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The Monument to the Aviation Martyrs in the War of Resistance Against Japan

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Details:

Located in a large, semi-circular courtyard at the top of the stairs.  Monument


The memorial consists of a monument in the middle and over 30 square, black marble stones that bear thousands of inscriptions of names of aviators from the United States, China, Soviet Russia and Korea. At the center of the memorial, there are two tall concrete monuments with a statue of two aviators holding up their hands on either side of the monuments. On one monument, it has the name of the monument written in English, and on the other the monument's name is written in Chinese. 

Although the site itself was built by the Chinese government in 1932, this memorial honors 870 Chinese, 2,197 Americans, 231 Soviets, and 2 Koreans who gave their lives to defend China from the Japanese invaders from 1941-1945. 

Monument Text:

THE

MONUMENT 

TO THE

 AVIATOR

 MARTYRS IN 

THE WAR OF

RESISTANCE

AGAINST 

JAPAN

 

                         AI PING ZHANG

 

Chinese Translation: 

 

 

Commemorates:

People:

1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  11  12  13  14  15  16  17  18  19  20  21  22  23  24  25  26  27  28  29  30  31  32  33  34  35  36  37  38  39  40  41  42  43  44  45  46  47  48  49  50  Next

Kullervo T. Aalton

George H. Abbott

Murray E. Abbott

Robert S., Jr. Abeel

Nathan Paul Abel

Thomas R. Abel

Joel S. Abelson

Wayne J. Aberle

Sardou W. Abrahams

Stanley Z. Abrams

Charles Martin Adams

Claude Swanson, Jr. Adams

Donah L. Adams

Harrison Adams

James A. Adams

Albert O. Ades

Richard Adler

Kenneth R. Aenette

Robert Ager

John Edward Ahrendtsen

Donald C. Aken

Kenneth L. Akins

Frazier Walker Albers

Desmond H. Alberson

Roland Laurier Albert

Leilan Albright

Howard F. Alexander

Malcolm P. Alfrey

Clarence H. Alkire

James E. Allen

Leon Carmackel Allen

John Symonds, Jr. Alley

Paul E. Almond

William George Alsop

G. E. Alstot

Walter Altman

Richard D. Ambrose

Clarence I. Anderson

Dale R. Anderson

E. Anderson

Ernest F. Anderson

George E. Anderson

Homer F. Anderson

Jay W. Anderson

Lawrence E. Anderson

Lawrence H. Anderson

Lenard L. Anderson

Louis W. Anderson

Vachel Worthington Anderson

William T. Anderson

Units:

100th Squadron, 29th Transport Group

10th Army Air Force Combat Camera Unit

10th Combat Cargo Squadron, 3rd Combat Cargo Group

10th Squadron, 3rd Combat Cargo Group

10th Troop Carrier Group

118th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron

11th Bomber Squadron, 341st Bomber Group, Medium

11th Combat Cargo Squadron

11th Squadron, 3rd Combat Cargo Group

12th Combat Cargo Squadron, 3rd Comb at Cargo Group

1305th Army Air Force Base Unit

1326th Army Air Force Base Unit

1327th Army Air Force Base Unit, Air Transport Command

1328th Army Air Force Base Unit

1330th Army Air Force Base Unit

1330th Base Unit

1332nd Army Air Force Base Unit

1333rd Army Air Force Base Unit

1337th Army Air Force Base Unit

1340th Army Air Force Base Unit

1342nd Army Air Force Base Unit

1343rd Base Unit

1345th Army Air Force Base Unit

1346th Army Air Force Base Unit

1347th Army Air Force Base Unit

1348th AAF Base Unit

1350th Army Air Force Base Unit

1352nd Army Air Force Base Unit

1390th Army Air Force Base Unit

13th Combat Cargo Squadron, 4th Combat Cargo Group

13th Squadron, 1st Ferry Group

13th Squadron, 1st Transport Group

14th Air Force

14th Combat Cargo Squadron, 4th Combat Cargo Group

15th Squadron, 4th Combat Cargo Group

16th Fighter Squadron

16th Pursuit Squadron

1st Air Cargo Resupply Squadron

1st Air Cargo Squadron

1st American Volunteer Group (Flying Tigers)

1st Bombardment Group

1st Combat Cargo Squadron

1st Transport Group

1st Troop Carrier Squadron

20th Bombardment Squadron

21st Fighter Squadron, 413th Fighter Group

21st Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron

23rd Fighter Group

23rd Pursuit Group

24th Combat Mapping Squadron, 8th Photo Reconnaissance

24th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron, 8th Photographic Reconnaissance Group

25th Bombardment Squadron, 40th Bombardment Group

25th Fighter Squadron, 51st Fighter Group

26th Fighter Squadron, 51st Fighter Group

27th Troop Carrier Squadron

28th BOMB SQ, 19th BOMB GP/VH

28th Fighter Squadron, 3rd Fighter Group

290th Bomb Group

29th Transport Group

29th Troop Carrier Squadron

2nd Air Cargo Resupply Squadron

2nd Bomb Squadron

2nd Combat Cargo Group

2nd Pursuit Squadron

2nd Squadron, 1st Combat Cargo Group

2nd Squadron, 443rd Troop Carrier Group

2nd Transport Squadron

2nd Troop Carrier Squadron

2nd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron

301st Squadron, 29th Transport Group

302nd Squadron, 30th Transport Group

303rd Squadron, 30th Transport Group

304th Troop Carrier Squadron, 442nd Troop Carrier Group

308th Bombardment Group

30th Bombardment Squadron

30th Transport Group

312th Fighter Wing

315th Squadron, 433rd Troop Carrier

315th Troop Carrier Squadron

317th Troop Carrier Squadron, 2nd Air Commando Group

320th Bomber Squadron, 90th Bomber Group, Heavy

322nd Fighter Control Squadron

322nd Troop Carrier Squadron

32nd Bomb Squadron, 301st Bomb Group (H)

32nd Fighter Squadron

341st Bombardment Squadron, 97th Bomber Group

341st Bomber Group, Medium

373rd Bomber Squadron, 308th Bomber Group, Heavy

374th Bomber Squadron, 308th Bomber Group, Heavy

375th Bomber Squadron, 308th Bomber Group, Heavy

3841st Quartermaster Truck Company, 478th Quartermaster Battalion

3847th Quartermaster Truck Company

395th Bomber Squadron, 40th Bomber Group, Very Heavy

396th AAF SV Squadron

396th Air Service Squadron

3rd Bombardment Squadron, 1st Bombardment Group

3rd Cargo Carrier Group, 9th Cargo Carrier Squadron

3rd Combat Cargo Group

3rd Combat Cargo Squadron

3rd Squadron, 1st Ferry Group

3rd Squadron, 1st Transport Group

3rd Transport Squadron, 1st Air Transport Group

3rd Transport Squadron, XX Bomber Command

40th Bombardment Group

422nd Bomber Squadron, 305th Bomber Group, Heavy

424th Infantry Regiment, 106th Infantry Division

425th Bomber Squadron, 308th Bomber Group

425th Bomber Squadron, 308th Bomber Group, Heavy

427th Night Fighter Squadron

433rd Troop Carrier Group

436th Bomber Squadron, 7th Bomber Group, Heavy

443rd Troop Carrier Group

444th Bombardment Group

459th Fighter Squadron, 80th Fighter Group

45th Bomber Squadron, 40th Bomber Group, Very Heavy

462nd Bomb Group

468th Bombardment Group

47th Air Depot Group

490th Bomber Squadron, 341st Bomber Group, Medium

491st Bomber Squadron, 341st Bomber Group, Medium

492nd Bombardment Squadron, 7th Bombardment Group

493rd Bombardment Squadron, 7th Bombardment Group

494th Bombardment Group

4th Combat Cargo Group

4th Combat Cargo Squadron

51st Fighter Group

528th Fighter Squadron, 311th Fighter Group

529th Fighter Squadron

530th Fighter Squadron, 311th Fighter Group

553rd Army Air Force Base Unit

555th Army Air Force Base Unit

5th Bombardment Group

61st Bomber Squadron, 39th Bomber Group, Very Heavy

64th Troop Carrier Group

674th Bomber Squadron, 417th Bomber Group (Light)

676th Bombardment Squadron, 444th Bombardment Group

677th Bombardment Squadron, 444th Bombardment Group

678th Bomber Squadron, 444th Bomber Group, Very Heavy

679th Bomber Squadron, 444th Bomber Group, Very Heavy

68th Air Service Group

69th Composite Wing

6th Ferrying Squadron

6th Fighter Squadron

6th Squadron, 1st Transport Group

6th Squadron, 1st Troop Carrier Group

6th Transport Squadron, 1st Transport Group

70th Fighter Squadron

72nd Ferrying Squadron

74th Fighter Squadron, 23rd Fighter Group

75th Fighter Squadron, 23rd Fighter Group

769th Bomber Squadron, 462nd Bomber Group, Very Heavy

76th Engineer Light Pontoon Company

76th Fighter Squadron, 23rd Fighter Group

772d Bomber Squadron, 463rd Bomber Group (Heavy)

77th Squadron, 22nd Transport Group

78th Transport Squadron, 22nd Air Transport Group

792nd Bomber Squadron, 468th Bomber Group

792nd Bomber Squadron, 468th Bomber Group, Heavy

793rd Bomb Squadron, 468th Bomb Group

794th Bomb Squadron, 468th Bombardment Group

7th Air Transport Command

7th Bomber Group, Heavy

7th Transportation Squadron

82nd Bomber Squadron, 12th Bomber Group, Medium

82nd Squadron, 3rd Air Depot Group

835th Signal Service Battalion

869th Bomber Squadron, 497th Bomber Group, Very Heavy

882nd Bomber Squadron, 500th Bomber Group, Very Heavy

89th Fighter Squadron

90th Fighter Squadron, 80th Fighter Group

91st Combat Cargo Squadron

91st Fighter Squadron, 81st Fighter Group

97th Squadron, 28th Transport Group

98th Transport Squadron, 28th Transport Group

98th Troop Carrier Squadron

9th Bomber Squadron, 7th Bomber Group, Heavy

9th Combat Cargo Squadron

9th Photo Reconnaissance Squadron

9th Transportation Squadron

Air Transport Command

American Volunteer Group

China Air Service Command

Flying Tigers

India-China Wing, Air Transport Command

Station 11, Air Transport Command

Station 19, Air Transport Command

Station 5, Air Transport Command

Station 6, Air Transport Command

Station 7, Air Transport Command

Station 9, Air Transport Command

United States Air Force

United States Navy

Wars:

WWII

Battles:

China India Burma Campaign (CBI)

Pacific Theater

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