This is a partial list of aircraft acquired by operators in China, prior to the start of the Second Sino-Japanese war on 7 July 1937.
Military Aviation
Early Military Aviation Revolutionary Faction Curtiss Model D Rumpler Taube Beiyang Government Caudron G.2 Caudron G.3 Caudron G.4 Chinese Nationalist Air Force Avro 504 Blackburn Lincock III Boeing Model 218 Boeing Model 281 Breda Ba.25 Breda Ba.27 Breda Ba.28 Breguet 14 Breguet 273 Caproni Ca.101 Caproni Ca.111 Curtiss Shrike Curtiss Hawk II Curtiss Hawk III Curtiss JN-4 de Havilland Gipsy Moth de Havilland Moth de Havilland Puss Moth Douglas O-2MC Fairchild KR-34CA Fairey Fox III, IV Fiat B.R.3 Fiat C.R.30 Fiat C.R.32 Focke-Wulf S 24 Focke-Wulf Fw 44 Fokker C.V Heinkel He 66 Heinkel He 111A Junkers K 47 Martin B-10 Northrop Alpha Northrop 2E, 2F Gamma Savoia-Marchetti S.72 Vought V.65C Corsair Republic of China Navy Aichi AB-3 Avro 594 Avian IV Naval Air Establishment Beeng Naval Air Establishment Chiang Hung Naval Air Establishment Char Naval Air Establishment Chiang Gaen Naval Air Establishment Chiang Hau Naval Air Establishment Ding Naval Air Establishment Nin Hai Naval Air Establishment Wu Naval Air Establishment Yee Schreck FBA.17 Warlord and Provincial Military Aviation Branches Guangdong Aviation Corps: Boeing Model 218 Boeing Model 281 Curtiss Hawk II Caudron C.59 Heinkel He 111A Waco 240-A/CSO Waco ATO Taperwing Waco CTO Taperwing Douglas O-2MC Guangdong Naval Aviation: Aeromarine 39B Guangxi Clique Aviation Corps: Armstrong Whitworth Atlas Armstrong Whitworth A.W.16 Avro 621 Tutor Nakajima Ko-4 (Nieuport-Delage NiD.29) Fengtian Clique Air Force (Zhang Xueliang): Boeing 247 Breguet 19 Dewoitine D.27 Junkers K 53 Westland Wapiti VIII Vickers VIM Potez 25 Fengtian Clique - Shandong Aviation Corps (Zhang Zongchang): Junkers K 53 Shanxi Clique Aviation Corps (Yan Xishan): Junkers K 53 Sichuan Clique Aviation Corps (Liu Xiang): Junkers K 53 Potez 25 West-North Aviation Corps (Feng Yuxiang): Ansaldo SVA Xinjiang Province Aviation Corps (Sheng Shicai): Polikarpov R-1 Polikarpov R-5 Polikarpov U-2 Foreign Military Aviation Based in China Arrow Sport - British Army Air Corp in Shanghai Etrich Taube - Imperial German forces stationed in China
Civilian Aviation
China National Aviation Corporation Curtiss Condor II de Havilland Dragon Rapide Douglas DC-2 Ryan B-1 Brougham Stinson SM-1F Detroiter
Eurasia Aviation Corporation BFW M.23 Junkers F.13 Junkers W 33 Junkers W 34 Junkers A 20 Junkers A 35 Junkers Ju 52 Messerschmitt M 18d
The Nationalist Government Avro 624 Six Friesley Falcon Handley Page Type O/7 Vickers Vimy Commercial Others Curtiss HS-2L Curtiss Robin Fleet Model 7 Fleet Model 10 Fokker Super Universal Heinkel He 116 Klemm L 26 II Loening-Keystone C2H Air Yacht Morane-Saulnier M.S.225 Potez 36 Raab-Katzenstein RK.2 Pelikan Schoettler I Sikorsky S-38-BH Udet U 12 Flamingo
Chinese Warlords who owns military aviation branches Bai Chongxi/Li Zongren (Guangxi Clique) Cao Kun/Feng Yuxiang (Zhili Clique) Chen Jitang (Guangdong Clique) Duan Qirui (Beiyang Clique) Liu Xiang (Sichuan Clique) Lu Yongxiang (Anhui Clique) Tang Jiyao (Yunnan Clique) Zhang Zuolin (Fengtian Clique) Sheng Shicai (Xinjiang Clique)
The aviation branches of the above warlords faction, the aircraft along with the personnel, had been voluntary incorporated into the nominally Chinese Nationalist air force by 1937 in preparations for the impending war against the Empire of Japan.
See also Air Warfare of WWII from the Sino-Japanese War perspective Feng Ru Zee Yee Lee Etienne Tsu Wong Tsu Sen Yet Young World War II equipment used by Chinese forces
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