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This incident is believed to be the first commercial passenger plane attacked by hostile forces. [1] On 24 August 1938 – during the Second Sino-Japanese War – the Kweilin, a DC-2 jointly operated by China National Aviation Corporation (CNAC) and Pan American World Airways, carrying 18 passengers and crew, was forced down by Japanese aircraft in Chinese territory just north of Hong Kong. 15 ...
This is a list of aircraft shootdowns, dogfights and other incidents during wars since World War II.An aircraft shootdown occurs when an aircraft is struck by a projectile launched or fired from another aircraft or from the ground (anti-aircraft warfare) which causes the targeted aircraft to lose its ability to continue flying normally, and then subsequently crashing into land or sea, often ...
October 10 – United Air Lines Trip 23, a Boeing 247, exploded in mid-air over Chesterton, Indiana, United States, in the first proven case of air sabotage on a commercial aircraft; all seven on board were killed. December 30 – In the 1933 Imperial Airways Ruysselede crash in Belgium, an Avro Ten struck a radio mast, killing all 10 on board.
1924 Imperial Airways de Havilland DH.34 crash; 1933 Imperial Airways Diksmuide crash; 1939 Imperial Airways flying boat ditching; 1929 Imperial Airways Handley Page W.10 crash; 1929 Jask Imperial Airways de Havilland Hercules crash; 1933 Imperial Airways Ruysselede crash; 1928 Imperial Airways Vickers Vulcan crash
The 1942 Qantas Short Empire shoot-down was an incident that occurred in the early days of the Pacific War during World War II. A Short Empire flying boat airliner, Corio , operated by Qantas was shot down by Japanese aircraft off the coast of West Timor , Dutch East Indies , on 30 January 1942, killing 13 of the occupants.
U.S. Army Air Force Tech. Sgt. Sanford G. Roy was one of several airmen aboard a plane shot down over Germany in April 1944.
Imperial Airlines Flight 201/8 was a charter flight by the United States Army to transport new recruits to Columbia, South Carolina for training. [3] [4] On November 8, 1961, the aircraft crashed as it attempted to land at Byrd Field, near Richmond, Virginia. This was the second deadliest accident in American history for a single civilian ...
Handley Page W.8b inherited from Handley Page Transport when Imperial Airways was formed. Imperial Airways was created against a background of stiff competition from French and German airlines that enjoyed heavy government subsidies and following the advice of the government's Hambling Committee (formally known as the C.A.T Subsidies Committee) under Sir Herbert Hambling. [2]