Steve Kusak, Pilot in China

My "China National Aviation Corporation" personal page

What am I working with?

 

Pictures, images and negatives.

 Portion of photo album: my father 1943 (left). Chennault (right). Drawing dated 1944 Althea and Maureen O'Hara (autographed by both).

  CNAC Brochure of places they flew

Official documents.

  Small CNAC Id Card (1943)   Passport Page with Chinese Visa 1943

  Page from Official Pilot Log

 

Personal papers – letters, poems, diaries

  Page from Small diary he kept in his pocket

  Newspaper Clip abouy female pilots he taught.          Personal Reflection about war and death after witnessing the crash of his friend Earthquake McGoon

 

Objects, medals, patches etc...

  Bottom half of his "Blood Chit"  Back of medal awarded for helping China in her darkest's hour.  Box for the Medal Given to the American Volunteers that helped China during the war

  My Father in his first CNAC uniform        Patch that goes on the side of the uniform