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Kweilin incident... 1st civilian airliner shot down...
Kweilin incident... 1st civilian airliner shot down...
Item # 718897
August 25, 1938
THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Mass., 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 one column heading: "JAPANESE KILL 14 ABOARD BIG CIVILIAN PLANE" with subhead. (see images)
Complete with all 22 pages, light toning and a little wear at the margins, generally in nice condition.
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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