Hsiao Li Lindsay (李效黎) at a pilot's window of a Douglas C-47 Skytrain, Yan'an (延安), July 1944

Hsiao Li Lindsay (李效黎) at a pilot's window of a Douglas C-47 Skytrain, Yan'an (延安), July 1944

Collection

Lindsay, Michael

Identifier

ML06-d006

Notes

University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: ML06-d006. The Dakota (piloted by Captain Jack E. Champion with co-pilot Sergeant Coy and radio operator Sergeant George W. White) had brought to Yenan the first arrivals of the United States Army Observation Group (Dixie Mission), which included Colonel David Barrett and Captain Charlie Stelle. See an account of this in 'Bold Plum, with the Guerrillas in China's War against Japan' by Hsiao Li Lindsay (2007), pp 273-274.

Caption on photograph

HL in airplane of US observer mission in Yan'an. Col Barrett invited HL, Zun De, and others to see the plane on 2nd day after their arrival - plane had been damaged landing, so couldn't take off. 1944 

Location

Yan'an

Date

July 1944

Photographer

Lindsay, Michael

Material

Paper

Media

Black and white photograph