Douglas Commercial 2 (DC-2) Aircraft | Tail # and Name | PanAm Delivery Date |
Construction No. | US Registration No. | Chinese Registration No. |
Misc. Notes |
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24-Nanking; Landed wheels-up by Joe Chen in Aug, 1937, refurbished; stalled on takeoff by Sharp in Kunming in the spring of 1939, refurbished; crashed in a typhoon by Moon Chin in late October, 1941, refurbished; destroyed at Kai Tak on Dec 8, 1941 | |||||
DC-2 - Kinkiang(?) - December 1935 "We're stuck in the mud here & broke the tail wheel. Hence this piece of engineering. (Photo Courtesy of Peggy McCleskey) Here's a blowup of the photo above. Does anyone look familiar? If you recognize anyone please let the CNAC Web Editor, Tom Moore, know. Thanks!! CNAC's fleet of DC-2s, Shanghai, 1937 (Photo Courtesy of Tom Moore) Tail of first aircraft on the left, above. Looks like tail #24. Anyone got a better guess? Tail #31. This was the last DC-2 in the fleet. (Photo courtesy of Tom O. Moore, Jr.) With your help out there in cyberland we will try and add more photos and stories to this web site. Thanks for your help and interest in keeping this part of aviation history alive. |