Curtiss C-46 Commando aircraft, Civil Air Transport airfield, Sanya, Hainan Island

Curtiss C-46 Commando aircraft, Civil Air Transport airfield, Sanya, Hainan Island

Collection

Rosholt, Malcolm

Identifier

Ro-n0544

Notes

University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: Ro-n0544.  Note by Malcolm Rosholt: "Civil Air Transport C-46s parked in line at Sanya air base on southen tip of Hainan Island.  Aircraft had come in from bases in west China to avoid being captured by Red Army in December 1949".  Painted on plane: CAT; CAA-MOC.  See Ro-n0543, Ro-n0545, Ro-n0546, Ro-n0547.

Caption in album or on mount

Civil Air Transport C-46s, etc

Estimated Date

1949

Photographer

Rosholt, Malcolm

Material

Negative

Media

Black and white photograph