Kweilin incident

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Douglas DC-2.jpg
A DC-2 passenger airliner similar to the Kweilin
Incident
DateAugust 24, 1938 (1938-08-24)
Summary Strafing on the ground
Site Zhongshan, Guangdong, China [1]
22°31′01″N113°23′35″E / 22.517°N 113.393°E / 22.517; 113.393
Aircraft
Aircraft type Douglas DC-2
Aircraft nameKweilin
Operator China National Aviation Corporation
Registration 32
Flight origin Hong Kong
1st stopover Wuzhou
2nd stopover Chongqing
Destination Chengdu
Passengers14
Crew3
Fatalities14
Injuries1
Survivors3
  1. ↑ Kweilin: 桂林號; 桂林号; Guìlín-hào; Kuei-lin hao
  2. ↑ Joe Loh: 羅昭明; 罗昭明; Luó Zhāomíng; Lo Chao-ming
  3. ↑ Lieu Chung-chuan: 劉崇佺; 刘崇佺; Liú Chóngquán; Liu Ch'ung-ch'üan
  4. ↑ Lou Zhaonian: 樓兆念; 楼兆念; Lóu Zhàoniàn; Lou Chao-nien - also stated as "C. N. Lou" [10]
  5. ↑ Wang Yumei: 王宇楣; Wáng Yǔméi; Wang2 Yü3-mei2
  6. ↑ Chungking: 重慶號; 重庆号; Chóngqìng-hào; Ch'ung-ch'ing-hao
  7. ↑ Chang-Kan Chien: 錢昌淦; 钱昌淦; Qián Chānggàn; Ch'ien Ch'ang-kan

Reference notes

  1. 1 2 3 Hu Zhuoran (胡卓然) (July 18, 2014). 侵华日军曾击落中国民航客机 [Japanese invading forces shot down a Chinese civilian aircraft] (in Chinese). Sina. Archived from the original on 21 August 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 Crouch, p. 158. Quote: "No civilian airliner in history had ever been shot down by hostile air action."
  3. 1 2 Crouch, p. 168. Quote: "Fifteen months of blatant aggression had evaporated whatever goodwill most Americans felt toward Japan. It had become obvious which side held the moral high ground, and why, and although the overwhelming majority of Americans had absolutely no interest in fighting for China, if a few of their compatriots were willing, the average citizen was quite prepared to allow them to do so."
  4. 1 2 Crouch, p. 167. Quote: "in relating the shoot-down and Madame Sun's address, an editorial in Hong Kong's South China Morning Post noted that:
    one of these days, the Great Democracies may find out that there is something, after all, for which no price can be fixed, they may learn that the only proper and wise way to deal with the aggressors is to demand an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth. In short, there will be a time when the peace-loving nations will be compelled to meet force by force. Until then, nothing can check Japan from her career of truculent destruction."
  5. ↑ "CNAC pilots". CNAC.org. Retrieved August 28, 2014.
  6. ↑ Crouch, p. 156
  7. 1 2 Crouch, p. 155
  8. ↑ Crouch, p. 157.
  9. ↑ Crouch, p. 157
  10. ↑ "War in China: By Mistake". Time . 1938-09-05. Archived from the original on 2010-08-26. Retrieved 2018-09-12.
  11. 1 2 Crouch, p. 165
  12. ↑ Crouch, p. 164
  13. ↑ Hallett Abend (August 26, 1938). "Japan Bars Pledge on Civilian Planes". New York Times . Retrieved August 31, 2014.
  14. 1 2 "The China National Affair", Flight: 184, 1 September 1938
  15. ↑ Crouch, p. 166.
  16. 1 2 Crouch, p. 166.
  17. ↑ Crouch, p. 169.
  18. ↑ "More Trouble in China", Flight: 233, 15 September 1938 (Archive)
  19. 1 2 Crouch, p. 218
  20. ↑ Crouch, p. 211–212.
  21. ↑ Crouch, p. 219
  22. ↑ Crouch, Gregory (September 24, 2012). "The first commercial airliner ever shot down by hostile air action, pictures". Gregory Crouch. Retrieved August 28, 2014.

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Further reading

Kweilin incident
Traditional Chinese 桂林號事件
Simplified Chinese 桂林号事件
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin Guìlín hào shìjiàn
Wade–Giles Kuei-lin hao shih-chien
Yue: Cantonese
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