Fokker F.VIIb/3m Plane Taking Off

Title: Fokker F.VIIb/3m Plane Taking Off
Identifier: WFC_125
Alternative Identifier: 50
Description: A Fokker F.VIIb/3m trimotor monoplane is seen from behind as it takes off from the the Chengdu Fenghuangshan Airfield (成都凤凰山机场).
Commentary: This type of aircraft was first built in 1924, and is famous for its role in Arctic exploration, Amelia Earhart's Trans-Atlantic flight in 1928, and the first Trans-Pacific flight from Australia to USA, also in 1928.
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: Lufthansa Junker Ju 52 on Chengdu Airfield
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
Subject: https://id.worldcat.org/fast/592329

Media: WFC_125_LEW_Chengdu_Airfield_1935.jpg; WFC_125b_LEW_Chengdu_Airfield_1935_Back.jpg

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