[Bullet holes in Boeing Model 247D wing]

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[Bullet holes in Boeing Model 247D wing]

Description

Photograph of an unidentified man looking at bullet holes in the left wing of a Boeing Model 247D, October 1935. The inscription notes that the damage was made by Communist forces near Fuzhou, China. Photo from album page 82.

Inscription on album page: "Left wing, bottom. More bullets, from Reds near Fuchow, Shensi. Oct 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

1935-10

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Bibliographic Citation

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

Identifier

2018-00-00-6_image_203_01