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/combat units.
Soong Qingling and Sun Yat-sen; Soong would fly as a passenger in the plane with pilot Huang Guangrui
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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
- 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 26II
- 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/CSOStraightwing
- Waco ATOTaperwing
- Waco CTOTaperwing
- Westland Wapiti VIII
Warlord air forces of China
- Bai Chongxi/Li Zongren (Guangxi Clique)
- Cao Kun/Feng Yuxiang (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 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
- Zee Yee Lee
- Etienne Tsu
- Wong Tsu
- Sen Yet Young
- World War II equipment used by Chinese forces