More than twenty days later, Kulishenko’s body was recovered from Mao'ertuo, twenty li downstream, and laid to rest at the foot of Mount Taibaiyan in Wanzhou. Thousands of local people came to mourn. At the time they knew only that a pilot had died; his name was unknown, so a simple aircraft emblem was carved on the grave. Yet history did not allow his name to fade.

　　In the spring of 1951, the citizens of Wanzhou raised tens of thousands of yuan and purchased a combat aircraft, christening it “Kulishenko“ before sending it to the front in Korea.

　　On 7 July 1958, the people of Wanzhou built a new martyr's tomb for Kulishenko. Its inscription reads: “Grave of Colonel Grigory Akimovich Kulishenko, Commander of the Soviet Volunteer Air Group who heroically sacrificed his life for the Chinese people in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression.“

　　On the eve of National Day 1958, Kulishenko's widow and daughter were invited to China. Premier Zhou Enlai clasped their hands and pledged solemnly: “The Chinese people will never forget Grigory Kulishenko.“

　　Mountains and rivers remember; his noble spirit endures. During four years of assistance to China, countless resolute and courageous Soviet airmen fought to the death against the brutal Japanese invaders, giving their young lives in the end. Their deeds embodied the spirit of international communism. The falcon fell into the river, but the will to fight on to victory never sank, and the conviction that China would prevail never wavered.

　　As years flow by, the hero's flight path grows ever clearer across history's sky—a timeless pursuit of justice and peace that, though tried by countless hardships, will never cease its onward course. The Chinese people will forever remember these young “falcons“ who once soared valiantly through China's skies, forging an immortal aerial shield with their flesh and blood.