Tripped over this propaganda poster made from a newsreel still taken in Shanghai 1937 and wondered what aircraft it was.
(https://i.pinimg.com/564x/22/27/69/22276942783f1a94f79917a8afd115ce.jpg)
Turns out it was a Curtis Wright Hawk III
(https://www.aviationgraphic.com/3514-large_default/curtiss-hawk-iii-chinese-nationalist-ag-47.jpg)
What's interesting is that the Japanese period artwork shows a blue finish, yet it's accepted the Chinese painted them green.
See also https://pacificeagles.net/defending-shanghai-1937/ (https://pacificeagles.net/defending-shanghai-1937/)