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Moon Fun Chin (Chinese: 陳文寬; April 13, 1913 – May 9, 2023) was a Chinese-American aviator, businessman and supercentenarian. A native of Taishan, Guangdong, he immigrated to the United States, and obtained a pilot's license there. In 1933, he returned to China for aviation development.
May 9, 2023 · Moon Fun Chin [Pinyin: Chén Wénkuān; Chinese: 陈文宽] (13 April 1913 – 9 May 2023) was a Chinese-born American supercentenarian who was the last surviving pilot of the China National Aviation Corporation (CNAC).
May 19, 2024 · TransAsia Airways co-founder Chin Moon Fun is best known for his exploits for the ROC military in both China and Taiwan
Who was Captain Moon Chin, and how did that happen? He was the pilot who flew Jimmy Doolittle from Chongqing to Calcutta, first leg of Doolittle’s journey back to the U.S. after leading the famous “Doolittle Raid.”
Captain Moon Fun Chin was never a member of the U.S. military, yet he was awarded four prestigious medals by the U.S. government: The Distinguished Flying Cross, Asiatic Pacific Campaign Medal (Silver Star), The Air Medal, and The Presidential Unit Citation.
He is 95 year old Captain Moon Chin who is not a military officer, but was an airlines Captain who began flying when he was 20 years old left the US to join the Chinese National Aviation Corporation (CNAV), a subsidiary of Pan American Airlines which then was taken over by the Chinese Nationalist Air Force in partnership with the US government.
Captain Moon Fun Chin becomes Honorary FTHO Board Member Board Members of the Flying Tiger Historical Organization were honored to meet Capt. Moon Fun Chin at his residence on September 9, 2011, to formally invite him to be an Honorary Board Member.
