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From: jih@seismo.CSS.GOV (Rong-Song Jih)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: WWII Chinese airmen flying for the AAF in China ?
Summary: They were not the same pilots...
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Date: 6 Nov 90 04:32:27 GMT
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From: jih@seismo.CSS.GOV (Rong-Song Jih)

In article <1990Oct25.145744.169@cbnews.att.com>, msmiller@gonzoville.East.Sun.COM (Mark Miller - OpenWindows Contractor) writes:
> 
> 
> From: msmiller@gonzoville.East.Sun.COM (Mark Miller - OpenWindows Contractor)
> |>From: anthony@batserver.cs.uq.oz.au (Anthony Lee)
> |>
> |>Many years ago I read about how some Chinese pilots flew obselete
> |>biplanes to intercept Japanese bombers in WWII.  I was wondering if any
> |>of them ended up flying with the US AAF in China, e.g. flying P40s ?
> |>
> |>Thanks in advance
> 
> Yes. They formed a unit of Chinese pilots, trained by Americans. I forget
> the actual name of this unit, but from accounts I've read their landings
> were quite amusing. I also think there was a joint Chinese/American
> squadron in operation, but I'd have to do some checking. In any event,
> all these units flew the P-40.
> ____________________________________________________________________________

Yes or no... It seems that Bill's original inquiry was whether
those pilots who flew the biplanes (such as Hawk 3) at the
beginning of the war did get a chance to fly P40s...
As I know, most of those pilots didn't survive that long ---
particularly those famous ones, such as Kao Chiharng, Yao
Yiichin... 

Also, before CAF got P-40 and P-51, the fighter squadrons flew 
Sovit-made I-15 and I-16 for quite a while. I-15 was a biplane
too.

Rongsong Jih
jih@toto.CSS.GOV