{"id":1495,"date":"2015-09-26T10:43:27","date_gmt":"2015-09-26T17:43:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ccmms.ca\/?page_id=1495"},"modified":"2026-01-29T17:04:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T01:04:15","slug":"chee-yat-chang","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ccmms.ca\/staging\/9619\/veteran-stories\/air-force\/chee-yat-chang\/","title":{"rendered":"Chee Yat Chang"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1495\" class=\"elementor elementor-1495\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a3b0e41 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3a3b0e41\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-44df9f23 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"44df9f23\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Chee Yat Chang\u00a0joined the Royal Canadian Air Force along with his brothers Gan and Gwong.<\/p><p>His service record shows that he signed up on June 18, 1942 and became a\u00a0Leading Aircraftman \u2013 number R172216. Chee\u00a0was stationed in Cape St. James, BC where he worked for the RCAF as\u00a0a radio operator.<\/p><p>When the war ended, Chee was honourably released and transferred to the RCAF (Reserve) General Section Class \u201cE\u201d on November 23, 1945.<\/p><p>Chee lived a long life. 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