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Kweilin Incident

24 أغسطس 1938 · 22.52° N, 113.39° E

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متى
24 أغسطس 1938
النوع
كارثة جوية
إحداثيات
22.52° N, 113.39° E
Description
civilian airliner destroyed by Japanese aircraft in China in 1938
Deaths
14
Injured
1

Kweilin incident

1938 airliner shootdown incident

The Kweilin incident occurred on 24 August 1938 when a Douglas DC-2 airliner named Kweilin carrying 18 passengers and crew was shot down by Japanese aircraft in China. There were fifteen fatalities including two crew. It was the first civilian airliner in history to be shot down by hostile aircraft. The pilot of the downed aircraft was American and the crew and passengers Chinese.

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