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.[1][2]
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
- 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
- Flushing AP-1
- 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 Beeng
- Naval Air Establishment Chiang Hung
- Naval Air Establishment Char
- Naval Air Establishment Chiang Gaen
- Naval Air Establishment Chiang Hau
- Naval Air Establishment Ding
- Naval Air Establishment Nin Hai
- Naval Air Establishment Wu
- Naval Air Establishment Yee
- Northrop Alpha
- Northrop 2E, 2F Gamma
- Polikarpov R-1
- Polikarpov R-5
- Polikarpov U-2
- Potez 25
- Potez 36
- Raab-Katzenstein RK.2 Pelikan
- 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)
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
References
- "中國飛機尋根". 中國飛機尋根 - China's Aircraft Roots. cwlam2000hk.sinaman.com. Archived from the original on 2007-08-11. Retrieved 2007-07-26.
黃孝慈先生在「中國的空軍」雜誌上發表了一系列文章，名為「中國飛機尋根」，十分精彩，現摘錄如下，並加插圖片，希望大家會喜歡。若有任何意見，請電郵給我，謝謝！
- Warne, Gary C. "Star in the East - The Rise of China's Air Service". Retrieved 2020-11-19.
China laid the ground work for its own Air Service in 1910 when a facility was set up in Peking (today called Beijing) to develop aircraft. Flying and training others on the Taubes was entrusted to Zee Yee Lee, who had recently returned from leaning to fly at the Bristol School in Great Britain.
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