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| Date: | xx Oct 1920 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Curtiss H-16 |
| Owner/operator: | Chinese Nationalist Party |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Deqing County, Zhaoqing, Guangdong Province -
 China
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| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
The flying boat was forced to land on the bank of Xijiang River due to fuel exhaustion. It was fired upon by troops of the Gui Clique warlords; as a consequence, the American pilot Smith was killed in action. Chinese pilot Zhang managed to escape from enemy attack.
Sources:
Ma, Y. 1994. China Military Aviation. China: Aviation Industrial Press. (in Chinese)
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 19-Sep-2024 09:02 | RDV | Added |
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