EAST CHINA AIR FORCE ACTIVITIES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R008600490010-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 8, 2000
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: September 14, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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COUNTRY China
SUBJECT tract China Air Force Activities
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Acyivities of the Bast China Air Force Shanghai Base Coniand between 1
aaad 20 August were as follows:
A wall group of fighters made daily re:4annaiasance flights over Shanghai.
2. Students of the Shanghai Branch Air Force School practiced flying at
various fields on 2, 4, 7, 10, 15 and 17 August.
3, On 4 August one reconnaissance plane landed at Lunghua Airfield.
4, On 4 August one fighter wing flew from Shanghai to Nanking and returned
to ?ach'a'ng Airfield.
5., On E .~uglxet four bombers landed at Lunghu and eight fighters landed at
lach'ang and Tfungjao.
6. On 10 August pie transport loaded with jet plane parts landed at Tach'ang.
It left with discarded plans parts on the same day.
7. On 11 August the 1 Fighter ?Ding left Shanghai for .1Tanhing; and returned
to Flung jao Airfield.
8. On 14 August nine fighters and three bombers left Shanghai.
9. On. 17 August two figiter wings stationed at Tiungjao and Tach'ang and one
bomber group stationed at L,,nghu , loft for TTanking, but the ,mound
crows re:-:ain.od in Shanghai.
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10. On 16 August at 3 P.M. two large Soviet-made bomb,,re landed at
Lunghua Airfield.. It was said they had, come to Shanghai for refueling
and were in the process of a long-distance flight from 'urope.
Tach plane took 60 drums of gasoline plus several tons of gallons
of an. unknown type fuel. '.these planes were inspected and serviced
exclusively by Soviet personnel. The planes were said to be
Tupoler Type-6 (sic). The planes had wings swept back at 45 degroes
and six "chi.eh tao" (42 j' ). The engines were under the wings.
11. On their return trip to T3urope the two large bombers had. afigater
escort, and while en route back one of them (sic) crashed at the
foot of Chilienshan (98-42, 3910)., Kansu.2
1. MWgILt? "Chieh tao" possibl;- refers to JATO units.
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to gain more infor .tion on
this incident.
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