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Roundels of China

by Zeljko Heimer

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China

Military flags of the Peoples Republic of China

Golden fimbriated five-pointed red star defaced with white character all superimposed over a yellow fimbriated red bar.
Zeljko Heimer, 13 May 2001

The white character is a Chinese ideogram, representing 1 August 1928, the foundation of the People's Liberation Army.

From: Cochrane and Elliott (1998)
Jarig Bakker, 13 May 2001

China has no less then 27 plates in the web version of [cos98]. The book itself has 11 plates.

There is almost non other info about the early days, so [cos29] is the main source, even though it is not the most accurate. Some historical facts are taken from http://www.worldairforces.com/Countries/countriesindex.html.

Do note that dates and names are sometimes approximated.

Plate no 1 ([cos98] and http://www.skytamer.com/roundels/china/01.htm) titled Chinese Republic 1916-1920. [cos98] gives 1913 -1916 for this plate. http://www.worldairforces.com/Countries/china/nch.html report 1913 as the year the Airplane Corps of the Chinese Army was formed and 1914 for Chinese Army Air Arm and 1919 as the dissolving year of Chinese Aviation Service. Those markings are 5-color stars as roundel and fin-flash based on the China Republic national flag, 1912-1929

Plate no 2 (only http://www.skytamer.com/roundels/china/02.htm) shows national colors rudder stripes, again as Chinese Republic 1916-1920.

Plate no. 3 (only http://www.skytamer.com/roundels/china/03.htm) shows a 5-color roundel and rudder stripes as Chinese Republic 1920-1921. Since there was no Chinese Aviation Service in 1920 but we got Mankuochun AF of Marshal Chang Tso-lin ( later Manchurian AF or Northeast AF until Sept. 1931), those, if exists, belonged to this AF

Plate no. 4