美国飞虎队华裔老兵来昆明，爱国华侨捐献飞虎队文物给昆明

捐助者华侨陈灿培（左）将文物交给昆明师副师长（右）。这是第一批飞虎队一个队员和中国中央飞机制造厂的合同。是这次捐赠的文物中最珍贵的。

捐赠现场

 

2010年11月8日，在昆明具有历史意义的讲武堂举行了欢迎飞虎队华裔老兵来昆明访问，已经接受吴灿培先生捐赠飞虎队文物的仪式。昆明市官员和相关人员参加。

仪式结束后，在讲武堂展出了这次捐赠的飞虎队文物。

参观捐赠的文物。

文物之一

（“狗牌”，就是美国官兵戴着脖子上的身份牌。上面写着该人员的编号和家庭住址。

三位老兵在展览现场。

这次捐赠的文物由昆明市博物馆永久保存。

华裔老兵和家属访问团还参观访问了昆明郊野公园的“驼峰飞行纪念碑”、昆明飞虎队及美军战斗司令部大楼（及美军第十一招待所）、昆明郊区的呈贡原美军空军基地遗址以及石林等地。

参观驼峰飞行纪念碑

 

呈贡老机场，这是一所当年美军使用的平房。

石碾子

 

一位昆明收藏者穿着一件当年美国飞行人员的衣服，上面还有“血抚”，引起了大家的兴趣。

以下是这次华裔老兵来访的正式文件

美國飛虎隊華裔老兵及家眷

回戰地重溫之旅  

11/2      Leaving LAX or SF pm on Your Favorite Airline 洛杉磯/三藩市乘机

11/4      Arriving at Guangzhou Airport around 9 am 晨早9時抵廣州 

      11/5 Leaving Guangzhou廣州14:25/17:15 to Zhijiang, 芷江 (懷化)

11/6      Hosted by Zhijian芷江:

11/7      Leaving Zhijiang芷江 to ShaoShan韶山, Changsha長沙, enjoy a 3.5 hour bus ride

11/8       Changsha 17:55/20:00 長沙 to Kunming 昆明;    Hosted by Kunming

11/11      Leaving Kunming CZ3248机 17:55/19:15昆明to Guilin 桂林

11/12   - Boat tour of Li River, enjoy view of painting-like corridor along the river, evening show  

11/13   Leaving Guilin 14:50/15:50桂林to Guangzhou 廣州

11/14    Leaving Jiangmen 江門for Guangzhou International Airport廣州  to LAX 

美國飛虎隊華裔老兵及家眷回戰地重溫之旅

Leader 團長:

1.  黃煜臻博士 James Bok Wong, PhD, Los Angeles, CA.

               -  第407空勤中隊407^th Air Service Squadron, 軍階: 三等兵Staff Sergeant

2.       Betty Yeow, JD, 姚琴珠博士 (wife妻)

3.   趙崇漢 (已逝飛虎隊趙成旺之子 ); Collin Chu, San Francisco, CA. 

4.   黃輝麗Lily F Chu (wife妻)

5.   劉華新 ”Tom” W. S. Lew, El Sobrante, CA. 

- 第14航空隊總部 Headquarter Squadron; 軍階: 二等兵Technical Sergeant

6.   劉務君Morgan Lew (son子) 

7.   劉朱美碧Pattie Lew  (son’s wife 新抱)

8.   朱美素Susie Jee (sister of Pattie新抱妹)

9.   劉麗珠Elizabeth Lew (niece姪女 )

10. 劉小明Evangeline Lew (granddaughter孫女)

11. 林日新Fulton Yee (右), Henderson, NV

- 第407空勤中隊407^th Air Service Squadron; 軍階: Private First Class 6等兵

Organizer 領隊:

12. 陳燦培 Pedro Chan, Los Angeles, CA.  Cell: 13530324341

13. 李碧清Pek Chan (wife妻)

我從軍飛虎隊Flying Tigers & 14th Army Air Force
黃煜臻博士By Dr. James Bok Wong
第407空勤中隊407th Air Service Squadron, 軍階: 三等兵Staff Sergeant
Japan invaded China in1937.  China was weak and did not have an air force.  Japanese airplanes bombed China cities at will, without any resistance.  I was a boy in Guangzhou in 1937 and 1938 and saw Japanese airplanes dive low and drop bombs on Guangzhou train station.
1937年日本入侵中国，那时中国很贫穷，几乎没有空军。日本空军任意轰炸中国的城市而不会遭受反击。我那时是在广州的一个孩子，在广州火车站亲眼看到日本飞机的俯冲和投弹。
 Chiang Kai-shek was President of China at the time.  He hired Claire Lee Chennault, a retired US army air Force captain in 1939 to build a Chinese air force.  Chennault got permission from US president Roosevelt to hire American pilots from US army, US navy and US marines as well as civilian pilots.  Chennault gave $600 per month for each pilot and an additional $500 for shooting down a Japanese airplane.  He also hired mechanics and technicians for his ground crew.  Chennault named his group American Volunteer Group (AVG).
那时蒋介石是中国的领袖。1939年，他聘请美国退役的陆军飞行员陈纳德建立遗址中国的空军。陈纳德得到美国总统罗斯福的允许可以从美国陆军、海军招募飞行员作为民用飞行员。陈纳德承诺给每名飞行员600美金，如果击落一架日本飞机额外再给奖金500美金。他也招募了一些为这个队伍服务的技术人员。陈纳德将他的美国志愿队为AVG。
 In 1940, the United States were sending airplanes and armaments to England to help them fight Germany.  One hundred P-40 Tomahawk fighter airplanes were to be sent to England.  Chennault and Dr. T.V. Soong, Chinese foreign minister, got permission from US President Roosevelt to buy these fighter airplanes for China.  The 100 P-40s were disassembled and sent by ship across the Atlantic Ocean, through the Mediterranean, Suez Canal, and got to Burma.  The airplanes were reassembled, but the mechanics only managed to assemble 56 operable airplanes.  The rest were used as spare parts.
    1940年，美国送一些飞机给英国用来对抗德国人。其中有100架战斧式P-40战斗机。陈纳德和中国驻美代表宋子文得到罗斯福的同意，买了其中的一些战斗机送到中国。这100架P-40战机从大西洋用船，经过地中海，苏伊士运河到达缅甸。然后飞机被组装了56架，其余的被用作备用件。
 Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on December 7, 1941.  The next day, US President Roosevelt declared war on Japan.  On December 18, 1941, Chennault brought his well-trained P-40s from Burma to Kunming, China.  In their first air battle two days later, Chennault’s  AVG pilots skillfully maneuvered their P-40 Tomahawks to intercept and shot down seven out of ten Japanese bombers which were on a bombing mission over Kunming, with no casualties suffered on the American side.  This was the first Japanese air-force defeat in China.
    1941年日本偷袭珍珠港。第二天，罗斯福对日宣战。1941年12月18日，陈纳德带着他的经过训练的P-40队伍从缅甸来到中国昆明。两天后开始了他们的第一次空战，陈纳德的志愿队娴熟地驾驶P-40拦截10架前来轰炸昆明的日本轰炸机，击落其中的7架。而志愿队没有伤亡。这是日本飞机在中国的第一次遭遇空战（原文如此）。
 Someone painted shark’s teeth on the front of the P-40 body, and the fighter plane looked like a tiger from a distance.  And the name “Flying Tiger” was born. 
 In April, 1942, Chennault was commissioned a brigadier general in the US army air force and was given overall responsibility for all American air forces in China.
 In early 1943, Chennault was promoted to major general.  On March 10, 1943, the US 14th Army Air Force was formed to take over all air task forces in China, with General Chennault continued as commander.  Members of the US 14th Army Air Force continued to wear the “Flying Tiger” badges on their shoulders and were better known as Flying Tigers.  
那时P-40机身上画着鲨鱼的牙齿，飞机在远处看起来像一个老虎。这样，“飞虎队”的名字诞生了。
1942年4月，陈纳德被任命为美国陆军航空兵的准将，并负责指挥在中国的所有美国航空部队。
1943年初，陈纳德被提升为少将。1943年3月10日，美国陆军第十四航空队成立，接管了在中国的所有空中的任务，陈纳德继续成为司令官。所有第十四航空队的成员在他们的衣服上都有“飞虎”的臂章，所以也叫飞虎队。
When the US 14th Army Air Force was being formed, I was a high school student in New York City.  A Lieutenant Yee came to our Stuyvesant High School and asked whether or not I want to join the 14th Army Air Force.  I said “Yes Sir!” without hesitation as I definitely wanted to go back to China to fight the Japanese, who at that time already conquered Guangzhou, my hometown.  When I was inducted into the US Armed Forces in June, 1943, I was sent immediately to Springfield, Illinois.  Several days after I arrived, the 407th Air Service Squadron was formed, and I was a member.  The 407th was a part of the 14th Air Service Group and which was part of the US 14th Army Air Force.  We were sent to Patterson Field, Ohio and there I was trained as an instrument- bombsight specialist.  After about a year’s training, we were shipped out in a troop convoy at Newport News, Virginia.  We had over one hundred troop ships, protected by an aircraft carrier, cruisers and many destroyers.  We went across the Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean, Suez Canal, Indian Ocean and landed in Bombay, India.  We then took a train to Calcutta, and from there, to Burma.  I flew from Burma over the Himalayis mountains to Kunming, China.  For most of 1944 until the war was over in August of 1945, 1 served as an instrument-bombsight specialist in Xian, Zhijiang, Chengdu, Lao He Kou, Wuhan and other airfields.
     十四航空队组建时，我在纽约高中毕业。有一位叶（Yee）中尉来到我的学校询问是否有人想加入这个队伍。我毫不犹豫地说，“我想加入！”因为我希望回到中国和日本人战斗，那时日本人已经占领了我的家乡广州。1943年6月，我加入了美军马上被送到了伊利诺斯州的Spring基地。几天后我被编入了407空中服务中队，这个部队是第十四航空队第十四空中服务大队的一部分。然后我们又来到了俄亥俄的Patterson基地，我接受了轰炸机轰炸瞄准手的训练。经过一年的训练，我们从维吉尼亚州的Newport News上船。我们的船队有100多条船，由一个航空母舰、巡洋舰和驱逐舰舰队保护。我们穿越大西洋，地中海，苏伊士运河、印度洋在印度的孟买上岸。然后坐火车到加尔各答，然后再到缅甸。我从缅甸飞越喜马纳雅山脉到昆明，1944年到1945年8月15日，我作为一个轰炸机瞄准手在西安、芷江、成都、Lao He Kou(老河口？)、武汉和其他基地服务。
 Now, may I tell you what the Flying Tigers did to help win the war against  Japan.  Japan’s infantry was well equipped and very strong.  After conquering Shanghai and Nanjiang, they advanced steadily to conquer Wuhan and Guilin.  The Japanese infantry, almost two-million-soldiers strong, formed a line from Wuhan to Hengyung to Liuchow, got ready to advance to Chungqing, the Chinese wartime Capital.   However, the US 14th Army Air Force (Flying Tigers), with their well-trained P-51 Mustang fighters and B-24 Liberator bombers attacked and bombed the Japanese supply lines, holding up the advance of Japanese troops.  Without adequate supplies of food and armaments, the Japanese army could not advance for almost a year.  In the meantime, the Chinese soldiers, regrouped and equipped with American armaments, counter-attacked and at the end drove the Japanese troops all the way back to the Pacific Ocean.
    现在，我可以告诉大家，飞虎队员帮助中国对抗日本。而日本的步兵装备很好战斗力很强。在征服了上海和南京后，他们又占领了武汉和桂林。而十四航空队（飞虎队）带着训练有素的P-51野马战斗机和B-24解放者轰炸机攻击日本人的运输线，如果没有这些物资，日军无法坚持一年。同时，中国的士兵在美国装备的武装下开始了对日军的反击。
General Claire Chennault and His
American & Chinese Medals.

Take a good look at the two Chinese Cloud &
Banners Medals. They are made of pure gold.

Only a few US pilots earned this esteemed
medal from the KMT. The others are not made
of gold.