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Re: B24 use by Red Chinese ?
From "Red Wings Over the Yalu" by Xiaoming Zhang, some snippets of B-24 action in the Chinese Civil War:
Jun 26, 1946
Liu Shanben (American-trained pilot) defected to Yan'an in a B-24. The bomber was destroyed in a Nationalist air raid two months later.
(...later: oops. typo. 1946 - as corrected above - not 1945 as originally typed. )
May 24, 1949
Nationalist B-24s raid Beijing, prompting the PRCAAF to organise an air defence squadron of 6 captured and refurbished P-51s.
Feb 6, 1950
Between Oct 1949 and Feb 1950, Shanghai sustains 26 air raids. On 6 Feb 1950, 14 Nationalist aircraft (B-24s and B-25s) raid the city in its most serious attack. More than 1400 people were killed in the wide damaging raid on powerplant and shipyard areas.
May 11, 1950
Russian MiG-15s, recently deployed for air defence, claim a successful night interception - aided by searchlights - on a Nationalist B-24. (Near Shanghai?) Nationalist records note the loss of a B-24 on 11 May.
...geoff
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Last edited by bearoutwest; 7th June 2018 at 05:55.
Reason: correcting typo.
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