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CAPTAIN
CHARLES MOTT, USN (RET)
Naval
aviator and AVG "Flying Tiger" Flight Leader:
Captain Moot would be shot down on January 8, 1942 by ground fire
while attacking a Japanese airfield in Thailand.
Badly wounded, Mott was quickly captured by the Japanese.
As a P.O.W. , Mott worked on Japan's notorious "Death
Railway" that connected Bangkok to Burma.
Eventually released from Japanese captivity by members of the
"Free Thai" underground
movement, Mott's last war-time activities involved coordinating aerial
operations between the Free Thais and the American O.S.S.
Returning to the U.S. at
the close of the Second World War, Mott rejoined the U.S. Navy and
returned to naval aviation. In
the 1950's, Captain Mott joined the Navy's research & development
community and played a major role in deploying missile technology aboard
U.S. warships. After retiring from the Navy, Mott entered the aerospace
industry and played an important role in the long-term development of
many of America's most advanced military aircraft.
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