[Soldiers and airplanes at Luoyang aviation school]

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[Soldiers and airplanes at Luoyang aviation school]

Description

Photograph of an aviation school in Luoyang, China during an inspection by General Chiang Kai-shek, circa 1934-1937. A Boeing Model 247D, General Chiang's transport plane, is parked in front of a line of soldiers and Fleet (Canada) Model 1 biplanes. Photo from album page 84.

Inscription on album page: "Gen. Chiang inspecting Loyang school."

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

1934-1937 circa

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Bibliographic Citation

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

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