Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Battle of Wuhan" in English language version.
Lee (Guidan) managed to regain control and headed back to Hankou Airfield. Witnesses on the ground saw him attempting to land his stricken I-15bis. Unfortunately, it would appear that Lee's fuel tanks had been hit and were leaking because, while on final approach, the I-15bis suddenly burst into flames and crashed. Lee, the youngest Commanding Officer of the 4th PG at the time, was killed.
Chin led the seven Gladiators in a wide orbit in the south-west corner of Hankou (Wuhan) climbing to 12000 feet. The height made the Chinese pilots groggy from hypoxia when they suddenly became aware that the sky to their left was speckled with A5Ms. Chin signalled the Gladiators to climb to 21000 feet but the Japanese fighters detected them. Over 30 A5Ms diving from 2000 feet above engaged the seven Gladiators.
Chin led the seven Gladiators in a wide orbit in the south-west corner of Hankou climbing to 12000 feet... the Chinese pilots groggy from hypoxia when they suddenly became aware that the sky to their left was speckled with A5Ms. Chin signalled the Gladiators to climb to 21000 feet but the Japanese fighters detected them. Over 30 A5Ms diving from 2000 feet above engaged the seven Gladiators... three I-16s from the 1st Air Group (probably from the 26th PS)... were lagging behind the Gladiators. The attacking A5Ms immediately cut these off. Squadron vice-commander Louie Yim-Qun in Gladiator no. 5732... was relieved by Chin and Shen Mushiu in Gladiator no. 2804. Louie Yim-Qun claimed a shared enemy aircraft destroyed in this combat. An I-16 under attack from several A5Ms was helped by Chin's wingman, Fan Hsin-Min in Gladiator no. 2805, who dived to his rescue but he was soon himself under attack from other A5Ms.
日本陆、海军航空队各自对中国内地的攻击均遭到一定损伤之后，遂决定联合行动，代号为"100"号作战。参的日本陆军前空兵力为：重轰炸机第六十成队和战斗机独立第十中队，其中重轰炸机51架。海军航空兵力为：第一联合航空队和第二联合航空队，有中型攻击机63架。12月24日，日本陆、海军飞机在运城机场集结完毕。
The tri-city of Wuhan fell to the Japanese invaders in October 1938... The invaders... were surprised to see Chiang Kai-Shek and the rest of the Kuomintang government withdraw to Chungking... it was left to the air forces of the Army and Navy to destroy the Chinese will to resist.... Spare parts and replacement aircraft were also hard to come by as the supply routes by ship up the Yangtze River to air bases around Wuhan had not been established.... After several weeks of preparation at the Hankow air base, the Army bomber force was ready to launch their first attack on Chungking on the 26th of December, 1938.
Lee (Guidan) managed to regain control and headed back to Hankou Airfield. Witnesses on the ground saw him attempting to land his stricken I-15bis. Unfortunately, it would appear that Lee's fuel tanks had been hit and were leaking because, while on final approach, the I-15bis suddenly burst into flames and crashed. Lee, the youngest Commanding Officer of the 4th PG at the time, was killed.
Chin led the seven Gladiators in a wide orbit in the south-west corner of Hankou (Wuhan) climbing to 12000 feet. The height made the Chinese pilots groggy from hypoxia when they suddenly became aware that the sky to their left was speckled with A5Ms. Chin signalled the Gladiators to climb to 21000 feet but the Japanese fighters detected them. Over 30 A5Ms diving from 2000 feet above engaged the seven Gladiators.
Chin led the seven Gladiators in a wide orbit in the south-west corner of Hankou climbing to 12000 feet... the Chinese pilots groggy from hypoxia when they suddenly became aware that the sky to their left was speckled with A5Ms. Chin signalled the Gladiators to climb to 21000 feet but the Japanese fighters detected them. Over 30 A5Ms diving from 2000 feet above engaged the seven Gladiators... three I-16s from the 1st Air Group (probably from the 26th PS)... were lagging behind the Gladiators. The attacking A5Ms immediately cut these off. Squadron vice-commander Louie Yim-Qun in Gladiator no. 5732... was relieved by Chin and Shen Mushiu in Gladiator no. 2804. Louie Yim-Qun claimed a shared enemy aircraft destroyed in this combat. An I-16 under attack from several A5Ms was helped by Chin's wingman, Fan Hsin-Min in Gladiator no. 2805, who dived to his rescue but he was soon himself under attack from other A5Ms.
日本陆、海军航空队各自对中国内地的攻击均遭到一定损伤之后，遂决定联合行动，代号为"100"号作战。参的日本陆军前空兵力为：重轰炸机第六十成队和战斗机独立第十中队，其中重轰炸机51架。海军航空兵力为：第一联合航空队和第二联合航空队，有中型攻击机63架。12月24日，日本陆、海军飞机在运城机场集结完毕。
