War pilots learn to fear ground fire : the same plane near the ground, on its fatal plunge

A flaming Japanese bomber falls from the sky over Nanking (Nanjing), China. In the foreground is smoke from a Japanese bomb dropped by another bomber.

Publication date: 1937-12-05

Size: 6.9 x 4.8 cm

Publisher: Tribune Company

Print type: grayscale

Language:

• English

Geography:

• Nanjing (Jiangsu Sheng, China)

Subject(s):

• Bombers--Japanese--China--Nanjing (Jiangsu Sheng)--1930-1940
• Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945--Air operations--Japanese--China--Nanjing (Jiangsu Sheng)
• Air warfare--China--Nanjing (Jiangsu Sheng)--1930-1940
• Aerial bombings--China--Nanjing (Jiangsu Sheng)--1930-1940
• Explosions--China--Nanjing (Jiangsu Sheng)--1930-1940
• Fires--China--Nanjing (Jiangsu Sheng)--1930-1940

Genre(s):

• Motion study photographs
• Photographs

Type(s):

• still image
• text

Copyright(s):

• These materials are either in the public domain, according to U.S. copyright law, or permission has been obtained from rights owners. The digital version and supplementary materials are available for all educational uses worldwide.

Is part of:

• The Janet A. Ginsburg Chicago Tribune Image Collection

Source(s):

• Chicago Sunday Tribune (December 5, 1937), Graphic Section, p. 8

Format(s):

• application/pdf
• image/jpeg

Creator(s):

• Thoms, Wayne

Contributor(s):

• Associated Press-Paramount News