DC-2 Photo Gallery

When I started researching and writing China’s Wings, I expected the world famous DC-3 to be my favorite airplane in the story, and a read a stack of books lauding its excellence. But the deeper I delved into the story, the more I came to appreciate its predecessor, the much less renowned DC-2. For the China National Aviation Corporation, the DC-3 was an evolution — the revolution had come with the DC-2.


And so here’s a gallery of photos honoring the DC-2:



CNAC's first DC-2 arriving at Lunghwa Airport, 1935
0011 - DC2s arrive at Lunghwa 2 - Apr 1935
Coming ashore
0014 - DC2s arrive at Lunghwa 5 - Apr 1935 - tweaked
CNAC's first DC-2, assembled and ready to fly
CNAC's first DC-2 crew: Hewitt Mitchell and Moon Fun Chin (with three airport porters)
CNAC DC-2 at a passenger terminal
CNAC's first DC-2 over the Shanghai Bund on her maiden flight, 1935
Maiden flight over Shanghai, 1935
Maiden flight over the Shanghai Bund, 1935
DC-2 over Lunghwa Pagoda, 1935
Edward P Howard drawing
Repairing a tail wheel, 1935 or '36
Loading a DC-2, probably at Chengdu, 1936
Hand fueling a DC-2, 1936
See China By Plane poster 2
CNAC hangar at Lunghwa Airport, on the Whangpoo River
DC-2 on Sanhupa Airstrip in Chungking, 1938
A DC-2 in Pan Am livery
CNAC promotional poster, 1936 or 1937 (cnac.org)
Salvaging Woody's DC-2, shot down by the Japanese, 1938
Raising its prop
rescuing its engines
dismantling its wings
raising its center section
prepped for travel back to Hong Kong
DC-2 destroyed in Hong Kong, Dec 8, 1941
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Published on February 07, 2013 07:32
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