[Sikorsky S-43W Amphibion (Baby Clipper) seaplane]

Photograph of people gathered around General Chiang Kai-shek's Sikorsky S-43W Amphibion (Baby Clipper) aircraft (tail number NC-16929) at an airfield in Nanjing, China, circa 1937. Photo from album page 115.

Inscription on album page: "Sikorsky on Nanking Field."

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.