Draft:Tsang Hsi-Lan

Tsang Hsi-Lan
Tsang Hsi-Lan
	LTG Joseph Stilwell awarding Tsang Hsi-Lan a Silver Star
Native name	臧錫蘭
Born	April 24, 1917; Qingdao, Shandong, China
Died	October 8, 1988 (aged 71); Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
Buried	Wuzhi Mountain Military Cemetery
Allegiance	Republic of China
Branch	Republic of China Air Force
Rank	Major General
Commands	Chinese American Composite Wing 3d Fighter Group 8th Fighter Squadron. Republic of China Air Force 4th Tactical Fighter Wing 23rd Squadron. Republic of China Air Force 1st Tactical Fighter Wing.
Battles / wars	World War II, Second Sino-Japanese War, Chinese Civil War
Awards	Silver Star

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Tsang Hsi-Lan was a Major General of the Republic of China Air Force, and a World War II Flying ace. Tsang received a Silver Star for saving John R. Alison's life during a sino-Japanese war aerial engagement on 31 May 1948.^[1]^[2]

Tsang attended Republic of China Air Force Academy Full-Term Class 10 in 1937, and graduated in Kunming, March 1940. ^[3]

Tsang was a Flying ace of World War II, with 7 kills. ^[4]

^ Republic P-43 Lancer in Chinese service P-43 Lancer Archived 23 April 2016 at the Wayback Machine
^ Museum of the Navy LC-Lot 11614-3: Second Sino-Japanese War, July 1937-August 1945. Lieutenant General Joseph W. Stilwell, USA, decorates Captain Tsang Hsi-lan with the award of the Silver Star for gallantry in the air.
^ Republic of China Air Force Academy Class 10 Roster Archived 28 May 2024 at the Wayback Machine
^ Lianshan Air Combat Archived 6 July 2015 at the Wayback Machine

[P-43-1] Republic P-43 Lancer in Chinese service P-43 Lancer Archived 23 April 2016 at the Wayback Machine

[2] Museum of the Navy LC-Lot 11614-3: Second Sino-Japanese War, July 1937-August 1945. Lieutenant General Joseph W. Stilwell, USA, decorates Captain Tsang Hsi-lan with the award of the Silver Star for gallantry in the air.

[class10-3] Republic of China Air Force Academy Class 10 Roster Archived 28 May 2024 at the Wayback Machine

[lianshan-4] Lianshan Air Combat Archived 6 July 2015 at the Wayback Machine

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