Battle of Jianqiao

Battle of Jianqiao
	Part of Second Sino-Japanese War
	; Curtiss Hawk II over Jianqiao
Date	14 August 1937
Location	Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
Result	Chinese victory
Belligerents
Japan	China
Commanders and leaders
Shinichi Nitani; Asano Ibun	Gao Zhihang; Le Yiqin; Li Guidan; Huang Guanghan; Mao Yingchu
Strength
18 Mitsubishi G3M	27 Model 68 Hawk III
Casualties and losses
2 aircraft crashed; 2 aircraft damaged;	2 aircraft crashed;

The Battle of Jianqiao (simplified Chinese: 笕桥空战; traditional Chinese: 筧橋空戰), or the 814 Aerial War, was a Japanese military campaign during the Second Sino-Japanese War, in which the Republic of China Air Force defended Hangzhou against the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service on 14 August 1937. The battle concluded with a Chinese victory, in which no Chinese aircraft were shot down by the Imperial Japanese Air Force.

In Taiwan, 14 August is celebrated as its Air Force Day, in honour of this battle.