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From a 1960's CNAC Personnel Roster: Heckman, Fred nav 4234 Brookside, Cincinnati, O. November 4, 2004 Fred was also from the Air Corps in Shanghai when we all went to Hong Kong. I lived in a house with him and Jack O'Brien (CNAC Pilot) right next door to General Chennault. When Fred came back to the States he went back into the Air Force and married an Air Force nurse. Al Turney August 25, 2007 Tom, Fred was in the Army Air Corps, at Kiangwan (Shanghai) I think that he arrived there sometime in 1946. He was released from active duty in 1947, probably sometime in August or Sept., and was hired by CNAC. He flew, as navigator, on the trans pacific route between Shanghai and San Francisco. He stayed with CNAC until they stopped operations in late 1949. He then worked for the Flying Tiger Line for a while, as an assistant in the chief pilot's office. I'm not sure when he left Flying Tigers, but I think in 1951 or 1952. He was recalled in the Air Force, as it was now called, but I don't know when. He was based at Clark Field, in the Philippines in 1946. Somewhere along the way, he was married to a Nurse that he had met in the service, after being recalled, and they had a son, who was about 1 year old late 1946. I don't know what happened to him after that, but have been told that he passed away several years ago. I'm afraid that is about all I know about him. Don Hassig E-mail donandem@webtv.net (Courtesy of Don Hassig)  Photos were taken either in Shanghai or Hong Kong, probably between September 1947 and December 1948 
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