Liu Yudi
Liu Yudi | ||
|---|---|---|
刘玉堤 | ||
 Liu Yudi in the Korean War | ||
| Commander of the Beijing Military Region Air Force | ||
| In office 1975–1990 | ||
| Preceded by | Li Jitai | |
| Succeeded by | Yao Xian | |
| Personal details | ||
| Born | September 17, 1923 Hanyu Pinyin | Liú Yùdī |
Liu Yudi (Chinese: 刘玉堤; 17 September 1923 – 17 February 2015) was a MiG-15 pilot of the People's Liberation Army Air Force of China. According to Chinese state source Xinhua, Liu was a flying ace during the Korean War, with 6 shootdowns.[1] He later served as commander of the Beijing Military Region Air Force, and was awarded the rank of lieutenant general in 1988.[2][3]
Biography
Born in
After the war, he assumed various posts in PLA Air Force, including deputy commander of
He was a delegate to the 3rd, 4th, 6th and 7th National People's Congress, a delegate to the 11th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party, and a member of the 7th and 8th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC). He was also a Standing Committee member of the 7th CPPCC.[5]
Liu retired in April 1990. He died of an illness in Beijing on 17 February 2015. The day before he died, PLA Air Force Commander Ma Xiaotian visited him in the hospital, and Liu wrote down his last words with his quivering hands: "Greatly develop bombers" (大大发展轰炸机).[3]
Personal life
Liu married Jia Zhaoquan (贾兆泉), who was a parachutist in the People's Liberation Army Air Force. The couple had two sons and a daughter. Liu had a granddaughter named Liu Jingjing (刘京晶).[6]
References
- Xinhua, 2010-10-26, archived from the originalon October 29, 2010, retrieved 2011-08-29
- ^ Liu Hang (2015-04-02). 传奇战鹰立奇功. 81.com (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2016-09-18. Retrieved 2015-10-13.
- ^ a b c 刘玉堤中将遗愿：病床上写下“大大发展轰战机”. Ifeng (in Chinese). 2015-02-22.
抗美援朝空战中击落敌机6架，击伤3架，其中8架为美机；国土防空作战中击伤蒋军RF-84侦察机一架。
- ^ Zhang 2004, pp. 153–155.
- ^ 北京军区原副司令员刘玉堤病逝，抗美援朝一天曾打下4架美机. thepaper.cn (in Chinese). 2015-03-22.
- ^ 空战英雄刘玉堤清白家风照后人. Tencent (in Chinese). 2015-04-03.
Sources
- Zhang, Xiao Ming (2004), Red Wings Over the Yalu: China, the Soviet Union, and the Air War in Korea, ISBN 1-58544-201-1