Liu Yalou
| Liu Yalou | |
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| 刘亚楼 | |
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| Commander of the People's Liberation Army Air Force | |
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In office 25 October 1949 – 7 May 1965 |
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| Chairman | Mao Zedong |
| Preceded by | Post established |
| Succeeded by | Wu Faxian |
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 1910 Wuping, Fujian, China |
| Died | May 7, 1965 (aged 55) Shanghai, China |
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| Military service | |
| Allegiance |
 China USSR
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| Years of service | 1929–1965 |
| Rank | General (PLA) Major (USSR) |
| Commands | Chief of Staff, Manchurian Army Group, Chief commander, People's Liberation Army Air Force |
| Battles/wars |
Soviet-German War (1940) Liaoshen Campaign (1948) Tianjin Campaign (1949) |
Liu Yalou (simplified Chinese: 刘亚楼; traditional Chinese: 劉亞樓; pinyin: Liú Yàlóu; April 1910 – 7 May 1965) was a general in the People's Liberation Army of the People's Republic of China, first commander-in-chief of the People's Liberation Army Air Force, as well as chief of staff of Lin Biao's army group during the Chinese Civil War, occupied the whole of Manchuria in 1948 and captured 472,000 Nationalist troops in the Liaoshen Campaign.
Liu was born in Wuping, Fujian province of China. He joined the CPC in Jinggangshan Mountains in August 1929, and participated in the Encirclement Campaigns on the communist side. Like many late communist commanders, Liu was also a veteran of the Long March. During the Second Sino-Japanese War he became Lin Biao's chief assistant in the Red Army University in Yan'an.
During the Long March in 1934, Liu and his commander Chen Guang succeeded in forcing a way across the Wujiang, securing the Chinese Red Army's passage across the river. He also led troops to capture Zunyi, Lou Shanguan. At the Dadu River banks, he ordered the Red Fourth Army to attack Luding Bridge.
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