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Chinese film crew here this week for story about Flying Tiger Glen Beneda

Monday, March 21, 2011

McCOOK, Nebraska -- A Chinese crew will be in McCook this weekend filming a story about a McCook man who defended China with the famous Flying Tigers.

Madam Li Xiaolin, daughter of a former president of China, and crew plan to be in McCook Saturday and Sunday before driving to Lincoln for lunch with the governor on Monday, March 28.

Li is the daughter of Gen. Li Xiannian, who rescued McCook native, Glen Beneda after he was shot down by a Japanese Zero on his 81st mission, led by Col. David "Tex" Hill of the U.S. 14th Air Force.

Beneda was rescued by the Chinese, who also weighted down his P-51B fighter plane, which had landed in a nearby lake, to hide it from Japanese who would be looking for the American pilot.

The plane has now been recovered and restored to become the centerpiece of a museum honoring Beneda and other American pilots.

Beneda, who went on to serve with the Los Angeles County Fire Department for 25 years, visited his Chinese rescuers several times, the last time less than two weeks before he died Oct. 23, 2010.

More information is available at

http://www.mccookgazette.com/story/1490747.html

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/opinion/2008-12/15/content_7308267.htm

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  • We in this country make several distinctions as to the various groups that served and flew in China in WW II, the Chinese do not. As far as they are concerned anyone who served in their country in WW II is a Flying Tiger and they reveer them. I have returned to China on several occasions with "Flying Tigers" and the gratitude shown them has to be seen to be appericated. We should also appericate what they did for us and stop this petty bickering about who is or is not a "Flying Tiger". The Chinese have it right. Check out a project to honor ALL the WW II China combatants being built in Guilin, China. www.FlyingTigerHistoricalOrganization.com.

    -- Posted by hangarstuff on Fri, Apr 8, 2011, at 12:47 PM
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