Category Archives: China

Curtiss Hawk 81A-2

Posted on October 20, 2016 by atcDave

Flying Tigers In the first six months of war against Japan, allied successes were few and far between.  One of the bright spots was a small group of American mercenaries flying for a disgruntled, half deaf old fighter pilot on … Continue reading →

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Polikarpov I-16 Type 10

Posted on December 28, 2014 by atcDave

Japan and China went to war in 1937.  Sometimes known as the Second Sino-Japanese War, this blurred into War War II in 1939, and even more so in 1941.  It didn’t end until the atomic bombing of 1945. After the … Continue reading →

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