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

Photograph of General Chiang Kai-shek's Sikorsky S-43W Amphibion (Baby Clipper) aircraft (tail number NC-16929), parked on West Lake in Hangzhou, China, circa 1937. Photo from album page 116.

Inscription on album page: "Generalissimo's Sikorsky in front of official residence on West Lake, Hangchow."

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.