Lin Biao
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Lin Biao was a Chinese military commander and politician. Pivotal to the Communist victory in the Chinese Civil War, he commanded the Liaoshen and Pingjin campaigns at the head of the Manchurian Field
Official portrait, 1955
Lin Biao in Kuomintang uniform, 1944
Lin Biao with wife Ye Qun and their children
Lin with Zhou Enlai in National Revolutionary Army uniforms (1943)
Lin Biao incident
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The Lin Biao incident was an aircraft crash at 2:30 a.m. on 13 September 1971 involving Lin Biao, the sole Vice Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party. Everyone on board a PLAAF Hawker Siddeley Tride
Lin Biao
…1971 when a Hawker Siddeley Trident crashed near Öndörkhaan, Mongolia, in circumstances that remain disputed. The official Chinese account of the "Lin Biao incident" holds that Lin and his family were fleeing after a failed coup attempt against Mao; others contend they fled fearing imminent purge. He was posthumously…
The aircraft involved in the accident, while it was still in service with Pakistan International Airlines in 1967
Project 571 Outline
Lin Liguo with Ye Qun
Qinhuangdao Shanhaiguan Airport, provenance of the aircraft