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| Date: | Tuesday 9 June 1942 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Polikarpov Po-2? |
| Owner/operator: | Chinese Communist Party |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region -
 China
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
During aerobatics training, a military biplane (most likely either Polikarpov Po-2 or I-15) entered spiral descent and crashed at Gaojiahu Airfield, dozens of kilometers northwest of Urumqi (in today's administrative region of Changji Prefecture).
Pilot: Dexiang WANG
Sources:
https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MzA3NDQxOTU2Nw==&mid=2652090846&idx=1&sn=dae20090fd05c3cae07a13dca7fcdb88&chksm=84e70ddeb39084c88c6db6ec1b9e5b4c50e760fc9fedafb43f6e5c16ee72b0fba770cebd9a5f&scene=27
http://taihangsummit.com/ffa6cc1e2f/
http://news.sohu.com/20091112/n268137753.shtml
https://baike.sogou.com/v66598512.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 23-Oct-2023 06:48 | R.D.Viviana | Added |
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