The Legend of CNAC

Captain Ursel Elbert Coulson CNAC uniform hat  c. 1944
cotton, felt, metal
Courtesy of Eve Coulson
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Captain James M. Dalby CNAC flight jacket 1943
cotton twill, metal
Courtesy of the Mars and Dalby Families
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Captain Roy Clinton Farrell CNAC uniform insignia c. 1945
metal, enamel
Courtesy of Roy Farrell, Jr.
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CNAC advertisement sign c. 1947
printed board
Courtesy of the Bixby Family
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CNAC Captain Arthur S. T. Chin pilot travel case  c. 1945
leather, metal, paint
Courtesy of the Chin and Gong Families
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CNAC Loening Air Yacht and hangar at Lungwha airbase, Shanghai  1929
photograph
Courtesy of Shirley Wilke Mosley
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(from left) CNAC Radio Operator Joe Loh, Captain Donald S. Wong, Director Ki Chun, Pan American Airways Far Eastern representative Harold M. Bixby, and Assistant Operations Manager K. I. Nieh and Ford Tri-Motor  1937
photograph
Courtesy of the Bixby Family
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CNAC ground crew fueling Douglas C-47 (DC-3), Suifu  1944
photograph
Courtesy of Chris Bull
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CNAC Douglas C-47 (DC-3) en route Dinjan to Suifu  c. 1944
James M. Dalby
photograph
Courtesy of Chris Bull
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(from left) CNAC Captains Donald E. Bussart, Leon F. Roberts, Robert E. Rengo, and Carey E. Bowles   c. 1945
photograph
Courtesy of Peggy Maher
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View of mountains near Paoshan from CNAC Douglas C-47 (DC-3)  1945
photograph
Courtesy of Chris Bull
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CNAC Air Hostesses and Douglas DC-4 Skymaster  c. 1948
Sandino Photo Studios
photograph
Courtesy of Craig and Carol Chinn
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