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Caption | Japanese pilot Kashimura's A5M fighter shortly after being hit by anti-aircraft fire and losing the tip of the port wing, over Nanchang, Jiangxi, China, 9 Dec 1937, photo 2 of 2 ww2dbase | |||||||
WW2-Era Location Name | Nanchang, Jiangxi, China | |||||||
Date | 9 Dec 1937 | |||||||
Photographer | Unknown | |||||||
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Photos on Same Day | 9 Dec 1937 | |||||||
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Licensing | This anonymous work originating in the Republic of China is in the public domain. Its copyright expired 50 years after the work was made available to the public. The Republic of China governed mainland China until 1949, after which it relocated to Taiwan. Copyright protection for anonymous works under the post-1949 communist Beijing government is also 50 years. Please contact us regarding any inaccuracies with the above information. Thank you. |
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Added By | C. Peter Chen | |||||||
Photo Size | 790 x 482 pixels |
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AGANIST THE ODDS: ROLL THE DICE
Mitsubishi A5M1 (Claude) flown by pilot Flight Petty Officer Kanichi Kashimura of the 13th Air Group, Second Air Flotilla, Shanghai, China flew his damaged fighter back to base.
Damage from ground fire and a collision with a Chinese Hawk fighter over Nanching December 1937, Kashimura flew 600km / 372miles with
1/3rd of the wing torn away.
Aircraft was returned to Japan and placed on display in its damaged condition at the Naval Military Museum during WWII.