the markers of US-Chinese cooperation.
— FL360aero (@fl360aero) June 15, 2023
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Sep-2020 09:05 | gerard57 | Added |
| 10-Jun-2023 05:24 | RDV | Updated |
| 15-Jun-2023 20:27 | Iceman 29 | Updated |
| 27-Jul-2023 18:38 | villiere | Updated |
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