Battle of Jianqiao

Battle of Jianqiao
Part of Second Sino-Japanese War

Curtiss Hawk II over Jianqiao
Date14 August 1937
Location
Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
Result Chinese victory
Belligerents
 Japan  China
Commanders and leaders
link= Imperial Japanese Navy land forcesShinichi Nitani
link= Imperial Japanese Navy land forcesAsano Ibun		 Gao Zhihang
Le Yiqin
Li Guidan
Huang Guanghan
Mao Yingchu
Strength
18 Mitsubishi G3M 27 Model 68 Hawk III
Casualties and losses
  • 2 aircraft crashed
  • 2 aircraft damaged
  • 2 aircraft crashed

    • The Battle of Jianqiao (simplified Chinese: 笕桥空战; traditional Chinese: 筧橋空戰), or the 814 Aerial War,[1] was a military campaign of the Second Sino-Japanese War,[2] in which the Republic of China Air Force defended Hangzhou against the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service on 14 August 1937.[3] The battle concluded with Chinese victory, in which no Chinese aircraft were shoot down by the Japanese air force.

    In Taiwan, 14 August is celebrated as its Air Force Day, in honour of this battle.[4]

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    2. ^ "Keynote Speeches for the First Half of the Academic Year 2015 at the Cadet Corps, R.O.C. Air Force Academy". R.O.C. Air Force Academy. 2015-03-13.
    3. ^ 何邦立 (2015). 筧橋精神 : 空軍抗日戰爭初期血淚史. 臺北市: 獨立作家. ISBN 978-986-5729-80-6.
    4. ^ "Air Force plans fly-by in Taipei to celebrate `814\'". Taipei Times. 2007-07-11. Archived from the original on 2024-11-13. Retrieved 2024-11-12.