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Originally Posted by GuerraCivil
- Japanese aviators serving Communist Chinese Air Force are probably men which are problematic piece of Chinese aviation history due to common China/Taiwan heritage regarding Sino-Japanese War.
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They were around 100 Japanese pilots and technically trained ground personnel were captured by communist in Manchuria in 1945 , none of these Japanese pilots flew combat mission in the civil war, there was no aircraft for them to fly anyway. These were ethinic Japanese, not Korean or Taiwanese. soon after the WWII in the Manchuria region, the combat between Communist and Nationalist started almost immediate although the official beginning of the civil war was 1946. These Japanes were stucked in the middle of the conflict and because of that, the process of the repatriation of former Japanese soldiers and immigrants were extremly slow, so it was a good opportunity for communist to have their pick among them technical experts for their own use, in exchange, communist provided them protection, food and shelter. These Japanese returned to their homeland in early 50's