Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos):
1941
Looking remarkably unperturbed while sheltering from the Japanese attacks going on at the airport just behind them, a Pan Am/CNAC group including Chuck Sharp with dog at left, Captain Ralph commander of the destroyed Pan Am Clipper, “Pop” Kessler at rear, Elva “Maj” Woods consular secretary,
Passenger list extract from a Pan American Trans-Pacific Clipper flight from Hong Kong to Honolulu via Manila. The two young Soong girls appear to be from the Chinese government's TV Soong's family. Presumably the two adult females are escorts.
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