Pilots-of-first-CAT-C-47s-Manila-to-Shanghai-1947–(CAT-Bulletin-Vol-9-10-Oct-1956)

The first CAT planes, three C-47’s, were ferried from Manila to Shanghai on January 26, 1947. The pilots, still in military uniform, were Stu Dew, Weldon Bigony, Var Green, Paul Holden, Lew Burridge, and Bill Hobbs (not in photograph) , who are shown giving their documents to Colonel Dick Wise.