CNAC SIKORSKY S-38
(In service from 19??-193?)

Sikorsky S-38 Aircraft (3 in the CNAC Fleet)
Tail # and name Pan Am Delivery Date Construction No. US Registration No. Chinese Registration No. Remarks
NC 16V
May 5 or 8, 1933
314-20
NC 16V
??
Crashed
November 24, 1933
Chusan Island
NC 17V
May 5 or 8, 1933
414-8
NC 17V
??
Crashed near Hangchow
April 10, 1934
NC 40V
January 1, 1933
514-4
NC 40V
??
Destroyed Hankow
August 13, 1935


Sikorsky S-38 refueling at Changhai, 1933
(Photo Courtesy of William Leary's The Dragon's Wings)

Looks like NC 16V to me. What you think???


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