Aerial Engagements of The Second Sino-Japanese War - Aircraft Types Used

Aircraft Types Used

Some of the aircraft types used in the Second Sino-Japanese War:

Chinese and American Air Units

  • Italian built: Fiat CR-32, biplane fighter
  • British built: Gloster Gladiator, biplane fighter
  • German Built: Heinkel He 50, biplane dive bomber
  • Japanese Built: Nakajima Type 91, biplane fighter
  • U.S. built:
    • Douglas O-2MC, biplane scout/light bomber
    • Boeing Model 281 (P-26C) Peashooter, monoplane fighter
    • Curtiss XF11C Goshawk (P-6 Hawk II), biplane fighter
    • Curtiss BF2C Goshawk (Hawk III), biplane fighter
    • Curtiss Hawk 75M, monoplane fighter
    • Curtiss P-40 Tomahawk, Warhawk, Kittyhawk, monoplane fighter
    • Vultee P-66 Vanguard, monoplane fighter
    • Republic P-43 Lancer, monoplane fighter
    • Republic P-47 Thunderbolt, monoplane fighter
    • North American P-51 Mustang, monoplane fighter
    • Lockheed P-38 Lightning, twin booms fighter/bomber
    • Lockheed A-29 Hudson, 2-engine medium bomber/reconnaissance
    • North American B-25 Mitchell, 2-engine medium bomber
    • Consolidated B-24 Liberator, long range 4-engine heavy bomber
  • Soviet built:
    • Polikarpov I-15, biplane fighter
    • Polikarpov I-152, biplane fighter
    • Polikarpov I-153, biplane fighter
    • Polikarpov I-16, monoplane fighter
    • Tupolev SB, 2-engine medium bomber
    • Tupolev TB-3, 4-engine long range heavy bomber.

Japanese Air Units

  • Kawasaki Ki-10, Army Type 95, biplane fighter (Allied codename Perry)
  • Mitsubishi A5M, Navy type 96, monoplane fighter (Allied codename Claude)
  • Mitsubishi A6M, Navy type zero, monoplane fighter (Allied codename Zeke)
  • Nakajima Ki-27, Army type 97, monoplane fighter (Allied codename Nate)
  • Nakajima Ki-43, Army type 1, monoplane fighter (Allied codename Oscar)
  • Nakajima Ki-44, Army type 2, monoplane fighter (Allied codename Tojo)
  • Nakajima Ki-84, Army type 4, monoplane fighter (Allied codename Frank)
  • Kawasaki Ki-48, Army type 99, 2-engine medium bomber (Allied codename Lily)
  • Mitsubishi G3M, Type 96, 2-engine long range bomber (Allied codename Nell)
  • Mitsubishi G4M, 2-engine long range bomber (Allied codename Betty)

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