Behind Memoirs of a Flying Tiger

First aired on 20 February 2021 as part of our HistoriaSG lecture series

Captain Ho Weng Toh, currently 101 years old and one of the last remaining Flying Tigers, has lived a vibrant life: from growing up in Ipoh and studying in Hong Kong, to becoming a Chinese Air Force B-25 bomber pilot during World War Two, and, finally, settling down in Singapore to train an entire generation of local pilots for Singapore International Airlines (SIA).

In 2019, Captain Ho documented his experiences as a bomber pilot and the trials and hardships of the war years in the book Memoirs of a Flying Tiger.

Join us for a dialogue with Captain Ho at the National Museum of Singapore, where he and co-writer Jonathan Y. H. Sim will share more about the writing of his memoirs and discuss his experiences during the war.