Hmm...this is awfully specific, but one of you history buffs might know...

Anyone know how many Chinese Nationalist Air Force P-51s served in WWII, and later the Chinese civil war? And the pilots that flew them?

"Planes were a tough problem.  China had been a long-time, profitable customer for Curtiss-Wright, so my old friend, Burdette Wright, Curtiss Vice-President, came up with a proposition.  They had six assembly lines turning out P-40's for the British, who had taken over a French order after the fall of France.  If the British would waive their priority on 100 P-40B's then rolling off one line, Curtiss would add a seventh assembly line and make 100 later-model P-40's for the British.  The British were glad to exchange the P-40B for a model more suitable for combat.



from http://www.flyingtigersavg.com/tiger1.htm