Who was the highest-scoring Chinese pilot ace of Sino-Japanese War/WW2 (1937 - 1945)?
Is there some good info available on him in English?
The top Chinese Ace?
Re: The top Chinese Ace?
For biplane pilots you have Chinese section of Hĺkans aviation page - Biplane Fighter Aces from the Second World War
http://surfcity.kund.dalnet.se/china.htm
http://surfcity.kund.dalnet.se/china.htm
Re: The top Chinese Ace?
I know Håkans aviation page, interesting stuff - in Håkans list the top Chinese ace appears to be Liu Chi-Sheng with 10 air victories and all of his claims made before the year 1941. The problem with Håkan´s info is that it is limited only to pilots with biplane claims and almost exclusively to a period of 1937 - 1940. Many Chinese fighter pilots flew I-16 and later modern American monoplane fighters - my guess is that there were Chinese pilots with claims made only with monoplane fighters. It might well be that Liu Chi-Sheng is the top Chinese ace of Sino-Japanese war 1937-1945, but a more precise picture of Chinese "monoplane fighter aces" is needed.
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Re: The top Chinese Ace?
It doesn't help with an immediate answer but in April 2015 Osprey is releasing Aces of the Republic of China Air Force by historian/researcher Raymond Cheung.
http://www.amazon.ca/Aces-Republic-Chin ... China+aces
http://www.amazon.ca/Aces-Republic-Chin ... China+aces