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Title: Military two-engine evacuation airplane named "Los Angeles Chinese"
Date Created and/or Issued: 1945-07
Contributing Institution: Huntington Library
Collection: Pacific Rim
Rights Information: For information on use of Digital Library materials, please see Library Rights and Permissions: https://www.huntington.org/library-rights-permissions
Description: An World War II military evacuation two-engine airplane named "Los Angeles Chinese", waiting on the tarmac of an unknown airfield.
The airplane in picture was purchased by the U. S. Treasury Department using money raised in the Los Angeles Chinese American community. Y. C. Hong served as chair for the Chinatown war finance committee.
Hong family papers. The Huntington Library, San Marino, CA.
Type: image
Format: image/jpeg
Extent: 1 black and white print; 8 x 10 in.
Identifier: mssHong Family papers
410196
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll12/id/27
Subject: World War, 1939-1945--Chinese--California--Los Angeles
World War, 1939-1945--California--Los Angeles
Twin-engine airplanes
Source: Hong family papers, 1764-2006 (bulk 1906-2006).
You Chung Hong
Photographic files 1860s-2001
1, Photos (Agnes Chang-C.A.C.A. Biennial Convention)
8, Photos -- Airplane "Los Angeles Chinese" 1945 July, Item 1
Pacific Rim, Huntington Digital Library
Provenance: Gift of Roger S. Hong, June 2006.

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