The story of the flying tigers

64 years ago, farmers rescued the Flying Tigers.

On March 26th, after the newspaper's article "Veterans of Flying Tigers Come to Shaanxi to Relive Sino-US Friendship" was published, 76-year-old An Min He came to the hotel where the Flying Tigers members and their relatives stayed, and introduced to them the rescue of the injured pilot Gabric by the father of LarryJobe, chairman of the American Flying Tigers Historical Committee. Dissoway(Disoway) in Xinxiang, China is at 1945.

Xi 'an's old man wants to tell a story to a foreigner.

Yesterday morning, the citizen He Laoren saw a report in this newspaper that "Flying Tigers veterans came to Shaanxi to relive Sino-US friendship", and immediately contacted the relevant person in charge of the US through An International Travel Service, which is responsible for receiving retired pilots of the Flying Tigers and their relatives. It's called meeting my father's wishes and wishes. He has a little-known story that must be told to the retired veterans of the Flying Tigers and their families.

Yesterday afternoon, LarryJobe, Chairman of the Historical Committee of the Flying Tigers of the United States, received the old man He at the Angudu Hotel. After the two sides met in the corridor, LarryJobe, who was several years older than He, immediately stepped forward and helped He to the room with crutches like his close old friends or relatives. Just when He was so excited that he didn't know how to say the first sentence, the humorous LarryJobe patted He on the shoulder and said, "I'm an old pilot, too, but I'm not from the Flying Tigers." You can tell me this story, and I promise to help you bring it to those who need to hear it. "

Four farmers rescued the injured members of the Flying Tigers.

After being seated, He Liwen took LarryJobe's hand and said, 1945, Gabric on March 20th. U.S. Air Force 14 Lieutenant Colonel P. Dissoway of the U.S. Air Force Command in Xi 'an led a team to bomb the Japanese train at Kangcun Station in Huojia County, Xinxiang, Henan Province. Disaway's plane was unfortunately shot and caught fire, and he was forced to skydive. Guo hid the American pilot in a small gun house in Sunjiabin, Dongying Village, and sent armed plainclothes to guard and protect him day and night. One of them, Helan Pavilion, is his father.

At first, De Sotzville was not used to life and could not eat noodles. Rescuers sent people to the extremely dangerous Xinxiang city to find ways to get food to meet his needs, and risked crossing the Japanese blockade to accompany him to take a bath at Dazhaoying School. On the one hand, they take care of sandy in every way, on the other hand, they contact relevant personnel for rescue.

Build a temporary airport to transfer members of the Flying Tigers.

After more than ten days, the rescuers finally got in touch with Xi 'an, and then Xi 'an sent Tian Shuxin to discuss the rescue plan and the landing place of the plane. They pointed out that a temporary airport must be built to land the plane. De Sotheby's Mansion is located between Daoqing and Pingguang Railway, through which a newly acquired expressway passes. Nearby Xiaoji, Dazhaoying Station and Hehe Town were occupied by Japanese troops. It is really more difficult to build an airport in this place and take people away by plane! But the rescuer said: "We must successfully complete this arduous task. The location of the temporary airport was selected in the northwest of Houying. "

On the evening of March 12 of the lunar calendar, nearly 100 young adults, with 70 or 80 mules and horses, pulled 40 slabs of stones, hardened their hearts and flattened 100 mu of wheat (this is the life-saving food for farmers), and then repeatedly crushed it with stones, and finally it was all finished in the early morning of 13. Then nervously spread white cloth and hay around the airport and put more than 10 big mirrors, lit hay when the plane came, indicated the airport target and ordered the plane to land.

12 at 8: 00 pm, accompanied by Guo Jialin, Li Chengzhi and Wang Qingtian, Deso Siwei crossed the Japanese blockade from Dongying Village by carriage and took a short rest in the western courtyard of Yvonne Wang's home in the rear camp.

Members of the Flying Tigers were successfully rescued to Xi 'an.

At five o'clock in the morning on March 13th, Dessauce arrived at the temporary airport accompanied by Guo, Wang, Tian, Li and others. At about 6 o'clock, I vaguely heard the buzzing sound in the distance, and three fighters flew from the west. Planes flew back and forth between Xinxiang and Huojia, flew to Dazhaoying Railway Station, five or six miles away from the temporary airport, and strafed over the Japanese invaders' strongholds, forcing them to retreat in the air-raid shelter and dare not show up; A patrol target hovering over the back camp of the store serves as a warning cover; Another fighter plane guided a small (G-5) light aircraft to fly from west to east, and immediately turned around to cover the light aircraft landing at the temporary airport. Accompanied by Guo, Wang, Tian and Li, Dessauce quickly ran to the plane and boarded it.

The plane flew away, and the rescuers gradually calmed down and quickly dispersed to find a safe place. Afterwards, after the Japanese puppet traitors came to the store, Yingcun said angrily, "It is very important for your village to build an airport to land the plane. We want to arrest people and bloodbath your village. " In order to protect the life and property of the whole village, yvonne Wangtian stepped forward, used various relationships, and frequently treated guests and gave gifts to prevaricate, thus avoiding the disaster of the village behind the temple.

Sino-American friendship will never be forgotten.

During the period of 1982, as a member of the first delegation of American congressmen to visit China, Mrs. de Sotheby's followed her husband's instructions to find the savior of that year, but failed to find it for various reasons.

After listening to He's story, LarryJobe took a note from He, which recorded the situation of De Suowei, a member of the "Flying Tigers" who was rescued, as well as the name, time and place of the rescuer, and said: "This matter is very important. When I return to the United States, I will definitely find Desoway's family and tell them this story. "

He Liwen said that he told this little-known true story himself, not only to fulfill his father's last wish, but also to tell Dessauce's descendants that the people of China will never forget De Sotos and his comrade-in-arms who almost gave their lives to fight the Japanese aggressors.