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Kweilin incident... 1st civilian airliner shot down...
Kweilin incident... 1st civilian airliner shot down...
Item # 716001
August 25, 1938
THE NEW YORK TIMES, August 25, 1938
* Kweilin incident - Douglas DC-2 airliner - Guilin, China
* First civilian airplane to be shot down in history
The front page has a three column heading: "China Bank Chiefs Lost On Sino-U. S. Air Liner Shot Down by Japanese" with subhead. (see images)
Complete with all 28 pages, light toning at the margins, small binding holes along the spine, small library label on the front page, generally nice.
Note: The Kweilin Incident occurred on August 24, 1938, during the Second Sino-Japanese War, when Japanese fighter planes attacked a China National Aviation Corporation Douglas DC-2 airliner near Kweilin (now Guilin). The plane, piloted by American Hugh Leslie Woods, was forced to land in a rice paddy and was then strafed and bombed, killing 10 of the 14 people on board. This marked the first deliberate attack on a civilian airliner in history, sparking international outrage and highlighting Japan’s increasing use of air power against civilian targets in China.
Category: The 20th Century
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