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To support the Chinese Kwangsi-offensive and direct the air-units the more experienced 1st ARC (Colonel Chang Ting-Meng) temporarily replaced the 2nd ARC (Colonel Hsing Chan-Fei) at Liuchou, with the 2nd ARC moving to rear positions at Kwei-Lin. Taking part in the offensive were 115 aircraft of the 3rd, 4th and 5th PGs, 6th BG, 18th PS and one of the Soviet groups.
- ↑ 徐 (Xú), 2016, p. 441-442. 韦烈士一清 (Martyr Wei was trained with the Guangxi warlord air force and very familiar with the terrain of South Guangxi and Kunlun Pass; successfully completed many close-air support and interdiction sorties; the fighting peaked at the Pass on 27 December 1939, the 28th and 32nd squadrons shot down three enemy aircraft, but 32nd squadron Capt. Wei Yiqing was himself shot down and killed right over the Kunlun Pass battlefield.)
- ↑ Cheung, 2015, p. 51. In supporting the Chinese Army's victorious battle for Kunlun Pass, Capt. Arthur Chin shot down at least one A5M on 27 December 1939, but was hit himself while trying to protect a fellow pilot... suffering serious burns as Capt. Chin maneuvered his burning fighter over friendly lines first before bailing-out in his parachute; Capt. Wei was shot down and killed...
- ↑ Gustavsson, Hakans. "Chinese biplane fighter aces - 'Arthur' 'Art' Chin Shui-Tin". Biplane Fighter Aces - China. Retrieved 2020-12-05.
On 1 October 1938, the 28th PS was re-assigned to the 3rd PG and sent to Lanchou to train on I-15bis. Chin, as Squadron Leader went with them. The remaining Gladiators from the 28th and 32nd PS were sent to Liu-Chow in Kwangsi for overhaul. He and two other pilots went down to Liu-chow in August 1939 to pick up three Gladiators to fly back to Lanchou when the Japanese invaded Kwangsi. Thus began the "guerrilla campaign" waged by Art and his small band, which ended in December 1939.
- ↑ "Håkans Aviation page – Sino-Japanese Air War 1940".
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