FRED Y.T. CHIN
(August 14, 1923 - September 13, 2013)
(CNAC August 1943 - 1945 and 1948 - 1949)
(Stockroom)
then
(Captain - late in 1948)
Page Started: July 12, 2005 Page Updated: October 27, 2020 |
Background music to this page can be controlled here. "Begin The Beguine" Top of the chart in 1940. |
![]() Fred Chin, unknown mechanic, Bing Zhou and Lu Yuen-Bin Standing next to a DC-4 about 1947 (Photo Courtesy of Frank Watson. Frank's dad was Jules Watson, so we're guessing that Jules took the photo.) ![]() left to right Willie Chen, Unknown, Umknown, Unknown, Fred Chin, May Chin (Fred's wife) and Zhang wei-xia; CNAC Flight Attendant (Zhang's husband, Tsai ke-cheng was a CNAC co-pilot) Photo courtesy of Angie Chen, daughter of Willie Chen. On July 12, 2005, I received the following e-mail from Fred: Dear Mr.Tom O.Moore,Jr, My name is Fred Y.T.Chin from CNAC CAPT. I call you tel, 916-772-3226, they don't know where you move. if you receive my e-mail please do call me tel, 626-839-5828 or let me know your tel. number, I'll call back. Fred Y.T.Chin That afternoon, I had a nice telephone talk with Fred Chin. Here is what he told me. Fred Chin started work in the Stock Room, August 1943, in Calcutta for 1 1/2 years. In 1945 he went to the "States - Texas" got his pilots license and went back to China and CNAC late in 1948. CNAC passenger in a CNAC DC-4 to Hong Kong. He was checked out in a C-47. He was also co-pilot on the DC-4. ![]() or would like to be added to the CNAC e-mail distribution list, please let the CNAC Web Editor, Tom Moore, know. Thanks! |