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

Photograph of General Chiang Kai-shek's Sikorsky S-43W Amphibion (Baby Clipper) aircraft (tail number NC-16929) at an airfield in Shanghai, China, March 1937. Photo from album page 131.

Inscription on album page: "Gen. Chiang Kai Shek's new Sikorsky S-43W. Shanghai. Mar. 1937."

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.