[Bullet holes in Boeing Model 247D]

Download page 1

Title

[Bullet holes in Boeing Model 247D]

Description

Photograph of two bullet holes, both circled in black ink, in the fuselage of a Boeing Model 247D, July 13, 1935. Photo from album page 9.

Inscription on album page: "The first bullet holes gotten while dropping 1600 pounds of rice at Lung Shan, Hupeh. July 13, 1935."

Part of the Julius A. Barr photograph album containing three hundred and thirty-nine (339) black-and-white photographs, circa 1934-1937. The photos cover Barr's time in China as a personal pilot for both Zhang Xueliang (also known as the "Young Marshal" and "Peter Chang") and General Chiang Kai-shek.

Date

1935-07-13

Coverage

Rights

Bibliographic Citation

The Julius A. Barr Photograph Album/The Museum of Flight

Identifier

2018-00-00-6_image_019_01