Source: Nanjing released WeChat public account
On the eve of International Museum Day on May 18, the Nanjing Anti-Japanese Aviation Martyrs Memorial Hall (hereinafter referred to as the "Anti-Japanese Museum") has completed the correction and supplementation of the information of the first batch of 18 Chinese anti-Japanese aviation martyrs, and officially released it through the official website of Zhongshan Scenic Area. (Details)
In order to strengthen the collection of historical materials of anti-Japanese aviation martyrs, find the relatives of anti-Japanese aviation martyrs, and improve the archives of anti-Japanese aviation martyrs, during this year's Qingming Festival, the official website of Zhongshan Scenic Area for the first time completely announced the list of 1,468 Chinese anti-Japanese aviation martyrs engraved on the martyrs monument of the aviation martyrs cemetery. As soon as the list was announced, it aroused great concern in the whole society. The number of readers of related topics on the Internet exceeded 100 million, and more than 700 news media across the country participated in the report. (Details)
With the joint efforts of all sectors of society, as of May 16, 85 relatives of the martyrs of the anti-Japanese aviation have contacted the Anti-Japanese Aviation Museum. Among them, 71 relatives were contacted for the first time. There are also 21 relatives of the martyrs of the anti-Japanese aviation who came from all over the country to pay respects to their relatives. After the list was announced, a large amount of information was collected to the Anti-Japanese Museum through different channels every day, filling the gaps in the information of many anti-Japanese aviation martyrs. At the same time, the museum also received dozens of feedback on the incorrect or missing information of the anti-Japanese aviation martyrs. After strict verification and comparison by researchers, a total of 18 anti-Japanese aviation martyrs have been confirmed, and under the guidance of the cultural relics department, the errata and re-engraving of the martyrs' monument have been completed simultaneously.
Supplementary information: Among the 1,468 Chinese anti-Japanese aviation martyrs on the martyrs' monument, Lu Meiyin, a flight attendant hero who sacrificed herself to save others, was the only female anti-Japanese aviation martyr found before. In April, the Anti-Japanese Aviation Museum announced for the first time a list of 1,468 Chinese anti-Japanese aviation martyrs, and with the joint efforts of Xiamen media and cultural and historical workers, two more anti-Japanese aviation martyrs were confirmed to be women, one of whom was also a returned overseas Chinese from Vietnam.
The accompanying picture in the magazine "Gliding" (No. 1, 1946) is captioned "Female Instructor Guo Cailing".
Guo Cailing, a native of Tong'an, Fujian. On April 20, 1943, he died in a gliding crash in Phoenix Mountain, Chengdu. In a newspaper on January 8, 1943, an article entitled "Interview with the Gliding Class" was published, which read: "...... A tall (tall) man is the Chinese-Vietnamese mixed-race daughter Guo Cai (Cai) Ling. She misses her motherland and her parents and brothers in Vietnam, but she patiently studies in her motherland. ”
March 1, 1944 "Ta Kung Pao" (Guilin edition) related report
In the report that recorded Guo Cailing's sacrifice, another female trainee, Hou Ziqin, who also participated in gliding training and died in a wreck, was also mentioned. On March 1, 1944, "Ta Kung Pao" (Guilin Edition) published "Yaoshan Performance Wreck", which recorded that on April 20, 1943, Ms. Guo Cailing, a student of the gliding training class, and Ms. Hou Ziqin, who were both wrecked in Fenghuang Mountain, Chengdu on May 18 of the same year.
Verification of the information of the heroes and martyrs of the anti-Japanese aviation
It's a lot of work
Discovery of information one by one
It is inseparable from the joint participation of all social forces
Due to the lack of the original archives, there is still more information about the heroes of the anti-Japanese aviation waiting to be supplemented and updated. The Anti-Japanese Museum will continue to carry out the correction and supplementation of the information of the heroes and martyrs of the anti-Japanese aviation.