ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 342228
| Date: | Wednesday 24 August 1938 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas DC-2-221 |
| Owner/operator: | China National Aviation Corporation - CNAC |
| Registration: | 32 |
| MSN: | 1568 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1937 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 14 / Occupants: 17 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial, repaired |
| Category: | UI |
| Location: | Wangmoon -
 China
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Hong Kong-Kai Tak International Airport (HKG/VHHH) |
| Chongqing-Jiangbei International Airport (CKG/ZUCK) |
The Douglas DC-2, named "Kweilin", was attacked by Japanese Nakajima fighters while en route and after forced to land in the Pearl River, north of Macao, killing 13 passengers and the co-pilot. Capt Hugh Woods, the radio-operator and one passenger survived. The aircraft was salvaged, rebuilt and reflown as "39" until it was destroyed 29.10.1940.
Sources:
Soviet Transports
cnac.org
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 29 October 1940 | 39 | China National Aviation Corporation - CNAC | 9 | near Changyi | |
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