A lot of people have helped me with the information on these pages, both by providing direct information or providing articles and translations. These pages hadn’t been possible without this help!
Contributors:
Jim Broshot
Raymond Cheung
Edward Chan
Tom Chan
Hui Chen-Hung
Jack Cook
Alexander Crawford
Andrei Demjanko
Santiago Flores
Michael Fu
Börje Henningsson
Jack Hwang
Michael Little
Ivan Martens
George M. Mellinger
Michael Meyer
Frank Olynyk
Ondrej Repka
Laurent Rizzotti
Erich Wang
Mirek Wawrzyński
Yulin Yao
Zhou Yali
Arthur Yin
Donald Young
Translation kindly provided by Liya Sang.
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Air Aces Homepage
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Air Operations in the China Area (July 1937-August 1945) - Military History Section Headquarters, Army Forces Far East, Historica Aviation Publications
Air War over China - Edward R. Hooton, Air Enthusiast/Thirty-Four kindly provided by Jim Broshot
All aces of Stalin 1936-1953 – Mikhail Bykov, 2014
AVG & USAAF (China-Burma-India Theater) Credits For The Destruction Of Enemy Aircraft In Air-To-Air Combat World War 2 - Frank Olynyk, 1986 Victory List No.4
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Ki-27 'Nate' Aces – Nicholas Millman, 2013 Osprey Publishing, Oxford, ISBN 978-1-84908-662-2
Ki-43 'Oscar' Aces of World War 2 - Hiroshi Ichimura, 2009 Osprey Publishing Limited, Oxford, ISBN 978-1-84603-408-4
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Recording of important facts concerning great events of the Republic of China kindly provided by Erich Wang.
Red Baron of China Air Space kindly provided by Erich Wang
Republic P-43 and China's Air War - Richard L. Dunn, 2004
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Soviet Fighters in the sky of China, Part III - Anatolii Demin, 2000 Aviatsiia Kosmonavtika 11 (translated by George M. Mellinger)
Soviet Fighters in the sky of China, Part IV - Anatolii Demin, 2000 Aviatsiia Kosmonavtika 12 (translated by George M. Mellinger)
Soviet Fighters in the sky of China, Part V - Anatolii Demin, 2001 Aviatsiia Kosmonavtika 1 (translated by George M. Mellinger)
Soviet Planes and Pilots in China – Dmitry Shevchuk, 1997 Small Air Forces Observer vol. 21 no. 3 (83) October 1997 kindly provided by Börje Henningsson.
Stalin's Falcons - Tomas Polak and Christhoper Shores, 1999 Grub Street, London, ISBN 1-902304-01-2
Stars & Bars - Frank Olynyk, 1995 Grub Street, London, ISBN 1-898697-17-5
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The Curtiss Hawks – Page Shamburger and Joe Christy, Wolverine Press
The USAAF in WWII - Jack McKillop
The Vultee P-66 in Chinese service - Richard L. Dunn
The Warbird Forum - Dan Ford
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“Yellow Scorpions” over China – Warren Thompson, 2014 Aeroplane Monthly May 2014.