In this cemetery, 870 Chinese martyrs, 2197 American martyrs, 237 Soviet martyrs, and 2 Korean martyrs are buried in this cemetery. It also erected the Aviation Martyrs' Monument, which is the heroic names and life achievements of the 3,500 martyrs who died between the Songhu War of Resistance on January 28 and September 1945 (only 3,306 were engraved at that time, some need to be verified and re-engraved). Among them, 5 pilots took off from Guangde Airport to participate in air combat and break the blue sky (see "Guangde Airport Past (4): Strong Man Folds Halberd"); Four pilots died in Guangde.
Today, I would like to introduce you to the pilot who died in Guangde
1. Li Yongfa:
Li Yongfa, a native of Nanhai County, Guangdong Province, was born on January 13, 1915. Graduated from the sixth class of the Central Aviation School. He served as a warrant officer of the fourth team of the 6th Air Force Group. On July 14, 1937, the martyrs flew from Nanjing to Hangzhou Calibration Airport in Zhejiang Province on No. 407. It rained and the weather was harsh. Touched Niu Mountain in the southern mountains of Guangde and died in a wreck. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, he was posthumously regarded as a revolutionary martyr by the People's Government of Guangdong Province.
2, Xu Ji Bing
Xu Jibing, a native of Wuhu County, Anhui, was born on February 20, 1914. The father was a businessman, because his mother lived with his father, and his children were raised by his grandmother. Graduated from the fifth class of the Central Aviation School. He served as a member of the second lieutenant rank of the 11th Team of the 2nd Air Force Force. The martyrs are physically strong, excellent in academic subjects, strict in self-discipline, lenient in treating others, have a regular life, read and exercise, continue to study in their spare time, have magnificent ambitions, and have a strong sense of responsibility.
On the night of August 26, 1937, the martyr flew from Guangde, Anhui Province to Shanghai to bomb the Japanese warship, because the weather was dark, the foot could not be distinguished, and he accidentally touched the Guangde Airport shed factory and crashed, unfortunately died in the line of duty.
3. Hou Yaoxian
Hou Yaoxian, a native of Zhaodong County, Heilongjiang Province, was born on September 18, 1912, graduated from the ninth phase of the Central Army Officer School in Huangpu and the fifth flight section of the Central Aviation School, and served as a member of the second team of the second team of the Air Force as a second lieutenant. On August 29, 1937, the martyr accompanied the deputy captain Wang Yuting to carry a bomb and took off from Guangde Airport to blow up the enemy.
4. Wu Keqiang
Wu Keqiang, a native of Pucheng County, Shaanxi Province, lives in Beiping. Born on 10 September 1913. Father Zhenxi, served in the Aviation Department. He graduated from the ninth term of the Central Army Officer Academy and the fifth term of the Central Aviation School. He served as a member of the second lieutenant rank of the 22nd Team of the 4th Air Force Group.
On August 20, 1937, four Japanese destroyers and ten cover bombers bombed Anhui Guangde Airport, and our air force stationed in Guangde immediately took off to meet the battle. At this time, the fleet of the Fourth Group of the Air Force was flying from Nanjing, and seeing the enemy attack signal at Guangde Airport, that is, according to the direction of the instructions to attack the enemy aircraft, they searched in the air and encountered the enemy aircraft over Guangde. Wu Keqiang's Huo plane was shot, caught fire in the air, and crashed about ten miles northwest of Guangde Airport, destroying people and martyrdom. Posthumously presented to the lieutenant.
Excerpt: Xu Xiamei's "The Fall: The Life and Death Files of 682 Air Force Martyrs", published by Unity Publishing House in 2016.
Source: WeChat public account "Beijing Dongcheng District Committee of the Kuomintang Revolutionary Committee"