Wang Hai is a Chinese ace pilot

Flying ace

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 of the 3rd Fighter Aviation Division

3rd Fighter Aviation Division (People's Republic of China)

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 during the Korean War

Korean War

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 (1950–1953). During the war, he shot down or damaged 9 American aircraft, with his own air group scoring 29. The MiG fighter he flew is exhibited in the Military Museum in Beijing.

After the war, he was promoted to command an air division, and later the Commander-in-chief

Commander-in-Chief

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 and vice Party Secertary of the Guangzhou Military Region Air Force. He retired in 1992, and was given the rank of Air Marshal

Air Marshal

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in August, 1998. On 19 October 2010 he led a Chinese delegation to Pyongyang to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the entry of the Chinese People's Volunteers into the Korean War.