CNAC DC-2
(In service from 1934-1942)

Douglas Commercial 2 (DC-2) Aircraft
Tail # and Name PanAm
Delivery Date
Construction No. US Registration No. Chinese
Registration No.
Misc. Notes
24 - Nanking
8-9-34
1302
NC 14269
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
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1934?
1348
NC 14239
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1934?
1349
NC 14240
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1935
1350
NC 14290
25
Jan. 1935
1351
NC 14291
28
Mar. 1935
1369
NC 14297
31
May 1937
1567
None


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)



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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.)


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