Accident Polikarpov I-15 7218, Monday 14 October 1940
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Date:Monday 14 October 1940
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Type:Polikarpov I-15
Owner/operator:ROC Air Force - 3rd Aviation Group
Registration: 7218
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Chengdu, Sichuan Province -   China
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
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Destination airport:
Narrative:
Crash-landed after engine failure. The pilot died of his injuries on 1940/11/25.

Sources:

Xu, X. 2016. Falling Down—the Life & Death Records of 682 Martyrs of the (China) Air Force. Beijing, China: Unity Press. 540 pp. (in Chinese)

Revision history:

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