Soviet Volunteer Pilots in China

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Soviet Volunteer Pilots in China, 1937-1940

Contents 1 Soviet Pilots who Flew in China 2 Timeline 3 Sources 4 References

[edit] Soviet Pilots who Flew in China

Name	Pilot Type	Notes
Khryukin, Timofei Timofeevich	Bomber Pilot	Led the raid on Taiwan, Hero of the Soviet Union
Polynin, Fyodr Petrovich	Bomber Pilot
Slyusarev, Sidor Vasilevich	Bomber Pilot

[edit] Timeline

• November 21, 1937 Seven I-16 fighters piloted by Soviet Volunteers in China engage twenty Japanese planes and shoot down two Mitsubishi G3M Type 96 bombers^[1].

• December 1, 1937 Eighty-six planes of various types, including I-16 fighters and SB bombers, are officially transferred by the Soviets to the Chinese, accompanied by Soviet volunteer pilots to fly them^[1].

[edit] Sources

• In the Skies Over China 1937-1940

• Along the Roads of China: 1937-1945

• Part I Soviet Fighters in the Sky of China (1937-1940) by Demin, Anatolii, Aviatsiya i Kosmonavtika, September 2000. a six-part series of articles appearing in Aviatsiya i Kosmonavtika magazine between September, 2000 and February 2001, by Anatolii Demin. Translations by George M. Mellinger available at www.j-aircraft.com: Part I, Part II, Part III, Part IV, Part V, and Part VI

• Russian Aviation and Air Power in the Twentieth Century

• Red Riposte: the Soviet Volunteer Group Over Formosa

[edit] References

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} In the Skies Over China 1937-1940