In the nearly three years of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, many combat heroes emerged from the young Volunteer Air Force, who were not afraid of the strength of the US military and resolutely flew fighters to fight with the US army. This article will talk to you about the combat heroes of that year.
1. First-class combat hero, special meritorious wang hai
A native of Yantai, Shandong Province, Wang Hai joined the revolution in 1944, went to the Northeast Democratic Coalition Army Aviation School in 1946 to learn flight piloting techniques, and became a young fighter pilot after graduating in 1950. After the outbreak of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, Wang Hai entered the DPRK and took part in the air battle; he personally shot down 4 enemy planes and injured 5 of them, and the "Wang Hai Brigade" led by him achieved the impressive record of shooting down enemy planes by everyone in the brigade.
Wang Hai will
On the Korean battlefield, he was awarded the title of "First Class Combat Hero" by the Air Force. The "Wang Hai Brigade" led by him fought more than 80 fierce battles with the US Air Force, which is known as the "world ace," shooting down and wounding 29 enemy planes.
In 1955, Wang Hai was awarded the rank of lieutenant colonel, and since then he has served in the Air Force for a long time, successively serving as the commander of the Air Force of the Guangzhou Military Region, the deputy commander of the Air Force, and the commander. He was awarded the rank of general in the Air Force after the reinstatement of the rank system in 1988, and Wang Haihai will die in Beijing in 2020 at the age of 94.
2. Liu Yudi, a first-class combat hero
Liu Yudi, a native of Cangxian County, Hebei Province, joined the Eighth Route Army in 1938 at the age of 15, and in October 1946, he entered the first flight class of the Northeast Old Aviation School to learn to fly. In 1951, Liu Yudi entered the DPRK to participate in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, and in the air battle he successively achieved major results in shooting down and injuring 8 enemy aircraft, and even created a record of shooting down 4 enemy aircraft in a single air battle, which became a model for the Air Combat of the Chinese Air Force. For this reason, he was awarded the title of "First Class Combat Hero" by the Political Department of the Air Force.
Lieutenant General Liu Yudi
After returning to China, Liu Yudi was awarded the rank of lieutenant colonel in the Air Force in 1955, and since then he has successively served as the commander of the air force, deputy division commander, division commander, commander of the air force of the military region, deputy commander of the Beijing military region and commander of the air force of the military region. Liu Yudi was awarded the rank of lieutenant general in the Air Force in 1988 and died in Beijing in 2005 at the age of 92 due to illness.
3. First-class combat hero, Zhao Baotong, the king of air combat
Zhao Baotong, a native of Fushun, Liaoning Province, joined the army in August 1945 and entered the Fourth Aviation School in 1949. After the outbreak of the Korean War, Zhao Baotong entered the DPRK to participate in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea; in the Korean Air War, he shot down 7 US planes and injured 2, creating the highest personal record for volunteer pilots, and was awarded the honorary title of first-class combat hero.
After returning to China, he successively served as deputy chief of staff of the Headquarters of the 6th Aviation School of the Air Force, vice president of the 3rd Aviation School of the Air Force, and deputy chief of staff of the Air Force of the Beijing Military Region, and died of illness in Beijing in 2003 at the age of 75.
Zhao Baotong
4. Zhang Jihui, a first-class combat hero and a special meritorious hero
Zhang Jihui is a Shandong Rong adult, joined the army in 1945, in 1951 Zhang Jihui followed the Chinese Volunteer Army into the Korean War, during the Korean Operation, Zhang Jihui participated in more than ten air battles, achieved the record of shooting down 4 aircraft and injuring 1 aircraft, he even killed the US Air Force ace pilot George Andrew Davis in the air battle (Davis has a record of shooting down 22 enemy aircraft). The command organ of the Volunteer Army gave Zhang Jihui special merits and awarded him the honorary titles of "Air Hero", "Air Commando" and "First Class Combat Hero".
After returning to China, Zhang Jihui served as the head of the air force regiment, the commander of the division, the commander of the army, and the deputy commander of the air force. In 1980, he transferred to the local area and served as the deputy director of Chengdu 420 Factory and the vice mayor of Yantai City.
Zhang Jihui
5. Second-level combat hero Han Decai
Han Decai, a native of Fengyang, Anhui Province, joined the army in 1949, and in early 1952, at the age of 19, Han Decai entered the DPRK to participate in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea. On April 7, 1953, after the safe landing of the cover aircraft group, he and his long plane were suddenly attacked by the F-86 aircraft piloted by Harold Edward Fisher, the pilot of the UNITED Air Force's "double material ace", but Han Decai was defeated and won in the unfavorable situation, hitting the F-86, Fisher parachuted to escape, and was captured alive by the volunteers.
Han Decai
On the Korean battlefield, Han Decairong was awarded the title of "Second Class Combat Hero" by the Air Force twice. After returning to China, he served as the commander and commander of the air force, and the deputy commander of the air force of the Nanjing Military Region. In 1988, Han was awarded the rank of major general in the Air Force, and in 1991 he was promoted to lieutenant general of the Air Force.
In addition to the aforementioned Air Force combat heroes, there are:
Second-class combat hero, wang Tianbao, a first-class hero, who once flew the backward La-11 and entangled with 8 F-86s, and achieved the record of shooting down 1 and injuring 3;
Li Han, a second-class combat hero and first-class meritorious hero, was the first volunteer to shoot down and injure a US aircraft on the Korean battlefield, shooting down 1 enemy plane and injuring 2 aircraft, and won the first "double first class" award from the Air Force.
Sun Shenglu, a first-class combat hero and air force hero, was the leader of the wingman group of the 1st Squadron of the Wang Hai Brigade, shooting down 3 enemy planes and wounding 1. On December 3, 1952, he was killed in battle with the American Army.
Luo Canghai, who was jokingly called "aerial roll call", once fired 4 shots at the US army's 4-aircraft formation and shot down 3 aircraft;
Throughout the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, more than 8,000 meritorious servicemen of the third class or above and more than 300 units with collective merit or above emerged in the entire Air Force. Among them, 6 units with collective first-class merit and 2 units with collective second-class merit, 16 special meritorious servicemen, 68 first-class meritorious servicemen, and 21 people have been awarded the title of heroic model, and here is a tribute to the ancestors of the volunteer army.