Mr. Paul Crawford and Mr. Mark McDonnell, 14th Army Air Force, 529th Fighter Squadron, salute the Clay Soldiers at Xi’an. Here are two old warriors showing respect to older warriors. This picture made the front page of almost every newspaper in China. It was taken on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the ending of hostilities. We are told that up to this point only 37 world dignitaries had ever been let into the pits with the Clay Soldiers and only two
Americans, Presidents G.H.W. Bush and W.J. Clinton.
We were honored to attend the 2009 529th Fighter Squadron reunion.
These are current pictures of the Flying Tigers.
Mr. Paul Crawford
Mr. Bob Ingersoll
("Tic Toc")
Mr. Jim Nordlie
Banquet held in honor of the Four Flying Tigers
Chongqing, China March 2004
Four Flying Tigers from the 14th Army Air Force, 528th Fighter Squadron, who flew out of an airfield located just outside the wall of the city of Xi’an. They returned in March 2004 and were honored wherever they went in China. Pictured are from left to right -
Mr. David Thompson, Mr. Joe Walters, Mr. Wang Xue Si, Deputy Secretary General of Chongqing People’s Municipal Government, Mr. Larry Jobe, President Flying Tiger Historical Organization, Mr. Yu, Mayor of Chongqing, Mr. Bill Creech, Mr. Wang Qing Yu, Director of Chongqing Tourism Bureau, Mr. Hank Snow, Mr. Karl Bennett, Mr. KC Ma, President Asia Holiday Travel.
W W II Flying Tigers Honored in
Kentucky
Four members of 14th Army Air Force 528th Fighter Squadron were honored at their September 2009 reunion in Lexington, Kentucky by being made Honorary Kentucky Colonels
Mr. Bill White, Mr. David Thompson, Mr. Bill Creech, Mr. Jessie Townsend, and Mr. Hank Snow (seated) pose in front of a P-51 Mustang, September 2009. This was the aircraft these gentlemen flew in China against the Japanese forces. This airplane is located at the Blue Grass Airport in Lexington, Kentucky.
Mr. Hank Snow poses in front of P-51 with his wife Ann.
Mr. David Thompson waves from the cockpit of the P-51. Each of the
pilots took a turn sitting in what was very familiar surroundings to them – the P-51 cockpit. You could see the youth return to their eyes as they got reacquainted with an old friend, the
