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| Date: | Wednesday 2 April 1930 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Junkers F13 |
| Owner/operator: | Shanxi Air Force |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Taiyuan, Shanxi Province -
 China
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Test |
| Departure airport: | |
When a Junkers whose engine had just been replaced went down shortly after takeoff and burst into flames, the three occupants were killed, including An Chang-nam, a famous Korean aviator who was employed by Chinese warlord Xishan Yan as flight instructor.
Ma (1994) wrote that the newly installed engine had been worn.
Sources:
Cui, F. 2013. An account of Korean pilots of China Air Force during the Republic of China period. Studies on the History of North Korea and South Korea, 14: 292-313. (in Chinese)
Ma, Y. 1994. China Military Aviation. China: Aviation Industrial Press. (in Chinese)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Chang-nam
http://cwlam2000.epizy.com/caf14.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 23-May-2023 11:22 | RDV | Added |
| 01-Jun-2023 13:35 | RDV | Updated |
| 25-Dec-2023 17:39 | TB | Updated [Source, ] |
| 18-Sep-2024 07:53 | RDV | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
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