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List of aircraft used in China before 1937

This is a partial list of aircraft acquired by operators in China, prior to the start of the Second Sino-Japanese war on 7 July 1937.

Military Aviation

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The Rosamonde biplane, the first indigenously designed aircraft in China shown here with Soong Qingling and Sun Yat-sen; Soong would fly as a passenger in the plane with pilot Huang Guangrui [zh] at the controls
Chinese Hawk III, the primary fighter-attack of the Chinese Nationalist Air Force opposing the Japanese invasion in 1937, until superseded by Polikarpov I-15 and I-16 fighters
The Aichi AB-3, a single-seat, single-engined biplane, was designed to equip a light cruiser Ning Hai being built in Japan for the Chinese navy


Early Military Aviation

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Revolutionary Faction

Beiyang Government

Chinese Nationalist Air Force

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Republic of China Navy

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Warlord and Provincial Military Aviation Branches

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Guangdong Aviation Corps:

Guangdong Naval Aviation:

Guangxi Clique Aviation Corps:

Fengtian Clique Air Force (Zhang Xueliang):

Fengtian Clique - Shandong Aviation Corps (Zhang Zongchang):

Shanxi Clique Aviation Corps (Yan Xishan):

Sichuan Clique Aviation Corps (Liu Xiang):

West-North Aviation Corps (Feng Yuxiang):

Xinjiang Province Aviation Corps (Sheng Shicai):

Foreign Military Aviation Based in China

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Civilian Aviation

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Ju 52 of Eurasia Aviation Corporation, 1930s in China

China National Aviation Corporation

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Eurasia Aviation Corporation

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The Nationalist Government

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Others

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Chinese Warlords who owns military aviation branches

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The aviation branches of the above warlords faction, the aircraft along with the personnel, had been voluntary incorporated into the nominally Chinese Nationalist air force by 1937 in preparations for the impending war against the Empire of Japan.

See also

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References

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