The WWII pilot son of Nanjing seeking Rather Than benefactor rescue nuns Rengshi Mi

According to the Modern Express reported slender braids, exaggerated facial expressions, a full word "dragon" costume ... when the 65-year-old American teacher DavidYao standing on the podium of Nanjing Normal College of Foreign Languages, students who shines. The students even more surprising is that David and his father and Nanjing Normal University have a deep sense of love. David recalls do teachers Nanjing Normal University, he learned from his father during World War II, as the father of the U.S. Air Force pilot was forced to land in Nanjing, after being resettled in Jinling Women's University, (formerly Nanjing Normal University), he would very much like behalf of his father to find a rescuer at the time.

The forced landing Nanjing 1944

To help his father find the savior of the World War II period, the 10th, Nanjing Normal University teacher David to his father again to verify when the experience of Nanjing forced to land after being rescued.

David sent mail about "forced landing event time has confirmed, in 1944, my father and I sincerely thank those who he rescued from the hands of the Japanese in Nanjing in 1944 the nuns."

In 1944, the U.S. B29 fighter officially began the war against Japan. David's father, Gary Klatt Lieutenant is responsible for carrying the driver of the 462 bomb group. They Piaradoba from India took off, flying over the Himalayas, to provide supplies to the Chinese army in Chengdu and loading fuel bombing.

A total of four aircraft for the bombing of Japan, the task of transporting fuel. "My father is the first batch of the bombing of the the B29 members of one of Japan once, After bombing missions in the return process, an engine of the aircraft was hit by Japanese anti-aircraft guns, his father and his comrades made a forced landing in Nanjing."

David said, they found an empty place and successful forced landing Nanjing (then the Japanese occupation). Magic, a group of nuns, and help they hide the aircraft, providing food, transfer damaged engine, to provide all the help they can provide. After 10-12 hours, the aircraft took off again and successfully flew back to Chengdu, perform more tasks bombing of Japan. "

In the mail, David said, today, he and his father have been thinking about how to return the help they provide year.

"He and I are still very much want to know where these nuns from, why they would appear in Nanjing."

In David's opinion, may be destined, 2005, in case he did not know all the story, came to Nanjing.

David said, "My father and I have China as well as the friendly people with a deep love and I want to thank those nuns and their descendants, they saved my father! (Otherwise I would not have to appear in this world on!) "

Rescue nuns and forced landing location Rengshi Mi

According to David's narrative, his father was in an open place, was rescued by a group of nuns.

December 7, 1941, after the outbreak of the war in the Pacific, Nanjing has been the Japanese occupation, the the Wang puppet government of Nanjing, will nuns? If there is, they will take shelter where? Lian-red analysis, Nanjing Normal University professor of history, Japan was also a Christian, habit of every weekend and even during the Nanjing Massacre, the church is also there to worship, the church is not there is because of the Japanese invasion. In addition to churches, temples were retained. As for the Nanjing where a nun? Piece of an emergency landing of ground war era? There is no way of knowing.

By Shenghong, a history professor at Nanjing Normal University, said that after the outbreak of the Pacific War, the missionaries all get rid of the churches are closed. Two Christian universities run by the Americans were also forced to change the flag changing of the guard, the Japanese occupation of Jinling Women's University, became the headquarters do not know where there are nuns sanctuary.

The Jiangpu near the U.S. pilots had crash

The retirement of Nanjing Agricultural University Professor Wang Kunjie introduced 1942 years ago, he had an American pilot saw the crash in the countryside near Nanjing Jiangpu.

Born in 1931, Wang Kunjie born in Anhui and the County Churk miaozhen,. "Around 1942, when the town near Japanese one day, U.S. planes dropped on an abandoned fields where two or three miles away from the town suddenly, I flew to run in the past, to the front of the engine also smashed a pit smoking, aircraft on the ground. "Wang Kunjie later listen to the town said, the people on the plane and later come up with a silk cloth to look to the illiterate farmers a variety of text on a piece of silk, Some people say that there are nine kinds of text, some say there are 12 kinds of text, we later learned, he is American pilots. "Then Jiangpu middle school English teacher, surnamed Zhou, it seems is the the Jiangpu new Austin people, no one knows English town, put him hired. '

Etc. the Wang Kunjie once again rushed to the crash site, Chou working with pilots standing on the edge of the pit to speak. "The pilot was wearing a green uniform, was not injured, it seems not very old, but the plane burned very badly, almost on the left engine."