Accident Avro 616 Avian IVM? , Monday 15 March 1937
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Date:Monday 15 March 1937
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic AVIN model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Avro 616 Avian IVM?
Owner/operator:Guandong Air Force
Registration:
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants:
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Xinxing County, Yunfu, Guangdong Province -   China
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Narrative:
An "old aircraft" (most likely an Avro or a Bruguet, according to the inventory of Guandong Air Force) flew into fog and crashed onto a wooded hill. Pilot Zhaoming RONG was killed.

Sources:

Ma, Y. 1994. China Military Aviation. China: Aviation Industrial Press. (in Chinese)
http://www.artiklar.z-bok.se/AccidentsSouthChina.html

Revision history:

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