Re: Korea War List of Aces

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They also included Drones as a Kill

Dan Fahey


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <jackchwang@comcast.net>
To: <KOREAN-WAR-L@listproc.cc.ku.edu>
Sent: Sunday, January 18, 2004 3:06 AM
Subject: Re: Korea War List of Aces


> > [Chinese Aces]
> > Chszao Bao-tun   9      Korea      China
> > Van Hai          9      Korea      China
> > Lee Khan         8      Korea      China
> > Lu Min           8      Korea      China
> > Fan Vanchszou    8      Korea      China
> > Sun Shanku       6      Korea      China
> 
> The numbers above are not accurate.  CPVAF had a practice of
> including damaged enemy planes as "victories" (Zhan Guo).  They
> painted red stars on the fuselages for scoring -- one red star
> for each "victory".  Maybe that was the one of the sources
> causing the confusions.
> 
> The real scores for the top three CPVAF "Aces" are:
> 
> Zhao Bao Tong  7 kills + 2 damaged
> Wang Hai       4 kills + 5 damaged
> Liu Yu Ti      6 kills + 2 damaged
> 
> Jack Hwang
>