J. A. Barr, Stratoliner victim, flew Madame Chiang's plane [Newspaper clipping]

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J. A. Barr, Stratoliner victim, flew Madame Chiang's plane [Newspaper clipping]

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Newspaper clipping, "J. A. Barr, Stratoliner Victim, Flew Madam Chiang's Plane," from unidentified newspaper, circa March 1939. Obituary for Julius A. Barr, who died in a test flight crash of a Boeing Model 307 Stratoliner on March 18, 1939. The article describes Barr's aviation career, including his time as a personal pilot to Chang Hsueh-liang and to Chiang Kai-shek and his wife.

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1939 circa

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The Julius A. Barr Clippings/The Museum of Flight

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2018-00-00-3_text_003_01