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| Date: | Thursday 28 October 1937 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Polikarpov I-16 |
| Owner/operator: | ROC Air Force - Soviet Volunteer Group |
| Registration: | Unregistered |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Jiuquan, Gansu Province -
 China
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
The Polikarpov I-16, which was to be delivered to the frontline of the Sino-Japanese War, overran the airstrip after landing, flipped over and caught fire, killing the Soviet pilot.
The location and date followed Zhang (2018) instead of Gong (2011).
Sources:
Gong, Y., 2011. Flight Diary during the War of Resistance against Japan. Wuhan, Hubei Province, China: Yangtze River Publishing House of Literature and Art. 434 pp. (in Chinese)
Zhang, Q. 2018. Eagles over China: The History of the Soviet Volunteer Aviation Group. Beijing, China: China Zhigong Press. 421 pp. (in Chinese)
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 09-Jun-2023 05:35 | RDV | Added |
| 02-Sep-2024 11:46 | RDV | Updated [Date, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
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