[Julius A. Barr and Al H. Jensen with Sikorsky S-43W Amphibion (Baby Clipper)]

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[Julius A. Barr and Al H. Jensen with Sikorsky S-43W Amphibion (Baby Clipper)]

Description

Photograph of Julius A. Barr (in overcoat), Al H. Jensen (right, in leather jacket), and a National Revolutionary Army soldier standing next to General Chiang Kai-shek's Sikorsky S-43W Amphibion (Baby Clipper) aircraft (tail number NC-16929) in Shanghai, China, circa March 1937. Photo from album page 131.

Inscription on album page: "The old crew of Boeing are hired for new Sikorsky. (Barr and Jensen)"

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

1937-03 circa

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Bibliographic Citation

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

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2018-00-00-6_image_327_01