Kweilin incident
The Kweilin incident occurred on August 24, 1938 when a Douglas DC-2 airliner (the Kweilin) carrying 18 passengers and crew was destroyed by Japanese aircraft in China. There were fourteen fatalities. It was the first civilian airliner in history to be shot down by hostile aircraft. The pilot was American and the crew and passengers Chinese. As it was unprecedented for a civilian aircraft to be attacked, there was international diplomatic outrage over the incident. In the United States, it helped solidify the popular view that Japan was morally wrong in their war against China, but the incident was not enough to spur the US into action against Japan despite Chinese entreaties. The Kweilin was re-built, and destroyed by the Japanese a second time two years later.
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Kweilin incident
The Kweilin incident occurred on August 24, 1938 when a Douglas DC-2 airliner (the Kweilin) carrying 18 passengers and crew was destroyed by Japanese aircraft in China. There were fourteen fatalities. It was the first civilian airliner in history to be shot down by hostile aircraft. The pilot was American and the crew and passengers Chinese. As it was unprecedented for a civilian aircraft to be attacked, there was international diplomatic outrage over the incident. In the United States, it helped solidify the popular view that Japan was morally wrong in their war against China, but the incident was not enough to spur the US into action against Japan despite Chinese entreaties. The Kweilin was re-built, and destroyed by the Japanese a second time two years later.
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The Kweilin incident occurred ...... a second time two years later.
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Kweilin
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徐新六
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王宇楣
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胡筠
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A DC-2 passenger airliner
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1938-08-24
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Chóngqìng-hào
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Guìlín hào shìjiàn
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Guìlín-hào
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Hú Yún
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Liú Chóngquán
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Luó Zhāomíng
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Lóu Zhàoniàn
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Qián Chānggàn
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Wáng Yǔméi
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Xú Xīnliù
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刘崇佺
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钱昌淦
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Zhongshan, Guangdong, China
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Strafing on the ground
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劉崇佺
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Ch'ung-ch'ing-hao
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Hsü Hsin-liu
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Hu Yün
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Kuei-lin hao shih-chien
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Kuei-lin hao
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Liu Ch'ung-ch'üan
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Lo Chao-ming
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Lou Chao-nien
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Wang Yü-mei
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