Autobiography of Rebecca Chan Chung: World War II in China with the Flying Tigers, US Army and China National Aviation Corporation (CNAC, known for flying over the Hump). This is a site devoted to the book "Piloted to Serve", which is an autobiography of Rebecca Chan Chung, a nurse with the Flying Tigers, US Army and China National Aviation Corporation (CNAC, known for flying over the Hump) during
World War II. The authors are Rebecca Chan Chung, Deborah Duen Ling Chung and Cecilia Ng Wong. In 1943-48, Rebecca Chan Chung worked for the China National Aviation Corporation (CNAC), with duties including flying over the Hump between India and China for about 50 times. The Hump refers to the flight route across the Himalayas. This route was strategic in linking China to the outside world during the Japanese occupation. It was dangerous because aircraft at that time could not really fly high enough for the Himalayas and flying thus had to involve going up and down according to the mountain profile. After a 25-year distinguished nursing career in Hong Kong, where she headed the large nursing school of the Tung Wah Group of Hospitals 東華三院護士學校 and served as a member of the Hong Kong Nursing Board香港護士局, a member of the Hong Kong Board of Midwives 香港助產士管理局 and President of the Hong Kong Nurses and Midwives Association 香港護士產科士聯會, Mrs. Chung immigrated from Hong Kong to Toronto in 1974.
240-page paperback book (English) released in April 2012.
240-page paperback book (Chinese) released in Dec. 2011. Keywords: History, World War II, Flying Tigers, US Army, 14th US Army Air Force, Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps, China National Aviation Corporation, CNAC, Hump, Friends’ Ambulance Unit, China, Kunming, Hong Kong, Nursing, education, Tung Wah Group of Hospitals, Hong Kong Sanatorium and Hospital, Queen Mary Hospital, Diocesan Girls’ School, Christianity, church, marriage, family.
