Re: US Marines Parachute incidents China 1927 to 1928
George thanks I have found another source for Fry accident and in his own words what happened - no confirmation of date but matches what you posted from accident card
December 16, 1928
Oakland Tribune from Oakland, California · Page 79
An Oriental Caterpillar is Sergeant Robert G. Fry, U. S. M. C, who jumped at 1500 feet when something went wrong while he was stunting near Camp McMurray. Hsin Ho, China, . "I was ordered to fly for thirty minutes and practise acrobatic flying," Sergeant Fry declared. "I took off from Hsin Ho and was practising a slow roll at 5000 feet when I heard noise that sounded like something had broken. My plane went out of control at once and I was unable to make it behave. When I realised it would he impossible to regain control, I jumped at 1,00O feet, using my parachute and landed safely. My plane was a complete wreck."
Interesting that that list I sent you has same date for
Moore as loss of FB-1, A-6888
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