Lufthansa Junker Ju 52 on Chengdu Airfield

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Title: Lufthansa Junker Ju 52 on Chengdu Airfield
Caption: Junker Trimotor +-1935, Chengdu Airfield (DEW)
Identifier: WFC_124
Alternative Identifier: 52
Description: A Lufthansa Junker Ju 52 on the Chengdu Fenghuangshan Airfield (成都凤凰山机场), which had been recently built 15 miles northwest of the WCUU campus.
Commentary: The Chengdu Fenghuangshan Airfield was built in 1931 by Liu Xiang. This is probably Chiang Kaishek's personal airplane, on which he gave a ride to the graduating class at the Canadian School in West China in 1935. Another photograph of this plane was taken with the class and a caption stating "Here we are ready for our trip in the 'Junker' given by Generalissimo after exams in 1935." In this photo, one can clearly see the name "Emil Thuy" on the side. Thuy was a renowned WWI German fighter pilot. Between 1928 and 1938, Chiang had German military advisors training his National Revolutionary Army.
Creator: Leslie Earl Willmott
Date Created: 1935
Location: Chengdu, Sichuan; WCUU
Geonames: https://www.geonames.org/1815286/chengdu.html; https://www.geonames.org/12718447/ackerman-clock-tower-huaxi-campus.html
Relation: Fokker F.VIIb/3m Plane Taking Off
Source: Cory Willmott
Provenance: Leslie Earl and Mary Katharine Willmott, to Donald Willmott; scanned by Elizabeth Willmott.
Access Rights: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Publisher: SIUE
Record Date: 2026-01-31
Contributor: Cory Willmott
Type: Still Image
References: Cory Willmott. "Recreations and Pastimes of the West China Missionaries: Part Two." 53rd Annual Canadian School in West China Reunion, 2022.; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emil_Thuy; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chengdu_Fenghuangshan_Airport
Subject: https://id.worldcat.org/fast/592329

Item sets: Willmott Family Archives

Media: WFC_124A_LEW_Trimotor_Plane_Chengdu_1935.jpg; WFC_124B_LEW_Trimotor_Plane_Chengdu_1935_Back.jpg

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