Thomas Shun Wong

Thomas Shun Wong was the younger brother Robert S. Wong.  Both boys shared a passion for flying which started when they were young.

Tommy and his model plane

Tommy S. Wong and his model plane.

Thomas helped his brother build the Pientenpol Sky Scout airplane from a plan they had sent purchased. They assembled the aircraft using a car engine, wood and canvas sewn by their mother. It took them almost 2 years to build the plane.

Tommy and the Sky Scout

Tommy and the Sky Scout

During the war, Tommy started off as a Leading Aircraftsman 2 with RCAF, and later obtained his pilots wings.

After the war, both Thomas and his brother started a flying school in Ontario.