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应该是十九路军淞沪抗战期间阵亡的罗伯特.肖特

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肖特的波音218战斗机

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肖特的墓地和碑文

肖特本来是波音公司的推销员，兼领了中央航校教官的职务，为了不满日军飞机残杀平民主动升空作战。肖特的飞机性能极佳，马力比日军的3式战斗机大，他又采用极为先进的猎人式袭击作战方式，故此多次孤身与日军机群空战都平安归来，曾击伤所茂八郎大尉机。2月22日肖特在转场途中发现日军小谷轰炸机队在轰炸苏州火车站开出的平民列车（日方击落肖特的生田乃木次证明了这一点），遂投入攻击，他采用螺旋上升加英麦曼的动作从日军小谷进长机背后进入，将其在空中击毙。失去指挥官的日军恼羞成怒围攻肖特，不幸肖特在攻击小谷时发动机中弹受损，不能发挥优势速度脱离，遂被日军围攻击落，肖特战死。是为美国飞行员在中国牺牲第一人。

战后，国民政府追赠肖特上校军衔，并从波音公司购买了大量战斗机。

英文介绍

Robert Short, American airman

American airman Robert Short, an Army Reserve Lieutenant, was in China in early 1932 when the so-called January 28th Incident occured and Japanese forces carried out attacks in the Shanghai area. The Japanese had total control of the skies over Shanghai.

This coincided with the arrival of an experimental fighter plane, the Boeing XP925A, (modified 218) which was quickly set up and armed. Short had been working for L.E. Gale, importer of Boeing airplanes, and was introduced as an advisor to the Chinese Government. He delivered the plane to Nanjing on Feb 19, 1932. It was given by Boeing to the Chinese after having been used as a test ship for many new advances in fighter design.

On that flight, Short engaged a flight of three Japanese fighters near Nanxiangzhen and shot down one, killing a Japanese flyer, Lt. Kidokoro of the Naval attache air unit. Then, on February 22, 1932, Short single-handedly attacked a formation of six Japanese naval aircraft -- three bombers escorted by three fighters -- which were bombing a refugee train at Suzhou Station. Short mortally wounded the commander of the bomber flight, Lt. Kotani, but then died himself when he pressed on with the attack despite having a fighter on his tail flown by Lt. Ikuta, who shot him down in flames. The low altitude combat lasted less than two minutes and was witnessed by many.

The Chinese were astonished by Short's action and gave him a hero's funeral which was delayed for a month so that his mother and brother could attend, along with half a million people who gathered along the route of the procession, wailing "Short, La." He was buried near Hongjiao Airport in Shanghai. The image of American planes defending China was established.

Short had the dubious honour of being the first man to be shot down in aerial combat by the Japanese.

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