Charlie Mott interview (video and transcript, 1 of 9), 1991

Notes:

Interview of Charles Mott by filmmaker Frank Boring for the documentary, Fei Hu: The Story of the Flying Tigers. Charles Mott was a Flight Leader for the American Volunteer Group (AVG) 2nd Squadron "Panda Bears." Recruited from the U.S. Navy, where he served three years as a Dive Bomber pilot, he joined the AVG in 1941. During a mission over Thailand, he was shot down by ground fire and captured, severely wounded. He was placed in a POW camp along the River Kwai railway for 3 1/2 years and repatriated at the end of the war. He was the sole survivor of the four AVG pilots captured. In this tape, Mott describes his background as a civil engineer before becoming an aviator in the Navy and later joining the AVG.

Date Created:

1991-05-16T00:00:00Z

Data Provider:

Grand Valley State University. University Libraries

Subject Topic:

Oral history, United States--History, Military, China--History, Military, Veterans, China. Kong jun. American Volunteer Group, and World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American

Language:

eng

Rights:

<a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a>

URL:

https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/document/42001