Crash of a Tupolev SB 2 into Lake Tai: 1 killed
Date & Time:
Jul 12, 1938
Operator:
Registration:
103
Survivors:
Yes
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The airplane was shot down by a Japanese fighter. Two crew members were able to bail out and were later found alive while the third occupants died when the airplane crashed into Lake Tai.
Crew:
Yuanbai Meil, pilot,
Yubao Bi, navigator, †
Shulin Zhao, air gunner.
Crew:
Yuanbai Meil, pilot,
Yubao Bi, navigator, †
Shulin Zhao, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a Japanese fighter.
