Yangtze River 长江---

After a day of search and verification, the crash site was finally confirmed at coordinates 30 20.654 N 116 53.688 E, which is about 14 miles from Anqing city (listed as "Anking" in war-era documentation). Note that this location much more closely matches the estimated distance from Anqing, at 12 miles, given in the accounts by the crew of the...

On December 30, 1943 two American B-25s bombers took off from the Suichuan airbase (Jiangxi province) and proceeded north to search the Yangtze (Changjiang) river for Japanese targets of opportunity. Finding a Japanese gunboad on the river near Anqing city (Anking) in Anhui province, the first B-25 made an attack run on the ship, then the second plane followed, but...

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