Xu Shunshou, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Chinese aircraft designer
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Place of Birth: Shanghai, China
About Xu Shunshou
- Xu Shunshou (Chinese: ???; Wade–Giles: Hsü Shun-shou; 21 August 1917 – 6 January 1968) was a Chinese aircraft designer and a founder of the aircraft manufacturing industry in the People's Republic of China.
- He was the founding director of the PRC's first aircraft design organization (later the Shenyang Aircraft Design Institute), where he oversaw the development of the Shenyang JJ-1, the first jet aircraft designed in China.
- He trained many of the country's top aircraft designers and also participated in the design of the Nanchang CJ-6 trainer, the Nanchang Q-5 jet attack aircraft, and the Xian H-6 bomber.
- He was severely persecuted during the Cultural Revolution and died at the age of 50.
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