Moon Chin’s first air raid, part I
What happened to some of the CNAC pilots during the dark days of August, 1937, when a colossal battle between Japan and China erupted in Shanghai.
Author: Gregory
China’s Wings reviewed in World War II magazine
I'm pleased! I've been worried about the reception China's Wings might get from the academic world, and I'm very gratified to get such a glowing review from a p...
Evacuating Shanghai, August 1937
Fleeing Shanghai, August 1937: first in a series of posts about how the China National Aviation Corporation (CNAC) and its people escaped the outbreak of the Ba...
An excellent old Shanghai photo collection
A fellow who seems to be named LJ Chan has posted a very atmospheric stream of old Shanghai photos… enjoy!
“Goddamn it, I promised the wife I wouldn’t do this any more.”
it was a chicken or the egg conundrum as to who had arrived first, the pilots or the prostitutes...
“All right… but Mickey, why a limey?”
Her and Charles Boxer hadn’t made any announcement, but the the whole world must have noticed, because in the summer of 1941, Mickey's condition was obvious. Ho...
Ernest Hemingway and China’s Wings
As noted in yesterday’s “Boxer Uprising” post featuring Mickey Hahn, Hugh Woods, and Ernest Hemingway, Ernest Hemingway spent time with CNAC i...
Stephen Alvarez’s photos from our adventures in Iran last summer — climbing and otherwise
Stephen Alvarez’s photos from our adventures in Iran last summer, featuring Mark Wilford, Jim Donini, Mary Ann Dornfeld, Mohammad Norouzi, Mohammad Bahrev...
Emily Hahn, Martha Gellhorn, Ernest Hemingway, China’s Wings, and The Boxer Uprising
Another hilarious Emily "Mikey" Hahn flavored outtake from the China's Wings rough draft featuring Ernest Hemingway, Martha Gellhorn, and some of the CNAC piilo...
Emily Hahn and CNAC, aka The Hardest Cut, Part III
This is the third part of this story, and they ought to be read in order. Here’s Part I and Part II. The putrid ape smell didn’t fade from the apartment f...