Chinese pilot Li Han was just 27 when the Korean war started, but he was ready to die for his country. Photo: Handout
Chinese pilot Li Han was just 27 when the Korean war started, but he was ready to die for his country. Photo: Handout

China’s air force turns 70 with tales of its dare-to-die Korean war pilots

  • For the young, inexperienced fliers of the People’s Volunteer Army, crashing into an enemy plane was always an option, according to unprecedented article by an official military newspaper
  • ‘Almost all of the Chinese pilots in the Korean war were prepared to die,’ retired communications officer says

Chinese pilot Li Han was just 27 when the Korean war started, but he was ready to die for his country. Photo: Handout
Chinese pilot Li Han was just 27 when the Korean war started, but he was ready to die for his country. Photo: Handout
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