Bond, W. Langhorne, 1893-1985

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American airline executive; vice president, China National Aviation Corporation; vice president for the Orient, Pan American Airways Corporation.

From the description of W. Langhorne Bond papers, 1931-1998. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 123438817

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1893 November 12 Born William Langhorne in Petersburg, Virginia, son of Thomas Baker Bond, a tobacco buyer, and Mary Potter Langhorne 1917 Enlisted in World War I, serving in the army in France for the duration of the war 1929 Started working for Curtiss-Wright Corporation 1931 Accepted the position of Operations Manager for the China National Aviation Corporation (CNAC), in Shanghai 1933 When Pan American Airways purchased Curtiss-Wright interests in CNAC, Bond became a Pan American employee 1935 May 15 Married Katherine (Kitsi) Dunlop in Shanghai 1937 When fighting broke out between Japan and China, Pan American withdrew from active operations in China during the United States policy of political neutrality. Bond became a CNAC employee to ensure the continued operations of CNAC as a Chinese civilian air transport company. After the war, he returned to work for Pan American 1937 1942 CNAC continued to be active through the war despite evacuations from the main operating bases of Shanghai, Hankow and Hong Kong 1941 Pioneered the "Hump" route between China and India, an essential air link to China during World War II 1947 Promoted to vice president, Orient by Pan American Airlines 1949 After the fall of the Nationalist Chinese government, CNAC assets were sold to China for the Civil Air Transport 1950 Retired to his farm in Warrenton, Virginia 1985 July 16 Died, Ponte Vedra, Florida 2001 Author, Wings for an Embattled China, ed. James E. Ellis, Lehigh University Press, 2001. Posthumously published autobiography and history of the CNAC From the guide to the W. Langhorne Bond Papers, 1930-1998, (Hoover Institution Archives)

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