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Chinese Air Commander Adventurer of Kentucky* * * * * *General Chang Ilui-Chang Is Oriental Nomme de Guerre of Bert Hall, American Air-Soldier of Fortune.Chinese Air memGem. Chang's Gdkhamd. #Over in war-torn China, in the thick of the fighting, is General Chang Hui-Chang, commander-in-chief of the Chinese air forces, but neither is his name Chang nor is his nationality Chinese. Chang is the nomme de guerre of Bert Hall, Kentuckian by birth, whose home is in Hig-ginsville, Mo. Hall has had a colorful career as a flying soldier of fortune. Not only was he one of the original organizers of the famoui Lafayette Escadrille during the World War, but he has fought under the flag of almost every nation on earth. In the European conflict he bagged 20 enemy planes and was decorated seven times by the principle allied powers. Hall went to China in 1929, after plans for s proposed trans-Pacific flight from New York had fallen through. Sinc« then be has been teaching the Chinese to fly and has made a prettj good job of it. In order to keep his job and also hit head connected with his body, Hall has often had to be a slick diplomat; for th« Chinese rebels against whom he fought one day were the government of the next. Only last Summer he created consternation when he deserted the Nanking Government with seven of his best pilots and took oror command of the air force of the Canton opposition.-
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The Daily Alaska empire
Juneau, Alaska, US
Wed, Feb 24, 1932
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