Editing Flying ace (section)

===Between the world wars===
{{Main|List of Spanish Civil War flying aces|List of Flying Tigers pilots}}

Between the two world wars two conflicts produced flying aces, the [[Spanish Civil War]] and the [[Second Sino-Japanese War]].

The [[Spanish people|Spanish]] ace [[Joaquín García Morato]] scored 40 victories for the Nationalists during the Spanish Civil War. Part of the outside intervention in the war was the supply of "volunteer" foreign pilots to both sides. Russian and American aces joined the Republican air force, while the Nationalists included Germans and Italians.

The [[Soviet Volunteer Group]] began operations in the Second Sino-Japanese War as early as December 2, 1937, resulting in 28 Soviet aces.<ref>[http://wio.ru/spain/china-a.htm "Allied aces of War in China and Mongol-Manchurian border"] ''Wio.ru'' Retrieved: October 10, 2014.</ref> The [[Flying Tigers]] were American military pilots who were recruited [[sub rosa]] to aid the [[Chinese Nationalists]]. They spent the summer and autumn of 1941 in transit to China, and did not begin flying combat missions until December 20, 1941.