This is a 3-minute video is about the Chinese men and two women who trained to be pilots in the 1930s at the Adcox School in Portland, Oregon. After their training they went to China to fight in the second Sino-Japanese war.
The video is included in the “Roots and Resilience—Chinese American Heritage in Oregon” exhibit at the Museum of Natural and Cultural History at the University of Oregon campus, Eugene, Oregon.
If you are anywhere near Eugene, Oregon, stop by the museum to see the exhibit on the Chinese American Heritage in Oregon. The exhibit is on view until February 2026 at the Museum of Natural and Cultural History at the University of Oregon campus, 15th Avenue, Eugene, Oregon 97403.
To read more about the Chinese pilot training program in Portland, go to:
“I think I am going to fly: Chinese Pilots Trained in Portland During the 1930s,” Oregon Historical Quarterly, 122:4 (Winter 2021), 532-545.