Liu Yudi

Liu Yudi (Chinese: 刘玉堤; 17 September 1923 – 17 February 2015) was a MiG-15 pilot of the People's Liberation Army Air Force of China.

After graduating from Counter-Japanese Military and Political University in Yan'an, he became a squad leader in the 358th Brigade of 120th Division of Eighth Route Army.

In June 1950 he joined the newly created PLA Air Force 4th Mixed Brigade, working as a deputy battalion chief.

Historian Zhang Xiaoming said Yudi shot down 4 F-84s on a single mission on November 23, 1951 but US Air Force records did not report any aircraft lost during the engagement.

The day before he died, PLA Air Force Commander Ma Xiaotian visited him in the hospital, and Liu wrote down his last words with his quivering hands: "Greatly develop bombers" (大大发展轰炸机).

Liu was sitting on the bomber during the Korean War .