List of aircraft used in China before 1937
This is a partial list of aircraft acquired in China prior to the start of the Second Sino-Japanese war on 7 July 1937, and an incomplete list of Chinese warlords involved in the acquisition of these aircraft, many for the inventory of their own aviation units.
The Rosamonde biplane, the first indigenously designed aircraft in China shown here with Mme. Soong Qingling and Dr. Sun Yat-sen; Mme. Soong would fly as a passenger in the plane with pilot Huang Guangrui at the controls
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- Aeromarine 39B
- Aichi AB-3
- Ansaldo A.300-4
- Armstrong Whitworth Atlas
- Armstrong Whitworth A.W.16
- Arrow Sport
- Ansaldo SVA
- Avro 504
- Avro 594 Avian IV
- Avro 621 Tutor
- Avro 624 Six
- BFW M.23
- Blackburn Lincock III
- Boeing 218
- Boeing Model 281
- Boeing 247
- Breda Ba.25
- Breda Ba.27
- Breda Ba.28
- Breguet 14
- Breguet 19
- Breguet 273
- Caudron C.59
- Caudron G.2
- Caudron G.3
- Caudron G.4
- Caproni Ca.101
- Caproni Ca.111
- Curtiss Shrike
- Curtiss Condor II
- Curtiss Hawk II
- Curtiss Hawk III
- Curtiss Model D
- Curtiss Falcon
- Curtiss HS-2L
- Curtiss JN-4
- Curtiss Robin
- de Havilland Dragon Rapide
- de Havilland Gipsy Moth
- de Havilland Moth
- de Havilland Puss Moth
- Dewoitine D.27C
- Douglas DC-2
- Douglas O-2MC
- Etrich Taube
- Fairchild KR-34CA
- Fairey Fox III, IV
- Fiat B.R.3
- Fiat C.R.30
- Fiat C.R.32
- Fleet Model 7
- Fleet Model 10
- Focke-Wulf S 24
- Focke-Wulf Fw 44
- Fokker C.V
- Fokker Super Universal
- Friesley Falcon
- Handley Page Type O/7
- Heinkel He 66
- Heinkel He 111A
- Heinkel He 116
- Junkers F.13
- Junkers W 33
- Junkers W 34
- Junkers A 20
- Junkers A 35
- Junkers Ju 52
- Junkers Ju 86
- Junkers Ju 160
- Junkers K 47
- Junkers K 53
- Klemm L 26 II
- Loening-Keystone C2H Air Yacht
- Martin B-10
- Messerschmitt M 18d
- Morane-Saulnier M.S.225
- Nakajima Ko-4 (Nieuport-Delage NiD.29)
- Naval Air Establishment Chiang Hung
- Naval Air Establishment Chiang Gaen
- Northrop Alpha
- Northrop 2E, 2F Gamma
- Polikarpov R-1
- Polikarpov R-5
- Polikarpov U-2
- Potez 25
- Potez 36
- Rumpler Taube
- Ryan B-1 Brougham
- Schoettler I
- Schreck FBA.17
- Savoia-Marchetti S.72
- Sikorsky S-38-BH
- Stinson SM-1F Detroiter
- Udet U 12 Flamingo
- Vickers Vimy Commercial
- Vickers VIM
- Vought V.65C Corsair
- Waco 240-A/CSO Straightwing
- Waco ATO Taperwing
- Waco CTO Taperwing
- Westland Wapiti VIII
Warlord air forces of China[]
- Bai Chongxi/Li Zongren (Guangxi Clique)
- Cao Kun/Feng Yü-hsiang (Zhili Clique)
- Chen Jitang (Guangdong Clique)
- Duan Qirui (Beiyang Clique)
- Liu Xiang (Sichuan Clique)
- Lu Yongxiang (Anhui Clique)
- Tang Jiyao (Yunnan Clique)
- Zhang Zuolin (Fengtian Clique)
- Sheng Shicai (Xinjiang Clique)
Various aircraft in Chinese provincial/warlord service, along with overseas-Chinese volunteer pilots, had crossed-over into the centralized command (ROCAF) of the nominally Nationalist Air Force of China by 1937 in preparations for the impending war against the Empire of Japan.
See also[]
- Air Warfare of WWII from the Sino-Japanese War perspective
- Feng Ru
- Li Ruyan
- Etienne Tsu
- Wong Tsu
- Sen Yet Young
- World War II equipment used by Chinese forces
References[]
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