INTRODUCTION

This project is an attempt to profile all World War II members of the 407th Air Service Squadron which was part of the Fourteenth Air Force also known as the Flying Tigers. Their names were found in Christina M. Lim and Sheldon H. Lim’s article in Chinese America: History and Perspectives 1993 and their 1993 book, In the Shadow of the Tiger: the 407th Air Service Squadron, Fourteenth Air Force Group, Fourteenth Air Force, World War II. The authors’ research made this project easier to complete.

 

 

 

 

The authors’ research included contacting 168 of the 250 members and acquiring personal photographs and artifacts from them. 

 

The authors’ contacted 168 of the 250 members. (From 1944 to 1992, at least 77 members had passed away.) The members shared stories, photographs and artifacts. It’s been over thirty years since the publication of Chinese America: History and Perspectives 1993 and In the Shadow of the Tiger. (Both publications are out-of-print. On the secondary market In the Shadow of the Tiger has sold upwards to a hundred dollars or more.) As far as I know, nearly all members of the 407th have passed away. 

 

Information about most members was found at Ancestry.com through military records, passenger lists, censuses, naturalization petitions, city directories, yearbooks and newspapers. Other sources included Genealogy Bank, Old Fulton New York Postcards, California Digital Newspaper Collection and the Internet Archive.

 

There are 34 groups; click the bold heading to read. The first 29 groups are profiles arranged in alphabetical order. Group 30 is about two recruiters, references and an index of members. The English text of Gung Ho was transcribed and distributed in groups 31 (numbers 1–5), 32 (numbers 6–10) and 33 (numbers 11–14, 20, 22, 23). Statistics make up group 34. (In the book Gung Ho was mentioned on pages v, vi, vii, viii, 1, 15, 17, 33, 75, 76, 221 and 222. Available issues were reproduced on pages 75 and from 77 to 205. The demographics of the 407th appeared on pages 15 to 17.)

The following men were not on the squadron list on pages 213 through 218 of the book. They are included in the profiles.

1. Harry Gin, mentioned in Gung Ho
2. Lt. Col. Hunter, mentioned in In the Shadow of the Tiger
3. George M. Lee, no such person; probably George M. Yee or George M. Shue
4. Hing B. Lo, mentioned in Gung Ho
5. Anthony Miucci, 407th mentioned in obituary
6. San Pon, mentioned in Gung Ho
7. Sze C. Shen, mentioned in newspaper article
8. Herbert Wong, mentioned in In the Shadow of the Tiger
9. Moon Y. Wong, 407th mentioned in Duty & Honor
10. Paul T. Wong, drowning victim found by 407th member Herbert Wong
11. Wing O. Wong aka Homer Wong, mentioned in Gung Ho
 

Early in my online research I came across references to my uncle in Chinese America: History and Perspectives 1993 and In the Shadow of the Tiger. I acquired copies of both publications. Soon I discovered there were members of the 407th who had connections to my family. My Uncle Howe T. Jay drove a truck for the 407th. An issue of Gung Ho said he was visited by his father, Jay W. Rapp, at Patterson Field. Howe was the grandson of Jay Yoon, (my great grandfather) the oldest of seven siblings. The next sibling was Jay Say who was the “grandfather” of James G. Jay, a paper son whose family name was Quan. Kenneth Mah’s sister, Margaret, was the stepmother of my cousin, Jay Y. Sun, Jr., a Korean War veteran, whose great grandfather was Jay Yoon. My father, Oak (Howe’s younger brother) received an October 26, 1944 V-Mail from Toy F. Lee. In my father’s scrapbook was the Arizona Republic, June 27, 1949 article about Grey K. Toy’s wedding. (Information about my father is here and here.)

I apologize in advance for any errors and misspellings. Please leave corrections in the comments or email to apaontv (at) aol (dot) com.

GROUP 1: ARK – BRYNE
1. Young Q. Ark aka Ark Q. Young
2. Fong S. Ben aka Ben S. Fong
3. 1st Lieutenant Lynn L. Bishop
4. Leong G. Bor aka Bor G. Leong
5. 1st Lt. Wallace I. Bowers
6. Captain Edward Brown (not listed)
7. Capt. Robert E. Byrne

GROUP 2: CHAN
1. Edward Chan
2. James W. Chan
3. Sang Chan
4. Sew H. Chan aka Lawrence S.H. Chan
5. Stephen Chan
6. Thomas Chan
7. Woodrow Chan

GROUP 3: CHANG – CHEW
1. Gee Chang
2. Sammy Chang
3. Chris Y. Chen
4. David Chen
5. Yuan Chen
6. Edward Chew
7. Jerry Chew

GROUP 4: CHIN
1. Frank Chin aka Frank S.K. Chin
2. Geung Chin aka Joseph G. Chin
3. Goy A. Chin aka Larry G.A. Chin
4. Jing W. Chin aka Chin W. Jing, and Chin W. Jing aka Jing W. Chin
5. Kay W. Chin
6. Park C. Chin
7. See P. Chin aka See Poy Chin
8. Wan Y. Chin aka James H. Chu
9. Wellie Y. Chin aka Willie Y. Wong
10. Ying W. Chin aka Richard Y.W. Chin

GROUP 5: CHING – CHUNG
1. Chaw K. Ching aka Charlie Lee
2. Wan H. Ching
3. Glenn Chinn
4. Stanley L. Chinn
5. Yow R. Chinn aka Richard Y. Chinn
6. George Chow
7. Jimmie G. Choy
8. Edwin Chu
9. John B. Chuck
10. Wilbert S.L. Chung aka Wilbert Chung

GROUP 6: CUMMINS – ENG
1. Chief Warrant Officer Gervus Cummins
2. Captain Donald B. Davidson
3. Paoling Deng aka Bert L. Deng
4. Chee O. Der
5. Warrant Officer Junior Grade Thaedeus A Egnoski
6. Fong K. Eng
7. Homer K.H. Eng
8. Hong D. Eng
9. Wai N. Eng
10. Wilfred R. Eng

GROUP 7: FONG
1. Albert Fong aka Albert J. Fong
2. Albert F.L. Fong
3. David Fong
4. Kwack J. Fong aka Thomas K.J. Fong
5. Lawrence S. Fong
6. Ming B. Fong
7. Mon K. Fong aka Allan K. Choy
8. Paul C. Fong
9. Raymond K. Fong
10. Wing H. Fong

GROUP 8: GAY – HING
1. Jee Gay
2. Peter K. Gee
3. Richard E. Gee
4. Roland Gee Jr.
5.Shew W. Gee
6. Harry Gin (not listed)
7. George T. Gon
8. Andrew H. Goon aka Andrew G. Lee
9. Major Harry E. Haseleu
10. William Hing

GROUP 9: HOM – ING
1. Hong Hom
2. Kwong D. Hom aka Thomas Q.O. Moy
3. Wing Hom
4. William J. Hoy
5. William P. Hsia
6. Henry Hsiang
7. Calvin Huie
8. Bing G. Hum
9. Lt. Colonel Hunter (not listed)
10. Yot G. Ing

GROUP 10: JACK – JUE
1. Wong L. Jack aka Jack L. Wong
2. Howe T. Jay aka Howard T. Jay
3. James G. Jay
4. Hing W. Jee aka Edwin Jee
5. Major Herbert K.B. Jemmott
6. Gim W. Jeong
7. Yew S. Jew
8. Louis Joe aka Lewis Chow
9. James W. Johnson
10. Tonley Ju
11. Suey W. Jue aka Ted W. Jue

GROUP 11: JUNG – KONG
1. Earl Jung
2. Kim W. Jung
3. Robert H. Jung
4. Colonel Eric H. Kaeppel
5. Andrew Kan
6. York M. Kao
7. Harry G. King
8. Fred Ko aka Fred Chu Ko
9. Warrant Officer Junior Grade Frank W. Koch
10. Dan Kong

GROUP 12: KVENILD – F LEE
1. 1st Lt. Robert Kvenild
2. Look C. Kwong aka K.C. Look
3. Captain Kimm Chan K. Lau aka K.C. Kenneth Lau
4. Chor Y. Law
5. Alfred H. Lee
6. Andrew W. Lee
7. Arthur R. Lee
8. Benson K. Lee
9. Fong Lee aka Henry L. Lee

GROUP 13: G LEE – J LEE
1. Gem Y. Lee aka Denny Lee
2. George H. Lee
3. Gooy B. Lee
4. Gwon J. Lee
5. Henry Lee
6. Herbert J. Lee
7. Hung Sheung Lee aka Victor Leong
8. John J. Lee aka Johnny O’Young
9. John M. Lee
10. Joseph K. Lee

GROUP 14: K LEE – Y LEE
1. Kern Lee aka Kern L. Owyang
2. Kwong A. Lee
3. Mee L. Lee aka Benny Lee
4. Paul C. Lee
5. Soon H. Lee
6. Thomas W. Lee
7. Toy F. Lee
8. Warren Lee
9. Wing J. Lee
10. Yang W. Lee

GROUP 15: LEONG – LEW
1. Duey S. Leong
2. Henry Leong
3. John S. Leong
4. Henry W Leung
5. Woo K. Leung aka Peter Woo
6. Din Lew aka Din L. Lee
7. Elwood H. Lew aka Harvey Lew
8. Henry B. Lew
9. Shuey Lew
10. Wah F. Lew
11. Yue C. Lew

GROUP 16: LIM – LOO
1. Harry Lim
2. Koon Wah Lim
3. William P. Lim
4. Yee S. Lim
5. Durward E. Livengood
6. Hing B. Lo (not listed)
7. Gin Long (not listed)
8. Howard C. Loo

GROUP 17: LOUIE – LUM
1. Ben W. Louie
2. Donald Y. Louie
3. Wah Louie
4. Hong W. Lowe
5. Tom Luey
6. Henry Luke
7. York Q. Luke
8. Charlie C. Lum, Jr.
9. Ton G. Lum

GROUP 18: MAH – MOY
1. Kenneth Mah
2. Charlie Mar
3. Erwin W. Mar
4. Henry Y. Mar
5. 1st Lt. Harold G. Marshall
6. Anthony Miucci
7. Eugene Mongoy
8. Mark T. Mooty
9. Fot Y. Moy
10. Thew Moy

GROUP 19: NG – PON
1. Hing G. Ng aka Jimmy H. Gee
2. Pong S. Ng aka Pong S. Eng aka Jimmie Eng
3. Sam Ng
4. William C. Ng
5. Lee S Ngew aka Shuck Ngew Tom
6. Woo H. Niy
7. Wong H. On aka Hong On Wong
8. Elwin W. Ong
9. Allen K. Pang
10. Joseph C. Pon
11. San Pon (not listed)

GROUP 20: PONG – RICH
1. Mack Pong
2. Donald C. Poy
3. Chung Quan aka Willie Chung Quan
4. Chung L. Quan
5. Ferdinand Y. Quan
6. Howard Quan
7. Lum M. Quan
8. William K. Quan
9. Johnny Quong
10. Herbert J. Redding
11. Henry C. Rich

GROUP 21: SAM – SZETO
1. Floyd Sam
2. Wong H. Seam
3. Lock S. Sew
4. Jean H. Shing
5. George M. Shue
6. Hanson Siu
7. Sydney T. Smith
8. George C.S. Soohoo
9. Jear Q. Sue
10. Shen C. Sze
11. Eugene F. Szeto

GROUP 22: TAK – TOY
1. So Tak
2. Yee D. Tang
3. Clyde H. Thomas
4. Paul Tom
5. Stanley W. Tom
6. William Tom
7. Lee L. Tow
8. Grey K. Toy
9. William Toy

GROUP 23: UNG – B WONG
1. John R. Ung
2. Sack Wan
3. Hong S. Wee
4. Robert S. Weko
5. Captain Herman J. Willhite (not listed)
6. Ng Y. Wing
7. Alfred G. Wong
8. Arthur T. Wong
9. Bot L. Wong

GROUP 24: C WONG – G WONG
1. Chong A. Wong
2. Gene Wong
3. George Wong
4. George W. Wong
5. Gin Wong
6. Gock K. Wong
7. Gordon Wong

GROUP 25: H WONG – J WONG
1. Harding Wong
2. Harry Q. Wong
3. Henry Wong (30)
4. Henry F. Wong
5. Henry G. Wong (13)
6. Henry S.Y. Wong (36)
7. Herbert Wong
8. Hong J. Wong
9. James B. Wong
10. Jan W. Wong

GROUP 26: K WONG – S WONG
1. Kim M. Wong
2. Louis G. Wong
3. Moon Y. Wong
4. Paul T. Wong (not listed)
5. Pong L. Wong aka Edwin Lee
6. Ralph Wong
7. Richard Y. Wong
8. Sing F. Wong
9. Soo J. Wong

GROUP 27: W WONG – WU
1. Wilbert H. Wong
2. William H.C. Wong
3. Wing O. Wong (not listed)
4. Wing S. Wong
5. Wing Y. Wong
6. Wyman C.H. Wong
7. Zach C. Wong
8. Billy Woo
9. Fung Y. Woo
10. Louie Woon
11. George G. Woong
12. Jesse S. Wright Jr.
13. Milton K. Wu

GROUP 28: YEE
1. Eugene W. Yee
2. Fulton Yee
3. George M. Yee
4. James Yee
5. Kwong Y. Yee
6. Ngow D. Yee
7. Nuey G. Yee
8. On Y. Yee
9. Samuel S. Yee
10. Sing Y. Yee
11. Tom H. Yee

GROUP 29: YEP – YUNG
1. Guey S. Yep
2. Chin F. Ying
3. Yee T. Yook
4. Jue Sam Yuen
5. Wong K. Yuey
6. Nem S. Yung

 

GROUP 30: RECRUITERS, REFERENCES AND INDEX OF MEMBERS
1. Col. Edward Lee
2. 1st Lt. Sing Y. Yee
3. References

4. 407th Members Index

GROUP 31: GUNG HO
Numbers 1–5

GROUP 32: GUNG HO
Numbers 6–10

GROUP 33: GUNG HO
Numbers 11–14, 20–23

GROUP 34: DEMOGRAPHICS
1. Birthplaces
2. Paper Sons
3. Birth Dates
4. Death Dates
5. Occupations