List of aircraft used in China before 1937

This is a partial list of aircraft acquired in China prior to the start of the Second Sino-Japanese war on 7 July 1937, and an incomplete list of Chinese warlords involved in the acquisition of these aircraft, many for the inventory of their own aviation/combat units.


 * Aeromarine 39B
 * Aichi AB-3
 * Ansaldo A.300-4
 * Armstrong Whitworth Atlas
 * Armstrong Whitworth A.W.16
 * Arrow Sport
 * Ansaldo SVA
 * Avro 504
 * Avro 594 Avian IV
 * Avro 621 Tutor
 * Avro 624 Six
 * BFW M.23
 * Blackburn Lincock III
 * Boeing 218
 * Boeing Model 281
 * Boeing 247
 * Breda Ba.25
 * Breda Ba.27
 * Breda Ba.28
 * Breguet 14
 * Breguet 19
 * Breguet 273
 * Caudron C.59
 * Caudron G.2
 * Caudron G.3
 * Caudron G.4
 * Caproni Ca.101
 * Caproni Ca.111
 * Curtiss Shrike
 * Curtiss Condor II
 * Curtiss Hawk II
 * Curtiss Hawk III
 * Curtiss Model D
 * Curtiss Falcon
 * Curtiss HS-2L
 * Curtiss JN-4
 * Curtiss Robin
 * de Havilland Dragon Rapide
 * de Havilland Gipsy Moth
 * de Havilland Moth
 * de Havilland Puss Moth
 * Dewoitine D.27C
 * Douglas DC-2
 * Douglas O-2MC
 * Etrich Taube
 * Fairchild KR-34CA
 * Fairey Fox III, IV
 * Fiat B.R.3
 * Fiat C.R.30
 * Fiat C.R.32
 * Fleet Model 7
 * Fleet Model 10
 * Flushing AP-1
 * Focke-Wulf S 24
 * Focke-Wulf Fw 44
 * Fokker C.V
 * Fokker Super Universal
 * Friesley Falcon
 * Handley Page Type O/7
 * Heinkel He 66
 * Heinkel He 111A
 * Heinkel He 116
 * Junkers F.13
 * Junkers W 33
 * Junkers W 34
 * Junkers A 20
 * Junkers A 35
 * Junkers Ju 52
 * Junkers Ju 86
 * Junkers Ju 160
 * Junkers K 47
 * Junkers K 53
 * Klemm L 26 II
 * Loening-Keystone C2H Air Yacht
 * Martin B-10
 * Messerschmitt M 18d
 * Morane-Saulnier M.S.225
 * Nakajima Ko-4 (Nieuport-Delage NiD.29)
 * Naval Air Establishment Beeng
 * Naval Air Establishment Chiang Hung
 * Naval Air Establishment Char
 * Naval Air Establishment Chiang Gaen
 * Naval Air Establishment Chiang Hau
 * Naval Air Establishment Ding
 * Naval Air Establishment Nin Hai
 * Naval Air Establishment Wu
 * Naval Air Establishment Yee
 * Northrop Alpha
 * Northrop 2E, 2F Gamma
 * Polikarpov R-1
 * Polikarpov R-5
 * Polikarpov U-2
 * Potez 25
 * Potez 36
 * Raab-Katzenstein RK.2 Pelikan
 * Rumpler Taube
 * Ryan B-1 Brougham
 * Schoettler I
 * Schreck FBA.17
 * Savoia-Marchetti S.72
 * Sikorsky S-38-BH
 * Stinson SM-1F Detroiter
 * Udet U 12 Flamingo
 * Vickers Vimy Commercial
 * Vickers VIM
 * Vought V.65C Corsair
 * Waco 240-A/CSO Straightwing
 * Waco ATO Taperwing
 * Waco CTO Taperwing
 * Westland Wapiti VIII

Warlord air forces of China

 * Bai Chongxi/Li Zongren (Guangxi Clique)
 * Cao Kun/Feng Yuxiang (Zhili Clique)
 * Chen Jitang (Guangdong Clique)
 * Duan Qirui (Beiyang Clique)
 * Liu Xiang (Sichuan Clique)
 * Lu Yongxiang (Anhui Clique)
 * Tang Jiyao (Yunnan Clique)
 * Zhang Zuolin (Fengtian Clique)
 * Sheng Shicai (Xinjiang Clique)

Various aircraft in Chinese provincial/warlord service, along with overseas-Chinese volunteer pilots, had crossed-over into the centralized command (ROCAF) of the nominally Nationalist Air Force of China by 1937 in preparations for the impending war against the Empire of Japan.