Monday, November 11, 2013

First Chinese-American woman to fly for military died in fiery crash

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NOREEN O'DONNELL / 
CBS NEWS/ October 28, 2013, 8:20 PM

First Chinese-American woman to fly for military died in fiery crash

Hazel Ying Lee reviews her performance after a session in a Link trainer
Hazel Ying Lee reviews her performance after a session in a Link trainer / U.S. AIR FORCE
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Hazel Ying Lee received her pilot's license the very year she took her first flight. She was that passionate about flying.
A little more than a decade later, she died doing what she loved. The first Chinese-American woman to fly for the military, she was killed as she ferried a fighter plane from New York to Montana during World War II.
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