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Re: US Marines Parachute incidents China 1927 to 1928
August 18, 1927 Tech Sgt. Robert George "Joe-Pete" Fry from Boeing FB-1 A6887 at Hsin Ho, China - Cause Unknown
I believe this is the incident - but date different
Parachute Saves American Airman In North China
The China Press (1925-1938); Shanghai [Shanghai]24 Aug 1927: 3.
Parachute Saves
American Airman
In North China (Reuters Pacific Service) Tientsin, Aug. 23.—An American plane flying to Hsinho from Tientsin on Saturday (sic 20th August 1927) crashed from a height of two thousand feet as a result of engine trouble. The pilot jumped clear by means of a parachute and landed unharmed. The machine was completely wrecked, the engine being buried fourteen feet on the ground.
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