Yeh Changti
Yeh Changti | ||
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Other name(s) | Ye Changdi, Robin Yeh | |
Born | 29 November 1933 Hanyu Pinyin Yè Chángdì | |
Wade–Giles | Yeh⁴ Ch'ang²-ti⁴ |
Yeh Changti or Ye Changdi (
Early life and career
Yeh was born in November 1933 in
U-2 pilot and capture
In the late 1950s, the United States and the ROC initiated a top-secret reconnaissance program to spy on the PRC's
On 1 November 1963, Yeh flew a U-2C aircraft (No. 355) on his third mission to spy on the PRC's missile production facilities at the
After receiving treatment at a PLAAF hospital,[5] Yeh was held at an air force guesthouse in Beijing.[2] Meanwhile, he was declared a "martyr" in Taiwan. In 1965, the ROC Air Force built graves at the Bitan Air Force Martyrs' Cemetery (碧潭公墓) for Yeh Changti and Chang Liyi, another captured Black Cat pilot who was presumed dead.[5] In April 1965, four U-2 aircraft shot down by China were put on display at the Military Museum of the Chinese People's Revolution in Beijing.[6]
Yeh was incarcerated for four years and underwent numerous interrogations.
Release and later life
In 1982, the PRC government granted Yeh and Chang permission to return to Taiwan and sent them to
Yeh's wife remarried after he was declared dead in Taiwan. After he was released from China, he only met with his former wife once. He remarried in the 1980s.[5]
On 16 November 2016, Yeh died from a heart attack.[9] ROC President Tsai Ing-wen and Minister of Defence Feng Shih-kuan both attended his funeral and officially recognized his contribution to the country.[8]
References
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- ^ a b c d "三位台湾"黑猫中队"飞行员的悲情人生". Netease (in Chinese). 4 February 2010. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
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- ^ Hung Che-cheng 洪哲政 (13 June 2019). "黑貓飛官張立義91歲病逝 留下動人愛情故事". World Journal (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Retrieved 16 June 2019.
- ^ a b Wei Ke 威克 (30 November 2016). "台湾讲古:从一个老人去世看一段悲情史". BBC News (in Simplified Chinese). Retrieved 28 August 2019.
- ^ Jiang Feiyu 江飞宇 (1 December 2016). "黑猫中队飞官叶常棣去世 受颁褒扬令". China Times (in Chinese). Retrieved 28 August 2019.