FIRST GROUP OF WOMEN AIR PERSONNEL PUBLICIZED IN CARTOONS

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 19, 2011
• Sequence Number: 309
• Publication Date: July 10, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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SUBJECT Military - Air force training, propaganda
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PUBLISHED Daily newspaper
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7 - 31 Mar 1951
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FIRST GROUP OF WOMEN AIR PERSONNEL PUBLICIZED IN CARTOONS
The part now being played by the women of China in the building of the
Chinese Communist Air Force was extolled in a series of 15 cartoons in the Pei-
pi7ig Jen-min Jih-pao, official organ of the Chinese Communist Party, between
27 - 31 March 1952. These cartoons drawn by Miao Ti (1) 5ufn-umbers in parentheses
refer to appended ckaracter2s and Chiao Chih-fang (2) indicated that the women
of China are not only being trained as technicians and maintenance personnel but
also as pilots. The cartoons were drawn on the basis of an article written by
Chang Wen (3) which had been published in the 7 March 1952 issue or the Peiping
Jen-min Jih-pao.
A.-description of the cartoons and paraphrase of their captions follows:
Carton No 1: In this cartoon, a group of girls, in combat uniforms, is de-
picted as standing at attention before twin-engine planes. According to the
caption, these women air personnel gave an exhibition of their knowledge in aer-
onautical technics on 8 March :'.952 in celebration of international Women's Day.
Cartoon No 2: A group of girls is shown in this sketch as making prepara-
tion for departure in a truck. The caption states that a year ago a group of
girls, in answer to the nation's call, joined the military cadre school, and a
portion of this group, determined to serve In the air force, was selected for
air training after being investigated and examined thoroughly.
Cartoons No 3 and 4: Trainees, in double-breasted short coats with turned-
down collars buttoned at the throat and rectangular badges on the left side of
the coats, are shown in classrooms equipped with drawings, models, and part of
airplanes. These girls, the caption disclose-, are receiving political and ideo-
logical instructions, and also lectures on-the principles and technical aspects
of navigation and on the construction of the airplane.
Cartoon No 5: In this cartoon, women trainees are depicted as taking gym-
nastic exercises, which are, states the commentary, an important phase of the
training of women air personnel.
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Cartoon No 6: A woman in flight uniform is pictured as being in a training
plane receiving flight training. The commentary states that the flier is putting
into practice the complicated skills requiring knowledge of meteorology, topcgra-
phy, and navigation, and chat during the'early stages of training many women
pilots, while in the air, often forgot everything they had learned because of,
fright.
Cartoon No 7: Six girls, dressed in short jaekete, trousers, and army caps,
are shown working over a single-engine plane with the markings of the Chinese
Communist Air Force. These trainees are described as having undergone very stren-
uous training and as being willing to be on band to make repairs in all kinds of
inclement weather.
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Cartoon 'lo 8: A female mechanic, highlighted in this sketch, is shown sit-
ting on the ground beside a single-engine plane. This girl, states the caption,
had fallen while making repairs on the plane, injuring her back. The mechanic,
it is further described, though in pain, on recalling Ma-lieh-hsi?-yeh-fu fbinese
approximation of Russian name/, a "true Soviet personality," got up immediately
to continue with her work. Phis episode was not mentioned in Chang Wen's arti-
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Cartoons No 9, 10, 11 and 12: The training of pilots, it is lescribed in
this series of cartoons, was very strenuous, and at times, some o, the trainees
were on the verge of considering themselves failures, but with the guidance of
their superiors, these girls overcame their fears and difficulties, both physical
and psychological.
Cartoon No 13: Standing before Mao Tse-tung's portrait and with a single-
engine plane in the background, a woman pilot in air combat uniform is described
as having just overcome her physical difficulties and as stating that henceforth
she will keep in her mind the concern which the nation and the party had for the
women air personnel who will thus conquer hardships with greater faith.
Cartoons No 14 and 15: Cartoon No 14 shows a twin-motor plane with a wind
sock and unfurled flags in the background and waving bands of spectators in the
forground. The plane is making flight preparations. In cartoon No 15, six twin-
motor planes are pictured flying in formation over a building and an enthusiastic
crowd. These women air personnel, the captions disclose, not only have a basic
knowledge of aviation, but they are able to carry out the duties of navigators,
communication personnel, mechanics, ground crew, and other such positions. The
caption states that on 8 March 1952, the maiden flight ceremony was held in Pei-
ping, and toe-spectators who attended the meeting realized then that these lib-
erated new Chinese women have a great future in the service of the nation.
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