Ho Weng Toh
World War II bomber pilot who was a member of the Flying Tigers Sino-US allied squadron
Ho Weng Toh (Chinese: 何永道; 1920 – 6 January 2024), also known as Winkie, was a Singaporean World War II bomber pilot for the Chinese-American Composite Wing (Provisional) (sometimes called the "Flying Tigers") and later a pioneer pilot for Singapore Airlines.
Early life
Ho was born in a small town in Ipoh, Perak in 1920 to a shoe shop merchant from China. He was the sixth of six children. He had his primary and secondary education in Malaysia but managed to attend university as his uncle was a rich tin miner.
He attended St. Stephen's College in Stanley and Lingnan University in Hong Kong in 1941 whilst the Japanese invaded China. He later escaped with his fellow students from China after enduring the Japanese occupation for a few months by bribing bandits to take them across the border.
He stated that he had also seen the bombing of Kai Tak Airport. Ho left Hong Kong and went to Guangzhou where he saw a poster for air force recruitment. He then became a trainee pilot for the Chinese-American Composite Wing (Provisional) in 1942 and trained with other pilots in Arizona.
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