[L'Ecole Franco-Chinoise teachers and Chinese Air Force servicemen at Kaingwan Airfield]

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Title

[L'Ecole Franco-Chinoise teachers and Chinese Air Force servicemen at Kaingwan Airfield]

Description

Photographic group portrait of L'Ecole Franco-Chinoise teachers and Chinese Air Force servicemen posing in front of a Curtiss C-46 Commando aircraft at Kiangwan Airfield, China, circa 1940s. Some of the individuals are identified in the caption on verso.

Typed on verso: "Army Air Forces Headquarters, Shanghai: -- On the stand near a C-46 transport at Kiangwan Airdrome, are teachers of L'Ecole Franco-Chinoise who were recent guests of the Shanghai Air Depot. Pictured in the second row, from left to right are Brothers Embroires, Charles, Ange and Daniel. Next to them is Professor Etienne T. S. Kiong who has been on the school's faculty for thirty-nine years. Two officers of the Chinese Air Force (acting as interpreters) assisted Captain William M. Heim of the 381st Air Service Group, who acted as host. (Official USAAF SHAD Photo)."

Stamped on verso: "Made by U.S. Army Air Forces. Watch Your Credit."

Date

1940s circa

Bibliographic Citation

The William Orthman World War II Collection/The Museum of Flight

Identifier

1991-07-17A_image_051_01
1991-07-17A_image_051_02