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In 1998 I don't know much about T.Z. Woo, yet. Woo was killed on a flight out of Kunming, March 14, 1942. Details of the accident can be found here. Dear Tom, In 2023 Spring, a friend in Nanjing (Nanking) occasionally provided me a clue of the son of CNAC#31 radio operator T. Z. WOO. With this clue, Ms. Sun Guohui, daughter of CNAC pilot C. C. Sun*, helped me to apporach and build contact with Wu Longqing (son of T. Z. WOO. Chinese phonetics spelling for "Woo" is "Wu".) On Aug. 22, 2023, I met Wu Longqing with Sun Guohui's presence in Kunming. I told Wu Longqing about CNAC Association, CNAC.org and showed him Captain Emil Scott's picture @ https://www.cnac.org/scott01.htm along with other pictures of CNAC#31 wreckage @ http://www.cnac.org/emilscott/accid01.htm. Also I told him that Captain Emil Scott was buried in the Punchbowl, and you are the webmaster of the website. He felt very encouraged. Wu Longqing told me following information. T. Z. WOO's hometown is Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province. T. Z. WOO lost his life with CNAC@31 crash on Mar. 14, 1942, when Wu Longqing was only 10 months old. Wu Longqing's mother later sent T. Z. WOO's ash back to his hometown and buried him there. Wu Longqing, the youngest of 4 siblings, showed me a family photo when he was only 2 months old, held by his mom, T. Z. WOO's wife. Wu Longqing knew not much about his father T. Z. WOO, such as his education and when he joined CNAC, etc. In addition, Wu Longqing showed me a bunch of history records quoted from a book named "Unforgetable Flying Tiger", which is compiled by Yunnan Provincial Archive and Yunnan Flying Tiger Research Association. The history records are all originated from Yunnan Provincial Archive. Attached please find pictures related to above matters. 1- (L to R) Angie Chen, Wu Longqing & Sun Guohui in Kunming on Aug. 22, 2023 2- family photo of T. Z. WOO, taken ~July 1941 (courtesy of Wu Longqing) 3- cover page of the book "Unforgetable Flying Tiger".(copied from "Unforgetable Flying Tiger") 4- "Biggest crash on the Hump route" 3-1 (copied from "Unforgetable Flying Tiger") 5- "Biggest crash on the Hump route" 3-2 (copied from "Unforgetable Flying Tiger"): upper- picture of CNAC#31 radio operator T. Z. WOO bottom left- news clipping by "Central Daily" bottom right- news clipping by "Liberation Daily". 6- "Biggest crash on the Hump route" 3-3 (copied from "Unforgetable Flying Tiger"): upper left- news clipping by "Dagong Daily" in which it mentioned that Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek expressed his condolence and assign some staff to investigate. upper right- news clipping about the crash by "Republic Daily" bottom- telegram about the crash from Long Yun (Chairman of Longyun Yunnan Province of National Goverment) to Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek. Hope above information could help you to fill in the gap of T. Z. WOO record. * So much for now, I will send you mail about C. C. Sun separately later. Wish you and Claaaaarrrrrrrrrrk a happy and healthy Year of 2024! Angie 4-6-2024 From a friend: I have been working with some other volunteers to collect the CBI Theater Aviation casualties during WWII. Found some info about the DC-2 #31 Accident on 1942.3.14. (2) Found two pictures of the Plot Plan from Stanford University Hoover Institute Archive. Two of them were CNAC crews, William Harry Schuler and Emil Sylvan Scott (DC-2 #31 pilot and co-pilot). I guess these were their temporary resting place during wartime. They are buried with other AVGs.   or would like to be added to the CNAC e-mail distribution list, please let the CNAC Web Editor know. Thanks! |