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October 19, 2004 I met C.P. Chang at the 2004 CNAC Reunion. C.P. Will be adding more details about his life and times, especially with CNAC.    Tom Moore and C. P. Chang CNAC Reunion Dinner at Moon Chin's home. Anyone narrow down the year??? Here's a blow up to see details. November 27, 2020 Hi Tom, FYI. The book, C.P. Chang's (張崇斌) autobiography "Recollection of 25-year Flying" in Chinese is online, Recollection of 25-year Flying There is no English version available. There are quite a few photos in it. There is no specific information about C.P. Chang's date of birth. However, according to the book, C.P. Chang graduated from high school in 1943. Assume he was 18 at that time, the year of his birth should be 1925. After he graduated from high school, he joined the 18th class of the Chinese Air Force Academy in 1943. After a few months of training, he left the Air Force Academy to return home to take care of his father who was in critical illness condition. After his father was recovered, he subsequently joined CNAC. He had about 250 Hump flights. His wife's maiden name is Huang (黄). (It is unknown if she is still alive.) They were married on Dec. 24th, 1945 in Kunming. They had three children. (No information about the children.) In 1947, C.P. Chang left CNAC and then joined CAT (Civil Air Transport Inc) under Claire Chennault. He followed CAT to move to Taiwan in late 1949. After the Korean War broke out in 1950, he was sent to Japan for airlift during the war. After the war, he continued staying in Japan and flying for CAT until he and his family immigrated to the U.S. in June 1968. Regards, Young Chi ytang777@gmail.com  or would like to be added to the CNAC e-mail distribution list, please let the CNAC Web Editor know. Thanks! |
