[Broken crankshaft]

Photograph of a broken crankshaft of an unidentified airplane, likely in China, circa 1934-1937. Photo from album page 83.

Inscription on album page: "While taxiing to hangar the crankshaft broke as shown by arrows."

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.