Gigantic China’s Wings photo gallery
Classic aviation photos of flying in China in the 1930s and 1940s pertaining to the China National Aviation Corporation, a Chinese-American civil aviation partn...
Tag: Ford Trimotor
Stories and photos related to the “Tin Goose” Ford Trimoter, the China National Aviation Corporation, and China’s Wings, by Gregory Crouch
Fleeing Shanghai, August 1937: what happened to Donald Wong after he was hit by “friendly” machineguns
Continuation of the stories of the China National Aviation Corporation (CNAC) fleeing Shanghai at the outbreak of the Battle of Shanghai, August 1937. This one ...
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.
CNAC and the Long March
it was surely no coincidence that eighty-six thousand soldiers of the Communist Red Army began crossing the Yadu River that day, taking the first steps of a yea...
What was, at the time, the world’s most exciting undertaking – flying
The romance of those beautiful airplanes flying against the backdrop of 1930s China set a hook in my heart. Shirley’s stories and her father’s photos cracked op...