Bones of China’s ‘Flying Tigers’ scattered on hill

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Bones of China’s ‘Flying Tigers’ scattered on hill

By Leeann Li | August 14, 2013, Wednesday |

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OFFICIALS in Kunming, capital of Yunnan Province, are investigating why the remains of Chinese World War II airmen lie scattered on a hillside.

Nearly 500 Chinese Air Force personnel were buried on a hill in Kunming, capital of Yunnan Province in 1953.

They had been trained by and fought alongside the legendary “Flying Tigers” American Volunteer Group against the Japanese invaders in the early 1940s during the World War II.

Graves were later moved, with coffins broken and remains scattered. Skeletons are still being found, China News Service reported yesterday.

The civil affairs department of Kunming Economic and Technological Development Zone had let the cemetery become further dilapidated, according to the report.

Department director Li Yulian said they would conduct an investigation.

Yunnan government drafted a restoration plan after Sun Guansheng, director of the Yunnan Flying Tigers Research Institute, found the cemetery in 2007, 4 kilometers from the local airport.

A memorial stone was erected in 2008, but work was never carried out. “We have done everything that we could do,” Sun said.

Admirers of the Flying Tigers visit the site every year to pay their respects. “These skeletons scattered under the sun belong to martyrs. They deserve to be buried properly,” said visitor Wu Siqi.

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Bones of China’s ‘Flying Tigers’ scattered on hill

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